Chapter 810: Chapter 480: Frost_3
’This is De Man who was on guard at the door... He came to find Cezel, saying that... Colin came to visit?
...Colin is back?’
Shelley’s vision gradually darkened, a layer of pale frost completely enveloping her body, turning her into a slumbering ice sculpture.
— After waiting impatiently at the door, Colin, who followed Atbolde and De Man inside, was ultimately met with such a scene.
"What happened?" He strode over to Lillian and gently took Shelley from her arms.
"Be careful, it’s very cold." Lillian shivered slightly, instinctively reminding him.
In just a brief moment, before she could use Defensive Witchcraft, her hands had already turned bluish from the cold.
"Are your hands okay, senior?" Colin asked with a frown as he supported Shelley.
He didn’t feel much pain; even without any protection as he held Shelley, he only sensed a chill.
"Just a bit of frostbite." Lillian shook her head, looking at Colin, her eyes gradually revealing uncontrollable excitement.
But she didn’t say much more and continued, "Quickly check on what’s wrong with Lady Shelley."
Colin nodded.
Actually, while talking with Lillian, he was also examining Shelley’s body.
A moment later, Colin frowned deeply and, like Lillian, used Healing Magic.
The slightly red glow fell on Shelley but dissipated like water into a lake, unable to stir any ripple.
"How is it?" Lillian asked.
Colin lifted his head, then turned to gaze at De Man and Cezel beside him.
The two understood tacitly and slowly retreated, soon disappearing from sight.
Colin turned back, looking at Shelley in his arms, and said:
"I can sense that Shelley is still alive, but her soul is exceptionally weak."
"The frost on her skin doesn’t seem harmful, but rather a kind of special protection."
Colin pondered silently for a moment, then looked up at Lillian and asked,
"Has anything happened recently that I’m unaware of? Regarding Shelley, when did she start showing abnormalities?"
Lillian thought for a moment and said, "About a week after you left, suddenly one time, frost also spread over Shelley. However, it wasn’t nearly as severe as it is now and quickly dissipated."
"Then, Silvester came the next day. He seemed to want to take Shelley to the Extreme North, but at that time something happened in Tilamei, and Lady Shelley was worried about the research base, so she refused Lord Silvester... And then, it got to this point."
"Where is Lord Silvester now?"
"No news." Lillian shook her head, somewhat perplexed, "After that, Lord Silvester went alone to the Extreme North, and thereafter, no further news has come."
Colin remained silent.
Lillian and the mentor didn’t know that Shelley’s true identity was actually an Elf born from the glacier at the eye of the storm in the Extreme North.
So they were a bit puzzled by Silvester’s actions.
But he knew this information, so it was easy for him to connect the two—
The current situation with Shelley is probably due to some problem with the glacier in that Extreme North location.
Colin lowered his head, scrutinizing Shelley, his expression stern.
’Looks like I will have to go back once more.’
’However, there is one more thing to do before that.’
Colin raised his head, looked at Lillian, and asked again:
"Senior just mentioned that something happened in the Tilaimei Plain after I left... What happened?"