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Saintess
As I continued to fly on Tyrol’s back, the sky’s color began to change to dark red.
It shouldn’t be dusk yet, but since it is now winter and in the north, the sun seemed to set early.
If this were ordinary times, I would watch the setting sun calmly, but we have to hurry to to our destination right now. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Since we are traveling at top speed, the scenery flows past us at tremendous speed, making it physically impossible to enjoy the sunset.
「Arc, we are about to arrive at Earl Toltoride’s territory. Let us slow down for a bit」
「Okay!」
After around 2 hours, we fly away from the mansion, it looks like we are approaching our destination, the Earl’s territory.
If we continue to fly at high speed more than this, we will fly past our destination and there are possibility that we will end up missing important leads.
Our flying speed slowed a little after signaling to Tyrol using the Mana Rope to lower the speed.
And I don’t understand the geography of Earl Toltoride’s territory so I obediently follow behind Ziruol.
But even so, it’s surprising that my first memorable work will be to rescue Saintess-sama.
At first, I heard that I would be entrusted with light work on the level of inspecting towns or villages within the territory, but I never thought I would be entrusted with such important work all of a sudden.
As we flew while I absentmindedly had such thoughts, I could see bright lights on the ground.
It’s not just one or two. Hundreds of lights are on the ground. Setting aside big cities, it’s unnatural to have such bright lights around a mountain. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Tousan! Those lights!」
「They are probably the Holy City’s Knights and the soldiers of Earl Tortolide who came rushing to help. We are going to drop by and gather some information」
「U, un」
After saying that, Ziruol starts to descend toward the gathering lights on the ground.
I gave a small nod and followed Ziruol’s lead, shifting into a descending posture.
There are several temporary tents and bonfires set up on the ground.
That’s probably the base for the Saintess rescue operation.
「Gigyaaaaaaaaaa!」
Olga roared as though to assert her presence.
It’s probably to avoid being thought of as suddenly approaching to attack them.
「Wha, what!? What’s that sound?」
「Hiii, isn’t that a dragon!? A surprise attack at such a time!」
「There is also a strange bird over there!」
「No, that’s wrong! That’s Ziruol-sama’s familiar, the Frost Dragon!」
The soldiers and knights were making a commotion, but it looked like there was someone who knew of Olga’s existence.
Once the confusion on the ground has calmed down, we descended.
「So that’s the monster the lord of Kontract’s House commands…………」
「The Frost Dragon has such an enormous presence」
「What is that round bird?」
As soon as we landed, I felt the awe-filled gazes from the soldiers and knights gathering toward us.
Dragons are not creatures you come across if you live your daily life after all.
And I feel like the rest 20% of them are looking toward my direction. Looks like Tyrol and Fuku are unusual creatures to them.
「I am Ziruol Kontract! I hastened here in response to the rescue request from the Church! I want to know the current situation!」
「Holy Knight’s Order Rashid (ラシード) will explain the situation」
As Ziruol got off Olga’s back, a man appeared from the crowd.
It’s a young man with a slender body and long, blonde hair.
He was wearing silver armor and a green cloak draped over his shoulder.
「Rashid! Long time no see!」
「 Yeah, it really is. Guess it’s been about 3 years since we last met face-to-face like this, huh?」
The man who came out from the crowd, called Rashid, seems to be Ziruol’s acquaintance.
I heard from Rowen that Ziruol was the former vice-commander of the Holy Knights.
So it wouldn’t be strange if he has an acquaintance within the Holy Knights. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Is that your son?」
「Yeah, that is my son Arc」
「Pleased to meet you. My name is Arc」
「He’s quite young, you sure you’re going to take him with you?」
「I think it will be better to have more people in the sky no matter how many」
「True」
「So, have you found Saintess-sama?」
The two of them were reminiscing over their reunion after a long time of not meeting each other, but given the circumstances, they quickly returned to the main point of this situation.
「We still haven’t found her. We have also received Earl Tortolide's help and his private army to continue the search, but the avalanche is so extreme that it is difficult for us to march」
Taking a quick glance at the avalanche’s direction, I saw a huge amount of snow flowing down to the foot of the mountain.
There are trees and earth and dirt mixed among the snow that it looks like it’s impossible to climb carelessly.
According to Rashid, it seems like in addition to the Saintess, the missing people are the coachman, two Holy Knights’ bodyguards, and an attendant maid.
「We have currently divided into small squads to search for places where the influence from the avalanche was minimal, but the situation is not looking good. Myrialia-sama is skilled at Barrier Magic and she has plenty of mana, but it wouldn’t be strange for her to reach her limits soon」
The magicians are removing the snow out of the way in front using magic, but the amount of snow is so great, unfortunately so it’s a situation like pouring water on hot stone. But if you use flashy and powerful Fire magic, there is a possibility of hitting the buried Saintess and causing another avalanche.
Rashid and the others are feeling frustrated while the Saintess's life is in danger.
「Understood. Then Arc and I will search for her from here on. Do you know the general location?」
「We are searching this area」
Rashid takes out a map and marks an area where they had searched with a pen.
It looks like they have searched around the mountain, but they have barely searched the central part of the mountain.
It would be difficult for just us to search this area.
「On what business did Saintess-sama pass through here?」
「It seems like they are heading toward Viscount Empayia’s territory (エンパイア)」
「In that case, the route that Saintess-sama and her group took should be around here」
Ziruol borrowed the pen and made an estimate on the map.
「She’s not taking this route?」
The route Rashid marked on the map was wider and looked easy to traverse.
「There is a wyvern’s nest on that route. If you are familiar with the area, you will definitely avoid that route」
「I see. Even though it is the territory of another lord, you are well-informed」
「It is not just for show that I fly through the sky as the Empire’s noble, you know 」
I guess this information is something Ziruol gained since he flew all around the Empire.
A normal person would not be able to know another person’s territory and geography that well.
「Very well. Let us assume the whereabouts of the missing people in that area, we will search from there to see if they have been swept by the avalanche」
「Aah, please」
Once they had shared information, Rashid quickly told the soldiers and knights to gather and started to move. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Arc, let us go!」
「Un!」
Having finished gathering information, we quickly took off on our familiar’s back and headed toward the area Ziruol had guessed.
After parting ways with the Holy Knights - including Rashid - and Earl Tortolide’s private soldiers, we arrived at our destination before long.
「If tousan’s guess is correct, then it should be around here」
「Yeah, it would be great if I am right」
If, by any chance, Ziruol’s guess was off, then we would suffer a big loss.
The pressure must be considerable.
「I will search from here to the north side. I will leave the south side to Arc」
「Okay」
After confirming that Ziruol continued flying to the north, I decided to turn Tyrol around and search the south.
「Tyrol, lower our altitude a little」
「Chun!」
After asking Tyrol to lower our altitude, I strengthened my eyes with mana and tried to search the ground thoroughly.
The mountain is completely covered in snow and there are only scattered trees around.
Including the Saintess, the missing people are 5 people, but there wasn’t even a shadow of a person everywhere I looked.
Since I have no choice but to keep searching for them steadily and frantically, I scan my surroundings.
On the other side, Fuku is also looking around but he doesn’t seem to be able to see anyone at all.
After having Tyrol fly around for about tens of minutes, we continue searching for the Saintess, but there’s no sign of her at all.
To make matters worse, the amount of snow falling from the sky is increasing.
I can manage to deal with the cold by using Body Strengthening magic somewhat, but there is nothing I can do with the poor visibility.
Even though we are looking for the missing person, the weather can be cruel.
「At this rate, we will get nowhere. Let’s try going down to look for them」
If you get swallowed by an avalanche, there’s a high chance you will get buried in snow.
So rather than searching from the sky, we might have a better chance to find clues by landing and searching on the ground.
Thinking like that, I decided to land for a moment.
「Uooh!」
「Wan!」
The moment we landed, our feet sank deep into the snow. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Apparently, the avalanche caused more snow to pile up on the ground even more than I expected.
Fuku and I somehow managed to clamber out of the snow.
「Tyrol, please keep searching from the sky. Fuku and I will try to search from the ground」
「Chun!」
I decided to ask Tyrol to keep searching from the sky while Fuku and I will try searching for them from the ground.
「Fuku, Saintess-sama might be buried by the avalanche. Search for any human scent in the snow」
「Wan!」
Fuku replied with a vigorous bark, put his nose close to the ground and started sniffing the *sunsun*.
I also don’t just leave it all to Fuku and use Smell Sharing to try to sense the smell underground.
I remember the time when we gathered taroimo.
If we can’t see them with our eyes, then we can determine their location by smell.
There are no other people besides us in this snowy mountain. So if anything was smelling like humans, those were surely the Saintess's party.
Thinking like that, I tried sniffing around but I couldn’t find clues.
I got on all fours trying to find a clearer smell, but I could only smell the snow and the earth.
It seems like it’s difficult to locate people who are buried deep in snow by smell even with a keen sense of smell.
We might be able to find them somehow if they were buried in shallow ground like the taroimo case, but the Saintess's party might get buried deeper if we try to do it poorly.
No matter how sharp my sense of smell becomes, I can not smell something that deep.
「Fuku, did you smell something?」
「Kuun」
Fuku let out a weak, dejected voice when I looked up and asked him.
Looks like even Fuku, who is good at distinguishing things by smell,l can’t find any clues either.
Even so, we are not the only ones searching them now.
Since there is the possibility that the Saintess's party is still alive, we can’t give up yet.
「Let’s do our best as much as we can」
「Wan!」
I stroked Fuku’s ear to cheer him up.
…….ear?
「That’s right! If we can’t rely on smell, then we can find them by sound!」
I’ve heard that the Saintess might build a Barrier inside the snow.
So the inside of the Barrier is a safe space.
So if there is a space under the snow, we might be able to pick up sounds of breathing or bodies moving.
「Fuku, let’s search not by smell but by sounds!」
「Wan!」
Changing our search strategy, Fuku starts to strain his ears to pick up any sounds. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I decided to pick up sounds from the ground by changing the Olfactory Sharing to Auditory Sharing.
I could hear the sound of wind blowing byuuuuuu and the trees’ branches and leaves swaying.
「……un, our search scope will be wider with this」
We keep each other in sight to avoid being separated while carefully listening and changing locations.
「Wan wan!」
As we continued to do our search like that for nearly an hour, Fuku suddenly barked loudly.
「Could it be, you heard something!?」
When I rushed over while concentrating on listening, I heard what could be thought of as several human breathing sounds from underground.
I realized that there were several people in a small space underground from the echoing sounds.
The Saintess might have set up a Barrier down there to wait for rescue.
「Let’s dig here!」
「Wan!」
Fuku moves his forelegs rapidly and snow gets vigorously dug up.
The snow is being shaved away at a considerable speed, but even waiting for that is frustrating at this time.
「Grow big!」
I decided to make Fuku’s body bigger.
And when the giant-sized Fuku swung his forelegs, snow flew up all around as if it were all a joke.
Fuku then swung his forelegs three times and then a blue, transparent wall-like thing was exposed.
That’s probably the Saintess's Barrier.
There are 2 Holy Knights, 1 coachman, and 1 maid with dumbfounded expressions inside the Barrier, looking up at us.
Yosh, we found them! I have to tell Ziruol and Tyrol!
Ah, but, we hadn’t decided on a signal when we found something.
「Fuku! Bark as loud as you can so tousan and Tyrol can hear you!」
「Waaoooooooooooonnn!」
When I asked him to do that, Fuku took a deep breath and howled loudly.
Fuku’s loud howl echoes through the air. This should be heard by Ziruol and Tyrol - who should be flying far away.
「Wha, what is that!」
「A new species of monster?!」
「My name is Arc Kontract! At the Church’s request, I have come to rescue Saintess-sama!」
The 2 Holy Knights readied their swords when they saw the giant-sized Fuku, but they sheathed their swords, looking relieved when I showed up and introduced myself.
However, that’s only for a moment. The 2 Holy Knights came to their senses and opened their mouth to ask with a serious expression. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Is Saintess-sama safe!?」
「Eh? Isn’t Saintess-sama inside this Barrier!?」
「Myrialia-sama is not here!」
「She was swept away by the avalanche because she prioritized protecting us!」
When I tried looking into the Barrier, there were only 4 of them and there was no sign of the important Saintess.
「Is Saintess-sama still alive?」
「The Barrier still being maintained is proof that Myrialia-sama’s is still alive and her mana is not exhausted yet!」
That’s certainly true. If the user of the magic dies, the magic will automatically get removed.
The fact that the magic still remains like this means that the Saintess is still alive.
「Can you remove the Barrier?」
「We can’t do it!」
Eehー, then, how can we rescue these people?
If it can’t be removed, then we have to physically break it and rescue the people inside.
「So, can we destroy the Barrier? It won’t have any impact on Saintess-sama if we destroy it, right?」
「No….but, is that even possible?」
「We’ll try it for now! Everyone please lie down inside!」
「U, understood!」
「Fuku, please break the Barrier but don’t hurt the people inside!」
「Wan!」
After confirming that the Holy Knights, coachman, and maids were lying down on the ground, Fuku widely swung his foreleg while being covered in a golden color of mana.
A sound as if a glass was shattered *gashaaan* echoing loudly and the upper part of the Barrier was neatly destroyed.
「To break Myrialia-sama’s Barrier with a single attack…!」
「What an outrageous familiar」
From what the Holy Knights were saying, it seems like the Saintess's Barriers boasted quite a solid nature, but it was destroyed in just a single attack from Fuku.
Once the Barrier was removed, the Holy Knights crawled out of the ground with their own strength and reached out to pull up the coachman and maids still down there.
「You saved us! Arc-dono is our savior!」
「I would love to express my gratitude properly but, let me search for Myrialia-sama for now!」
Not only the Holy Knights, but the coachman and maids began to desperately search the surroundings.
Even though they’ve been shut inside the Barrier for hours without eating or drinking anything and looking exhausted, they are still concerned with the Saintess's safety. It looks like the Saintess ismore important than themselves.
I guess that’s natural. The Saintess gave higher priorities to others’ lives than her own.
I’m sure she must be a very kind person. I also don’t want such a person to die.
「Excuse me. Do you have something that has Saintess-sama’s smell on it!」
「Eh? What do you mean?」
「Please just answer! We need to quickly search for Saintess-sama!」
「U, umm, I have a handkerchief used by Myrialia-sama!」
「I’ll borrow it!」
Taking the handkerchief the maid took out from her pocket, I held it closer to Fuku’s nose. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I see! You are going to let your familiar smell it and search for Saintess-sama!」
「That’s right」
After Fuku sniffed the handkerchief *sunsun*, Fuku disthinguished the scent on the handkerchief.
「Fuku, search for this smell!」
「Wan!」
And perhaps he picked up the Saintess's scent as he started running to the south after moving his nose away from the handkerchief.
As I start running after him, the Holy Knights and the others also hurriedly follow us.
After running for around
100 meters south of the place where we rescued the Holy Knight’s group, Fuku began to slow down.
「Wan wan!」
Then, he sniffed *sunsun* and pointed to the ground with his foreleg as if saying, ‘right here’.
「It’s right down here, right!」
「Wan!」
I use Auditory Sharing to listen carefully to be sure.
「Is Myrialia-sama under this snow?」
「Please be quiet! I can’t hear anything!」
The Holy Knights kept their mouth shut and stayed silent after I bluntly said that to them.
I feel sorry for saying such audacious remarks to someone older than me, but I hope they forgive me since it is for the sake of saving someone’s life.
Once I got on all fours and carefully listened with my ears, I heard a faint breathing sound in a small space that I thought was a space made with Barrier magic directly below.
However, the sound of breathing was irregular compared with the sounds of breathing from the Holy Knights group.
「She’s down there! Please step away, we will clear away the snow!」
When I stood up and said that to them, the Holy Knights group quickly moved away from me.
「Fuku!」
「Wan!」
Fuku then swung his foreleg, perhaps he guessed my intention from just a call.
A large amount of snow is being swept away and a transparent, blue wall appears just like what we saw earlier.
Inside the small Barrier is a girl wearing a Church vestment with pink hair.
I had thought that surely it was an adult woman as the Saintess, but I didn’t think that the so-called Saintess would be a girl around the same age as me.
「......you are?」
The Saintess's gaze turned towards me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I guess her consciousness is not clear or her eyes are out of focus due to Mana Deficiency.
It feels like she reacted like that because she saw a person’s shadow, somehow or other.
「My name is Arc Kontract. I came here to help」
「………the other people?」
「They are all safe thanks to Myrialia-sama!」
「That so. That’s good.....」
The Saintess fell unconscious with a smile on her face when the Holy Knights’ group showed themselves, and I told them that they were safe.
「Myralia-sama!」
With the Saintess losing consciousness, the Barrier was cancelled and along with that, the Holy Knight’s group rushed over.
「It’s Mana Deficiency! Do you have any Mana recovery potions with you?」
「We had some in the carriage but it was buried in snow due to the avalanche!」
Seeing the Saintess's face had gone beyond pale and turned completely white, the Holy Knights and maids flustered in panic.
I have also experienced Mana Exhaustion many times while training to increase the amount of my mana, but if I push myself too hard, it will put a huge burden on my Mana Organs and there’s a chance I might lose my life if I continue. So at times like this, it is important to immediately restore your mana to avoid any after-effects. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「If so, please use my potion!」
「Thank you!」
I give them the mana recovery potion I took out of the mystery bag.
The Saintess looks to be losing consciousness, but her body seems to be unconsciously seeking ways to recover mana, so she was drinking the potion little by little.
「So this is everyone who had been caught in the avalanche, right?」
「Yes, everyone is here」
「It is thanks to Arc-sama that Myrialia-sama was saved. Truly, thank you very much?」
The holy knights, coachman, and maids all bowed to me and said their thanks again.
…………I’m glad. I was able to save everyone.
「Chun!」
Just as I was feeling relieved by that, Tyrol’s voice resounded from the sky.
Looks like he came to join us after hearing Fuku’s howl from before.
「That is?」
「That is my familiar, Tyrol!」
「So you have two familiars despite being so young. That’s amazing」
The holy knights and the others sighed in relief after I explained to them that he was my familiar.
「Everyone, please get on Tryol’s back to descend the mountain」
「But, won’t this number of people be unable to ride him?」
Although Tyrol is quite big compared to a normal Frost Bird, he can’t accommodate all the rescued members on his back as expected.
「Arc-dono, please bring Myrialia-sama and her maid, Lita (リタ). The rest of us will walk down the mountain」
「Please don’t worry about it. I will make sure everyone will be able to get on」
I spoke over the holy knight who was about to say a resolute line.
There is no need to carefully select people like that.
I grinned and made Tyrol’s size bigger.
「Chun!」
「――!! The familiar’s body got bigger!!」
「Is this also a secret technique passed down in Kontract House?」
「Something like that」
This is actually an ability only bestowed to me by Inugami, but there’s no problem if I say it like that if they’re convinced by it.
「Now then, please get on Tyrol’s back」
「A, aah. Understood」
Everyone will now be able to ride on Tyrol’s back since Tyrol’s size has grown around twice as big as before. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
All that’s left is to meet up with Ziruol and get down the mountain and there shouldn’t be any problem.
Just as I was thinking of what course of action to take next, a sudden low rumbling sound *gogogogogo* echoed.
The snowy mountain is shaking and I can feel the vibration transmitted to my boots. It’s quite a strong shaking.
「Th, this is?」
「Not good! It’s an avalanche!」
As we were confused about the sudden tremor in the ground, a holy knight shouted so.
When I tried looking up, a white, smoke-like thing is falling from the top part of the mountain.
No, that’s not smoke. That’s all snow.
「Hurry and get on my familiar’s back!」
Responding to the holy knight’s words, the maid holding the Saintess tries to get on Tyrol’s back, but it ends up taking some time due to her unfamiliarity with riding.
The holy knight - who became impatient - hurriedly got the maid and Saintess on Tyrol’s back, but in the meantime, the avalanche was rapidly closing in.
Considering the speed of the approaching avalanche, it’s not possible to have everyone ride on Tyrol’s back.
I’m sure that the noble holy knights would tell me to get on Tyrol’s back while sacrificing their lives.
But I can’t have them do that. Our mission is to save everyone’s life. There’s no meaning to it if we end up losing someone.
「Tyrol! Forget about me and Fuku, just fly!」
「What about Arc-dono?」
「I will ride Fuku! Hurry!」
「U, understood!」
I jumped onto Fuku’s back after shouting that instruction and the holy knights hurriedly climbed on Tyrol’s back.
The avalanche is already approaching just so close.
「Fuku! Run at full speed!」
「Waaonn!」
Fuku let out an unusually brave howl, his body was wrapped in golden-colored mana, and he started to run.
At the same time, Tyrol - carrying the Saintess’ party on his back - took off to the sky.
3 seconds after that, the avalanche passes through the place where we were previously.
That was dangerous. We escaped by a hair’s breadth.
There’s no need to worry about being swallowed by the avalanche if you can escape to the sky.
「Now then, it’s just a matter of whether we can return safely」
Snow is approaching us from behind, rumbling like an earthquake.
It’s a terrible amount of snow. We probably wouldn’t be able to stand a chance against that if we get swallowed. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It would be different if I could use Barrier magic just like the Saintess, but I could only use non-attribute magic Shield - which can deploy over a single surface. So even if I can deploy a Shield, for example, snow would still close in from all directions, and I will definitely be unable to withstand that.
Or rather, to begin even if I can use Barrier, I don’t think I can withstand several tons of weight and the pressure from the snow. That was something the Saintess could accomplish since she had rigorously trained for many years. I’m sure it’s impossible for me. I can’t withstand them with unskilled magic.
We can only run through all the way so we don’t get caught up by the avalanche.
Fuku is already using Body Strengthening magic and running with all his might.
Even so, we still can greatly distance ourselves from the approaching avalanche.
Originally, Fuku's speed when using Body Strengthening is much faster than this, but due to the heavy snow and the unfamiliar terrain of the snowy mountain, it appears he can’t fully demonstrate his full potential.
Just taking a step forward ends up sinking your feet in the snow quite a bit. And it is because it is Fuku that we can still go this fast despite such a situation.
「Earth Shield!」
I deploy an earth barrier on the ground behind us.
I was trying to weaken the snow’s momentum even a little, but the earthen wall was instantly swallowed up by the snow and destroyed.
I tried using magic such as Fireball and Earth Spear continuously, and the snow got blown up powerfully, but that’s all that happened, the avalanche didn’t stop.
But thanks to the magic, I can reduce the mass of the snow even a little so it might be useful.
Fortunately, I have a fair amount of mana. Rather than not doing it and regretting it after, I’d rather try it now and regret it later.
As we continued to dash down the mountain while I kept firing magic at it, there were trees standing in a disorderly way in front of us.
Fuku evades the trees with minimal movements.
Even so, that evading maneuver causes us to decelerate a little and the distance between the avalanche and us shortens bit by bit.
「Fuku, I will knock down the trees so keep running as we are!」
「Wan!」
I decided to stop firing magic behind and knock down the trees in front of us.
A blade of wind infused with magic flies forward, causing plenty of trees to fall.
There are almost no more trees in sight and Fuku continues to leap over the fallen trees without losing speed.
「It’s like agility training, isn’t it」
「Wafun!」
I guess Fuku also thinks so. He replies a little happy.
Perhaps it’s thanks to the agility training we did in the mansion’s courtyard that Fuku was able to run through all the obstacles in the mountain smoothly.
You really don’t know what could be useful in this world.
「……hahh hahh hahh」
I could hear Fuku’s voice from nearby. It’s not because he’s out of breath because of he has no stamina left.
Due to sudden intense movements, body temperature will rise, and sticking out one’s tongue and evaporating saliva will lower body temperature.
We have run quite a distance from the avalanche but Fuku still has plenty of stamina.
The avalanche’s momentum slightly decreased due to hitting the trees, and it might have settled down by the time it reaches the foot of the mountain.
「Kyaaaunn!」
As we continued to run down the mountain while clearing the obstacles in front of us, Fuku’s body shifted diagonally. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It seems like he steps into deeper snow than expected, and his paw gets stuck.
The impact sent me - who had been on his back - blown away and rolling on the ground.
「Fuku!」
I quickly got up and approached the collapsed Fuku.
Fuku also tries to get up, but he may hurt his legs from the fall earlier and he is unable to get up quickly.
In the meantime, the avalanche drew near.
「Wan!」
「There’s no way I would leave Fuku and run away myself!」
Fuku lifted his face and it felt like he was telling me to run, but there was no way I would leave my important family member and flee.
I mean, I’m the kind of person who would lose his life because of an unknown Shiba Inu after all. Fuku should understand that more than anyone.
We might be saved if we dig a hole in the ground with Earth magic and hide inside.
It’s just at the level of a faint hope but it’s better than doing nothing.
I will bet on it if there is a way to be saved with Fuku.
I shrink Fuku’s size and cast Earth magic to dig the ground.
Darn it, a lot of snow has piled up on the ground and it’s frozen, making intervention sluggish.
At this rate, the avalanche will end up arriving soon.
「Arc! Get down!」
Just as I was pouring more mana to dig a hole while feeling impatient, Ziruol’s voice resounded from above.
I jumped into the hole that was still in the middle of being created with Fuku.
A breath attack poured down from above along with a high-pitched roar.
The breath attack travels up to the snowy mountain as if to bisect it and instantly freezes anything in its path.
The avalanche that was about to swallow us a while ago was no exception and the mass of snow instantly turned into an ice sculpture.
.....Frost Dragon’s breath is impressive.
「Arc! Fuku! Are you alright!」
As I was looking at the ice sculpture in blank amazement, Ziruol came down - even though he was still in the middle of descending with Olga.
he landed calmly even though it was more than 10 meters above ground. Just what kind of technique is that?
「Un, thanks to tousan」
「Wan!」
Fuku and I as I crawled out from the hole, brushed off the snow, and replied.
「What a reckless kid. But, well done」
After checking that we were safe, Ziruol stroked my - and Fuku’s - head. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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