It was a deep, pale-blue chain, like ice that had remained frozen since time immemorial, crystalline yet suffused with an intensely cold hue.
Its surface bore tiny characters resembling snowflakes, each one different from the next.
"Strange. What exactly is this?"
He settled his mind and carefully studied and sensed it.
Ten minutes later, he rubbed his temples and withdrew his gaze for the moment, looking thoughtful.
Rather than writing, these seemed more like manifestations of magical power.
After observing them for a while, Kroya actually felt that they bore a subtle resemblance to the characters of his "Rainbow Poem."
Both were special characters imbued with mana, though these were worlds apart from the "Poem of Rainbow Light."
Through his own understanding, he could make out their rough meaning: freezing and gathering.
Anything beyond that was beyond Kroya's understanding. After staring at them for too long, even he felt his mental power beginning to buckle.
"Could this be the seal preventing your atavistic return?"
Kroya patted the frost demon rabbit's head.
Honestly, he was very curious whether this seal had formed naturally, or whether someone-or some god-had placed it there.
If it was the work of a god... could it be the same sort of thing as the curse inside the Brilliant Gold Divine Butterfly?
His curiosity grew stronger, and he decided to record the characters on the chain so he could see whether anyone could explain them later.
Once he finished recording them, he left the matter alone.
During the recording process, he had already tentatively tried using his mental power and magical control to see whether he could influence the sealing chain.
The result... had been disastrous.
The moment his mental power touched the chain, the frost demon rabbit before him swelled as though inflated and exploded on