Chapter 24. I give you snowflakes that bloom coldly. (7)
Since Cain’s declaration, three days have passed.
“No, haven’t you seen that rabbit? If you go on like that, you’ll most likely freeze to death. It’s dangerous without a wizard’s help!”
“So, are you saying we can just suck our fingers like this? It will be too late to come back from the capital. Wouldn’t it be better to give it a try?”
“Ha, I guess you’re desperate to get Aria now?”
“Why do you say such things? Do you think I am speaking out of such personal greed!”
Shouts coming and going, voices rising, faces turning red, faces.
Jump up!
Mikel couldn’t bear it anymore and opened the door.
“Just do it in moderation.”
“Mi, Lord Mikel!”
“Hum hum, hum hum.”
The people who were growling at each other hastily walked away. They looked the other way and hid their embarrassed expressions.
“Lord Mikel, now is not the time. Please make a decision quickly.”
Bennett approached and spoke in an earnest tone.
“It’s the sword of the four seasons. It’s in the front yard of the Nord territory. Aren’t you greedy?”
Cain stood silently next to him. His eyes were strangely curved as he touched the pattern on the back of his hand.
In fact, it wasn’t just the two people who were this hot.
For the past three days, everyone has been bickering whenever they get together.
“The front yard. Do you think the snowy mountain above the estate is so gentle?”
Mikel dismissed it in a stern voice.
“It’s something you have to risk your life for. How could I force them to make that choice?”
By Mikel’s standards, the black disaster of the four seasons was nothing more or less than that. I never wanted to touch it if I could.
But I had to make a choice.
‘The range over which the water temperature rises has gradually expanded. Moreover, a strange voice keeps attracting people.’
If Cain’s words are true, Arya’s influence could even extend to the Node territory.
“I will form a scouting party with only those who are willing to risk their lives.”
Mikel made a decision after much deliberation.
“Oh, finally… uhm, hum.”
“Is that true, my lord?”
He nodded heavily.
“If we stay like this, it will become even more dangerous. It looks like everyone is ready.”
It was an open secret that each knight corps had been secretly reorganizing supplies and concentrating on recovery for the past three days.
“Hmm, well. It won’t hurt to be prepared.”
“I was just preparing to return to the capital.”
Mikel shrugged and gestured.
“Everyone, please gather in front of the table. Look at the map….”
“Hey, my lord!”
Mikel’s words were cut off by Hansen, who hurriedly opened the door and came in.
“What’s going on?”
“Well, that’s….”
Han Sen looked around and approached Mikel and whispered.
“I can’t see Lady Leia.”
“What do you mean? Tell me more.”
“They say the maids were no longer there when they went in to wake them up in the morning. They are currently searching the castle…,”
Han Sen lowered his head as if he was sorry.
“There has been no income for several hours. Seeing that the young lady’s sword and armor are not in sight, it is difficult to regard her as going out.”
His voice gradually became quieter.
“I guess he left to look for Aria…”
“Leah!”
Mikel’s face turned an earthy color.
It was a few hours later that he realized that Abel had also disappeared.
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A few days later.
“Whew.”
Leah lay face down in the snow and looked ahead.
“Kyaaaaak!”
“Kiruk, kiruk!”
Monsters were running away in droves. To escape the merciless blizzard.
They were so busy running away that they passed by without finding Leah hiding behind a rock.
“father…….”
Leah caught a glimpse of the distant castle wall, which she could no longer see.
“Please hold on just a little longer.”
In her opinion, it would be better to move only a small number of people to find Aria.
‘If you move in groups, it’s easy to encounter monsters.’
Mikel probably doesn’t know this either. When organizing a scouting party, you will want to include only a small number of people.
The problem was that he would never be included in it. So Leah secretly gathered food and supplies and packed her bags.
but.
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‘Can I succeed alone?’
As I was about to leave the territory, I started to worry.
It wasn’t that he was worried about his own safety. He was afraid of the damage that would come back to his territory if he failed.
One night, I suddenly entered my father’s open office.
‘lonely.’
Leah heard a faint voice calling her.
It was flowing from the rabbit statue on my father’s desk. Half-melted ears revealed.
Tuk.
When I put my hand on it as if I was possessed,
‘Come on.’
A soul-shaking sound penetrated my entire body. It was an experience as intense as a thunderbolt, something I had never felt before.
Leah immediately sneaked out of the castle through a hole known only to herself.
‘It was a hole I used to secretly go out to the village when I was young.’
The territory must have already noticed that he disappeared and sent a chase team.
But it’s too late now.
Whioooo!
“Ugh.”
Because the target location is already visible in the field of view.
Whioooo!
I could see the creatures frozen in place, caught in a split second. It was a very eerie and mysterious sight at the same time.
A strange feeling, as if you were the only one alive in this all-white world.
‘Strange.’
Surprisingly, Leah did not freeze in this blizzard. Just plain cold and blurry vision.
I wasn’t even hungry. All he could do was take unstoppable steps, as if some invisible string was wrapping around him and pulling him.
‘Come on.’
Maybe it’s because of this voice.
Leah thought like that and walked and walked. The blizzard was strong enough to slow down her steps.
The moment I took a step, it stopped like a lie. Like the eye of a typhoon is calm.
The northernmost mountain of the empire and the highest mountain in the empire was right in front of it.
“Fredo Mountain….”
It looked different from the memories I had of coming with my father when I was young.
All the green coniferous trees that filled the bottom of the mountain were frozen. The visible surface of the mountain was just ice, ice, ice.
Leah bent her back and raised her head high, staring at the mountain peak.
‘Come here, hurry.’
The voice in my ear became stronger. There seemed to be a blue light shining at the top end.
“This must be the place.”
My intuition, no, my soul was telling me so. Arya will be here.
“good.”
The moment Leah was about to step out in good spirits,
“Whoa!”
I made eye contact with a monster wandering around. It was a bear-like monster with white fur and a large size.
“……Is that Orso?”
There is a rumor that even if several snow mountain wolves gather together, they cannot stand against just one wolf.
He was a guy who broke the opponent’s neck with his sharp claws and incredible strength.
“shit!”
Leah quickly took out her sword.
It seemed like he was so caught off guard that he had reached his destination, so he didn’t look around properly.
“Kwaaaah!”
Orso got on all fours and rushed towards Leah. The one in the distance rushed in front of the new Leah for a moment.
Just before Orso’s front paw struck him,
“Ugh!”
Leah ducked and got out of the guy’s range.
bang!
When the paw of the stray paw hit the tree,
Pop!
The thin trunk of the tree broke off in one fell swoop.
“-!”
Leah’s pores became pale. If you accidentally touch even one spot, you will not be able to move that part.
‘Come here, quickly.’
In the meantime, Aria’s voice kept urging me. So it was not easy for her to concentrate.
“Whoa!”
Orso rushed at Leah, swinging his arms wildly.
“Ugh!”
It was not difficult to avoid it because its movements were large. The only problem was that Leah couldn’t inflict fatal wounds on him.
Pubbung! pop!
Even though Orso felled several trees, he still had strength left. As Leah successfully dodged his attacks, he became increasingly angry.
“Kwoaeook!”
Orso chased Leah with even more ferocity.
“Huh, huh.”
Every time I moved, the thick snow took away my stamina, and the cold air chilled my lungs.
‘Here.’
Now Aria’s voice was so loud that it felt like it was taking over my entire head.
“Whoa, whoo.”
Leah took a breath to make a cool-headed decision.
‘Now this is the only way… … .’
Tuk.
Her back touched the tree. In Orso’s eyes, she seemed to have no way to escape.
“Big!”
Orso rushed over excitedly. The moment its body hits you,
“Hmph!”
Leah dodged to the side by a narrow margin.
“Khuong?!”
The moment Orso’s body tilted as he was about to hit the tree,
Suddenly!
Leah’s sword decapitated him.
‘Shallow!’
I even calculated the speed at which he fell. The leather was so thick that it did not reach the center.
“Woooooo!”
Orso, whose head was cut, went crazy. The guy attacked Leah with a force that seemed to crush the male Leah.
“Gasp, gasp. Damn.”
This time, Leah felt defeat. He pictured himself finally collapsing during his incoherent fight.
This battle was his choice. Both victory and defeat are your own fault.
‘I was lucky last time… … .’
So, like last time, someone riding a horse and saving you will not happen.
puck! puck!
The number of wounds increases due to Orso’s continuous onslaught,
‘Come on. Come on. Come on.’
The constant sound of Aria’s voice took a toll on Leah’s spirit.
“Stop, please stop!”
When Leah couldn’t bear it anymore and screamed.
Sigh!
Orso’s front paw struck Leah in the chest.
“Wow!”
Leah fell to the ground with an evil sound of her armor collapsing. Her hair was flying wild around her because her braid had been torn off.
“Ugh….”
My mind was spinning before my eyes and I was in a daze.
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da!
At that moment, the sound of horse hooves passed my ears.
“Uhm….”
Has the chase team arrived already? For that matter, there is only one sound of a horse’s hooves.
Leah strengthened her eyelids that were closing.
I saw someone completely black from head to tip, riding a horse that was also black.
‘The Black Knight?’
It seemed like the being I had only heard about through rumors.
‘Why did you come here… … .’
With that thought in mind, Leah frowned.
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“-!”
When I opened my eyes, I was leaning against a tree.
“Huh?”
Leah quickly got up from her seat. And found it.
“……oh my god.”
All the monsters wandering around the mountain were dead. As I heard, it was completely black and dry.
“Is it him?”
I looked around, but couldn’t see the black knight. Instead, my hair, which had been loose, was neatly braided again.
“……ah.”
There was a hair tie wrapped around the end that I had never seen before. It is studded with jewels that glow blue, and is very beautiful.
Rustle.
Something stepped on under the sole of my foot.
“Note?”
It was a small piece of paper that appeared to have fallen from Leah’s body as she stood up.
[Make sure to wear it.]
It was clear that he was referring to the hair tie I left behind.
“Why did you give this to me?”
I don’t like accessories that much, but this looked good because it was practical. Worst of all, without it he had to move around with his hair down.
“Shall we go again?”
With a small amount of gratitude towards the Black Knight, Leah began to climb Mount Fredo.
For some reason, it seemed less cold than before.
“Is it because you got closer to Aria?”
Leah climbed the mountain like crazy, not even knowing that her legs were hurting.
A few hours later.
“haha.”
She finally reached the top of the mountain.
And then he came face to face with the owner of the voice that had been calling him, firmly embedded in the rising ice.
“……That’s Aria.”
A thin, long, blue blade as transparent as ice. Two identical swords were stuck in the ice, crossed over each other.
Aria was in the form of two swords forming a pair.
“…….”
My heart was pounding loudly. No, it felt like her whole body was pounding.
‘Come on.’
The voice that had been tormenting her until now was louder than ever. In this space, there were only Aria and herself.
Leah slowly stretched out her hands.
Suddenly.
And without hesitation, I grabbed Aria’s handle.
Pot!
The blue light that burst from Aria filled the snowy mountain.
fantasy,
