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Gulp.
Meow!
I didn’t know why she kept doing this lately, but Ellen had taken to opening her mouth wide like she was about to swallow my face whole.
Didn’t she realize how terrifying that was from a cat’s perspective? It wasn’t just unsettling—it was downright scary!
Sure, I was glad she wasn’t out doing something pointless like patrolling the imperial capital. But now it seemed like the only thing in her head was playing with her cat all day. Honestly, it was starting to creep me out a little.
Ellen lay on the bed, mumbling with me beside her. Thankfully, she hadn’t been zoning out much lately, which was a relief. I had to admit, animal therapy seemed to be working wonders.
“You’re so cute,” she said.
‘Hmm. You’re not too bad yourself.’
Of course, whenever she looked out the window at the falling snow, her expression darkened.
The snowfall was relentless, and there was nothing Ellen could do as it blanketed everything. Snow wasn’t a monster, after all.
After breakfast, Heinrich and Louise had gone out and tried some strange method to melt the snow, but it hadn’t worked very well.
It was pointless for Ellen to go out to patrol the area around the capital, and there was nothing even a hero could do about a snowstorm.
In the end, all she could do was rest.
Ellen lazed around for a while before picking me up and sitting up.
‘Hmm. Is it already lunchtime?’
Time seemed to melt away.
***
It was lunchtime.
Heinrich and Louise had returned from their walk and were eating in the banquet hall. The atmosphere felt a little different—not because of the two of them, but because of something in the hall itself.
“Students who wish to volunteer to help in clearing away the snow in the imperial capital, please sign up here and report to the dormitory supervisor,” announced several staff members to students as they entered.
While the snow within the Temple itself needed clearing, the situation in the rest of the imperial capital was far more urgent. The Royal Class students who...
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