The Ice Age Came And I Just Got Married - Chapter 50

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Chapter 50
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Logan was in a deeply foul mood.
“Why do we need a plan? I’ll just wipe them all out and recover the Winterstone.”
“Logan, if you solve everything with force like that, the two of us will end up isolated.”
What was wrong with being isolated?
He had prepared Dotorinmaeul Village precisely so he and she could be isolated together, hadn’t he?
A dark night.
They slipped out of the Villa carrying only a single lantern.
With temperatures plummeting to sixty degrees below zero and no sun during the night hours, moving about at this time was nearly suicidal.
But Eve had the power of the Redstone, and they could share the extra Redstone Logan had brought from Dotorinmaeul Village with Claire and Lian as well.
In other words, there weren’t many people who could move about at night like this.
‘Whoever was watching inside the Villa must have had a Redstone as well.’
Remembering the Redstone embedded in the great tree at the village center, it wasn’t a particularly difficult inference.
“I need to recover the Violetstone.”
Claire and Lian, who had been prepared to argue with Eve, readily agreed to help her.
They had survived this long thanks to her and Logan.
And above all, the confidence that emanated from Eve possessed a mysterious power to reassure others.
Enough that two soldiers placed their trust in her and followed without hesitation.
At night, temperatures dropped sharply, making it difficult to move about for long without a Redstone.
But waiting until dawn offered no guarantee of safety either.
So it was better to help Eve recover the Violetstone from Countess Winterdin now and leave this Shelter quickly.
Moreover, Claire despised Countess Winterdin.
Upon hearing the tale that the woman renewed her youth by stealing it from others, Claire had been insisting that she must be punished.
Claire and Countess Winterdin had a rather unpleasant history between them.
And at the center of that conflict was Crown Prince Aiden.
‘Aiden…….’
Logan reflected on Crown Prince Aiden. Objectively speaking, he was an exceptional crown prince. His abilities were outstanding, his intellect remarkable, and his character excellent.
Many people pointed to just one flaw in him: his hidden lover.
And generally, those who gossiped in such a manner also made similar remarks about Logan and Eve’s marriage.
“Does Lieutenant Wayne still harbor feelings for the Crown Prince, perhaps?”
For Logan, it was the first personal question he had ever asked another person.
But Claire answered without a moment’s hesitation, her words merciless.
“I’d rather not discuss that bastard, General.”
“……I see.”
Had she admitted to harboring such feelings, he would have advised her to give up.
Crown Prince Aiden, unlike himself, was a man who could not abandon what he possessed for the sake of the one he loved.
Logan harbored no particular thoughts on the matter, but rather it was Lian who seemed taken aback.
“Lieutenant Wayne’s eyes go wild whenever the Crown Prince is mentioned. Let me apologize on her behalf, General.”
“I wanted to say something harsher, but I held back.”
Hmm. Logan regarded Claire and Lian with an intrigued expression.
The fact that he offered to apologize on her behalf without any particular objection was interesting.
As if sharing the same thought, Eve’s eyes sparkled as she looked between the two of them.
The moment Logan saw that expression, his own face softened.
Claire and Lian, witnessing Logan’s expression, also fell silent.
A strange, subtle current flowed through the quiet stillness.
Logan glanced sideways at Eve.
He was still afraid of losing her again, but this time—something felt different. It wasn’t just Eve who was different.
The Winterstone.
And the animals with their strange abilities.
Logan watched the small bird dozing on Eve’s head, nodding off repeatedly.
Animals with special powers were helping Eve. He didn’t know why.
The massive elephants he’d encountered during the day were the same. The giant elephants he remembered didn’t care much for humans.
That said, they didn’t dislike them either, nor did they view humans as prey the way wolves did. They were simply indifferent.
Yet the mere fact that Eve was with them had caused those creatures to protect their entire group.
In the future, creatures called Seolkoe would appear. When that time came, Eve’s abilities might prove invaluable.
‘It was the same in the past, and still…….’
Eve seemed somehow inhuman.
Even without the Winterstone and the animals with their special abilities, it had been so from the beginning—even when she was the frail Eve, that impression lingered.
Suddenly, Logan took hold of Eve’s hand. She looked up at him with a puzzled expression.
“Why?”
“Just because.”
I gripped the hand clasping mine, holding it tight.
It was too late. Far too late to let go of this hand. Whoever she was, whatever happened to her—Logan had no intention of releasing it.
“I’ll be watching, so do as you please.”
Logan swept his gaze across the surroundings with an impassive face.
If he wanted, he could reduce this wretched shelter to rubble in a heartbeat.
But since Eve didn’t want that, he chose to hold back.
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I glanced up at Logan.
He showed no trace of tension, as though he’d simply stepped out for a stroll.
After nine cycles of Regression, Logan’s humanity had withered away. His sense of morality had eroded with it.
Outwardly he seemed intact, but I knew he was deeply fractured.
I couldn’t stand by and watch a man who had Regressed nine times for my sake descend into villainy.
Come to think of it, in the novel, Claire had been bound to Sunhaven before joining Prince Aiden’s survival base.
Though she despised Aiden, there was only one reason she joined his base.
Because she owed him her life.
“We’ve arrived, it seems.”
At Claire’s words, I lifted my head.
As she said, we had reached the central plaza of the shelter.
A large tree stood there, and the Redstone embedded within it glowed a faint crimson, radiating a gentle warmth.
Stepping into the plaza, I felt my breath come easier. The air had grown noticeably warmer.
“Let’s all meet again in a little while.”
“What. Honestly, I’d estimate about thirty minutes.”
Lian and Claire answered in turn, then vanished. Logan patted my head once more before he spoke.
“I’ll be waiting.”
I nodded, and he smiled briefly before slipping from sight.
From now on, Logan, Claire, and Lian would neutralize the shelter’s forces.
Meanwhile, I would enter the Countess Winterdin’s residence to retrieve the Violetstone.
It shouldn’t be difficult.
I surveyed the quiet plaza, then slowly walked forward.
Beyond the tree at the plaza’s center, a broad path led upward, and following it would lead to the Countess Winterdin’s dwelling.
I walked slowly until I reached the entrance and knocked on the door.
Knock, knock.
But the door did not open for a long time, despite the lights being on inside the residence.

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