The Ice Age Came And I Just Got Married - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80
The moment we forged an alliance with the Lowell Amusement Park survivors, Tonis, Orange Market, and Hailwood would become our enemies.
I ran through the calculations quickly in my head.
Helping Aiden stop the End of Ice Age, preventing Logan from falling to Corruption—those were my highest priorities right now.
But why form an alliance at all?
Time isn’t on our side.
Growing stronger to prevent Logan’s Corruption? That’s a good goal. But what comes after we succeed?
Logan and I aren’t gods.
We can’t survive alone forever.
I don’t even know when Aiden will finish ending the Ice Age.
More than anything, survival in an Ice Age isn’t a matter of individual strength—it’s about faction.
Even the most powerful ability user can’t source food and supplies with just a handful of people. To survive, you need to gather strength in numbers.
So forming alliances to grow our side was the better choice.
Stronger Snow Monsters will appear. More Survival Bases will fall.
Fighting alone without a single ally each time has its limits. Haven’t my countless deaths already proven that?
They said that if you want to change your life, you have to walk a path you’ve never taken before.
What Logan and I needed to survive wasn’t a single hero—it was a coalition.
That’s when the head of the Hailwood contingent spoke up.
“I heard rumors that this was the largest Survival Base in Rosebrook. I wanted to see for myself.”
The Orange Market and Tonis representatives were nodding in agreement.
Frank stepped forward quietly and spoke.
“I’ll give you whatever you want. Just save the people at our shelter.”
Frank bowed without a moment’s hesitation. The representative who’d protected this amusement park chose his survivors’ lives over his own pride.
A brief silence fell.
The Orange Market representative answered with a scornful smile.
“We don’t care about your lives. We’re interested in the warehouses, power equipment, food, and Winterstone.”
Frank’s face hardened.
“If we hand all that over, what happens to my shelter’s people—”
“We’ll take whoever’s worth taking. The rest can fend for themselves or die. We don’t care.”
In that instant, the faces of the Lowell Amusement Park survivors went deathly pale.
Frank clenched his teeth and spoke.
“That’s not acceptable.”
“It’s the only option.”
Tony, the representative of Tonis, continued calmly. Wait—I thought that guy was simple but decent. Apparently not.
I glanced at Julian, and he merely shrugged.
“I only formed this Temporary Alliance because I came here for that purpose anyway.”
Logan, who’d been quietly assessing the situation, turned to me and asked.
“Eve, if alliance is what you want, should I help?”
“…….”
I stared at Logan silently. Then Marcus, standing beside me, answered on my behalf with an amused tone.
“Our Duke would probably knock them all down, put them under her heel, and then blackmail them into forming an alliance.”
Logan tilted his head.
“Wouldn’t that work?”
I’m still alive, yet I feel I’ve already lost so much of my humanity. Is he even going to be okay?
I worried deeply, but then it occurred to me that after nine regressions, it would be stranger if his mind were still intact.
“No, it wouldn’t.”
I decided I’d step in myself to keep Logan from crossing that line. It was my responsibility to do so.
That’s when Claire and Leon, who’d been reading the room, approached.
“Are you alright, ma’am?”
At Claire’s question, I nodded and asked in return.
“Are Captain Wayne and Sergeant Forkner doing well?”
“We’re fine, ma’am.”
Claire answered matter-of-factly, as if nothing had happened.
Leon’s complexion was still poor. He seemed shaken from having been hypnotized.
Julian watched me closely without saying a word. He must have had many questions about my abilities, but he hadn’t asked yet.
It was the same for me—I had plenty I wanted to ask him, but now wasn’t the time.
“Pardon me, but I’ve been feeling faint tremors in the ground for a while now.”
At Claire’s words, I lowered my gaze.
Hum—
Hum—
A rhythmic vibration was pulsing through the soles of my feet at steady intervals.
At first, I thought I was imagining it.
But once I became aware of it, the vibration was unmistakable—everyone could feel it.
The lights hanging from the ceiling swayed faintly, and shards of glass scattered across the floor trembled.
Focusing harder on the vibrating sound, I realized it resembled the footsteps of something enormous.
It sounded like the footfalls of something impossibly large and colossal striking the ground.
‘Don’t tell me…….’
Boom-boom-boom-crash!
The ceiling lurched violently as a deafening roar shook the entire amusement park.
Plaster dust cascaded down from one wall of the Parade Waiting Room.
“What’s happening!”
“Is it an attack?”
The survivors from Hailwood and Orange Market spun toward the exit in unison, raising their weapons.
I quickly approached Frank and asked him a question.
“Where did you store the confiscated weapons?”
The survivors from Hailwood, Orange Market, and Tonis all had weapons, while we and the Lowell Amusement Park survivors had none.
Frank looked uncomfortable for a moment, then lowered his voice to answer.
“They’re in the Maintenance Area.”
I recalled the amusement park’s layout in my mind.
In the East Section of the fan-shaped park sat a small zoo and greenhouse garden, and at the innermost point lay the Maintenance Area, marked with “No Entry Except Staff.”
“Can we evacuate the people to somewhere safe?”
Frank fell silent in thought for a moment, then nodded.
“There is one place I can think of…… but I doubt those people will simply let us pass.”
Frank gestured toward the survivors from Hailwood, Orange Market, and Tonis as he spoke.
“We’ll clear the path.”
Logan possessed overwhelming strength even without weapons, and fortunately Claire and Leon were currently armed.
Marcus lacked firearms, but his military service experience would be useful in some capacity.
And Graham was the one who had taught me how to hunt.
Frank showed visible surprise at my words. It seemed he hadn’t expected us to help so readily.
“You and the other representatives lead the survivors. We’ll secure the path, find the weapons, and return.”
Honestly, I wasn’t sure if we’d have time to reach the Maintenance Area. We might have to fight without weapons if necessary.
“Why would you go so far to help us?”
At Frank’s question, I gave a slight shrug.
“Don’t worry about it. Consider it a form of barter.”
I’d acquired a substantial amount of Winterstone, so returning the favor seemed only fair.
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Thud—
Boom-crash!
Thud—
The incomprehensible sounds continued from outside. Tension hung thick in the Parade Waiting Room.
I had raised an Ice Wall between the other factions’ survivors near the entrance and us.
Meanwhile, the Lowell Amusement Park survivors were moving through the back exit.
“News of your power is going to spread,” Logan said, his tone edged with worry.
I looked at him.
“When I stayed quiet and hidden without any rumors, did I survive?”
Logan had no answer to that.
He wouldn’t—after all, I’d died every time regardless.
I watched quietly as the people on the far side of the Ice Wall opened fire on it.
Fine cracks began to form across the ice.
I’d need to leave soon.
“Logan, do you know something?”
I turned to face him.
“You want me to survive, don’t you? I feel the same way about you—I want you to be safe.”
I met his crimson eyes directly.
“I’ve decided to live this life for you.”
Logan’s eyes flickered faintly.
……
“I just want to.”
“……Why?”
The question was brief, yet more careful than ever. I couldn’t answer for a long time.
I couldn’t explain the reason clearly to myself, after all.
Eventually I opened my mouth with a small laugh.
“I don’t know. It’s not the suspension bridge effect, at least.”
I’d come to realize I liked him. But if someone asked whether it was romantic love, I’d answer—not yet.
No one could blame me for being uncertain.
I didn’t yet have the right to love Logan.

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