Just as Rhodes was thinking about how to hide it, there was a rush of footsteps outside the room.

Damn! Rod cursed in his heart, and immediately rushed out the door.

In front of him were the butler Muros and two Black Hammer guards.

"My lord, what is this?"

Murros was clearly unable to comprehend the phenomenon in front of him, and he had been as anxious as Rhodes was, thinking about Miss Dennis's safety. However, when he finally found two guards and rushed to the room on the top floor, he saw such an amazing scene. The frozen door seemed to have stood for a hundred years in the bitter winter, covered in a thick layer of ice, and cold air was pouring out of the room.

His lord, Rod Lawn, was standing in the doorway, grim-looking.

"Ice, don't you see? This is ice. ”

"But my lord, I remember that Miss Caroline never came up......"

"Yes, she didn't come up. ”

Rod said with a frown. He made a gesture for the butler to come up, and took a step to speak, while keeping two bewildered-looking guards at the door, not allowing anyone to come up again.

"Muros, you're my right-hand man, aren't you?"

Rod pulled Muros into a corner and asked in a low voice. The dark and solemn expression gave Muros a very ominous premonition, he had never seen his lord look like this.

"Yes, my lord, it is my pleasure. ”

The housekeeper replied earnestly. He looked at his lord, unsure of what was going to happen next.

And Rod just sighed softly. He and Muros stood side by side, looking out the window at the snow-white view of the village.

"Since you are my most trusted assistant, I have something to tell you. I'm going to tell you about it alone, but you have to make sure you don't leak it. ”

Rod said solemnly. He asks the steward to give himself promises and assurances.

"I assure you, sir. Say whatever you want. ”

Muros replied earnestly.

"Dennis, my daughter, she has awakened, is a frost talent. ”

There was a bit of bitterness written on Rod's face.

"Frost Witch?"

Shock was written on the butler's face. He couldn't believe that Dennis was a frost talent. But the combination of the sight in front of him and Rod's words forced him to believe it. Only the Frost Witch can do this, freezing the entire room. Coupled with Rod's extremely serious expression, Muros had to believe it.

"Not yet, but once she is brought to Kislev, she is. ”

There was a bit of reluctance, sadness and anger in Rod's words.

"You don't want Dennis to leave Blackhammer, do you?"

Muros quickly understood what Rod meant, and he asked with a frown.

"Yes, I don't want Dennis to leave me at such a young age and go to Kislev. You know, she's only eight years old, and she's grown up in this castle carefree, but now, it's up to her to get away from Blackhammer and go to Kislev for training and group life. I was afraid she wouldn't be able to take it anymore. Also, learning ice magic is dangerous, you know that. One-third of Frost Wizards will have an accident during practice, and some will even lead to death. Even if they successfully pass the study and assessment, when they graduate, they are no longer the innocent little girls they were at the beginning. ”

Rod said bitterly.

Of course, the real reason for Rhodes will not tell Muros that he is worried that Dennis's life and study after arriving in Kislev will naturally be part of it, and the more important reason is his identity as the Chosen One of the Bear God. What kind of person Caterina is, Rhodes knows very well that she will not allow anything that challenges her authority. Therefore, in the future, if he wants to be an enemy of the Ice Queen, then Dennis will become the queen's most important bargaining chip. She will remain in Kislev and put her under house arrest under the pretext of learning ice magic, and perhaps, Rhodes will never see his daughter again. That's what Rod was really worried about.

Muros didn't know the truth, but what Rhodes said was justified enough. She loves her daughter and is reluctant to let her children learn such dangerous spells as ice magic. This is understandable, in fact, in peacetime, there are also many nobles who are reluctant to send their children to study at the magic academy. They have their own connections and family business, which is enough to ensure that their children have a decent life and status when they become adults. You don't have to risk your life to learn those ice magics, you know, entering the magic academy is equivalent to becoming the queen's eyeliner and lackey, in which the mentors will instill what kind of ideas will be instilled in the witch apprentices, without knowing. All it is known is that the witches who graduated from the Academy of Magic were loyal to the Snow Queen. This is obviously not what the great nobles and lords want to see.

"I understand, I understand your plight, my lord. However, I am afraid that paper will not be able to hold the fire, and this kind of thing will be exposed sooner or later. And you know, the Snow Queen hates the most about people hiding the Frost Witch. ”

Muros understood his lord's current situation, but he also knew that it would be difficult for Rhodes to hide that his daughter was a witch. Even if the people in the castle can keep their mouths shut, but there will be a mistake in the hundred secrets, even if the secret is leaked one day, then the entire Black Hammer Castle will be implicated.

"Yes, I know, of course I do, but I don't want Dennis to go to Kislev like that. Rod said.

"Well, if you have any commands, just say it. I have sworn allegiance to your father, and I have pledged allegiance to you. Whatever needs to be done, I'll do it. ”

The old butler whispered.

Rod felt grateful to the other party from the bottom of his heart. Although he still can't be trusted 100%, if the entire Black Hammer Fort can't be trusted even by Muros, then there is no one to trust.

With the attitude of not using suspicious people and employing people without suspicion, Rod said seriously to the old housekeeper-

"Okay, then, from today onwards, you help me keep this secret, and at the same time, don't let anyone get near here. Those two soldiers have seen it just now, so let them guard this place. No one else is allowed to come up. Wait until the ice melts. ”

"I see. ”

Muros returned. He nodded earnestly, walked out the door, and gave the lord's orders to the two Black Hammer guards.

Rhodes sighed and walked into the house again, Dennis still terrified, not only because of the beastman invasion two hours ago, but also because of the changes in herself. She was terrified, not knowing when her hands would turn to ice again. She remembered the scene two hours ago, when the burly beastman butcher frantically kicked open the wooden door and broke into the house, and in a state of extreme horror, her body became uncontrollable, and a cold current erupted from her body, as if at that moment, the shell no longer belonged to her. A cold snap swept through the room in an instant, and I didn't feel cold at all......

"Daddy, am I a witch?"

She asked.