Chapter 440: People of the North 5
Under the strange pressure from Han Se-ah on the left and Katie on the right, the retired adventurer trio wracked their brains until they finally dredged up old memories. Though they'd been so jovial among men, they now trembled like scared bear cubs when approached by two beauties.
Well, they were a bit large for bear cubs, but anyway.
When it was revealed that my hastily made-up story from the Kingdom was actually true, Katie's eyes began to sparkle.
"Can you tell us that story in more detail?"
"What? Oh yes, of course."
Perhaps it was finding her family crest in this distant northern Empire, or maybe it was because the rainbow story she thought was just a fairy tale had gained some reality. Once Katie's eyes started sparkling, no mere 3★ braggart could resist - even the Duke of Wesley himself couldn't stop her.
As if seized by a mission to tell the lady before him everything he knew, Tom groaned while practically pulling out his messy hair before finally recovering his memories.
Far in the Empire's north, beyond the snowfields, there was a stubborn village of settlers halfway up a snow-covered mountain. Though they persisted just below the eternal snow line in an environment so cold the very air froze, they eventually lost their homeland to monster waves.
"Eternal snow? People actually survived winters in such a cold place?"