Book 11: Chapter 50
The majestic palace in front dazzled me. The designer must’ve poured all of his heart and soul into designing the palace. I’d like to think that he’d be revered for ages even if it was the only design he came up with his entire life. The structure was basically a Notre Dame Cathedral except that it had four sharp towers pointing into the clouds, which was very similar to the anthropoids’ palace in the past. It was probably done to match with the structures of the anthropoid buildings style and colours in the Imperial City. The most perfect design was four protruding tips connected by an oblique glass. A huge pure-gold star was placed at the point at which they were connected at the peak. The pure-gold star wasn’t a flat star, but a three-dimensional six-corner star with the snowy mountain as the backdrop. Hence, it resembled a five-cornered star when seen from the three other angles.
This symbol was what I came up with after Freya asked me. It was the only thing that came to mind. The five-corner star is something I was very familiar with. I couldn’t make five, so I placed a huge star at the top of the palace as it was done in Kremlin. The star was higher than the mountains behind it, so the star would light up this world before the sun does. It’d light up the entire market, at least. The star would light up the entire city that had been revived.
The palace belonged to me henceforward. The city belonged to me. The land belonged to me. The once frozen land had acquired a new life in my hands. It was also a new life for me, though I hadn’t acquired a new life in the literal sense.
I scrubbed Freya’s head as she stood next to me. She looked at me with a smile, and then held my hand. She faced the palace complimented it. “After warming up the North, I had the elves come and work their magic. They truly are so efficient at work. When will humanity be able to work at that rate?”
I smiled. “We will. We definitely will. But we need to make use of their mana before that, don’t we? It’s very good that elves and humans are collaborating. Humanity is innovative, while the elves can turn humanity’s innovative ideas into reality. This palace is the perfect example. Without the elves, humanity would probably take several years to construct it, and I’d probably have to live in a construction tent.”
Pleased with herself, Freya grinned. “It was all thanks to me coming up with the idea of asking the elves for help. Onii-sama, essentially everything in the North is my credit!”
I lowered my head and pinched Freya’s face. I laughed. “That’s true. You really have surprised me beyond words, Freya. I never imagined you’d be able to return warmth to the North while I was gone, as well. Your idea to bring in warmth was amazing. You even came up with initial phase plans for the North. You’re truly too amazing. You truly are my sister.”
“Hehehe…” Freya shyly laughed and then raised her head up to look at me very eagerly.
“But it’s been rough on you, Freya. It’s been hard on you to have to do so much work here in the North where everything is scarce. Honestly, I feel incredibly guilty right now. You’re still a kid, yet you’ve shouldered so much for me. This should’ve been my job.”