Haruze's eyes widened. He finally saw that the person covering his mouth was none other than his teacher, the Count of Tonigell, and instinctively fell silent. At that moment, Brando also saw the others who had fallen down. The second and third people to roll down were Firas and Laurenna. Then another figure slid down and landed on top of them. Firas, who was at the bottom, let out a muffled groan. It was Scholar Miss, clutching a thick diary. She rolled off the female knight and plunged headfirst into the snow, unable to stop herself from crying out in pain. Finally, a large man came down, though he was rather unlucky and slammed headfirst into the ice. Brando watched the red-foreheaded man climb to his feet before recognizing him as First Prince Lainaret.
"Mr. Brando!"
"Count!" Firas and Shido cried out in delighted surprise the moment they recognized Brando. Brando looked at the two of them with exasperation, but he could not be bothered to tell them to keep quiet. The sound of something like an iron plow scraping across the ice was returning from the distance. It was too late to say anything now. They had to run immediately.
Brando released His Highness the Little Prince, drew the Sword of Earth, and went to the side passage. He stared intently at the rear half of the Frostbite Giant Worm, which was slowly writhing backward. After hesitating for a moment and roughly calculating his chances, he finally said, "Miss Kua, I'll leave this place to you. Please open a passage immediately. I'll hold it back for a while."
"No problem, human sir." Kua immediately nodded and began preparing her spell.
The Little Prince seemed to finally realize that he had caused trouble. He looked at Brando with a pale