Chapter 61: Winter With the Princess
A few weeks had passed since the battle with the black dragon serpent, and winter had reached our town.
This time, however, would be the first time that the princess experienced it in our town.
A few years ago, when I first arrived in End Town and helped rebuild the entire place, I set heating enchantments in all of the villager’s houses to keep them warm throughout the winter.
However, now those heating enchantments were placed all over town, meaning that even in the cold winter, people could leave their houses with lighter clothes and feel like it was another day of spring.
Even the merchants’ carriages were given these enchantments. That way, they could keep their trading routes with End Town comfortably.
During that time, we tried to keep the same routine we’ve had for the past seasons. However, I couldn’t train with the knights as much as I would have wanted to since we had to go hunting frequently.
Plenty of monsters hibernated in the winter while others were more active, and the adventurers guild wasn’t receiving many newcomers.
It was easy to leave from End Town to another city in a magically insulated carriage, but it was the complete opposite for anyone coming our way with their own carts, even worse if they walked.
With the lack of new adventurers coming to town for the season, the responsibility for hunting any wild monster mainly fell on us. Of course, there were other adventurers who had been there for a while, but the more workforce, the better.
At this point, Reinar was able to go into the forest on his own to look for ingredients, as his fear of the place didn’t exist anymore.
In fact, he only grew more excited at the idea of going out into the forest to look for ingredients now that it was winter, and the possibility of finding new herbs took away all of his worries.