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.

old woman had told him that she would

been observing Cale's eyes turned

are listening, but still plan

old woman

return alive and drink all

her hand toward the fire for warmth

“Sully.”

“Yes, grandmother.”

them

before drinking the remainder in

let's destroy

Cale ignored it.

Cale ignored that as well.

the World Tree in order to get rid of the

open up a path for

anything, but he had something

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 ten thousand

closest thing to nature. Living and dying are natural. Remember

World Tree had caused the snowstorm to

World Tree to be safe from the greed

put the wine glass down and stood

Hong followed

quietly gave an order to Choi Han who got up

you see by the lake. Tell

and nodded his head. Cale headed up to

had to deal with Hong's question as soon as he laid down

to turn people blind

“Probably?”

“Ohhhhhh.”

side in order to prepare for bed. Hong was thinking about

morning, Hong was a bit away from the raging snowstorm when

“Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

This tingling sensation was different

“More, more!”

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

kitten into

had 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?’

what he was about to say when

“So tasty!”

heard Cale's voice

stomach ache if you

was next to him, responded

is so small that you won't

Cale shook his head.

get a stomach ache if you

‘ah,’ before nodding her head. She then turned her head to the side. Raon, who was wearing

need to be wary of catching a cold.

her head at Raon's statement.

Swoooooooosh-

looked down after hearing something by his leg. On was

“What are you doing?”

make my fog

answered back and looked toward Cale, who

“Splendid.”

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

watching all of this with an odd expression

“W, what the hell!”

to see Archie stuttering. His gaze was

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

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

Paseton quickly looked around.

there were no other lifeforms around

this itself

let this wind go by

creating strong

once they saw this snowstorm. The wind was so strong that it

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

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

around Paseton were

Rosalyn, Raon, On, and Hong were all

was

master Cale holds

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

the wind away. The Vitality of the Heart

a prickling pain every time, so he put

“Let’s go.”

quickly create a path through the snowstorm so that

They returned their hair to normal color after seeing that nobody was around, making Hong, Rosalyn,

are you planning on using Eruhaben-nim's token right

“That is the plan.”

the curiosity in

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

said just one thing to evaluate

if you have any

while Eruhaben was teaching Raon. Although Eruhaben pretended not to notice, he had never

ask him if she had any questions proved that Rosalyn

focused on this