On the vast High Peak Snowfield, the frigid wind howled and heavy snow swirled, leaving everything blanketed in endless white.
Yet the chains of steep, undulating snow peaks showed that this was not some far-northern snowfield, but the High Peak Snowfield situated atop a towering mountain range that reached into the clouds.
Amid the snow and biting wind, five girls dressed in thick ice-blue winter clothes were desperately fleeing across the deep snow.
They were all students of Skywater Academy. After being pursued by the Frost Ice Snow Demon Dragon, the teachers leading them had chosen to stay behind and hold it off, allowing them to escape first.
However, amid waves of girlish shouts and thunderous crashes, the commotion behind them never seemed to weaken, as though it were following their shadows.
Clearly, the teachers had been unable to completely stop the Frost Ice Snow Demon Dragon.
This made the girls even more flustered and anxious, but on this High Peak Snowfield, where snow lay several meters deep, their movements were severely restricted, and they could not pick up their speed.
"Whoosh, whoosh~"
The frigid wind continued to howl, pelting their faces with icy snowflakes. Just as the five girls were running with all their strength, a faint red dot appeared on the snowfield ahead.
As they drew closer, the five girls suddenly realized what it was.
Ahead of them stood a little boy who looked only four or five years old. He wore fiery-red beast-hide clothes, with a white jade jar hanging from his waist. His skin was as fair as jade, and his delicate, handsome features made him look like a little white porcelain doll.
"Why is there a child here?!"
Seeing the little boy ahead, the girl running at the front—a pretty girl of twelve or thirteen