![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Putra's body seems fine. There doesn't seem to be any strange magic applied on her, and Putra's internal magic is fine too." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"You are the devil, the d-devil? D-do y-you've got p-problems wi-with me? SL-look at m-my s-snot. It's a-an i-i-icicle." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Oh, right. Are you cold without your coat?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"YOU DON'T SAY! BODY HEAT DROPPING! BODY HEAT DROPPING! SOMEBODY PLEASE WARM ME UP!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Don't worry! I've prepared a spare coat for just such an occasion!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"It's called the Red Hot Chilli Parker! Wear it and, body heat rising! Body heat rising! You'll PERk up and get all warm and CURry!" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! LOVE YOU SO MUCH, PADDINGTON!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Me too! Let's both get warm together!" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Walau, it's hot! Paddington's body is so hot!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"I've already covered my whole body in the Red Hot Series!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
'I'll melt the ice in your heart, Putra. BURNING MIKO MIKO FIRE!" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"WAAAAAAH!?" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"......" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"They may be weird kids, but they're not overwhelmed by the situation. They're tougher than you look." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Yes, they seem to be. They are coping well with unforeseen circumstances." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"It's our job to deal with contingencies. Don't underestimate the SSS. The members here have survived Purgatory itself. Even if you feel a bit nervous, they'll be able to follow you right away." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"So trust your comrades more. You are not alone." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"...Yes." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
'Hey, Bestyakh. I checked on the coat Putra wore..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"I can detect a lot of magic from the frozen shards. Seems as if ice magic has been cast on it." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Miss Vivienne. Did you touch the coat again after you took it off Putra?" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Non. I didn't touch it because I felt it was dangerous. If I touched the coat in this state, I would have been frozen too." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"You were right to strip Putra before it completely froze. If we had reacted a little later, it would have been not only Putra, but also me and Bestyakh who touched the coat." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I agree with you. It was a good decision." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"On the way here, I did anticipate for invisible Mist, and the countermeasures we had taken worked. I noticed that Putra was cold, so I thought maybe." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I wonder what the Hell grazed Putra's back..." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Report! Phantom Mist outbreak! I saw what looked like mist behind me! I'm not sure, but likely it's Phantom Mist." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Queensway." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Affirmative. Large-scale threat expected. It's expanding at great speed and will soon be in engagement range." |
Queensway, who had been on rear guard, ran back to report the Mist. |
Conductor |
The Mist that occurs at times like this is almost certainly Phantom Mist, but the catch is that there are many different types of Phantom Mist. It is not possible to identify it with the naked eye from the current location due to the darkness. |
Conductor |
Should we go into a fighting stance and intercept the Phantom Mist? Fortunately, we are still on level ground. It would be better than a large-scale battle after entering the mountains. |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"...No. Let's evacuate. We must not fight that Mist." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Why do you think so?" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I can see the Mist coming. That is not just any Mist." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Vivienne, please increase the intensity of your lights and gather them in the direction I have indicated." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Roger." |
Vivienne magically intensified the lights, as Bestyakh instructed her to do. A strong light shone across a part of the dark ice field, and things that had not been visible before glimmered... |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Lots of little lights..." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Fine ice... It's diamond dust. The temperature is dropping rapidly in that area." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Do you see that whitish Mist behind it? That is 'Ice Mist'. A cold Mist with a strong magic powers as well." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"This is what freezes the creatures in Voltarja. If you touch it, your life will freeze. We must evacuate to the mountains now." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"All units evacuate! We're going up the mountain to get away from the Ice Mist!" |
--SCENE CHANGE-- |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"We managed to get away." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"The Ice Mist slowed down once we were in the mountains." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"It was very cold while we were running away. That thing called Ice Mist was rapidly lowering the temperature around us." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"It went beyond lowering the temperature. If that thing caught us, we'd be frozen over immediately." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Well, here's how it's going to work from here..." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Looks like we've taken a daring shortcut." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Yes. This is a facility of the M. Eisengrad Railway Army. Looks like a Voltarja celestial observation point." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Unfortunately, there are no signs of anyone. I worry if the scouting team perished after all. I hope they only bivouacked somewhere else." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"First of all, let's gather some information. We don't know when and where the Ice Mist will occur again." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"......" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Bestyakh?" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"It's one possibility I have considered, but I didn't think it will happen..." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Reality doesn't seem so sweet. Dearest sister." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"?" |
What Bestyakh found at the observation point, is physical evidence that represents the closest thing to the "worst" of all possible situations we can assume. |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"You're kidding..." |
It was an Eisengradian soldier who looked like he was trying to escape from something, frozen solid into an ice sculpture... |