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.”

would go see their daughter and son-in-law who left before them and told her to take her time

him that she would do

old woman who had been observing Cale's

listening, but

old woman heard Cale's

will return alive and drink

toward the fire for warmth before starting to

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

them for the

awkwardly smiling grandson, Sully, before drinking the remainder in

destroy

Cale ignored it.

they tapped on the table. Cale ignored that

in

open up a path for you if you

but he had something to

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

is the closest thing to nature. Living and dying are natural. Remember these

caused the snowstorm to protect itself

that allowed the World Tree to be safe

and stood up to

Hong followed

an order to Choi

up all of the remains you

and nodded his head. Cale headed up to his room while Choi Han smiled before returning to the

as soon as he laid down

be able to turn people blind if

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

for bed. Hong was thinking about how he

away from the raging snowstorm when he opened

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

land in his open mouth. This tingling sensation

“More, more!”

push Hong, who was in his arms closer to the snowstorm. The Killer Whale Archie was

pushing a kitten into

opened and closed his

“Tha, that-”

‘Shouldn’t we stop him?’

what he was about to say when he heard

“So tasty!”

then heard Cale's voice as

get a stomach ache

who was next to

that you

Cale shook his head.

stomach ache if you eat

then turned her head to the side. Raon, who was wearing

You need to be wary of catching a cold. Even great beings

her head at Raon's statement. She then started to

Swoooooooosh-

looked down after hearing something by his leg. On was

“What are you doing?”

make my fog like

and looked toward Cale, who

“Splendid.”

to swirl her fog. The Black Dragon gave her some advice while standing next to her in order to help her create

with an

“W, what the hell!”

not to see Archie stuttering. His

Black Swamp they had seen in the Forest of Darkness with

trees in front of them. He was just assuming the size of the lake based

Paseton quickly looked around.

there were no other lifeforms around the lake. That was why everybody

itself was

let this wind go by without

creating strong gusts

saw this

speck of snow that landed on you would prick at your skin, instilling fear that you will be seriously poisoned if you continued to go farther into

trees, grass, and even the ground were completely frozen in

around Paseton were all

Raon, On, and Hong were all their usual

was

expected, young master Cale holds strength that is not normally

oppressive aura. Paseton looked toward Cale, who was standing tall against this

know was that Cale was using the Sound of the Wind to push the wind away. The Vitality of the Heart was also healing him every time a poisonous

pain every time, so he put Hong down on the

“Let’s go.”

snowstorm so that he

and approached Cale. They returned their hair to normal color after seeing that nobody was around, making Hong, Rosalyn, and Cale's hair seem very vividly red in contrast to the

planning on using

“That is the plan.”

noticed the curiosity in Rosalyn’s

why a mage like Rosalyn would be curious about it. She had been in

just one thing to

if you have any

Eruhaben pretended not to notice, he had never told her to ask him if she

he told her to ask him if she

on this