When Victoria returned to her room on the upper floors of Silver Castle, snowflakes were drifting down outside the window.
This winter's snowfall... one after another, especially following the late stages of Cold Month, the snow nearly never stopped.
Appropriate snowfall can bring a good harvest for the coming year, but it also makes Cold Month even harder to endure. After this snowfall, it's likely that more people will die in the villages and towns surrounding the royal capital...
The chilling wind from the north swirled above the ancient royal capital, stirring the snowflakes descending from the sky into a hazy curtain. The black-haired maid Maji closed the wooden shutter inside the window, isolating the bleak scenery outside, while the fireplace in one corner of the room burned fiercely, keeping this luxurious room warm and comfortable — the icy world outside the castle seemed to become another realm.
