The rumbling roar and the vibration of the snow mountain beneath her feet made Miss Chloe, who was climbing higher, want to turn back to check on Shard's situation, but she knew Shard wouldn't want her to delay the journey. So even though her concerns and guilt had reached their peak, she continued to bite her lip and climb upward.
In the distance, the platform with the snowy slope at the top of the mountain was already visible, but the silver-haired, red-eyed young Witch was starting to feel she couldn't hold on any longer.
In a daze, those thirteen companions she still remembered all appeared around her, tugging at her clothes and urging her to stop and rest. In a trance, all the evil fiends she had encountered in this solitary and eerie snow mountain reappeared, laughing loudly and mocking her overestimation of her abilities.
