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.”

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

had told him that she

had been observing Cale's eyes

looks like you are listening,

old woman heard Cale's

will return alive and drink

hand toward the

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

charge them

shook his wine glass toward the awkwardly smiling grandson, Sully, before drinking the remainder in one giant gulp.

let's destroy that

Cale ignored it.

they tapped on the table. Cale ignored that

destroy the World Tree in order to get rid

will open up a path for you if you

anything, but he had something to say

the World Tree is an existence that has lived,

to nature. Living and dying are natural. Remember these

the snowstorm to

by the snowstorm, that allowed the World

glass down and stood up to head

Hong followed

to Choi Han who

of the remains you see by the lake.

head. Cale headed up to his room while Choi Han smiled

deal with Hong's question as

think I'll be able to turn people blind if I eat

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

sounded excited as he quickly headed over to his sister’s side in order to prepare for bed. Hong was thinking about how he could eat as much of the snowstorm as possible before he

a bit away from the raging snowstorm

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

started to land in his open mouth. This tingling

“More, more!”

push Hong, who was in his arms closer to the snowstorm.

a kitten

of morality. Archie opened and closed his mouth multiple times without saying anything before putting his hand

“Tha, that-”

‘Shouldn’t we stop him?’

about to say when he

“So tasty!”

then heard Cale's voice

a stomach ache if

who was next

is so small that you

Cale shook his head.

get a stomach ache if

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

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

statement. She then started to

Swoooooooosh-

something by his leg. On was

“What are you doing?”

my fog like this

and looked toward Cale, who shared his

“Splendid.”

before continuing to swirl her fog. The Black Dragon gave her some advice while standing

all of this with an odd expression on his

“W, what the hell!”

to see Archie stuttering. His

a lake that was much wider than the Black Swamp they had seen in the Forest of

past the frozen trees in front of them. He was just assuming the size of the

Paseton quickly looked around.

no other lifeforms around the

this itself

just let this wind go

snowstorm was creating strong gusts of

people turned away once they saw this snowstorm. The wind

at your skin, instilling fear that you will be seriously poisoned if you continued to go farther

and even the ground were completely

the people around Paseton were

Han, Rosalyn, Raon, On, and Hong

Cale was

master Cale holds strength that is

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

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

pain every time, so he put Hong down on the

“Let’s go.”

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

that nobody was around, making Hong, Rosalyn, and Cale's hair seem very vividly red in contrast to

master Cale, are you planning on using Eruhaben-nim's

“That is the plan.”

noticed the curiosity

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

just one thing to evaluate

if you have

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

ask him if

focused on this