Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 169: Perhaps (4)

“That is crazy.”

Cale received the large wine glass from the young man.

He was currently at the closest village to the Lake of Despair.

This was the only small inn and restaurant in this village. The owner's grandson shook his hand frantically after hearing Rosalyn ask about the Lake of Despair.

“It might be okay in another season, but saying that you will go there in January is just asking to die.”

“Is that so? I guess people do go during the other seasons?”

Cale took a sip of the alcohol before quickly stopping.

The alcohol was warm. It was also pretty strong.

‘I asked for weak alcohol.’

This was the weakest alcohol they had but it already felt like his neck and stomach were burning.

Human, is alcohol tasty? Why do you keep drinking even though you are frowning?

Cale turned his gaze toward the empty chair. Although it looked empty, the invisible Raon was currently sitting there. Cale looked around before sternly starting to speak.

“No.”

A six-year-old drinking alcohol? That was not allowed, even if he was a Dragon.

What if Raon got drunk and blew up a mountain or something? That would be a giant disaster.

-…Alright.

Cale ignored Raon's disappointed voice. He then focused on Rosalyn's conversation with the man instead.

Currently, Cale's group had all dyed their hair the common brown color with magic. Of course, the Whales Paseton and Archie were wearing robes due to their stunning appearances.

“Mm, there are people who try to go during the spring or summer.”

The owner’s grandson lightly shook his shoulders.

This was one of the Five Forbidden Regions.

The courageous people did try to get there.

However, the results were never good. The man peeked over at his grandmother who was sitting by the fireplace before continuing to speak.

“The people who ran away after seeing the snowstorm managed to survive, however, only half of those who went into the snowstorm managed to survive.”

“But half of that group did survive.”

Choi Han interjected into the conversation.

The man shook his head.

“The ones who returned alive were all severely poisoned. They went blind soon after they returned.”

Blindness.

Cale had heard that the poison in the snowstorm made people grow weaker while going blind and losing their sense of direction.

Cale thought about this fact and started to think.

‘This is actually a cruel world if you think about it.’

The Desert of Death spewed out dead mana while the Lake of Despair had a poisonous snowstorm.

This world also had many scary existences outside of turmoil between people for power. There were many strong and cruel beings throughout this world, such as Beast people or races with the darkness affinity.

‘But that is why the monsters can't do anything.’

They all prevented the monsters from running wild. This led to the regions with monsters being very small. Of course, Cale did not care as he had no plans to meet with monsters.

The owner's grandson cautiously warned them as if he was worried about their first guests in a while.

“Anyway, please carefully think about it if you plan to go there. It is a very scary place.”

“Sully.”

The grandson stopped talking after hearing his grandmother, who had not said anything until now, call out his name. The inn owner looked toward the fire and started to speak.

“There is something I've felt as I watched people head to the Lake of Despair.”

The old woman's shadow seemed to fill up the walls that looked to be as old as her.

She had lived here since she was young. She ended up marrying a man who was an adventurer and the two of them had built this inn together.

They then had a daughter and watched her get married and give birth to her grandson.

The old woman turned her head.

She made eye contact with Cale.

“None of them listen.”

None of the people heading to the lake ever listened.

“My daughter and son-in-law were the same way.”

son-in-law who left before them and

old woman had told him that she would

had been observing Cale's eyes turned her

looks like you are listening, but still plan

old woman heard

alive and drink

reached her hand toward the fire for warmth before

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

them for

glass toward the awkwardly smiling grandson, Sully, before drinking the remainder in one giant gulp. Cale heard a voice in

destroy

Cale ignored it.

tapped on the table. Cale ignored that

to destroy the World Tree in order

open up a

Cale about anything, but

you see the snowstorm. However, the World Tree is an existence that has lived, died, and resurrected many times for over

World Tree is the closest thing to nature. Living and

the

World

wine glass down and

and Hong

an order to Choi Han who got up

remains you see

and nodded his head. Cale headed up to his room

question as soon as he

you think I'll be able to turn people blind

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

to his sister’s side in order to prepare for bed. Hong was thinking about how he could eat

a bit away from the

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

snow started to land in his open mouth. This tingling sensation was different

“More, more!”

who was in his arms closer to the snowstorm.

a kitten into

but he still had a sense of morality. Archie opened and closed

“Tha, that-”

‘Shouldn’t we stop him?’

what he was about to say when

“So tasty!”

then heard Cale's voice as

a stomach ache if

was next

that you won't ever get

Cale shook his head.

stomach ache if you

then turned her head to the side. Raon, who was wearing a fur coat and using thermal magic on himself, was

of catching a cold. Even great

her head at Raon's statement.

Swoooooooosh-

after hearing something by his

“What are you doing?”

to make my fog like

toward Cale, who shared his

“Splendid.”

some advice while

of this with an odd expression on

“W, what the hell!”

Whale Paseton pretended not to see Archie stuttering. His gaze was

wider than the Black Swamp they had

past the frozen trees in front of them.

Paseton quickly looked around.

Dragon had said that there were no other lifeforms around the lake. That was

itself was

just let this wind go by

creating strong

many people turned away once they saw this snowstorm. The wind was so strong that it could push

that landed on you would prick at your skin, instilling fear that you will be seriously poisoned

and even the ground were completely frozen in this area. That made it even

the people around Paseton were

Raon, On, and Hong were all their

Cale was the

master Cale holds strength that is not normally

he was shocked by Cale's oppressive aura. Paseton looked toward Cale, who was

Sound of the Wind to push the wind away. The Vitality of the Heart was also healing

still felt a prickling pain every time, so

“Let’s go.”

create a path through the snowstorm so that he did not have to

color after seeing that nobody was around, making Hong, Rosalyn, and Cale's

master Cale, are you planning on

“That is the plan.”

curiosity in

sense why a mage like Rosalyn would be curious about it. She had been in her laboratory the entire time that Cale was in

had said just one thing to evaluate her

me if you

pretended not to notice, he had never told

ask him if she had

focused on