What secrets or treasures were hidden in that place that could make Ade so unwavering?
I wasn't naive enough to think he was truly doing this for my safety, or to avenge his people.
He said the Great Prophet had designated that place a forbidden ground and barred their people from entering it. Yet this time, it was the Great Prophet personally who had sent word for him to go there with me. Had the Great Prophet been waiting for an opportunity all along? And was I that opportunity?
But why would I be that opportunity? I had no idea either. I could only take things one step at a time.
And had that note really been left by that middle-aged man?
He had first led me to where the snow monsters were, then guided me south, toward the place those snow monsters regarded as forbidden ground.
And now there was this avalanche before us.
When I linked all these things together, my mind went blank.
If Little Old Nine hadn't been killed and the note hadn't appeared, I would have suspected this was all arranged by the snow monsters. But it was also entirely possible that the snow monsters had some connection with that middle-aged man. Perhaps they were in league with each other. As for the deaths of those two snow monsters, that could likewise have been an act they staged to win sympathy!
In short, none of this made any sense.
We decided to take a detour, which meant traveling more than ten extra miles.
Under these circumstances, even one extra mile was torture for me.
I didn't have their ability to move effortlessly across such deep snow. I could only trudge forward slowly, stumbling with every step.
"Mr. Jiang, how about this? I'll have Jia Yi