Winter Castle's Hospitality

After their midnight lovemaking.

Yanagawa Mami slept until noon.

Rubbing her bleary eyes, she murmured softly, "Where's Anzu?"

"Mm..."

"I'm so tired..."

Yanagawa Mami got dressed, crossed the soft carpet barefoot, and walked straight to the window.

She gently pushed it open, and an icy wind carrying snowflakes rushed into her face.

In the distance, the frigid wind swept fine snow against the stone castle walls, shattering it into a silver mist.

Dead branches let out intermittent groans beneath the crushing weight of snow, while the Forest of Winter was veiled by the snowy curtain into undulating gray silhouettes,...