With a scream, the voice echoed around me, as if it were howling. I involuntarily covered my ears.
As far as the eye could see, the whole world was covered in ice. The ice on the ground was so bright that it looked as if it had been polished, and at the same time, the sun's rays revealed the ground beneath the ice.
"......How in the world could this happen?"
May is crawling on the ice with her eyes wide open. Her eyes are centered in the middle of the ice. Apparently, this phenomenon has struck a chord with May as a researcher.
She is examining the ice, tapping and scratching it. I take my eyes off May and look far into the distance. I see a huge wall rising up between the clouds. It seems to be the Filcon Mountains.
Unlike the Muroc Mountains we had seen before, the Filcon Mountains were black mountains. They were precipitous mountains that seemed to stretch to the sky, and their atmosphere seemed to categorically reject all comers. After crossing this icy mountain, we will climb up that huge precipitous mountain. ....... My heart almost broke a little at the thought of it.
In fact, it was a difficult task to reach this point. We had dug a hole under the Muroc Mountains, but to get to the surface, we had to deal with the ice above. I took this opportunity to try the method of condensing fire magic that I had been practicing.
As it turned out, it worked. But what happens when you put fire into ice? Naturally, the ice melts. What happens when the ice melts? It becomes water. I had completely forgotten this logic that even elementary school students know. You might say that I didn't notice it during the practice, but I didn't. At that time, it evaporated immediately. So I thought it would be the same this time, but I was naive.
Condensed Fire Magic ....... When the fireball, which had reached a considerable temperature, entered the ice, a tremendous amount of water vapor was generated. After a while, a lot of water came out of it. Me, Mei and Sidie were all covered with water, but we did not get soaked because of the warding we had put up beforehand, but this was quite a rush.
In the end, we were able to solve the problem of the water coming out by digging a large hole under the tunnel, but May and Sidhi carefully investigated where to dig the hole so that it would not affect the strength of the tunnel.
Gradually widening the hole, we were finally able to get above ground.
. The scenery reminded me of a page from a novel. It was more like a world of ice than a snow country, but it was such a different world from the one we had seen. I was stunned.
Although the scenery was beautiful, it was slippery underfoot. It would take a lot of effort to get over here.
"Hmmm..."
While I was thinking about it with my arms folded, May and Sidney came up to me.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"Yeah, it's going to be a tough climb over this mountain."
"No, why not?"
Sadie says nonchalantly.
"Are you thinking of crossing this icy mountain on foot, Mr. Rinos?"
"Oh, ...... ah."
"That won't be necessary."
"What do you mean?"
Geneha, you can make it over.
"What? Seriously?"
According to them, Jeneha can easily climb over a 3,000-meter mountain. Moreover, her wings are resistant to cold and never freeze. They say that she is the perfect person to cross the cold mountains in winter.
I immediately went back to the Imperial residence and talked to Jeneha about it. She gladly accepts my offer, but with one condition.
She said, "I can only carry up to two people. I can't carry more than that.
Sidi was troubled by this. Inevitably, it would be me and Princess Meek who would be allowed to ride on the Geneva.
"Wait a minute. I don't think there's any reason we can't go. My gut tells me that we can go!
She persists, but Jeneha stubbornly refuses to budge. Sadly, this did not help, so he took her into the house with him, but Sadie returned to her room with a frustrated look on her face.
That day, Sadie stayed in her room without eating. We were worried because of Piatrice, but Sadie's reply from inside the room was very cheerful and we decided to keep an eye on her with Rico and May's advice to check on her.
I wake up in the morning to a voice waking me up. I thought it was May who was sleeping next to me, but she was also awake, rubbing her eyes. As I was wondering what was going on, I saw Sadie standing in front of me.
What the hell is going on?
"Master Linos, you can go. I can go, too!"
She then held out a piece of paper in front of me.
"...... what the hell is this?"
It's probably math. There were complicated formulas written on it, which I could not understand at all. I hand the note to May who is sleeping next to me. She stares at it with sleepy eyes, but gradually her eyes open.
"Wow! Isn't it perfect, Siddy-chan!"
After saying this, May got up from the bed with a start, jumped down from the bed, went to Sadie and took both her hands in hers.
"Hey ...... Mei, naked ......."
"Oh."
Sadie's face is bright red and she turns away. Huh? Had he never seen May naked before? Seeing this, May also came back to the bed shyly and hid her beautiful body with a sheet.
"May I ask you to explain that ......?"
"I'm sorry ......."
May starts to explain to me, only her face poking out of the sheets. Apparently, she was calculating the limit of the weight that Jeneha could carry and how she could carry it without putting a burden on her.
In other words, if she carries me and Sidhi on her legs and Meek on her back, the burden on Jeneha will be minimized.
"...... and that's why I can go too."
Sidhi, with his face turned away from us, but with a red face, sounded pleased with himself.
"Well, I don't know what this formula means, but let's talk to Jeneha about it anyway. Somehow I have a feeling she won't say no."
"...... sorry, but you need to get dressed."
"What are you talking about, it's not time to get up yet. I'm going to sleep some more. Sadie won't be sleeping either. Get some rest."
"What? I'll be there with you? ......No, absolutely not!"
"No, that's not what I meant. ......"
"...... Master Linos, for a moment there, you were thinking of an obscenity, weren't you?"
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."
I cough, thinking that I can never be too careful or too careful.
"Just sleep, Sidney, even if it's just for an hour. Don't push yourself too hard."
"...... understand."
"Pia should be sleeping with Rico. You can pick him up later."
"Yes. I will thank Mr. Rico later."
With that, she left the bedroom, her face bright red. I got into bed again and lay down facing May.
"...... I'm so lightheaded. Will I be able to sleep?"
"...... Actually, I'm feeling a little bleary-eyed too."