Ch. 1The Seal
An exploration team of future heirs from Dongjing’s Ten Master Clans found an infant sealed beneath a glacier in the Kunlun Mountains. Only Koichi Saegusa and Maya Yotsuba could approach the ice, and the team decided to carry it down the mountain for further investigation.
- Atsuko Mutsuzuka discovered a frozen infant beneath the glacier, and Koichi Saegusa’s instruments revealed signs of life.
- Koichi Saegusa and Maya Yotsuba helped extract the infant, but sharp winds and ice drove other team members away when they tried to touch it.
- After Koichi and Maya set the infant down, the ice began melting, and Makoto Kudou suggested that their blood had started breaking a seal.
- Koichi Saegusa safely pressed his bleeding hand against the ice, while the other heirs were repelled by an invisible force and struggled to heal their wounds with magic.
- The head of the Jumonji family arranged to take the infant down the mountain, leaving Koichi Saegusa and Maya Yotsuba to carry the ice.