Chapter 33: The Night of the Heavenly Flame Palace
Night came quickly to the Heavenly Valley.
As he gazed upon the streets, where multicolored lanterns sparkled in the dusk, Jincheon quietly savored his tea.
Whew. Well, the bag situation is handled...
He hadn’t recovered it yet, but now that a solution was in place, his mind felt lighter.
Jincheon watched the deepening shadows fall over the Heavenly Valley as lanterns began to light one by one.
Then suddenly, he recalled something Ilyo had said earlier.
“...Did you say just now that the Ice Palace would cooperate?”
The Northern Sea Ice Palace—an outerworld force spoken of in the tales of storytellers.
As if it were a realm beyond the ends of the earth, shrouded in mystery.
“Yes,” Ilyo replied.
“And why is that?”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Ilyo answered,