Before he knew it, December had arrived.
With the coming of a light snowfall, all of Gold Rose Street lay blanketed in white.
"Without realizing it, nearly half a year has passed since I awakened..."
Aaron sat on the balcony, cradling a cup brimming with hot cocoa as he breathed out a plume of white mist.
Some time ago, due to the appearance of Aaron Sothoth's tomb, the mysterious world of Green Forest City had suffered grievous casualties.
Afterward, many members of hidden factions had surely come to inspect the great crater left by those ruined remains.
After its destruction, that ruin had become a true forbidden ground, just like the places where the Age Controllers had briefly descended before.
Any mystic who dared divine it met a miserable end!
And because there had still been living members of the expedition, some information had gradually leaked out.
The entire mysterious world now knew that ruin was a colossal trap! There had not been the slightest benefit to gain, only countless dangers, and naturally no one was willing to linger there any longer.
Once all that turmoil had passed, Green Forest City became much calmer.
But Aaron knew that an undercurrent was slowly gathering within the Invis Kingdom.
Though few survivors had returned from the previous expedition, they all knew one secret—the great occult master of a thousand years ago, that legendary inventor, the Count of Green Forest, was actually still alive!
And he was suspected to be a 'Longevity One'!!!
Once this news was revealed, it would be nothing less than a raging storm. It would not only sweep across the entire Invis Kingdom, but ignite the whole world!
"Still, it seems the Investigation Bureau intends to keep this secret buried?"
Aaron took a sip of hot cocoa, a smile