Chapter 791

Bear-san Cleaning Up the Mansion

We used the Bear Bus to go down the mountain and head to Lize-san’s house.

We decided to hand over the Ice Dragon materials to Bollard-san, who was also the lord of the town.

Everyone got off the Bear Bus and stood in front of Bollard-san’s house.

“Kagali-chan, sorry, but could you melt the ice on the gate?” (Lize)

At Lize-san’s request, Kagali-san moved to the front of the gate.

Looking at the door, Kagali-san commented, “The ice is starting to melt.”

About half a day had passed since the Ice Dragon left with her baby.

It seemed that the ice was starting to melt now that the Ice Dragon was gone.

Since the ice was already melting, the gate opened easily.

“Soon, we will finally be able to open the gates easily again.” (Bollard)

“That’s right.” (Lize)

Lize-san and her father Bollard-san passed through the gate with nostalgia, and then I, Kagali-san, and the elders passed through the gate next.

When we arrived at the mansion, Kagali-san melted the remaining ice on the door.

“This should open it.” (Kagali)

The door opened, and when we entered the mansion, the floor was wet.

“This means we will soon be able to live here again.” (Lize)

“The ice is melting faster than expected. If we clear some of the rooms today, we should have somewhere for everyone to sleep.” (Kagali)

With the Ice Dragon gone, they would now be able to work in the town from now on, so everyone decided to move their base of operation to the town and live in Bollard-san’s mansion.

“We have secured a place to sleep, but what about food?” (Old man)

“I thought the town would stay frozen for a while, but at this rate, the food the girls gave us might go bad fast.” (Bollard)

“There’s a refrigerator, but I wonder if it will be usable?” (Old man)

“If so, I’ll leave some ice magic stones for you, so use them.” (Yuna)

I gave the ice magic stones to the old man.

Since we defeated the Snow Golems, we had a lot of ice magic stones.

After that, we decided to split up and clean up the rooms.

Kagali-san melted the ice on the doors of the first floor while Lize-san and I headed to the second floor to open the doors.

Since ice had already started to melt, most of the doors were easily opened.

Then, Lize-san and I returned to the first floor to put the Ice Dragon materials.

“Are you done?” (Yuna)

When we returned to the first floor, Kagali-san was also there, waiting for us.

“I’m done. That’s why I came to help you put the Ice Dragon materials.” (Kagali)

The horns were too big to store in a room, so we decided to leave them out on the spacious first floor.

“Well, please leave it around here.” (Lize)

At Lize-san’s instruction, I took the Ice Dragon horn and scales out of the bear box and put them on the floor.

By the way, the Ice Dragon horn that I decided to give was the horn of the Ice Dragon that the mother Ice Dragon had defeated.

After all, I wanted to keep the horn of the Ice Dragon that I defeated myself.

*Clatter…

“Did you also hear a sound from above?” (Lize)

“Yes, I definitely heard it.” (Kagali)

Kagali-san turned her gaze to the stairs.

“Is there anyone up there right now?” (Yuna)

“I’ve been here for a while, I didn’t see anyone going up the stairs.” (Kagali)

“Father and the others are cleaning up the first floor.” (Lize)

“Could it be…” (Yuna)

“Demon!?” (Lize)

Lize-san called out.

I should have summoned Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear.

I used my detection skill.

There was a reaction. But it was not a monster.

“Someone’s there.” (Yuna)

“Who?” (Lize)

If you think about it logically, there shouldn’t be anyone there.

“I’ll go and check it out.” (Yuna)

“I’ll go as well.” (Kagali)

“I’ll go too.” (Lize)

I walked in front, followed by Kagali-san and Lize-san.

“That’s the room.” (Yuna)

I pointed from a little distance away. There were two responses.

“That’s the room where Mother was.” (Lize)

Now that I think about it, she was right.

It was the room where Lize-san’s mother and sister were.

As I looked at the door, it opened.

“…” (Yuna)

“…” (Kagali)

“…” (Lize)

A woman comes out, staggering.

“Mother…” (Lize)

Lize-san walked slowly towards the woman.

“Mother!” (Lize)

The woman looked this way.

“Mother!” (Lize)

Lize-san hugged the woman.

“Um, who is this?” (Lize’s Mother)

“Mother, it’s me. Lize.” (Lize)

“Lize?” (Lize’s Mother)

The woman looked at Lize-san with a confused look.

“Is that really you, Lize?” (Lize’s Mother)

“Mother~” (Lize)

Lize-san’s voice spread throughout the mansion.

Bollard-san and the others rushed over to us.

“… Linse” (Bollard)

“What happened?” (Linse)

Bollard-san walked slowly and hugged the woman who was called Linse together with Lize-san.

“What’s going on? This girl looks like Lize.” (Linse)

“Yes, it’s definitely our daughter, Lize.” (Bollard)

“…” (Linse)

The woman looked at Lize-san in surprise and confusion.

“You’ve been frozen for three years.” (Bollard)

“Three years, frozen…” (Linse)

The woman looked even more confused.

Lize-san looked at her face again.

“Really?” (Linse)

Maybe she had no memory of the time she was frozen, and it just felt like a sleep to her.

“That’s why the room where we are is flooded.” (Linse)

Lize-san’s mother’s clothes were wet.

“Are you okay?” (Bollard)

“Yeah, just a little tired.” (Linse)

Just tired… It seemed like the effect of being frozen was minimal on the body even though she was frozen for three years.

If one was bedridden for three years, their muscles would weaken, and they wouldn’t be able to walk. They would at least need some rehabilitation to recover after.

Even before that, normally, one wouldn’t be able to survive after being frozen.

“Mom, is Dad and Lize back?” (???)

A girl came out of the room where Lize-san’s mother came out from.

“Big sister!” (Lize)

Lize-san hugged the girl who was smaller than her.

The girl looked a lot like Lize-san.

“Who are you?” (???)

“Big sister~~~~~” (Lize)

“Lize?” (???)

“Big sister~” (Lize)

“Are you really Lize?” (???)

“Yeah, it’s me, Lize.” (Lize)

The old men who had been watching Lize-san and the others for a while now started fervent discussion.

“What does this mean?” (Old Man)

“Bollard-san’s wife and daughter are still alive…” (Baran)

“So they were just frozen, but not dead?” (Old man)

“Then what about our families?” (Baran)

Checking with my detection skill again, I found reactions to people all over the area.

So they were all frozen, but still alive?

It was impossible if you think about it normally.

Maybe they were still alive because the ice was filled with the Ice Dragon’s magic power?

“Is Rua feeling okay?” (Bollard)

“Um, are you hungry?” (Lize)

Lize-san said after touching her sister’s stomach.

“But I can’t believe we were frozen for three years.” (Linse)

Linse-san looked at Lize-san as she said so.

“It’s definitely Lize. You look a little older. I’d say you look haggard rather than old.” (Rua)

“They have been living in the mines for three years.” (Yuna)

“Really?” (Rua)

As I was saying so, even the servants working in the mansion that had been previously frozen also came over.

“Bollard-sama, what’s the situation?” (Servant 1)

“The ice and the flooding.” (Servant 2)

Bollard-san gathered everyone on the entrance floor and started talking about what had happened in the past three years.

Because of the appearance of the Ice Dragon, laying an egg on the mountain top, and taking up residence.

The town and people ended up frozen.

Three years had passed since then.

After the baby dragon was born from the egg, the Ice Dragon left.

As a result, the ice in the town started to melt.

“Bollard-sama, what are those on the floor?” (Servant 1)

“The horn and scales of an Ice Dragon.” (Bollard)

Everyone who heard the story looked incredulous, but after seeing Lize-san grown up and the materials of the Ice Dragon, they were half convinced.

Then someone started sneezing, and Bollard-san noticed that they were wearing wet clothes, so he ordered them to get changed.

But most of their clothes were wet because they had been frozen.

I used wind and fire magic to make a simple dryer to dry everyone’s clothes.

Bollard-san said he would explain the details later, and ordered everyone to clean up the flooded mansion and prepare meals.

“Sorry. I’m going to check on the town. You can ask Lize for more details.” (Bollard)

Bollard-san said apologetically to his wife, Linse-san.

In reality, he would want to be with his wife and daughter.

But Bollard-san, as the lord of the town, had to check the situation of the rest of town residents.

“Yuna-san, Kagali-san. I’m sorry, but can you please stay in the mansion a little longer.” (Bollard)

After requesting us, Bollard-san left the house.

“Um, who are you?” (Linse)

Linse-san looked at me and Kagali-san again.

“The one dressed as a bear is Yuna-san, and the little girl is Kagali-chan. They saved us.” (Lize)

Lize-san answered for me.

“I see. Thank you for saving my daughter, Lize. I’m Lize’s mother, Linse.” (Linse)

“I’m Rua. I’m Lize’s older sister.” (Rua)

She hadn’t grown up in three years, so it looked the other way around.

For now, I left the cleaning up to the servants, and Lize-san guided us to the guest room on the second floor.

“Ugh, it’s wet here too.” (Rua)

“Everything in the room was frozen. It is the same situation everywhere.” (Lize)

“Everyone is cleaning up, but…” (Linse)

It was probably going to take some time.

When Lize-san was feeling troubled, Kagali-san spoke to her.

“Then I’ll do something about it.” (Kagali)

“Kagali-chan?” (Lize)

“It may not be perfect, but it should be a little better.” (Kagali)

Kagali-san spread her hands, and large and small water beads rose from the floor, walls, ceiling, sofa, and various other places.

“Sorry, but could you open the window?” (Kagali)

“Yes, okay.” (Lize)

Lize-san, who was watching the strange and indescribable phenomena, hurriedly opened the window.

Kagali-san threw the water beads out of the open window.

“It’s still a little damp, but this should be fine.” (Kagali)

“That’s amazing, despite how small she is.” (Rua)

Rua hugged Kagali-san.

“Don’t hug me.” (Kagali)

Kagali-san pushed Rua away, and we sat down in the chairs that were cleaned up.

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