Chapter 406 – Viscount Desien
Tricker passed Count Verolder without much expression. Soon, I stopped walking at Verolder’s words from behind.
“It’s Elliott’s due date in a little while. You know?”
“…”
Elliot.
When the name came up, Tricker closed his eyes.
My precious brother
“I know you hate me because my dad suddenly made that choice, but I have to say this anyway. Even though Elliott’s suicide was Trician’s fault, it wasn’t Trician’s fault. He was a newborn baby who could not speak at the time.”
“…”
“Trician only knows that he is an illegitimate child, and has no idea how he was born. Elliott’s incident makes me very sad and sad, but Trisian is even more pitiful than that. Don’t you feel sorry for her niece? How long are you going to blame Trician?”
Count Verolder shouted at the silent Tricker’s back.
Hoping for some answer.
But he looked at Tricker’s back as he walked away without saying anything. I resigned myself.
*****
About a week south of Westway, passing three villages, comes a small town called Lakeway.
In the west, there is a huge lake that is connected to the unexplored land and the end is unknown, and in the south, it is an insignificant city with mountains. It is an ambiguous and ambiguous city to use as a bridgehead to connect.
The only resources that come out are seafood from the lake to the west, a city that is not particularly wealthy but never goes hungry.
The ruler of the city is none other than Viscount Desien.
Originally, a mediocre aristocratic landlord of little importance came to them, a golden opportunity. No, I got my hands on wealth like a thousand gold.
A silver mine was discovered in the mountains to the southwest adjacent to the lake.
That was about 7 years ago.
The money earned from the silver mine owned by Viscount Desiien was not used just for playing and eating. With the money he earned, he rebuilt the dilapidated city.
And one of the parts of that urban redevelopment project was the port I was looking at.
Contrary to the name of the lake, the lake is so wide that it reminds us of the sea, and the size of the fishing boats anchored in the port is also quite large.
“It’s as big as the lake.”
“There is a legend that there is a village of dragons at the end of Lake Desien.”
Natalya’s voice was heard as she murmured while looking at the lake’s horizon, which was dyed orange by the setting sun.
It is only natural that such a rumor arises as the endless lake leads into the unexplored land. Originally, it seems that the unexplored land was the land of the dragon people.
“Is the lake called Desien?”
“Yes. I don’t know if the surname of the viscount desiens came from this lake or the lake was taken from the name of the viscounts desiens, but they call it lake dessiens.”
Surnames are usually derived from one’s surroundings or occupation. Maybe the name Desien is like that.
Anyway, the name doesn’t matter anyway. The important thing is to destroy the silver mine of the Viscount Desien family. I still haven’t figured out which method to use.
I looked at the lake, which was completely dyed in orange. The waves rippled gently, breaking the sunlight and sparkling brilliantly.
With the vast nature in front of her, her mind goes blank. The evil plan to destroy the silver mine, the main source of money for the Viscount Desien family, seemed to have nothing to do with it.
I turned and looked at the city.
Unlike Arpagon and Westway, there were no tall walls in sight.
It feels like a city was naturally formed when people gathered in a fishing village. As the night began to approach, lights began to turn on all over the street.
“Shall we just have sex today?”
It might be nice to have sex leisurely at an inn overlooking the lake.
I took Natalya and Roin and walked the streets to find a decent inn.
Even though it became wealthy thanks to silver mines, its roots were fishing villages where fishermen who went out to catch fish by boat gathered.
Maybe it’s because they’re not seamen, but they’ve had a bit of a life in the water, and Natalya and the old man have outstanding looks. Eyes follow closely.
I looked around the city moderately, but I didn’t see a luxury inn like the one I saw in Arpagon.
I went into a 3-story inn that looked good at least. A lively atmosphere as soon as you open the door and enter. Like most inns, the first floor here seems to be a place where food and alcohol are sold.
It’s okay to eat dinner anyway.
Taking Natalia and Roin to a seat in the corner, I checked the tables around me.
Maybe it’s because it’s an inn near a lake, so all you see around you is muscular fishermen, and when you peek at the menu they eat, you can’t tell what it’s made from.
In addition, beer, and the tables that are eating well are served with fried fish.
I don’t like yellowish rice like that.
As soon as I sat down, a waitress approached me.
“What would you like to order?”
Judging from her thick limbs and torso and slightly wrinkled face, it seems that she is a woman with an old career.
“What is the most expensive thing here?”
“The most expensive one? Trout Steak. The trout steak tastes great, and the price is just amazing. Our lord’s family sometimes visits and eats?”
It’s unlikely that the well-to-do aristocrats would come to an inn like this, but they say they do.
“Three of them, um… The alcohol… Done. Just give me three trout steaks.”
“Okay~ Three trout steaks!”
Natalie Jana Roin or she passed on the alcohol because she remembered drinking and making a fuss at an after party after an exploration of an anthill in the past.
After waiting for a while, an appetizing trout steak came out. I called the maid who brought it.
“What? It doesn’t look like you need a prostitute, do you?”
The waitress looked at Natalya and the old man sitting next to me, as if she didn’t know why I suddenly called them up.
“Something like a rumor about a silver mine. Are there any?”
At my question, the waitress scratched the back of her head and tilted her head.
“Rumor? They gave me a lot of money when I went to the mines. What is this?”
“Anything, whatever rumors about the silver mine.”
“Well… Since this is a place where fishermen gather, I wonder if rumors about the mine should go to the place where the miners gather.”
“Is the mine far from here? It’s my first time coming to this city.”
“The mining town has to take a wagon here and then go south along the lake for about a day.”
“Okay? Well, then, are there any rumors around you?”
“Rumors around? Well…”
I took out a large fairy tale and handed it to the waitress who turned away as if it was annoying to answer and made a gesture to leave. A fairy tale is about 1,000 won, and a large fairy tale is worth ten fairy tales. That is, about 100,000 won.
After receiving a large fairy tale, the waitress smiled and turned to me again.
“Hey, I’ve been doing this since I ordered food, but you have big hands, don’t you? Your face is also handsome~?”
No matter how little I look at it, it’s burdensome to say that the lady I should call my aunt is my brother.
Besides, it was burdensome to take a look at my face, so I laughed awkwardly haha, and Natalya, who was next to me, secretly put her body on me, and it felt like she was wary of the waitress.
“Oh, I didn’t mean to provoke the cute lady. Anyway, I’m curious about the rumors around here. Is this?”
“Yeah, whatever. If it is related to the silver mine, even better.”
“Do you think he is a wealthy older brother who came to trade with our lord? Let’s see… Rumors, rumors…”
He crossed her arms and stroked her chin with his thick fingers, seemingly thinking about it, then snapped her fingers as if he had remembered something.
“Well, I don’t know if this is a helpful rumor, but the old legend of Lake Desien. Do you know or not?”
“The Legend of Lake Desien? Rumors that it is connected to the Yongin village?”
“Oh, you know.”
“Isn’t it because the lake is connected to the depths of the unexplored land? It’s a lake that knows no end.”
“So~ there is no tomb without an excuse, why don’t you know the end? How long have we lived on the fish from this lake? During that long period of time, why is there no one who has been to the end from generation to generation, from father to grandfather and ancestors?”
“What do you mean?”
“No one came back!”
Leaning down, I leaned against the back of the chair at the sight of the waitress speaking in a quiet voice, as if no one should come in.
“No one came back?”
“I left all the way to the depths of the lake, and no one has ever returned. Because of that, there were rumors that he was captured by the dragon race, and that there was a monster living in the lake. By the way, people don’t believe in legends that are too absurd, right? It’s more plausible to think that it’s the dragon people who live in the unexplored land.”
“So there were rumors that it was connected to the Yongin village?”
“Yes, yes.”
It was an interesting story, but it was not related to Eunkwang.
