Chapter 494
In the end, I had to clear the snow off the roof. Even though Luna hadn’t specifically asked me to, the sight of the thick snow piled threateningly on the roof of the wooden house made me fear that, as Luna had warned, I might actually end up buried under a collapsed roof. I couldn’t sleep with that thought hanging over me. Never in my life had I imagined I’d witness such heavy snowfall that I’d have to climb onto a roof to clear it.
According to Luna, it wasn’t just an idle warning; roofs really did collapse under the weight of such heavy snowfall. Clearing the snow from the roof, especially when it was piled up to waist height, was a bizarre task. It involved slicing the snow into blocks with a shovel and then lifting each block up.
Once I felt I could push the snow off, I’d shove the pile down the roof.
Whump...
The sound of the snow falling to the ground was so threatening that it was hard to believe it was just snow. As I worked, I began to understand why roofs collapsed under heavy snowfall during winter.
I had returned to rest, but ended up clearing snow until the sun set. It wasn’t just me; other villagers were doing the same.
If the village paths were blocked, we wouldn’t be able to move, so we had to keep clearing the snow even as it continued to pile up.
Finally, when there was only one last pile of snow left on the roof, I took a deep breath and pushed the thick snow down.
-Whump!
“Reinhart...!”
“...?”