So, I'll Wait for Him

Time passed day by day.

With Saint Nidor ascending the throne, the Ginas Kingdom gradually regained stability and even began undergoing reforms to a certain extent.

Almost immediately after becoming king, Saint Nidor threw himself into work. He seemed to have long been dissatisfied with many of the old kingdom's systems and was now revising them on a large scale.

As a result, many nobles were said to have been affected, for better or worse. At the very least, though, it had nothing to do with the commoners, nor did it concern Riezel or Yuri.

Perhaps out of consideration for Riezel, Saint Nidor rarely summoned Yuri, the Chief Court Mage, after taking the throne. He even granted her a great deal of freedom and, unless necessary, seemed to have no intention of ordering her about as he pleased like the previous king, Hermulin, had.

Yuri was more than happy to enjoy the leisure. With the kingdom's support, she had already recruited quite a few outstanding knights from the Kingdom Knight Order and was currently restoring the Franzer Family's knight order to strength at a rapid pace.

The Franzer Family was also one of the few noble houses unaffected by Saint Nidor's reforms, as though Saint Nidor had truly forgotten the existence of Yuri, a Strategic Class Mage and Chief Court Mage.

Under such circumstances, a little over half a month later, Riezel finally received a mental connection from the summoned creature he had sent flying toward Queen Tistis's Kingdom.

It had reached the borders of Queen Tistis's Kingdom.

Since that was the case—

"We should leave."

Riezel made that decision.

That day, the snow that had fallen for nearly an entire month finally stopped. Yet the sky remained a dull gray, and it was clearly not going to clear