In the backyard of the cottage, Jasmine was sitting on a stone bench in a daze, a little irritated because her parents couldn't understand her, and they couldn't understand Joel and York.

But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Jasmine thought as she patted her cheek with both hands.

Because she knew that as long as that day came, everyone would understand her, and everyone would understand that she and Joel York had been doing something extremely important all along.

Wait, I'll surprise you.

Thinking that everyone would be cheering for it at that time, Jasmine couldn't help but smile on her face.

"Perhaps, you can try to communicate more with your parents."

Suddenly, a slightly abrupt voice appeared in the small courtyard.

Jasmine was startled, looked back, and saw that it was the guest her father had brought back into the courtyard.

"Hmph, what does our family's affairs have to do with you."

Jasmine frowned, obviously a little dissatisfied with the person who suddenly broke into her "territory".

"Most of the time, it's really okay, but I'm grateful that your father gave me a job, so I wanted to talk to you on his behalf. You know, there are some things that might be easier to say to strangers. ”

"There's nothing to talk about between us." Jasmine took her eyes off Yanagihara and looked to the other side of the courtyard.

I have to say that as a rebellious girl, she almost wrote the word rebellion on her face.

"Well, it's okay not to talk, so how about I ask you a few questions?" Yanagihara didn't care about Jasmine's sharp words, but still sat casually on a stone bench beside her: "You say, those two teenagers named Joel and York are going to live in the stars, what's going on?" ”

As the words fell, a hint of surprise flashed in Jasmine's eyes, as if she was a little surprised why Yanagihara knew what she had said.

But then, she snorted coldly again.

"Why should I answer you?"

"Because I'm not like your father." Yanagihara said lightly, and took out the old large-caliber revolver from his arms.

"I'm a wanderer who travels on the ice fields, and you know what, the kind of person who will stop at nothing to get there. So I guess you don't want to see your loved ones and the people here get hurt, right? ”

"You!" This time, Jasmine was frightened by Yanagihara.

She could never have imagined that the guests brought back by her father would actually threaten her with guns.

"What do you want?" The girl's breathing became rapid, and she lowered her voice and asked carefully, for fear that a bad one would make Yanagihara burst and hurt people.

If you listen closely, you should still be able to hear a slight tremor in her voice.

"Answer my question."

"Okay, I'll answer you, but you must not hurt my parents and anyone else!"

"Hmm." Looking at the nervous expression on the girl's face and the clenched hands, the corners of Yanagihara's mouth hooked up into a chuckle that was not obvious.

It seems that this little girl is not so ignorant.

"Yes, in fact, I don't want to do these troublesome things myself, as long as you are obedient. So, now tell me, what exactly are you preparing? ”

"Me. I got it, I'll tell you ······"

The girl gritted her teeth and nodded, was silent for a moment, and began to tell the story of her and Joel and York.

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Jasmine met Joel and York when she was eight years old.

At that time, the two teenagers were being taken by their parents and moved to live in this tribe together.

I heard that they originally lived in a greenhouse, and no one knows why they moved out, only that they have already moved here.

When she first met Joel and York, Jasmine thought she had met two girls. It wasn't until later that she learned from her parents that they were actually boys.

This made Jasmine interested in the twins, and it also established the first friendship of the three children.

When they were children, they would always play together, and Jasmine was more like a boy when she was a child than Joel and York.

Whether it's going to the back mountains to catch snow worms, or going to the warehouse to steal fruits, she bears the brunt. It's like a little adult, taking Joel and York to run rampant in the tribe.

Even now, every time she thinks of those funny past events, a smile appears on Jasmine's face.

When did everything start to change, probably when she was eleven years old?

That year, Joel and York's parents disappeared, and they entered the ice field one winter and never returned.

The adults of the tribe say that they may have died somewhere in the ice field, and that they should have been.

But Joel and York didn't believe it.

So from that year on, the two teenagers stopped playing with Jasmine, and they searched for their parents day and night.

Until one day, they also entered the ice field.

People couldn't find them everywhere, thinking that they wouldn't come back, just like their parents.

However, the two boys returned to the tribe three days later.

It was obviously an unbelievable thing that two teenage children were able to survive on the ice sheet for three days without any supplies.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, no one would have believed it at all.

But it didn't take long for Jasmine to discover something even more incredible, and that was that Joel and York had been going to the ice field an average of once a week since then.

Sometimes they come back the same day, and sometimes, they even spend the night outside.

None of the people in the tribe knew about it because they didn't pay attention to the two eccentric teenagers.

Jasmine was the only one who knew about it, but she didn't know what Joel and York were up to, only that every time they entered the ice field, the expressions on their faces were excited.

It's been a long time since the teenagers' parents disappeared, and the girls haven't seen a smile on their faces.

Why the hell is this, the girl can't figure it out.

Finally, driven by a curiosity, Jasmine sneaks up on the boys and enters the ice field together.

And so that day, she discovered their biggest secret.

They actually have a 'base', just on the other side of the mountain, hidden in a canyon.

In the center of the base stands a "tall tower".

The name of the "tower" is Joshua.