It was already completely dark, and the wind was already starting to sweep up large snowflakes. Lusha felt the blade-like cold wind coming to her face, and involuntarily tightened her body, lowering the hood that could not be lowered.

Looking down at the horse, she wasn't at all worried that Lucina would go the wrong way. Although Lusha herself has never been a road idiot, it is only this road that has run once without a map, and it is really difficult to remember the correct turnaround route.

Winterfell's Roads are lined with winter trees and many endemic winter plants, their branches covered with snow. The houses along the road are all spired houses with steep slopes, which are good for carrying snow.

The ice-blue avenue stretches as far as the eye can see, and whenever a snowflake falls on the ice-blue snowmelt stone road the same color as Lucina beneath her, the heat of the snow melts quickly. Even the melting snow water is quickly evaporated. According to the innkeeper, there is not much snow on the road during the heavy snowfall of several days, and the steam will come out from every corner of the road, warming the nearby pedestrians. However, this snowmelt stone can only melt snowflakes and only releases heat when the snow melts.

It doesn't seem to matter at all...... Lusa, crouched on horseback, looked at the road that was rapidly moving back, and a little steam was rising from the ground: there was not a day when the snow would stop falling in Eternal Winter, and this rare sunny day of the year had just ended.

Lusa was a little frustrated at the thought of this: she had wasted her whole afternoon waiting to exchange money, and she should have gone to see the famous botanical garden in Neverwinter, which was built entirely in the open air, full of snow plants that no stranger had ever seen.

There are also hot springs near the Botanical Gardens and a glacial lake on the outskirts of the South Side...... Lusha sighed in her heart: it had been a long time since she and her sister had been in the hot springs and swimming...... Aiya can automatically purify the dirt from her body, but soaking in the hot water is a favorite of many Aiya - Aloya's hot springs can be found everywhere. Each house has its own little hot spring in the basement or backyard - the spell of artificially creating hot springs is very popular in the hands of some of Alloa's mages.

Neverwinter is a big city...... However, there are very few inhabitants. The deserted Syracuse City somehow made Lusha feel a different kind of beauty.

The hood does affect the sight...... Lusha, who had pulled the hood quite low, felt the sound of snowflakes hitting the hood and thought to herself.

However, it is precisely because of the hood that he has been able to hide his identity as Aya and the cursed more easily in the past few years.

What's more...... Lusa felt that the hood would distance herself from the rest of the world, and she felt that a wide hood would give her a little more peace of mind - her face was separated from others.

Lucina suggested more than once that Lusa didn't have to wear that hood all the time. However, without a hood, she felt very uneasy.

As Aya and the Cursed of Loneliness, Lusa has been hunted and killed countless times over the past five years by people who are completely unaware of her origins - most of the time, of course, as Aia, who are not just eager to use Aya's blood to earn a lot of Eurasian gold. That's because Aya can create supreme stimulation for their senses.

An Aiya is often worth at least 20,000 Eurasian gold coins, or 60 million fars—money that most people have never seen in their lives.

Lusha knows exactly what will happen if she gets caught......

Daddy Geos rescued his mother from the soldiers of the Sefaloa Empire - and in order to save his love, he managed to get to Eloa, where no one knows where. And in the next twelve years, Dad joined Eloa to participate in the rebellion against the oppression of Aya, Werewolves, Asan and other races by many countries in the Seventeenth World, and finally ushered in victory.

Aya would make a pact with her beloved, which eventually became the common gesture that humans had since not yet begun to hunt Aya tens of thousands of years ago—a lifelong companion in all respects only for her beloved. For Aya, this is far more important than marriage.

Because the contract means that the two will share life, and the master will never grow old - if you don't have each other, eternal life is a terrible thing, and it will make you miserable. With a network of minds connected by a contract, the two of them can transmit ideas in their hearts even if they are hundreds of miles apart...... With a slight tremor in her heart, Lusa suddenly remembered one of her friends in the Sixteenth World, Elia.

She didn't know if she knew about me...... Lusa silently lamented: Unlike Tyl and other friends in the Seventeenth World, Ellia is far away in the Sixteenth World.

Lutha put her arms around the horse's head and remembered some of the things her mother had told her about. But Lusa soon stopped herself—the more she remembered her loved ones, the more she couldn't stop her sadness: she had complained countless times about why the curse had befallen her, but she no longer had any doubts. Watching the cursed people who had been with her die in various ways, Lusha began to realize that she was the lucky one.

Moreover, no one else can always be with Lucina...... Lutha touched her horse's head and looked up at the weapons shop that was already close at hand.

"Oh, Lusa. Lucina stopped: "Lusa, don't cut your feet again this time?"

"Got it, sister. Lusha dismounted sideways, slowly steading herself.

"Oh yes, Lusa. Lucina's voice sounded from behind her again, "Where are we going to stay tonight?"

"Go to the hot spring inn...... Probably. ”

"Why is it probably, do we really have money to live there?" said her sister, helplessly.

"Nope. Lusha thought for a moment and continued, "But yesterday afternoon the innkeeper told me that there was a job opening. ”

"What's the job...... Sounds so unreliable. ”

"Laundry and stuff like that. Lusha thought for a moment, "Aya's advantage...... Touch your clothes with your hands and you can purify them. ”

"Wow...... That's right, indeed. Lucina paused, and then said, "But, we are here because we have heard rumors that the curse will be lifted...... But yesterday I asked many people, and they didn't seem to know. ”

Lusha was also a little worried - she couldn't and was no longer good at getting too close to people, how to investigate this?

"That'...... That's all right! I'll turn into Aya tomorrow and ask, Lusa will work every day to earn some money, right?"

"Hmm. Although Lusa knew that Lucina was definitely just trying to play around, it seemed to be the best way to deal with it.

"I've heard on the road that there are scholars living in the towers in the center of Neverwinter and the Old Town, maybe they know something......" Lucina flapped her wings, "Well, anyway...... I'll come back to-morrow, it's so late today, and I'm afraid it's not good to visit the Bachelors—though I've heard that they're the most energetic at night, and they'll be reading and experimenting with weird things all night. ”

"I'll leave it to you, sister. Lusa patted the horse's head, and Lucina flapped her wings in response.

After a moment's hesitation before unscrewing the door again, Lutha tried to lower the hood again, though it couldn't be lower. She knew very well that no one could see the tiny mark of the curse, and she didn't know what she would do if it was exposed.

Lusha gently touched the purse, and after making sure the money was still there, pushed the door open.