Ice God and The Lady - Chapter 65

Chapter 65

Holly asked as she was being dragged along as he pulled.

“I feel like a murderous energy over there.”

Cahill looked at the bottom of the stairs fiercely and said so. At the same time, sharp chunks of ice formed in the air above his palms.

“Did the assassins follow you all the way here?”

Holly asked with a tired face. While it wasn’t scary with him by her side, it felt annoying as the assassins kept chasing them. The ice blocks that had been spinning on Cahill’s palms like drawing a circle flew one by one to where his gaze landed.

“That’s not true.”

“No way. We’re monitoring the entire mountain range. It would have been noisier if someone had broken in, just like when you came.”

At the same time as he said so, Lyla denied it. She seemed embarrassed that this had happened in her mansion. In the meanwhile, the ice mass flew so fast that it could not be seen. Holly had to confirm the location by finding a hole in the floor.

“Wa, wait…!”

Just then, an urgent voice came from the other side. Cahill no longer threw the ice as if the purpose was to pull his opponent out.

“Come out.”

As his cold voice echoed through the cave, after a moment of silence, a man came out from the bottom of the stairs. He glanced at the top of the stairs and put on a relieved expression.

“Lyla, there you are… aaacckk!”

It was while the opponent who had been spewing murderous energy appeared Cahill raised the wind without hesitation. The dirt on the floor of the cave mixed with the snow and created a whirlwind. Beyond the blizzard, the man’s eyes widened in fear.

“Wait. Didn’t that person just call Lyla?”

As Holly grabbed his arm, Cahill’s wind weakened. Badin, who was watching the situation from behind, narrowed his eyes.

“Ten!”

When the wind died down, Lyla’s cry came.

The spirit, who had been playing by rubbing its head against Holly’s nape, flung itself between the man and the blizzard. As the soil mixed with the wind was being sucked in, it gathered in front of the earth spirit. What used to be an invisible dot swelled up to create a solid earthen wall.

Holly’s eyes widened. She had seen what happened to the spirit’s earthen wall hardened beyond its limit.

“Lyla! Wait!”

She stood in front of Cahill without realizing it.

However, the body was immediately pulled back. Cahill was staring at her, frowning, as her eyes met his.

‘…Is he angry?’

Grabbed by Cahill, she was put right behind his back. Holly widened her eyes and put her hand on his chest. It was the first time she had seen Cahill get angry with her and not with anyone else, so her heart jumped.

“Wo, wow—I’m surprised.”

Just then, a playful voice came from the other side. The man protected by a spirit was climbing the stairs. Wheat-colored hair, yellow eyes, and delicate features. Compared to the elves they had seen so far, the man had a generally dull impression.

“Who are these people?”

He then glanced at Holly and the group and asked Lyla. Then, he wrapped his arms around Lyla’s waist. Holly’s eyes widened at the friendly look.

“This is the child I met while traveling on the continent.”

The man was delighted with Lyla’s answer. He was delighted and held out his hand to Holly.

“My name is Chase. Lyla’s husband.”

“…Husband? Lyla, are you married?”

Holly naturally grabbed Chase’s hand and shook it in shock. In her eyes, Lyla looked as beautiful and strong as a flower that bloomed alone on a cliff. For some reason, it felt awkward to have someone by her side.

“After the trip.”

“It’s a marriage that has been decided since childhood.”

He added to Lyla’s simple words.

“I was told to go on that trip with you, but you secretly went alone.”

While Chase grumbled, glaring at her in disappointment, Lyla just laughed without replying.

“Well, since Lyla is the strongest spirit wizard, I’m less worried.”

Chase said in a proud voice as if bragging about himself. Holly remembered someone in his image and turned her head to her side. Cahill suddenly asked why she was staring at him and then curled his eyes.

“Do you want to do it?”

“No, I don’t.”

She fired right back at him sly words. While she was excited about the situation, she was reluctant actually to show it.

“…Not now.”

After thinking for a moment, Holly added belatedly. Cahill’s eyes lit up at her honest words. In the meanwhile, Chase’s mouth didn’t stop.

“You did very well choosing our house as a place to stay.”

“Can you call that a choice?”

Adam spoke casually and looked at Badin. Unaware of the situation, Chase glanced at him and continued.

“Anyway, Lyla is the best elf in our village. Wouldn’t it be nice to meet a cool elf that would be something to talk about later? Keep an eye on Lyla because she will be the next elder.”

“The elder?”

Holly gazed at Lyla with twinkling eyes, wondering if she had been such a wonderful person. If anything, she even had a thought that it would be good if the elder was changed quickly.

“Since ancient times, the four representative families have taken turns serving as elders. It just became the order of our family.”

Unlike the excited Chase, Lyla added in a calm tone, as if she didn’t care.

“Actually, the elder should have been Lyla now…”

Chase huffed in annoyance.

“Chase.”

Lyla interrupted him with a stern tone. Then, with a weary face, she pressed her eyelids with her palms.

“Watch your mouth. Other people get tired when they hear that kind of noise.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

He slumped at Lyla’s scolding as his shoulders drooped before they followed Lyla, who started walking in front of her.

‘By the way, what did Cahill’s murderous energy feel like?’

While she stared at Chase’s back involuntarily, Holly turned around and saw that her eyes met his and she was startled.

“Come on! You may get lost.”

Chase, who had been far away before she knew it, gestured. He looked energetic. Holly hurried on as he said, lest she got lost in the ground.

The large space had several holes through which people could enter and exit. The hole was the entrance leading to each path.

“Are you here, Master?”

A bearded elf came out from the nearest entrance and stood in front of Lyla.

“Elves get old, too.”

Holly, who had been thinking the same thing in her mind, flinched. The elf named Albert looked at Cahill blankly.

“Lyla has guests, Albert.”

Chase introduced the group to Albert in a bright voice, but he was only staring at Lyla’s mouth.

‘He’s going to openly ignore me?’

Holly looked at Chase, who bit his lip with his flushed face contorting, unknowingly. But he soon erased his hard expression and smiled.

“Prepare a room for the guests.”

“Yes.”

With Lyla’s words, Albert lowered his head in response. Giving the instructions, she then turned towards Holly.

“Stay as long as you want to stay and then go. Lauriue is not a place where you can come just because you want to.”

Then, as if she had finished her business, she turned around before stepping into a different entrance from Albert’s.

‘…Is this the end?’

Holly, who had not been introduced to the mansion or by Albert in front of her, glanced at Lyla’s back with puzzled eyes. She saw Chase follow her and hug her around the waist.

“Follow me this way.”

Albert led the group to a different entrance from the one where Lyla had disappeared. The narrow road was long enough to be a bit boring. By the time Badin started to yawn, Albert, who was guiding them in front, stopped walking.

“Meals are served in the dining room downstairs.”

Hearing that, Holly’s eyes widened.

“You mean there’s another room down here…?”

She had seen buildings with rooms in the basement a few times though this was the first time that there were floors below it. Holly suddenly felt uneasy, as if she was standing on the dirt covering a hole.

“This mansion was built by the head of the family three generations ago with the help of spirits.”

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