Ran, who didn't notice it at all, lightened up her mind.
It was also true that it was a burden to go down to the territory. Such were the problems of adapting to new people and breaking up with Dimodia and Lumiere.
'What's more, you can't just leave territory when you're on your way.'
But if it's just a royal title, you never know how it'll turn out. It shouldn't have happened, though. In addition, I felt lighthearted when I was confirmed to stay in the Sky castle.
'So I don't have to pack, and I have to stay here? That's good.'
I hummed by myself. Ran looked up thinking so.
The ice wall was literally icy. In summer, only the top is white, followed by brown, and green underneath, but in winter, all of them are white from top to bottom.
"Who's ever been up there?"
Ran asked without realizing it. Just like her, Eustaf looked up, looked up at the ice wall and said,
"After climbing to a certain extent, it's called a rough ice mountain. I don't think anyone went up there."
"But."
She nodded her head. I was exhaling and my body shook naturally. I hate the cold weather.
After thirty minutes' ride up the horse, he arrived in front of the silver arch again. Somehow, I felt new.
After getting off the horse, Ran walked down a sparkling stone path and followed Eustaf inside.
It was a white room as always.
Now, the Blue ring stuck in Eustaf's finger made a faint shaking sound. Ran whispered.
"I followed without realizing it, but I shouldn't have followed."
"I don't care."
Eustaf said so and then walked inside holding Ran's wrist with the other hand. Ran turned red, but she didn't want to shake it off.
Standing in front of the white wall, Eustaf took a deep breath, and put his hand on the wall.
The sentences shone blue in turn. knock, knock
Then It broke the silence and heard a knock. Ran opened her mouth without realizing it.
Knock, knock.
Then I heard an accurate tap once again. Beyond the wall.
Ran's back had goose bumps.
I could feel the strength of Eustaf's hand holding her wrist. But his expression remained the same.
The blue light began to fill one by one.
Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock.
On the other side, the beating became faster, and Ran wanted to scream.
When the last sentence was blue, no more beating was heard. I'm losing strength in my shoulders without realizing-Kong-!
Ran shrugged her shoulders at the loud noise. Eustaf hid his hand slowly.
The sentence faded away, and no more sound was heard.
Eustaf slowly held Ran's hands shaking. He looked at the white wall for a long time.
"Let's go back."
Ran nodded. Her lips trembled and she bit it tightly.
Beyond the wall.
Beyond the wall, darkness is awakening.
'But already?'
It's not time for that, is it? From what I've read, this is-
Oops, my heart skipped over. Originally, Baron Lindbergh became regent since last year, and this ceremony was stopped.
He didn't want to be conscious of the presence of Blue ring.
'That's why I didn't know. It didn't happen.'
However, last year and this year, it was different from what I read.
'Does it have anything to do with that?'
Ran sighed. Anyway, the opponent recognized that this was the entrance.
"Eus."
"Yes."
"No, Lord."
As soon as she fixed the title, Eustaf looked back and said.
"I don't care when it's just both of us."
Ran grinned and said, "Then, Eus."
"Did you happen to know about this?"
"No"
"But you look calm."
"There's nothing that can be solved by scrambling."
"That's true, but..."
Ran thought about it for a while and said,
"Let's go through the old records. Something might come out."
"That would be fine, too."
He nodded his head. Ran said, holding his hand tightly together.
"Because I'm here anyway."
Then, when her sapphire eyes were removed, Ran hurriedly denied it.
"No, I don't mean that!"
"Oh, my."
Eustaf murmured like that, and Ran murmured into her mouth again, saying, "That's...not what I meant."
When I came outside, I heard the noise, and Ran was relieved. The silence in there are a little scary.
No, it's okay with Eus, but the knock was really scary.
'I thought it was a horror movie.'
But Blaine quickly approached with a dark face and said, "You'd better go down quickly. The weather is unusual."
Ran looked up at the words, and the sun was not visible. Dark and dreary energy circulated along the mountain range.
"Will there be a snow storm?"
Eustaf nodded and said at her murmur.
"I think it's better to go down quickly. If you're isolated-"
He frowned and whistled. All the knights noticed this side. Eustaf said.
"Everyone pairs up. If the snowstorm is scattered in the middle, the two are a team. Don't worry about anything else. Go down on your own."
"Respect!"
The Knights shouted in one voice, and then they began to pair up. Eustaf told Ran.
"Let's team up with me."
"Oh, yeah.'
Shouldn't we go separately? Thinking about it, Ran realized that she was no longer Lazia's patriarch.
'It's nice at times like this.'
Ran sat next to Eustaf with a cap. Blaine said.
"Let's get going."
Eustaf nodded. Ran began to worry.
'Can I run a horse here?'
Is it possible to run down a snowy mountain with all the power you can do? Eustaf said as if he had read such Ran's mind.
"Stretch your stirrups and tighten your thighs. And- Grab the mane."
"Huh? But..."
"It's worse to pull the reins wrong. I'll watch you catch the mane."
Ran nodded and said.
"If it's really hard, I'll do it."
Blaine said.
"I'll go first. Next, Miss Ran will follow me, and the Lord will follow you."
Ran nodded. As the wind began to intensify, the sound of dry branches hitting made the back of the neck stand on end.
"Come on!"
Blaine started the horse, and Ran followed suit.
'Euaaa!'
I think I'm going to bite my tongue, Ran gritted her teeth. Still, I couldn't stop my whole body from shaking.
The horses seemed to be sensing something coming, too. But rather than words, the eyes were faster.
In an instant, it became dark everywhere and snow began to blow. It was not a fluffy and big snowflake like a feather, but a small leaf.
'I can't open my eyes!'
Ran tried to look ahead, but she couldn't see properly. The horse began to run recklessly, more embarrassed by the fact that the owner couldn't control it and that I couldn't see.
'It's co, co, cold.'
The temperature suddenly went down frighteningly. Ran began to tremble. The cold penetrated into my pocket and began to ache.
At that time, I was surprised by what I was talking about.
"!!-"
The mane slipped between the gloves, and the body slipped out of balance.
Her mouth opened, but no screams came out. I was so surprised that no sound came out. The lightened horse picked up speed. Ran was dragged through the snow with her foot stuck in her stirrup and barely released.
"...."
Lying in the snow, Ran jumped up from her seat. Her whole body was full of snow, and she couldn't see well with white light in front of her.
The snowballs seemed to freeze.
"Sir Blaine! Eustaf!!"
She shouted at the top of her voice, but the snowstorm was louder. On top of that, my throat seemed to freeze every time I breathed.
My mouth was frozen in the muffler and frosted.
Ran got up from the wobbly seat. My whole body hurt. It wasn't because I fell, but because it was cold. It was hard to get up straight because of the wind.
"Blaine! Eus!"
She started walking after shouting. It was not clear which side was up or down.
'I have to walk, I have to keep moving.'
Ran thought so and thought about what she could use among her things, and stammered and turned the ring of the lamp hanging on her waist.
Light came out, but it was unknown whether it would be seen through the snowstorm.
'Was the snowstorm this bad?'
No, have you ever had a snowstorm like this before?
Knock, knock
At that time, through the loud, deafening sound of snowstorm, a knock was heard accurately.
Ran shook her body.
"Ran!"
Then someone grabbed her arm and stood it up, so Ran was puzzled.
"Eus?"
When she called him, Eustaf was relieved. I thought she was frozen to death because she didn't move.
"I, stay, stay away from the horse ····."
When I came to my senses, the pain was even worse. Ran said, bumping into each other. asked Eustaf.
"Are you hurt anywhere?!!"
Even though he was close, he had to scream almost to hear the sound. Ran nodded and said at the same time.
"Yes"
I don't know if you heard or not, but when Ran replied, Eustaf began to drag her along. Ran stumbled in the wind and followed him.
Eustaf quickly picked her up on her horse and climbed on his own. And then he started to drive.
Ran felt the pain fading. Instead, I'm getting sleepy.········.
"Ran"
Eustaf grabbed her shoulder and shook Ran up. Then the pain of the cold came again like a wave.
"You can't sleep."
"I'm not sleeping."
Ran tried to open her eyes by saying so. Eustaf exhaled and raised his hand.
"Blue flame."
A blue pillar of fire rose up. Eustaf calmed down the horse's surprise and kept it running. This blue pillar of fire, which soared to the air, was clearly visible everywhere, and the lost knights began to run along it.
Of course, I could see this pillar of fire in the Sky castle.
Ran became a bit of a hypnotized dream. The heat from the pillar of fire did not warm her up at all.
Deep inside the ice wall, when I saw the pillar of fire, a howling sound rang out in the forest.
Eustaf shook Ran's shoulder a few more times to wake her up. The pillar of fire ran ahead, and Eustaf followed and the two arrived at the Sky castle.
"Lord!...Ms. Ran!"
The servants stumbled out of the wind to pick up Ran and Eustaf and put the horse in the stable.
Blam!
The sound of the door closing in the wind was loud, but Ran was still blank. Lumiere hurriedly undressed her. Ran was sobbing while he was taking off her frozen scarf and jacket.
"Master."
Lumiere whispered. Dimodia shouted.
"The bathtub is full of water! Is the Lord all right?"
"I'm fine."
Eustaf said so, but the butler strongly recommended that he take a hot bath, too. Eustaf put him off and started ordering things to do.
Lumiere grabbed Ran and started walking. But in front of the bathroom, he was kicked out by Soda and Kara. Ran groaned as soon as she entered the lukewarm water.
"It's hot."
"It's not hot water."
Kara said so and looked at her hands and feet. Fortunately, the statue did not seem to be that severe. It must have been more dangerous because of hypothermia.
Little by little, whenever Ran got used to the water temperature, she poured hot water to raise the temperature. As Soda and Kara move diligently like squirrels, Ran is now completely at body temperature.
She slopped in the bathtub and closed her eyes.
"I've never seen such a snowstorm before..."
She murmured and Kara said.
"I've seen it when I was young."
"Really?"
"Yes, I heard there's a snow storm like that sometimes. I didn't know it would be today."
Ran sighed, "I see...."
'You're really that sick when you're cold. I never imagined it.'
My eyes were stinging, too. Soda said as she pressed her eyes.
"Don't touch it, Ms Ran. You've got a scar around your eye."
"Scar?"
When I looked at my finger, blood really came out. It's a slap in the eye. She made a ball sound and asked.
"What about the others? What about the Knight? How's Eustaf?"
"I'm sure the others are getting the right measures. Thanks to his pillar of fire, the people who wandered seemed to have found their way."
"Ah"
The pillar of fire.
It's like a 3D movie....
Ran jumped up from her seat. The bathtub was overflowing with water at its worst. Kara said to Ran.
"You still need to warm up."
"No, it's okay."
"Lady!"
"Lady Ran!"
Ignoring their cries, Ran came out of the bathroom in a thick shower gown. Dimodia screamed.
"Miss Ran, you didn't dry your hair! You'll catch a cold.!"
"Dimodia is right."
Lumiere also said, embarrassed by her appearance. The two half forced her to sit in the warmest seat in front of the fireplace and turn on a heater nearby.
Soda and Kara, who ran out with wet hands, looked amazing.
"No, what if you suddenly go out like that?"
"Oh, you didn't even dry your hair."
They brought towels and started rubbing their hair. There, Ran said, swaying from side to side.
"Please go see what Eustaf is like."
"The Duke is fine."
"That's right."
Ran swallowed a moan again.
Blue flame comes down to the owner of a house. However, it is not that there is no price for use.