Qualification Round

Archer and the girls stepped out to see hundreds of students and Professors rushing around, but the ones closest to them all stopped and looked at them with wide eyes. A shiver coursed through him the moment his foot touched the ice-covered ground.

He shivered but quickly cast Cosmic Shield over himself to keep the freezing wind and snow from affecting him. When witnessing his reaction, Teuila laughed before playfully swatting his back and remarking, "Perhaps longer pants would have been a wise choice, my dear husband."

''It doesn't matter, as Frostwinter is ending in a week. I can't wait for the festival to see how much gold the emperor will give, darling. After all, he has aided the empire enough times already,'' Sera commented.