A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

069. Snow Mountain Demon

It’s been half a day since I climbed Mount Teor with dragon scales on my back.

I was able to catch my breath only after barely reaching the top of the volcano again.

“Whew. I really would have died if it wasn’t for these gloves.”

For some reason, I couldn’t use any magic, including grimoire spells.

That’s why I managed to climb up by making a hole in the wall with my grip gloves.

When I finally arrived at the top, the sun was already high in the sky.

“…What happens now?”

The real problem started now.

Not being able to use magic naturally means that you can’t use communication birds.

Other people won’t even know that Trine is here.

In the end, they are forced to escape from the snowy mountain on their own, giving up hope of being rescued.

“It’s dangerous if you don’t get away quickly.”

Fortunately, it wasn’t too cold, perhaps because the spirit’s protection was still maintained.

But I felt like that warmth was fading away little by little.

Even after staying up all night and using up my stamina, I started to feel hungry and drowsy.

“If you look at the position of the sun, it’s south… How far do we have to go?”

No matter how far I looked, I could only see pure white snow, not a village.

It would definitely take a few days to escape on foot.

“It will be dangerous if we don’t secure food and a place to sleep along the way.”

As I was making an escape plan in my head, I saw a liaison bird flying in the distance.

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The bird shouted in the voice of Instructor Eloi.

“Yes, you guy! If you’re going to make a fuss, at least see where you went!”

Trine attempted to summon a contact bird again, but again failed.

“If I don’t get back quickly, I’m going to get really scolded.”

… at that time.

Suddenly, a person was standing on the hillside across from me.

A strange human with a small body covered in white fur and a bow on his back.

Trine also stopped for a moment and muttered while glaring at him.

“what?”

If you look at it simply as a straight line distance, it is only a few tens of meters.

But to get there, you have to walk up and down the hill for a couple of hours.

“Should I call for help or just run away…”

Because I couldn’t see the other person’s expression because of his hood, I couldn’t make a hasty judgment.

At that time, the other person started making incomprehensible movements.

Suddenly, he drew a large circle with both arms,

I raised it above my head again and lowered it down as hard as I could.

I was staring at this eccentric act as if it were some kind of ritual…

Suddenly the ground began to shake violently.

“Damn it! It’s an avalanche!”

As soon as I noticed the waves of snow falling overhead, I started running as hard as I could down.

But the speed of the avalanche was beyond imagination.

Trine eventually decided that he wouldn’t be able to escape by running, so he took out a dragon’s scale and rode it like a sleigh.

Thanks to this, I was able to achieve some speed, but-

“Kwaaa

I had no control over the direction at all.

In the end, it caught on a rock and flipped over.

He was buried in the falling snow and fell down a steep slope.

***

Long after the avalanche ended.

Trine jumped out like a rabbit from deep in the thick snow.

“Ugh! Lord, I thought I was going to die…”

All I can say is that I was really lucky.

The dragon’s scales were still warm and melted the surrounding snow.

They were able to barely escape because the spirit’s protection had not yet disappeared.

“Damn it… I guess that guy I saw earlier caused the landslide, right? Why is he trying to kill me?”

And it turned out that there were a lot of demons living in hiding on Mount Theor.

Moreover, Trine had previously stopped the demons from invading the Academy.

If there was a devil who knew what happened back then, there was a good chance that he would seek revenge.

Even if that’s not the case…

There may be many reasons to attack a human who enters a snowy mountain alone.

“At times like this, it would have been nice if I could at least talk to a nameless devil.”

Trine grumbled and stood up.

After looking around for a while, it seemed like we had reached a forest full of coniferous trees.

Small, bright red fruits stood out among the trees.

“I’m going to eat it!”

Trine hurriedly ran towards the bushes.

Then he started picking the fruits.

“Okay, this is how we secure food… Is this okay to eat?”

I don’t know what kind of fruit it is, but I heard that most fruits from cold regions are not toxic.

Still, the moment you try to taste one of the fruits that are said to be there –

An arrow narrowly passed between Trine’s mouth and hand.

“shit!”

Trine immediately began running away towards the forest ahead.

If it had been normal, I might have responded more calmly.

However, since he cannot use any magical power, he has no means to fight.

All I have, let alone a sword, are useless grip gloves.

So, when I tried to run away with all my might, I felt someone chasing me from behind.

“What the hell are you!”

Trine ran and shouted, but there was no answer.

It was even impossible to see properly in the tundra, perhaps because of the white fur.

“It’s impossible to keep running away like this!”

But soon even escaping became impossible.

This was because a bunch of wolf monsters appeared in front of him, blocking Trine’s path.

“No way…those…”

Trine stopped and hesitated, his face becoming even more pale.

The mere appearance of a monster in this situation was despairing, but…

Somehow, those monsters resembled the wolves that had bitten Trine’s hand in the past.

“Hahaha… what is this?”

Trine laughed and fell to the floor, his legs giving out.

There was no hope.

“I’m sorry everyone…”

Just as the wolves were about to attack Trine all at once…

Suddenly, arrows flew out from behind Trine’s back.

Then, he so cleanly pierced the eyes of three wolves at the same time.

Then the remaining wolves began to run away as if they were scared.

“W-what is it?”

Trine jumped up and looked back.

The person wearing white fur was slowly approaching, holding a bow.

“Go, don’t come any closer!”

Trine picked up a stone from the floor and stepped back.

Then the man calmly took away his bow and tied it on his back.

Trine asked, still wary of him.

“what do you want?”

There was no answer.

“You don’t understand what I’m saying?”

I shook my head.

“Surely you can’t speak?”

I nodded.

Somehow, due to the opponent’s quite defenseless attitude, Trine eventually put down the stone.

“…First of all, thank you for saving me.”

When the other person nodded again, Trine frowned and asked.

“Who are you? Why are you following me?”

The other person took off his hood.

Then the face of a girl who looked similar to Trine’s age was revealed.

Short silver hair, big eyes and a gentle expression.

The woman repeated the comical movements she had made earlier.

I drew a large circle with both arms and swung them from top to bottom.

Only then did Trine realize what that meant.

“Beware of… landslides… around here?”

The girl smiled broadly and nodded.

“Then why didn’t you let me eat the fruit earlier?”

Then the woman pretended to eat something and started scratching her arms exaggeratedly.

“Poison? No, like an allergy?”

The girl nodded again.

Then, he took out pieces of beef jerky and a water bottle from his pocket and handed them to Trine.

“Ah… thank you.”

Trine quenched his thirst with a water bottle and then asked the woman again.

“Can you tell me where the nearest village is?”

Then the woman pointed with her finger to a mountain in the south.

Then he pretended to walk in place while holding Trine’s arm.

“You’ll take me with you?”

The woman nodded once and started drawing something on the snow with a tree branch.

A picture of a flower that looks something unusual.

Trine muttered unconsciously at the vaguely familiar picture.

“Maybe Snow Lavender?”

Then the woman opened her eyes wide, as if she was a little surprised,

He immediately nodded with a somewhat happy expression.

Then he pointed slightly upward in the direction he pointed earlier.

“Um… So you mean you’re going to go to town after gathering snow lavender?”

The woman nodded.

“Can I have a little bit of that snow lavender? My friend said he needed it.”

The woman nodded again and started walking ahead.

At that moment, I felt like I could briefly hear the voice of Yumano Shin.

‘That devil… danger… If you follow… ‘

However, it was so small and noisy that I couldn’t understand the line.

Therefore, Trine began to follow the unknown woman without any doubt.