Felosys had already made up her mind. Once they got back to the cabin, she would punish Aqua and make her reveal Ruben's real address. Beside her, Mers had already lost his mind, muttering things like, "What exactly are breasts?"
Just as Felosys was about to retrace her steps and climb back over the wall, a sudden warning flared in her mind. She pulled back her right foot before stepping down. Thick frost had already formed where she had intended to land, and the ice quickly spread outward, forming a semicircular ice barrier that trapped the two of them inside.
"Do you two uninvited guests think you can simply leave? Aren't you taking Rhine Magic Academy a little too lightly?"
The ice spread beneath their feet so quickly that even the poison dragon could not react in time. Once trapped within the frozen barrier, both of their body temperatures rapidly dropped. White mist filled the surroundings, but Felosys soon sensed someone else inside the barrier. The other party had no intention of hiding and stepped out of the icy fog. He was an old man who appeared to be nearly seventy. His sideburns had turned gray with age, yet his face bore none of the wrinkles one would expect at that age. Even in temperatures near freezing, his complexion remained rosy.
"We meant no offense. We merely came here to find someone."
Felosys did not know where she had exposed herself and drawn out the academy's strongest figure, but she did not show any weakness. The advantages of being a dragon allowed her to face any Magic Saint calmly. Purple mist drifted from her body and gathered in midair into the phantom image of a giant dragon, shielding her and Mers.
"A dragon?"
Harvey Terry's expression turned grave. Had he