Chapter 133

From the exact point where Davey and Illyna were headed to, a snow blizzard swept across the entire forest. Unlike Davey, who quickly noticed it and moved, the other trainees, who were a little further away, scrambled to do something when they noticed the blizzard slightly later.

‘I knew it.’

In a small cave for about four or five people, Illyna shivered despite wearing an insulation coat. “Groan... I’m cold...”

At first, the air was just a little cold. The Pandora region was in the far north of the continent, so it was quite cold to begin with, and it was also true that the weather was pretty cold during this particular time of year. However, that chill turned into a nasty frost that was cold enough to cut skin, and it even became an intense snow blizzard. It meant that the forest had become completely covered in snow.

“I... It’s a relief that we were able to retrieve the supplies and find a hiding spot before the blizzard came. We were lucky.”

Davey couldn’t help but sigh at this idiot. He asked, “Does this look like it happened because of sheer luck?”

“...What, then are you saying that you predicted that this blizzard would happen?” Illyna widened her eyes in surprise.

If Illyna was asking if Davey had predicted it, it was true. The spirits usually weren’t in occupied territories, but there were quite a lot of them in unmanned land where there wasn’t a lot of human intervention. The spirits were the most sensitive to changes in nature, like how animals and insects moved first before an earthquake could happen. However, spirits were a little more sensitive than them.

“Makes sense... No wonder you suddenly pushed ahead with your golem... Wait! Then, you forced your way through knowing that this would happen?!”

“You had to take your test, and I had to do what I had to do.”

Davey wasn’t so weak that he was going to give up because of some little blizzard. After sending Rinne to find and hide in a cave, Davey pushed ahead without planning to urgently retrieve the supplies. Of course, they had to deal with a lot of low-level evil beasts since they just barged into the forest. The fact that they all became meat pancakes because of Juggernaut’s merciless firing of magic bullets was already ancient history.

“How did you figure it out? Is that also magic?”

“Spirits are sensitive to the climate. If a spirit that lives in the cold is shivering, it’s obvious what’s going to follow.”

“I didn’t know that existed.”

Elementalists would be in complete shock if they had heard Davey, who basically said that he saw the spirits of nature that even elves, the ones who were said to be the partners of spirits in the ancient books, couldn’t see. However, since Illyna was neither a mage nor elementalist, she didn’t think anything was off.

“Anyway, it’s still so cold even though I’m wearing an insulating coat and there’s a fire in here. Seriously, what’s inside that forest?” Illyna complained.

Davey silently stared at the coat in Illyna’s hand. Although the knight order had guarded this place for a long time, they had only been able to travel into just about half of the Pandora Region. He had heard that the rest was just left as a mystery as there was no way to combat the extreme cold of the rest of the region. He commented, “The coat is cheap.”

“What? Hey, do you know how much this is? They are really expensive and run for two to three hundred per coat,” Illyna replied.

Two to three hundred gold was certainly not a small amount.

“There is corruption in the defense business everywhere.”

Illyna widened her eyes in shock. “W—What?!”

“Give me the coat so that I can reinforce the enchantment on it,” Davey said irritatedly.

Illyna lowered her red face.

“W... Well, if it was that, you should’ve told me earlier.” Illyna quickly took off her coat and handed it over to Davey.

“See, look. I knew it.” Davey sighed when he compared the condition of Illyna’s coat and the one he was wearing. The enchantment itself was engraved strongly, but it is insufficient. He muttered, “I have to do all of it again.”

Davey laid the coat down on the floor. Then, without hesitation, he released his mana through his palms and repeatedly put it into the coat, which floated in the air.

Whoosh... At the same time, dozens of magic circles that shone blue began showing up as Davey’s hands moved.

There were various enchantments that could make the coat lighter, increase its durability, and help it resist the cold, but they were all insufficient. The biggest thing that bothered Davey was the messiness of the enchantment. Although there was no proper medium, he no longer wanted to do this half-assed since he was going to work on it anyways.

‘I should try my best if I’m going to do it anyway, right?’

Davey couldn’t help but chuckle at how innocent Illyna was. “It’s nice?”

“I just feel like something like this is nice once in a while. Don’t you think so?” Illyna asked, and they both fell silent.

‘I guess it’s not bad. This kind of vibe.’

Davey just couldn’t resist going crazy at Illyna’s supposed seduction. “Sigh... I can’t stop myself if you’re seducing me this much.”

“What?”

The blizzard outside didn’t look like it was going to stop.

“D—Davey?”

“It’s only the two of us here right now, and I’m thinking of releasing what I’ve kept in for so long.”

Illyna widened her eyes, as if understanding the strange situation. She realized that they were a man and a woman alone in a small cave.

“Why... Why are you doing this...” Illyna laughed awkwardly. She was flustered, and her laughter immediately stopped when she noticed Davey’s serious stare. She yelled, “D—Davey!”

“How could a princess be this off-guard?”

‘Especially since she’s called one of the Five Beauties of the continent.’

Illyna looked frosty, but her smile was actually surprisingly warm. She was so beautiful that she would make pretty much any man fall for her. She threatened, “St—Stop joking around! I’ll cut you if you come close!”

As Davey got up and walked toward her, Illyna was completely bewildered. With a completely shocked expression, she slowly backed away with her jaw on the floor. “Do—Don’t you know that we’re in the middle of a test?! And if you do something weird right now, the Teachers...!”

“They can’t see us right now.”

Illyna went pale. She froze from Davey’s serious expression and tone. She cried out, “R—Rinne...! Where is Rinne?”

Although Illyna urgently called for Rinne, the silver-haired child, who had been sitting beside Davey and chewing on a meat jerky not too long ago, was already long gone.

“Hiccup...” Illyna even began to hiccup with a pale face. “D... Davey, why are you doing this... All of a sudden...”

“I’ve waited for this moment.”

“D—Don’t do this, we’re friends...”

“That’s not important right now.”

“Please...” Illyna looked like she was going to cry. Normally, she would pull out Caldeiras and come at Davey. However, she knew very well that she would only be overpowered in seconds even if she tried.

“Don’t worry, it only hurts for a moment. It’ll feel good soon. Your back, that’s all I need to see.”

“Kyahh!!” Illyna, who was screaming and backing away, widened her eyes even more. She could feel the cold wall behind her.

Crack... Crack... Then, the sound of bones cracking could be heard throughout the entire forest. It was from Davey’s hand, which grabbed onto Illyna.

“Ah, this feeling.”

Davey had to be nice to the hot-tempered heroes of the Hall for such a long time...so it had basically become an obsessive desire.

“Kyahh!!”

A desperate cry for help was also heard.