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 her time before joining them. He had

woman had told him

woman who had been observing Cale's

looks like you are listening, but still plan

woman heard

will return alive and

reached her hand toward the fire for warmth

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

charge them

smiling grandson, Sully, before drinking the remainder in one giant gulp.

destroy

Cale ignored it.

were meowing as they tapped on the table. Cale ignored that as well. He remembered

the World Tree in order to

snowstorm, so it will open up

Cale about anything, but he had something to say

that the World Tree is cruel when you see the snowstorm. However, the World Tree is an existence

Tree is the closest thing to nature. Living and dying

had caused the snowstorm to

allowed the World Tree to be safe from the greed of other

glass down and stood up

and Hong followed

gave an order to Choi Han who got

all of the remains you see by the lake. Tell

Han stopped following him and nodded his head. Cale headed up to his room

deal with Hong's question as soon as he

turn people blind if I

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

bed. Hong was thinking about how

bit away from the raging snowstorm when

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

his open mouth. This

“More, more!”

made Cale push Hong, who was in his arms closer to

pushing a kitten into the

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

“Tha, that-”

‘Shouldn’t we stop him?’

he was about to say when he heard Hong’s

“So tasty!”

heard Cale's voice as

a stomach ache

who was next

is so small that you won't ever get

Cale shook his head.

if you eat

before nodding her head. She then turned her head to the side. Raon, who was

be wary of catching

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

Swoooooooosh-

his leg. On was creating fog next

“What are you doing?”

make my fog like this

answered back and looked toward Cale,

“Splendid.”

The Black Dragon gave her some advice while standing next

with an odd

“W, what the hell!”

Whale Paseton pretended not to see Archie

much wider than the Black Swamp they had seen in the Forest of

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

Paseton quickly looked around.

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

this itself

let this wind go by without

creating

away once they saw this snowstorm. The wind

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

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

the people around Paseton were

Whale Archie, Choi Han, Rosalyn, Raon, On, and Hong were all

was the

Cale holds strength that is not normally

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

wind away. The Vitality of the Heart was also healing him every

every time, so he put Hong down on the

“Let’s go.”

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

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

are you planning on

“That is the plan.”

the curiosity in Rosalyn’s

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

said just one

you

Raon. Although Eruhaben pretended not to notice, he had never told her

he told her to ask him if she had any

on