Chapter 30

Chapter 30

The easiest way to define Bercht was to call it a village built on the ridge of snowy mountains or an independent country with no borders with a population of about 1 thousand people in the heart of a snowfield.

It was divided into 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th borders, each having its own entrance, residences, and restrictions.

The first border was open to civilians, including knights and adventurers, but only wizards could enter the borders that followed it.

Sylvia had already spent two nights at the second border.

“…”

She was bored.

She thought there would be something special. But aside from the occasional magical phenomenon, there really was nothing to see.

There was still time until the Bercht conference, so all she could do was study.

“… Information…”

But, her father’s words kept bothering her. There was apparently a planned ambush on one of the trains heading to where she was. She questioned if it was really a secret.

If it wasn’t, then what would it be?

By any chance, wasn’t it an instigation?

“My lady, 14 Families have already arrived.”

Syrio went inside the cabin then, enjoying his specialty snowfield ice cream.

“Who has arrived from the 12 Families?”

“Hmm? Oh, everyone has arrived aside from Yukline and Riwaynde. That aside, I heard many of the chaperones are the same age as my lady. Of course, there are more who are three or four years older than you, but would you like to meet them? There are also people from the kingdom. It’s an opportunity to broaden your horizon~”

Yukline.

She paid attention to that family more than anything else. “There’s no need for that.”

Sylvia shook her head, pretending it was insignificant. “I’m going to get some fresh air.”

“What? Oh, okay. Do with this information what you will, but the assistants are enjoying tea time at a cafe called ‘Snow and Rain.’”

Sylvia left the hotel without listening to Syrio.

Walking out, she hid somewhere with no human traces and rummaged through her pocket, enveloping a blue pebble with her hand.

It was the mana stone given by Deculein as a reward for passing the test.

“… With this…” She closed her eyes and released some mana, causing the mana stone to coagulate each of the released pieces together.

Mana gathered around it, forming a specific outline. At first glance, it was a silhouette that was hard to identify.

Sylvia colored the empty line. Her ‘red, blue, green’ colors spread like smoke and soon breathed life and perfection into it.

It was tied up.