This time, there was not a trace of disdain in the voice of the Depraved Hero, only an inescapable heaviness.
'Once it's swallowed, you'll never wake up again.'
"...Yeah, I know. Thank you."
The Hero wiped away the cold sweat that had unknowingly seeped from his forehead.
Without looking back at the scenery behind her, the girl turned around and began descending the mountain.
The Hero's residence was not on the mountain, but in an ice house deep within the Ice and Snow Valley.
Ordinary people might feel it unsuitable for living here, but for the princess's Constitution, the temperature was just right, and there was the Ice Heaven Lake for bathing.
This used to be the domain of the Snow Women, but with the Invasion of the Dragonkind, the Kingdom lost a considerable territory, including the Border Plateau, so the Snow Women were long gone.
