episode_0319

▶Status abnormalities are recovered.◀

▶Status Abnormality: 3 stages of cold air are recovered.◀

▶Status Abnormality: Freezing Level 3 is restored.◀

▶Status Abnormality: The statue disappears completely.◀

…

…

After a day, the abnormal conditions were cured.

Stats have also been restored to their original state, and most of the fatigue-related status effects, along with the cold status effect, have been removed.

Since he had recovered both his stamina and his ability to act, it was safe to say that he was in full condition.

“…”

Right next to me, Harnie is fast asleep.

While holding me close to the body and sharing the body heat with me.

“I’m getting help like this again.”

Now that I think about it, thanks to you I was able to relieve a lot of my worries.

Abnormal statuses do not increase as abnormal statuses.

Stats don’t drop as they should.

The number of people targeting me, including pursuers and assassins, is increasing.

After becoming homeless, it was difficult to escape from Ileor. Even when the time came, there was no clear solution.

But at this most distressing and dangerous time, you came to me and helped me.

He was a truly wonderful person.

But, I am not his fiancée anymore.

…you are saying there is no reason for me to help you.

Nevertheless, Harnie came running to me. Not only did he not use the Jewel of Oath, but he did not even mention breaking the contract.

Gratitude and regret begin to coexist.

I guess I have to repay you somehow.

But I don’t know what Harnie likes.

I have no idea what I’ll give you that’ll make you happy.

I feel a little bit familiar and a little bit familiar with this person, but I don’t really know anything about him.

So, I keep looking up at my head.

I wonder if Harnie is upset and their intimacy is dropping.

but…

Unlike other people, there is nothing floating above her head.

‘Why isn’t there an intimacy box in Harni?’

Intimacy is one of the most important elements of this game, so no matter what character you are with, there will always be an intimacy box open.

We have seen intimacy boxes not only from overt enemies like Theo Ramstar and Emma Urnen, but also from the maids and knights of the duke’s house, and the residents of the Chatelaine estate.

Starting with Radiel and Mark, who were friendly to Karsain, and Tasha and Camilla, who were completely loyal to me, and even the characters who changed to allies along the way, their intimacy levels usually fluctuated and changed in the intimacy box.

And even nobles and vassals who only met him a few times were influenced by this, and their lines changed and their reactions changed.

In extreme cases, even Shayden and Heron, whose intimacy was hidden, revealed their intimacy boxes, proving that all characters had intimacy.

However, Harnie’s intimacy box is nowhere to be seen.

Why on earth is that?

“Um…”

Harnie just fell asleep in my arms.

***

It had been quite some time since I had woken up, but it wasn’t long before I realized that something big had happened that would make me wake up with a start.

“Cold week?”

“…Yes.”

There is no danger in the Ileor Field, and there are stories I heard while living here before being chased due to the main episode.

This year’s Cold Week is expected to be even colder, information from the experience of the Ile-Ore people.

“The winters in the North are cold to begin with. However, it is said that in the midst of this harsh winter, there is one day that is the most unusual of all.”

Commonly known as Cold Week. An event that marks the start of the coldest week in the coldest place of the year.

It’s not that cold right now, so you have to prepare thoroughly for a few days, stock up on food and insulation materials, and prepare for when the severe cold comes, in order to survive.

That’s two days later.

I asked Harnie if he had any cash to prepare for Cold Week…

“I don’t think it’s possible. With just my money…”

“Even if I add mine together, it doesn’t seem enough to get through cold week.”

Not enough. Infinitely.

‘Damn it. I let my guard down. I didn’t think this was the reason I had to save up money…!’

I entered the building with Harnie’s help, but this time I changed my plans.

The original plan was to escape Ileor and bide their time, but with her help, they changed their plan to bide their time remaining on the timer here.

Because even among the overlapping main episodes, there were some that had clear clear conditions.

but…

▶Episode II. The path to standing alone is in progress.◀

▶Survive for a set period of time in this state.◀

[ Time remaining ]

[ 0 : 00 ]

Even though the designated time had passed, the clear window did not appear.

The timer had already long since reached 0, and I waited some more, but nothing changed.

In short, the timer isn’t the problem.

That means…

It means that I have not yet satisfied the clear conditions for this episode.

‘…There’s no indication of where to go. There’s no hint of clear conditions. This means I have to find it myself.’

In the meantime, Cold Week is coming?

I can’t help but be suspicious.

There must be a separate time limit.

If you stay still, you will end up in the pit of death.

Even if it was dangerous to go out now, I had to take the risk and move.

But what should I do?

What is the right thing to do in this situation where we are not even given what to do?

‘What, what’s missing? There must be something I’m missing, something like that…’

I search through the status window to see if there’s any missing text.

I search for hints by recalling one by one the things I missed in Ileor.

Clearly, there must be a reason for this survival goal and time limit.

If you just find it. If you just find it, it’s here…!

‘…uh?’

My eyes were suddenly drawn to an episode in the status window.

▶EX Episode. Traces of the Kingdom of Wederos are in progress.◀

▶Get information related to the Kingdom of Wederos.◀

▶You can get what you want every time your achievement level reaches the maximum.◀

It’s true that the main episodes overlapped and floated around a lot from the beginning of Chapter 4, but this episode was also included among them.

This is…

“Carcein?”

It’s just a gut feeling, but I think it’s a hint.

They are still looking for Carcein.

Every episode focuses on the pursuit and pursuit of Karthus.

It certainly means that survival itself is the base.

But this is far from it.

The clear condition is not a vague one of surviving, but rather asking you to find specific traces of the Kingdom of Wederos.

…and there was something I hadn’t noticed in that mine.

I just realized it now, but there was more than just a memorial left in that abandoned mine.

It was the symbol of the Kingdom of Wederoth.

At this point, you can’t help but be suspicious.

It fits in cleverly with the EX episode.

“We can’t freeze to death, so let’s go out first.”

***

A wanted search, not a search.

A cold warrant was issued for Karsain.

It is not an order to be given to one’s family, let alone others.

Especially if the target is carcinogen.

Considering what happens next…

Claire’s eyes go dark.

But you shouldn’t give up.

Even if you don’t know anything.

Even if the only thing left is a broken picture frame from Karcein’s room.

I had to find someone who might have some idea about Carcein’s whereabouts.

But it wasn’t easy.

It is nearly impossible to track down a maid who has resigned from the Duke’s household and has not mentioned her whereabouts.

Still, Claire found it anyway.

Carcein’s maid, Camilla.

“I didn’t know you’d come to such a shabby place, Miss Claire.”

“…Camilla.”

It was an obvious contradiction. Even though she knew that her master had disappeared, Camilla was not shaken. Rather, she remained calm and composed. She submitted her resignation from the duke’s residence and suddenly disappeared. Together with the maid, Tasha.

How can you resign so calmly even though your master is gone?

Camilla was a maid who showed considerable loyalty to Karsane. There were also rumors among the maids that Tasha had received help from Karsane.

If so, wouldn’t it be more likely that you would notice even the smallest thing about carcein?

I could have just asked.

It was also possible to put pressure on Camilla by leveraging the power of the Bagrand Dukes.

Because it was urgent, I could have yelled at her to hurry up and come back even more injured before my sister caught me.

But there is no sign of any movement.

Keeping that radical and angry personality as much as possible.

Claire speaks calmly.

“…I know I’m not worthy. Not only am I not worthy of being called sister, but I acted hastily and only made things harder for Karsin. I know that too.”

“…”

“Because of my haste, things got worse. Because of that, I got really angry and got a lot of unfair things. I was stupid and didn’t notice this at all before.”

Even thinking about it now, it makes my stomach hurt.

But now I won’t repeat those stupid past actions.

“But this time, I’m serious. I don’t intend to get in Karsene’s way. This time, I really want to be the older sister who protects my younger brother. I stupidly didn’t know before… but I remember clearly now. How much the world hates Karsene. I know that it’s not strange for them to do extreme things. That’s why I’m trying to quickly resolve this incident and protect Karsene.”

After a long time, Claire finally got to the point.

“Can you tell me something? Camilla.”

It was surprising. Given the second daughter’s extremely hasty personality, it was not surprising that she was immediately threatened.

Camilla had also been threatened by Claire before, and had she not felt terrified by it?

In that respect, Claire now reacted surprisingly calmly and composedly.

‘I can’t believe Miss Claire has changed so much…’

Right now, it might really be helpful to you, Master.

Because of her choleric personality, it was only toxic, but the second daughter was a person who truly cared for her family.

But unfortunately, Camilla doesn’t know anything either.

“I’m sorry, I don’t know either. All I did was see you off, my lord.”

“… Really?”

“I’m truly sorry, Miss Claire.”

“…”

If you came here with the intention of grabbing at straws, it must be incredibly painful to return empty-handed and start over again.

So, I can give you one little piece of advice.

“ It may not be a way to find the master, but there is a key to ending the situation where the master is in danger due to the wanted order.

“…What? What is that?”

“The key is already in your hands.”

There may already be talk among the wise men.

She is also a direct descendant of the Bagrand Dukes.

The only thing left is for you to figure out for yourself.

***

After somehow escaping from Ileor Village, I entrusted all my money to Harnie and asked her to prepare for my escape.

and.

My prediction was exactly right.

“…I was hoping so.”

▶EX Episode. Traces of the Kingdom of Wederos are in progress.◀

▶Traces of the Kingdom of Wederos have been discovered.◀

▶Achievement increases depending on the survey scale.◀

[ Achievement: 28% ]

“That’s all the episodes that are going on. That means…”

This will probably be the condition required to clear the episode.

I swallowed hard and began to explore further into the mine.