"Getting Itchy Hands Is Perfectly Normal."

Ice Maiden Village.

This was the name Shafna had casually given to the village where the Ice Maiden Tribe would live before she left.

There was nothing cultured or sophisticated about it. It was simple and crude, to the point that Shien did not know whether he should complain.

Yet Hertia accepted the name without changing her expression, making Shien wonder if that woman would accept it just as calmly even if it were called Shit Village.

For the time being, the Ice Maiden Tribe would stay here. Until they had recovered their health, they likely would not emerge into the world.

Shien even seriously suspected that Sera would simply hide them away and use them as a secret force, quietly having them do things that could not be revealed to outsiders.

At the very least, Aiyi and Shafna had warned Shien that the existence of Ice Maiden Village had to remain secret.

Yulin, Lilith, Liel, Gratia, Blady, and the others had also been warned.

"I'm not that loose-lipped."

That was Yulin's response.

"?"

Lilith was still Lilith. She probably understood nothing, but that was somehow reassuring instead.

"I wouldn't stoop to underhanded methods to strike at those Ice Maidens. If I'm going to defeat them, I'll do it openly and fairly."

Liel shouted, looking like a brainless, loudmouthed delinquent girl who only knew how to yell.

As for Gratia and Blady, they did not say much.

"Compared to that, I think we have more important things to do."

"Master, if possible, we hope you can give us some time. There are some matters we would like to discuss with you properly, and we may need to borrow your person."

The two Dragon Women said this to Aiyi.

Shien always felt that these two women were plotting something against him.