Our Burning Winter Is Getting a Little Too Intense

"Just go ahead and advance without worry."

Isabel said brightly, "I should still be some way from the Fifth Level... but it shouldn't be too far. I won't fall too far behind you, and I definitely won't hold you back—"

—Such confident, unwavering words were something the "Lu Lu" Iver had first met would never have dared to say.

Aleister was slightly dazed.

So much time had passed already...

"I only realized it recently," Isabel said as she stuffed Iver's Bottled Soul back into her chest. "I actually have potential in the Path of Love..."

"...What?"

Aleister froze for a moment.

According to Iver's memories of his Previous Life, Isabel should have been a pure Path of Beauty transcendent, shouldn't she?

In this life, under Iver's guidance, Isabel had gradually developed an affinity for the Path of Authority. Yet she had not actually stepped onto the Path of Authority... She had led by example, becoming a pioneer in opening up a new path.

Isabel herself was a banner, and everyone was watching her.

If she became a queen of the Path of Authority... then the policies she promoted might not necessarily be carried out.

People would say things like, "Look, even Her Majesty the Queen couldn't help but return to the Path of Authority. The Path of Authority must still be the best choice," and so on. Then they would breathe a sigh of relief and return to their old ways.

Suddenly, Aleister's eyes widened slightly.

She abruptly realized—

The power that could revive the withered land of Avalon came from the Blooming Flowers power inherited through Isabel's bloodline, as well as the Inheritance of Blooming Flowers she had mastered.

Although her mother was the Half-Elf Inilis Blooming Flowers, her own strength was insufficient. Betina Tia Blooming Flowers, who was