“If not, Ves might come and scold her after scolding Your Grace,” Etra laughed while Ilyin chuckled softly along, it was hard to imagine Aden being scolded.
It was equally difficult to imagine the kind-hearted Ves, who always spoke softly to Ilyin to have the slightest anger towards her.
“Okay,” Ilyin nodded.
Ilyin still couldn't keep the smile off his face.
It was because of the Delrose maids, who were flustered up and down, their faces full of worry as soon as they found out that she was sick.
This showed Ilyin that they really cared for each other and she felt like she had finally come home.
Ilyin didn't want to worry Aden, as he already had enough problems and fell asleep when his nerves were completely undone by the sweetness of the maid Delrose.
***
On the white winter ground, the snowstorm kept blowing in one direction, lifting every particle in its path and making them dance.
The wind was very strong, and the wind from the north made it seem like the snow was rising instead of falling.
It was in the midst of all this that Ilyin's eyes slowly opened.
She was awakened by the fact that despite the snowstorm, she was no longer feeling cold.
Ilyin realized it was a dream long before seeing the mobile and her eyes landing on a living creature she had never seen before only confirmed her first assumption.
As expected, when she looked around, the ten-color mobile was appearing from beneath the snow, where it was buried less than four steps away from her.
The monsters running in front of her had beautiful orange scales and although she had never seen them before, she couldn't shake the strange feeling that told her she knew them.
She soon recognized them as the Yesters Tribe.
In front of her, she saw that they were all marching somewhere and were pushing and fighting each other to be first in line for their group, while simultaneously fighting the north wind.
“Out of my way!” Ilyin could hear them say to each other.
Their movements were so fast that it was difficult for Ilyin to follow them from a distance.
‘Where were they going?
Were they ambushing someone?’
Ilyin turned his gaze to where the Yesters Tribe was heading.
She looked and saw a glowing hemisphere of yellow light in the distance.
Ilyin furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, the bright light was a dome that seemed to be covering something, as if it was protecting something.
‘What are you covering?’
If Ilyin wanted to see, she would have to get closer and with curiosity taking over her body, Ilyin began to move.
At that moment, the scenery around him quickly slid and moved.
It only took a moment for her to reach the hemisphere, like the dream of succession.
Ilyin's eyes widened as she froze in surprise at such an unfamiliar sight.
The Yester Tribe marched straight towards her while she was frozen as if she wasn't there and of course since this was just a dream, she technically wasn't there and the Yester Tribe didn't notice her.
Some of them even passed by her while attacking the yellow hemisphere, which she discovered was surrounding a city of humans.
Ilyin quickly realized what was happening, the place the yellow force field was covering was Elo's territory.
It was evident that yellow accessories filled the sea of people and even the sword hilt held by the knights who looked especially nervous was also yellow.
What she was watching was the Yesters Tribe that ambushed Elo.
Ilyin felt like he somewhat knew the identity of the hemisphere that was covering Elo.
“If Elo didn't have the strength to contain the Yesters, they wouldn't have placed their fortress there.” Ilyin remembered how Aden once told her that.
This 'force' she perceived must have been the hemisphere.
Ilyin looked up at the glowing dome enveloping all of Elo.
Every time the Yester Tribe scratched it, a yellow light would shine so bright that it appeared white.
‘Can it handle it?’ Ilyin couldn’t help but wonder as he looked at him, an uncomfortable feeling settling in the pit of his stomach.
It was then that someone standing on the wall caught his attention.
She wasn't sure if it was someone, as she wasn't even sure if it was actually human.
Ilyin moved to look closer and as before she took a step and found herself facing the figure's rear.
He stood with his back against the north wind, his long blonde hair flowing gracefully in the wind.
The cover that was half blue didn't seem to have any insulation capabilities.
‘Was it like the fabric of the Blue North?’ Ilyin observed it carefully.
She felt like she wouldn't know until she touched him.
The Yester Tribe was able to pass through it, so she obviously wouldn't be able to touch anything in her dream, despite knowing that she still found her hand subconsciously reaching towards the cloth.
Ilyin's eyes widened as his fingers reached the cover.
It was different this time.
The feeling at his fingertips was definitely his cape.
When the cloak that was fluttering in the north wind stopped, the owner turned around as if he felt something strange and their eyes met.