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In the North, when heavy snowfall makes it extremely difficult to find food, value judgments are forced upon us.

In other words, those who cannot obtain food immediately should be classified as worthless.

On the other hand, the argument was that adults who can go out and get food should be highly valued.

That is why, when such a situation arises, the elderly and children in the North are the first to be saved.

The elderly and children who could not get food were considered future assets, not present ones, so they became worthless in the short term.

If you had invested in something worthless out of pity, your whole family could have starved to death.

Ironically, the only way to save the children was to go hunting, secretly holding his breath and stuffing frozen pieces of food into his beak while his children cried out that they were hungry.

The North was a harsh and desolate place where everything was tied to survival, and where emotions were forced to freeze.

In that sense, the northern part of the city, when viewed from the center, seemed an overly empty place.

Because of the heavy snowfall, everything was covered in snow, and the only people walking around were hunters and a few adult males.

They pass by, glaring at me with wary eyes.

To them, foreigners were nothing more than competitors who came to take away their share.

Furthermore, in the case of powerful foreigners, they were beings who could destroy what they had barely managed to build.

That’s why they were wary and wary of me.

I felt like I was left alone in the one-eyed village, so I called out to the spirit and placed it on my palm, then opened my mouth.

“Can you help me?”

The spirit nodded quickly as if it would accept whatever I said.

I synchronized the power of the spirits and created warmth.

It wasn’t that difficult to draw out the power of the spirit.

All you had to do was commune with the spirits and think about what you wanted to accomplish.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m still immature, but I felt a strong mental burden and a headache came over me.

Jiraiya, who had been holding on for some time, held on and released the power of the Sun Spirit.

“… Huh?”

Beginning with someone’s panicked voice, the endless snowfall from the sky begins to subside.

Of course, I couldn’t block the entire city, so I could only block a radius the size of a sports field around me.

It was big enough to drag out northerners who were hiding in their homes to escape the cold.

“It’s not snowing here.”

“It’s warm here… ?”

As the falling snow disappears and turns into rain, melting everything in all directions, the northerners come out one by one with dumbfounded expressions.

It wasn’t an incredibly warm temperature, though, as it hadn’t yet radiated perfect warmth.

That alone must have been a miracle for them, as they all started to get drenched in rain, centering around me.

“Everyone likes it.”

Lorraine smiled slightly as she looked at the people around her looking up at the sky.

I nodded toward Lorraine and slowly looked around, suppressing the headache that was coming on.

The snow continues to melt.

People began to pray on the squeaky floor, not knowing that they would see such a sight in the North.

Some people were crying and lying on the muddy floor, calling out someone’s name.

“Goddess… ”

“If only it had gotten warmer a little bit faster. Ah, Elena could have survived.”

“Ha… haha, it’s warm.”

The sun spirit not only radiates warmth, but also seems to possess the power of life, causing flowers and grass to bloom quickly, dispelling the desolation.

This means that the surroundings have been dyed blue little by little.

This meant that it had the effect of drawing attention and calling people to come.

I was a little disappointed because everyone was so focused on the temperature change that they didn’t realize that I had done it.

I was about to shake it off, thinking that it wouldn’t matter much as long as Elysia knew.

“Take this, oppa!”

A little boy held out a blooming flower.

As I was about to say thank you while looking at the blue flower in my hand, the person who appeared to be the child’s mother quickly dragged the child away and ran into the house.

It seems like I’m still just an outsider to them, someone they have to be wary of.

But I was thinking that it was fortunate that there was at least one person who understood.

“No, sir… What on earth have you done?”

Lorraine looks at me from the side with a look of shock and suspicion.

“There is something like that.”

At the mention of such a thing, Lorraine looks at him with a suspicious look, then nods her head while muttering quietly, “I guess so.”

I had a feeling that there was some kind of strange misunderstanding, but I didn’t have the energy to care, so I ignored it and looked around.

It no longer snowed in the city.

Instead of the silence that used to murmur despair, laughter is heard.

I smiled as I looked at this place where hope was beginning to bloom, thinking that I hoped Elysia would like it.

***

After six months of hard work, the northern city no longer shivers in the cold.

The cold surrounding the city has all disappeared.

This is because numerous living things sprouted on the frozen land where no proper life had grown.

The North has so many crops growing that the expression “barren and desolate” no longer fits the description.

Trade, which had originally been extremely limited, also increased dramatically, and numerous goods began to circulate on the streets.

Although it was still difficult to evaluate it as a wealthy city, the city was full of smiles, even though people were no longer starving to death every time a heavy snowfall fell like before.

‘More than anything, I feel hopeful.’

Those who were wary of strangers and kept their bodies hunched over for fear of losing the little warmth they had left.

Now I’m starting to straighten up and approach new things.

We started working together and inspiring each other with the belief that things would get better, but…

‘Is the problem that we’ve started to take ionization for granted?’

I’m not saying this to be sarcastic, but the reason the North got warmer was entirely thanks to me.

To be more specific, it was said that the northern city was being kept warm ‘temporarily’ by borrowing the power of the spirits.

In other words, if I don’t put in the effort to make the North warmer, the North will soon become no different from before.

‘Because it is an act that requires a lot of strength, I hope that it can develop on its own if possible.’

From the point of taking it for granted, I was worried because it seemed like this kind of research was not being done.

As long as I just worked hard for Elysia, there wouldn’t be any big problems.

‘Anyway, the important thing is the story about Elysia.’

By the way, I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been checking up on Elysia for 6 months, giving her rides, and constantly making the North warm, but I no longer tell her to get lost as soon as I see her.

‘Of course, that doesn’t mean we became close… ‘

The relationship wasn’t that different from six months ago.

If we really want to be specific, it’s just that our relationship has changed from an ugly relationship that we can’t even look at, to a relationship between strangers next door.

Of course, I was quite satisfied with just this, so I gave the car to Elysia and was about to give it to her when I discovered something quite good.

“Elicia!”

Since I had found something good, I hurried to the office to show it to Elysia and called her.

Elicia stared at me with an expressionless face.

I looked at her like that and pointed to the hallway as I spoke.

“Follow me for a minute!”

“… Damien. Sorry, but I don’t think I can do it yet because I’m still very busy with work. ”

“Come on over!”

Is it because I never normally do this?

Elysia followed me along as expected… but didn’t come out, and was dragged down the hallway as if she was being dragged, and I spoke to her.

“I hope it makes sense.”

I felt a little nervous when he told me to be prepared if it didn’t make sense, but I had to show him this, so I endured it and quickly walked forward.

“… … ”

After shaking Elicia’s shoulder, who was looking at the document with a venomous expression, I pointed to the window in the corner of the hallway and spoke.

“Want to take a look here?”

“… Sigh.”

It was meaningless, but since I was dragged here, I thought it would be better to just watch it.

Elysia looked out the window with no expression on her face, like an emotionless doll.

At that moment, for the first time, Elicia began to look at him with wide eyes, not with a blank expression, but as if she had found hope after despair.

‘I’m sure you knew through documents that the North had changed significantly.’

Since I was always stuck in the office looking at paperwork, it seemed like this was the first time I saw how much had changed.

I jokingly talked to Elicia, who was making an expression as if she was looking at something very precious.

“Do you like it?”

If you ask yourself these questions, there is a high probability that:

‘I’m not interested.’

‘Not bad.’

‘yes.’

I wasn’t expecting much because I knew I would hear an answer that didn’t convey the same feelings at all.

“… Yes. I really… I really like it. ”

A completely unexpected answer just popped out.

I looked at the smile spread across Elysia’s face, but instead, I found myself blinking in confusion.

Elicia looked at me and expressed her gratitude.

“Thank you so much for showing me this view.”

A strong wind blew, causing Elysia’s pure white hair to flutter everywhere.

I was staring blankly at it, thinking that it was shining brighter than anything else, perhaps because it was receiving light.

She continued speaking, smiling brightly again and looking out at the vibrant cityscape.

“The things I’ve been doing weren’t meaningless.”

“Huh? Uh, yeah.”

“Really… I’m so glad.”

I never dreamed I would hear something like that, so I’m still dumbfounded.

I just blinked and nodded.

She continued to talk, looking out the window and then turning her gaze away.

“Then I guess I have to work harder.”

Then, unlike before, he starts walking down the hallway with a lively expression.

Looking at her back like that, I realized again why I liked her and smiled.

No, I was laughing.

Until an absurdly large army of monsters burst out from the cracks.

And that’s it.

“There was a report that Damian went into the deep forest every night. And then there was this warmth out of nowhere… No matter how I look at it, it seems to be related to the crack. ”

Because it was related to the declaration of divorce that was going to happen soon.