‘Would you like to talk about that here?’

 

It’s a strange story. I decided to withhold the answer.

 

“I don’t really want to talk about it right now.”

 

“Excuse me. I’m sorry, Your Highness.”

 

“no.”

 

Richard, the agent, didn’t delve further into a topic I was avoiding. Alice relaxed and lowered her eyes, as if feeling faint at my answer.

 

After that, Richard took me along with his servants and talked about the schedule while crossing the beautiful ice garden in front of the palace.

 

I had no intention of resting, so I immediately met and talked with key administrative positions and soldiers, and in the evening, I enjoyed dinner at a long table.

 

Dorothy was excited and amused in everything she did, and Alice behaved calmly. Well, it was a contrast to each other.

 

As soon as the sky turned dark, Richard and his servants took me and headed somewhere.

 

“Where are you going?”

 

“I have something to show you, Your Highness.”

 

We reached the annex building behind the palace.

 

When Richard sighed, all the servants who followed stopped.

 

“Follow me.”

 

Follow Richard into the building.

 

There were stairs leading down. When I rode it down, I saw a barrier.

 

“This?”

 

“This barrier has sealed the coldness of the basement for a thousand years. Anyone who comes in contact with that cold will freeze in an instant and lose their lives.”

 

“A thousand years?”

 

“As the 1st lord ordered, when a new ice Empror appeared in the future, an order was given to tell what was in this basement. Only Your Highness can handle the chill that fills this cellar.”

 

“What’s in this?”

 

“The powerful ancient demon that turned the whole area into ice by leaving a single footprint, ‘Hwiseollang of Bingcheon Valley’. The ‘Cloak of Whirlwind’ created by subjugating that beast is coming. It is the best magical armor that symbolizes the Frost Lord.”

 

Sorcery armor meant armor that had magical powers like sorcery weapons.

 

I knew that the first Bingje wore a cape, but I didn’t know that it was called Hwirang’s Cloak. I couldn’t find clothes like that in ＜Merchen’s Magic Knight＞ either.

 

“This barrier can only be broken with the authority granted to me, so I will break the barrier if you wish.”

 

“… release me.”

 

“I do as you command.”

 

Strengthen your power here. It was an unexpected harvest.

 

Richard stretched out his right arm and manipulated magic to break the barrier.

 

Gently, as if the barrier melted away, a cold sensation enveloped my skin.

 

Cryogenic cold air gradually flowed from the basement and began to freeze the surroundings in white.

 

It was very bright inside the cellar. As if they had installed dozens of lights. It’s probably because there’s something inside that emits strong ice magic.

 

“Please come.”

 

Richard lowered his head.

 

I descended the stairs and entered the cellar filled with cryogenic cold.

 

The sound of the iron door closing was heard outside. The agent, Richard, had gone out and closed the door. It must be to prevent the cold air from escaping from the basement.

 

The cellar was full of murderous cold, but it had no effect on me. It must have been because the power that ownership had passed on to me, who had become a new ice maker. This cold air must have been a power linked to the Sanghwa Sword.

 

spacious basement. A neat, long cloak hung from a silver holder and fluttered quietly.

 

It was a dark blue cloak decorated with a white fur collar. It was protecting itself by emitting light blue cold air and transforming the basement into a space of death.

 

Approached.

 

Whoa!

 

The chill started to center around me, reacting as if it had met its owner. Will I welcome you?

 

When he touched the cloak, the cold air gushing out intensified.

 

I picked up my cloak and put it on my shoulders. The cloak clung to my shoulders.

 

“Whoa.”

 

Place the anchor and inhale.

 

‘This is Hwirang’s cloak… .’

 

The cold air that slowly filled the cellar seeped into the cloak.

 

As if it had regained stability after welcoming a new owner.

 

[Obtained the legendary armor [Cloak of Whirlwind]!]

 

Hwirang’s cloak became mine.

 

Woo woo woo.

 

When the chill finally subsided, only the dim lighting remained in the cellar.

 

It was because the magic stone that used ice magic as energy was emitting light in the lamp hanging on the wall.

 

Thanks to the cold air from Hwirang’s cloak, the lamp did not lose its light even after a thousand years.

 

‘Oh oh.’

 

The fine touch of the cloak.

 

Even after more than a thousand years, the clothes seemed to have no major problems because they were preserved in cryogenic cold. You can only occasionally find traces of what Bingje wore in the beginning.

 

It would be possible to figure out the performance by trying this and that, but it was clear that it was a very usable cloak. Immediately, I felt that even the unique ice magic contained in the cloak was very dense. This was definitely, good stuff.

 

“huh?”

 

A small box was placed next to the cradle. It was hard to see and it was too late to notice. I picked up the little box.

 

The small box was frozen solid, perhaps because of the cold air emitted from Hwirang’s cloak, but the box was able to return to its original state by releasing the freeze.

 

The ice that froze the box turned into light blue powder and disappeared. I opened the box

 

‘Note?’

 

a piece of paper.

 

The content is just that.

 

I took the note out of the box. There were two sentences written in the language of this world.

 

“… … .”

 

He breathed in vain. I forgot to breathe.

 

I had no choice but to stand still for a moment.

 

[The person who sealed the evil spirit will be helping you. ]

 

[But don’t believe anything if you want to live. ]

 

What do you mean?

 

It is the basement where the murderous cold remained. Anyone who would have left something here along with Hwirang’s cloak.

 

‘There must be nothing other than the original ice Emperor.’

 

Suddenly, the contents of the book Dorothy left behind in the first playthrough flashed through her mind.

 

─ ‘I don’t know how, but there is someone who helps you in the most intuitive form. Her existence must never be discovered by evil spirits. But don’t blindly trust her.’

 

“… … .”

 

He calmed his rationality coldly.

 

I put the note and the box into my arms. Now is not the time to be confused.

 

When I left the basement and went up, the iron door opened naturally. When I went out of the spire, Richard and his servants greeted me with bowed heads.

 

Suddenly, Richard was about to shed tears of emotion. But no tears flowed.

 

“Eww… ! I can’t help but admire the majestic figure that seized the extreme cold and donned the mantle of Hirang… !”

 

Richard, who was full of thoughts of hitting me, flattered me at my appearance in the cloak of Huirang.

 

It was a complicated feeling, so I just smiled kindly.

 

“… let’s go.”

 

“Yes, it does.”

 

He took off his cloak, put it in the magic bag for valuables, and moved on.

 

“Let’s ask one.”

 

“Yes, Your Highness.”

 

“How did the original Ice Emperor die?”

 

The original kings only appeared in monotonous silhouettes in game cutscenes or setting books.

 

It was unknown what kind of final appearance or what kind of end it met.

 

“that… , We do not know.”

 

don’t know?

 

“According to old records, it is said that he went on a very long trip and never returned.”

 

“travel?”

 

“yes. He even created the position of acting manager, and said that if he passed away, he would be honored at a tomb that he had set up beforehand… . You probably left with the thought of never coming back.”

 

decided to leave?

 

“I am convinced that the human lifespan was so long that even with the power of [fire], it could not last, and now it has passed away in an unknown place. We are still scrambling to find his remains.”

 

“… … .”

 

The tomb of Veronica Aslius, the first ice emperor, is located here, like a temple, at the end of the royal palace.

 

It was only a grave in name, but Veronica’s remains were not actually there.

 

Did you know in advance that you would be leaving on your last trip? .

 

“Anything like a will left by the original Ice Emperor?”

 

“I don’t know if it should be considered a will, but there is something you said before you left for a trip. Interpretations are still divided, so I have not been able to clearly grasp the meaning of the words.”

 

“What did you say?”

 

Richard said in a solemn voice.

 

“’I’ll follow the stars. To fight off lies’.”

 

“… … .”

 

“You said that. Until now, no one knows what star he followed or what the ‘false’ he tried to shake off meant. Did His Highness have any guesses… ?”

 

It reminded me of the story of the former owner of the 9-star ice elemental magic [Cold Ice Hell] and Ice Snow Dragon-Heeld.

 

In the beginning, the Ice Emperor seemed to have given no affection to anyone in this world.

 

Without finding any meaning in his life, he just lives, saying that this world of loneliness is hell.

 

At the end, did he go on a journey alone?

 

“… at all.”

 

It was unknown what exactly the original Ice Emperor had in mind and what he pursued.

 

What was the lie she was trying to shake off?

 

Why did you leave me a message telling me not to believe anything in order to live?

 

Why did you leave a message to get rid of yourself without hesitation?

 

The gulp of that truth would be in the ice lake.