" AAAHHHHHH I Overslept " Ikuta brushed his teeth and ran downstairs " Here's your breakfast and lunch " he grabbed them and ran to school at the fastest speed and grabbed his console to summon platforms and used them as floors destroying them from his strength .
He finally arrived at school and the classroom " Haaaa " he caught the attention of everyone as soon as he arrived " Morning " He took his seat and sighed " Ikuta what happened ? " Ezio asked " I overslept I was so tired from the amusement park yesterday "
Some of their classmates wanted to ask more about it but were shy and scared of them being Nisse's friend " What's happening ? " Ikuta asked and Ezio whispered to him " They want to know about what happened at the park "
" But didn't they already announce it ? " " Yeah but there are things they wanna know , I also want to know we saw this weird spell how did you stop that ? "
Ikuta recalled only two spells " I had a disenchanting sword , I used it to stop the spell that Faulks was about to shoot out and for the giant beam I just unfroze the barrier it activated to protect everyone and then I used the same blade to stop whatever was left from the giant beam that the barrier couldn't cover"
" That sounds so cool " Ezio said excitedly " But how did you cut everything at once , did you learn some sword technique ? " " No I just went really fast " " Ahh if you had some advanced sword technique I would want to learn that "
" Even if you want to learn swordsmanship it's all about keeping a good form and grip on the sword " Ikuta explained " It's not like the one you see on the TV where they drew the blade , it's just about how straight it was so it's more like practice than technique "
Ezio imagined himself in cool swordsman clothes " Now I want to learn and we can battle " " You will lose " " Not unless I practice " Ezio imitated the practice of swinging a sword down repeatedly .
" You will still lose but go ahead and even if you practiced swinging a blade you also need good footwork or you'll trip and when you use a sword you also have to make sure your body is weak you might need a much lighter sword with your body "
" You mean like a rogue ? " " That's one of them " Nisse came back from the restroom to see Ikuta " Did you oversleep too ? " Nisse asked and Ikuta nodded " What happened to Amber and Druk ? " " Amber's brothers were worried about her and asked to excuse her meanwhile Druk overslept "
" I also wanted to sleep but we use one car to go to school so we can't even do that " Ezio complained " It's okay Ezio " Ikuta said " Also Ikuta let me braid like usual " " Okay go ahead "
Ikuta decided to check on the elf and the defender ' It looks like I have to do something about this . Maybe I should just tell Ratatoskr about my problem . '
Ikuta thought about the copy of Pandora's box being able to take his father's power and assumed that he could use the box to wake up the elf .
' But the problem is how I could take care of her ' " Nisse do you know about high elves ? " " Yeah they are technically my ancestor , why ? " " I got curious while I thought about Faulks living for a long time and elves who used to do the same "
" High elves are just elves with the blessing of Yggdrasil , while the blessings gave them a long lifespan they also receive greater affinity towards nature , thanks to that many elves could control the weather and nature . They'll probably be really smart if they had lived up to now because of their lifespan "
Class starts and Ikuta thinks of the high elf and decides that he is going to take care of it as soon as he gets home " See you tomorrow Ikuta " " Bye guys " Ikuta waved back and returned home .
He waits until Friday to finally have the opportunity to steal the real pandora's box after his father kept appearing and only left today . He confirmed that his father would be busy unsure what it was .
He burns himself with the dark flame and gazes at the midnight mansion before he uses the dark flame again and steps into a room where the high elf was . He placed the hourglass in the box and held it towards the elf , he watched a dart sprout out of her and made sure not to make the same mistake .
He didn't see the black dart pass the box and checked the hourglass to see that it lost a bit of souls . He took back the frost of Niflheim and looked at the high elf " What ? " she was surprised to see Ikuta .
" Hello I'm sure you have a lot of questions , so first I'll just say the pandora's box you used did work but it couldn't contain it " Ikuta showed the box to her " You have a dark affinity and Niflheim's frost "
" I know that's what I used to keep your body preserved " Cithrel realizes she is encased in ice " I'm not gonna hurt you but I will work with you to free the defender that's behind me " " What happened to me ? "
Cithrel was suspicious of Ikuta but seeing a child she figured someone was doing everything from behind the scenes " You tried to help the dragon over there but he was hit by something even nastier , it's something that denies your self or soul I already removed yours but the defender was hit with more than you can handle "
" And can you unfreeze me " " Sure but I want to ask you as a trade " " What can you offer ? " " I free you and you help me while I help you figure out how to free the defender " Cithrel assumed someone was using Ikuta to get her help .
" What do you want to get from me ? " Ikuta thinks for a while knowing very little about Cithrel other than what he learned from Nisse over the time they have been talking .
" high elves usually have plenty of knowledge , they don't write down everything because they are secrets which is why I have to be at home sometimes every week to learn more about nature magic " Nisse said .
" I want you to teach someone your knowledge of nature " " That's it ? " Ikuta nodded " Use this she'll ask questions later " ' I got Yukina a teacher already too bad I have to help her now '
He already needed to help two people but considering that one of them is related to the defender who had an encounter he didn't see it as a loss .
" How will you help me save him ? " Cithrel asked pointing at the defender , Ikuta knew that he shouldn't blindly trust people " I already showed you that I know about whatever is keeping the defender down "
Cithrel didn't know what was keeping the defender from waking up even after she had absorbed all the seals " What is it ? " " A power not known to many , it's considered forbidden knowledge but the only thing you know about it is the fact that it's keeping the defender down and you can't handle its power "
Cithrel sizes Ikuta up " Do you know anyone who can ? " Ikuta remembers the ore that was used to contain his father's power " I do but I haven't tested it yet , all you have to know is the name of the ore you'll definitely need tons of them "
" What is this ore ? " " It's an ore made in the abyss , as for searching for it you're on your own but do keep your end of the deal " Cithrel was skeptical of this but she at least had another way to complete her goal ' This should keep dad busy I'll take this time to study the artifacts at home . '
He used the dark flames to leave and arrived at the bathroom ' Yukina I got you a teacher make sure to listen to her and don't tell her anything about you just say that you are a magic tree "
" Ikuta , are you finished with the last book your father sent ? " Ikuta turned to Louis " Yep I'm going to ask for books from Petra " " Sure go ahead " Ikuta sent a message to Petra and faked his interest to have her deliver several grimoires his way .
He feels excited to be able to do something without his father being part of , or just a feeling of independence " Young master , did you secure a teacher for Yukina already ? " Ratatoskr asked " Oh yeah don't tell anyone okay " ' Maybe he wants to be a secret because he wants to be with his friends ? '
' Maybe I should bring the high elf to Petra for her to manage I'll just say she lives in some mountains ' He remembers that he didn't know her name yet but knew he didn't have to since she'll have to introduce herself in the future .
His phone rang and he checked to see Petra agreeing to the request and asked to be able to call him " Hello , it's Ikuta " " Good evening young master I would like to ask if you want us to sponsor adventurers on their entrance to Niflheim "
Ikuta was surprised and turned to Ratatoskr " Uhm can you tell me where it is first ? " he went to Ratatoskr " Ratatoskr where do you think Niflheim is on ? "
" I'll tell you but I need a map " Ikuta gave him that " Oh here it is I remember coming out of here and working very hard to search for the young mistress " ' Hopefully it's the same '
" Do you know why you were able to leave Niflheim ? " " Oh it was a very timely a portal just appeared but I'm not proficient in the study of this realm " Ikuta wondered about this problem " Oh you finally decided to go I was hoping you'd solve the problem "
Ikuta was sure this must be his father's problem that he wanted to solve until he heard something else " An ancient frost giant had to open it , I guess it's just another remnant from ragnarok "
Ikuta was surprised and thought of what kind of giants he'd meet " At least now you'll be able to get the runes of Niflheim " Ikuta held back his show of emotions and confirmed the location that Ratatoskr knew of .
" Okay please uhm ... support the adventurers " " We can have you participate if you like , we can prepare some equipment for you to go " Ikuta knew that he didn't have to show up at all for them to find out about the ancient frost giant that had opened the portal to Niflheim .
" I mean it's not like you need me to go , what are the adventurers gonna go there for ? " " To keep the weather in check they said that if we let the portal stay open it would eventually make our world like Jotunnheim "
" How will they keep it in check ? " " Everyone including the guilds is planning to set up beacons to stop the frost of Niflheim from coming to our world , but it would be nice if you participate "
Ikuta knew it would be nice since they would probably be stationary and he wouldn't be able to get Nidhogg or Vedrfolnir that his father likely set up if he waited so ' I mean I could always just wait until they set up the beacons properly '
" I'll go after you set up the beacons " " but why ? " Ikuta thinks " I want to go to Niflheim of course , I found a new magic that lets me enchant technology using programming and codes but since I need to use runes for it I needed the runes that are specifically for Niflheim's frost , which means I have to go really deep into Niflheim "
" Wait young master are you sure ? That realm is a very dangerous place to go to you might freeze to death , of course we have equipment but you can't carry that much with you in the long run you should only go in and out " " Hmm that's true "
He thinks about the abyss that sort of acts as his stomach " I could do that " Preta was confused about what we could do " You don't have to worry about me Petra I can survive in Niflheim with protection or not I just need my clothes to be very enchanted so it doesn't freeze completely but I'll only go when you finished the beacons and can you make the clothes look cool "
" Oh nice kid I plan to solve this but I think I'll let you , you still have to hope that the beacons don't get attacked though after all that giant will come to you since they have some goals related to Niflheim "
Ikuta kept quiet about his father's suggestion " Okay then we'll prepare those clothes for you " " Okay "
The next few days until Sunday , all of his friends came to his house " Ikuta I bought the game " Ezio started the game " Alright let's get him guys " They lose " What in the world ? " Ezio was confused about how Ikuta figured out the dice mechanics and optimized his rolls to go exactly where he wanted .
" It's getting a bit warmer everyday " Nisse said " I hope this winter ends the news even said that they sent people to that portal to Niflheim , I also found the company you inherited in the list ... Ikuta were you planning to ask them to find the runes for you ? " Nisse asked .
" I was going to but I guess it might be hard if nobody can stay in Niflheim for that long " " So you are planning to go ? " Ezio asked " Yeah but only after the beacon is set up " Nisse thinks about it " What if it isn't ? "
" It won't matter they can just try again later , the only thing that would be bad is if somebody managed to push the frost of Niflheim from that realm to this realm " Ikuta showed an example emitting his Niflheim's frost to the air and blew it .
" Some magic can still move depending on what they are things , like wind " " Ohh but it's not like that matters if you can't survive in the realm " Ezio said wishing he could make use of his wind affinity for something .
" But why does it freeze thunder ? " " Because thunder is different they are electrons and ice is meant to hold things in place and it's Niflheim , the wind just gets to move " Ikuta said not having any further explanation "
" What would happen if someone did bring Niflheim's frost in though ? " Amber asked " I mean that could work but they have beacons working on it , I asked Petra about them , They even made beacons that absorb Niflheim's frost , I was the one who asked for it so that I could absorb more of it without going there "
" So those she know ? " Ikuta tries to remember the instances that he told Petra that he has an ice affinity " I don't think I did say I did , I did say I wanted the runes for Niflheim's frost and Niflheim's frost but not my affinity " " Then she'll probably figure it out "
" True and the other beacons were meant to keep Niflheim's frost in the realm not absorb it " Ikuta mentioned " But Ikuta what would happen if someone managed to send Niflheim's frost to our world ? " Ezio asked preparing his possible apocalypse theories .
" Then there are contingencies , to be clear Niflheim's frost isn't just freezing things it can also be used to preserve a body even in its most natural form " " So ice crystals won't choke us ? " Ikuta thinks about Nisse's idea .
" I don't think that happens " " Oh it doesn't , even some victims of Niflheim's frost remain inside their ice , But you do need to unfreeze them properly unless you are a special being then you can simply torch the ice but that itself is hard " Ratatoskr said .
" Oh okay I'm counting on you to unfreeze us " Nisse said " I don't really have to do that , after all , they already planned in case something really bad happens like the homes would be sealed and classes still continue "
" Ahhh really ? " Ezio complained " It's better than being frozen Ezio " Nisse said " But that also means we don't get to go around " Druk said " Ikuta is the lucky one here his house is very big " Ezio said .
" Oh but I don't want to be stuck at home with all my cousins " Ezio thinks about something he only does in things that he believes is important " Okay so what if I stay at your house Ikuta ? " " I mean it is Sunday but I don't think you can do that for the whole day "
Ikuta gets a call and checks " Young master there's a problem " he was surprised to hear it " What happened ? " " Everything was going smoothly until someone started attacking the beacons at the other side we have already set up all the beacons in our side but with the ones at Niflheim's side it's only a matter of time before we have to set up more "
" So what's the problem ? " " Someone is destroying it intentionally we couldn't investigate it but we are sure that it's some third party but we can't tell yet " " So why did you call me ? " " Because you were one of the people who has a high ice affinity " ' does she know ? '
" Okay I'll try to help but it's not like I can skip school " Petra wasn't surprised that Ikuta was more concerned about his school than the world crisis .
" Young master if I may , if we don't settle now there won't be school anymore , Niflheim's frost could spread to our world if we don't make it certain that the third party stops destroying the beacons "
" I'LL GO " Petra sighed with relief and settled with escorting Ikuta to an airplane " Uhm Nisse what do I do if I want to be excused my abscenes ? " " There is a quiz you can take " " I'll do it , uhm Claire can you tell the school please ? " " Okay "
" We're leaving , see you next time you come to school Ikuta " Nisse said " okay see you guys " Ikuta took the test and went to the airport bringing only a bag and Claire with him " Don't lose that sword okay ? " " I know " he saw Petra and some escorts .
" Young master did you not bring anything else ? " " Yeah I mean I don't need to care about the cold I'm just worried about my clothes which I left to you " Petra wondered if that's why he sent her some images beforehand " Okay is there anything you want to eat ? "
" Only when we land I already ate a lot " Petra remembers how he ate based on the recording " You can eat as much as you want the company can handle the expense " " Okay , it doesn't have to be anything fancy as long as it's balanced "
Petra took note of Ikuta's preference " Young master we are here "They took the private jet to the location and Ikuta fell asleep . She motioned everyone to be completely silent and continued their work while Ikuta rested in a stable seat .
" Young master wake up now " Ikuta was shaken awake " Hmm ? How long did I sleep " " A balanced ten hours young master , if you like you can brush your teeth , we can't provide a proper bath but we do have a washing spell installed " " Okay I'll take that "
Ikuta was welcomed to be able to do that , he brushed his teeth and used the washing spell " Also do I get to wear the clothes now ? " " Of course Young master " Ikuta grabbed the clothes and changed into them " This is so cool "
The clothes he was wearing were enchanted to withstand cold but the problem was that it didn't help him to withstand it " Are you sure you don't want something that could keep you warm ? " " Nope I'll be fine I can handle Niflheim's frost " Ikuta said confidently.
' I mean I technically have been training under the waterfall with the realm of Niflheim and Muspelheim as the source of water ' Ikuta thought and the plane landed " Okay where are we eating " they arrived at a restaurant and Ikuta gorged himself " So what time am I meeting these people ? "
" In a while young master " Petra said watching Ikuta gorge the food " Oh yeah it's much colder here than back at home " " there has been a report that the mysterious party destroyed one of the beacons but it was repaired but the frost remained "
" It's okay I'll take care of it " Petra watched Ikuta devour tables and tables of food wondering how he can keep going " Young master if you eat too much you'll end up being too full " " No It's okay My stomach fire is burning through everything so I'll be fine "
Petra remembered the practice that viewed the body as elements and assumed that Ikuta had practiced it surprised that he had so much promise " But won't you be too full " " Nope it's okay I have a bigger stomach somewhere else " Petra was confused since she doesn't know about this .
" But is the money okay ? " " Don't worry young master you can keep eating but the biggest money spender isn't you but the beacons we set up " " Huh why ? "
" Because we took on the task , since you wanted Niflheim's frost we had some beacons set up in the location to absorb it , it was more expensive than the beacons to keep Niflheim's frost away "
Ikuta felt guilty " I'll make sure to get rid of that Mysterious party , Make sure you keep saying that I did it okay so that you can get compensation ? " ' I think I know who they are '
" Really ? " " Yep I asked for the beacon to absorb Niflheim's frost so I have to work for it " Petra was impressed by Ikuta's mindset of showing gratitude " Oh thank you very much , young master "
Ikuta finished the last one " Okay so where is the portal ? " Petra and the escorts took Ikuta to the location of a giant swirling portal that revealed Niflheim at the other side " We are here young master " Petra and the escorts were wearing much better enchanted clothes .
" Our adventurers are at the tent waiting for you young master " Ikuta was confused as to why they were waiting " Why are they waiting for me ? " " Because we were the one who sponsored most of the beacons , we wanted to ensure that the portal and climate were stable "
Ikuta remembered that he did mention he wanted to venture inside when Petra asked but he never thought they would be so generous with spending " Hmm okay " he went into the tent while Petra carried his backpack " Greetings everyone " " hello " Ikuta said .
Ikuta simply stayed seated while Petra talked about the problem " Alright that concludes the meeting you may all rest " Ikuta looked at Petra after they all left " So what happened ? " " Oh sorry we simply needed you to be here there was no need for you to listen "
" I don't understand " " It's okay young master , we still need your presence and skills for this " Ikuta was confused as to why .
" Did you guys see that kid ? " The adventurers asked " Yep the way he breathes is different , his stomach fire is keeping him warm in this cold " adventurers have very high standards this is only because most of the lower-level threats can easily be taken care of by modern technology .
" He is the one who fought against Faulks who knew that such a generous person had some dirt on him " " Even so it's weird itself that a child like him got that strong , heard he had no affinity before why would he work so hard to be that strong " " At least he trained for it unlike some rich brat who's drunk on steroids "
" So what else should I do here ? " " You don't have to do much young master we handle a lot of things but we just need some hands especially yours to help us take care of the problem , we hope this doesn't interfere with your school " " It's okay I already excused myself by taking a test and I am very sure I aced it "
Ikuta said with confidence " Okay I'll get going then " Petra was surprised with what he said " Wait go where ? " " Exercise of course I need to make sure I'm still strong " " but it's night time " Petra said " But I already slept " Petra knew that this was going to backfire badly .
" It's okay I have the seeing dark spell I'll find my way back later " " Wait you can't go the investigation isn't tonight " " But what am I going to do outside , I need my exercise so I'll go exercise at Niflheim " " Young master please if you die it would make it harder for the company to stay intact "
Petra said " Don't worry I won't die I'll be fine " Petra had no choice " Man keep the young master from going to Niflheim " Ikuta was grabbed by some escorts and he carefully escaped them to avoid hurting them . He ran out of the tent and Petra yelled at the adventurers .
" Hey stop the young master " the adventurers turned to see Ikuta who beelined towards the portal " wait kid stop " Ikuta ran into the giant swirling portal " Weeee "
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Back at home " The inheritor of Faulks's possession had ran into the realm of primordial ice . Currently , the company is in a great state of doubt sending adventurers to go in and retrieve the young man "
" AHAHAHAHHAHAH BOY YOU ARE SO SILLY " his father laugh " no Young master I still haven't told you where it is " Ratatoskr said and turned to Yukina to have her help .
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