Truth be told, after the grand competition in Regensburg ended, Malin felt he had fallen into a happy time of eating and waiting for death, but happy days usually pass quickly. When the team from the Church of the Goddess of Harvest was preparing to return to Carterburg, Malin still brought the girls to the train station and attached their carriage to the end of the train.
"I thought you would live in Regensburg," lamented the younger brother of the Quaiser family at Malin's punctuality.
Malin didn't want to explain anything—he certainly couldn't tell the guy that he was returning to Carterburg just to see his mentor off on his final journey.
On the way back to Carterburg, the temperature continued to drop, and soon everyone was changing into winter clothes. Malin, too, had no choice but to change—as a Frost Giant's whelp, he really wasn't afraid of the cold. Now, with his bloodline steady, all his traits were in working condition.
