"It's real snow... Although I know it's because of the altitude, seeing it in the summer still feels a bit surreal," Tiran crouched along the winding wooden boardwalk that ascended the mountainside, scooping up a handful of fluffy white snow and showing it to Aya with a hint of amazement, "Look, this texture hasn't been compacted or turned into ice crystals, it must have snowed not long ago."

"True, but doesn't it feel strange for a swordsman who can create frost with Chi so effortlessly to be this excited about it?" Aya replied, gesturing towards Chirp who had enthusiastically run ahead holding little Angel's hand, "And Chirp is already far ahead, if we don't catch up soon, we'll be left behind."

"Oh!" Hurriedly dropping the snow in her hand, Princess Tiran caught up with Aya and pointed out, "After all, I'm only seventeen... Oh, sorry, eighteen years old, still quite young and entitled to get excited by new things, right?"

"Forgive me for saying this, Princess Tiran, but one wouldn't guess you're already eighteen by the way you drool over the beautiful girls in manga," Aya mercilessly exposed the Princess's ugly side.

"I could drool over you too," Tiran retorted, smirking mischievously as she leaned in.

"Uh, really?"

This time, it was Princess Tiran who seemed a bit taken aback. She had expected shyness, not Aya taking the initiative.

"I can't let you tease me all the time, can I? I can fight back too," Aya chuckled smugly, grabbing Tiran's hand, "Let's go."

By the time they reached Godcuster, it was still early afternoon, and after a quick tidy-up at the lodging, the sun had yet to set.

"I heard the sunset view from the mountain is great, and there's a hot spring up there. How about going directly to soak in the hot spring?" Princess Tiran proposed at that time.

Aya and Chirp naturally had no objections, and as for little Angel... well, her only task was to stay by the side of the Princess, and since Princess Tiran seemed to enjoy such activities and it offered a chance to experience human world life, there was no reason to refuse.

"But is this really the way to the hot spring?"

After running quite a distance with Chirp dragging her hand, little Angel began to feel puzzled. Shouldn't a place with both a holiday destination and a great view be bustling with people? Why couldn't they find the hot spring even after walking so far with Chirp?

"Um, Chirp?"

Little Angel ventured cautiously, "Are you sure this is the right way?"

"Yeah!" The little beast-eared loli nodded vigorously and affirmed, "Chirp smelled the hot spring, it must be this way!"

"A hot spring... has a smell?" Little Angel paused, "But there are hardly any people ahead?"

"Probably because the air is thinner due to the altitude. At this height, ordinary people would already start feeling uncomfortable, even experiencing oxygen deficiency with slightly strenuous activity. But Fiona sister and Mommy and Daddy are not ordinary people, so it's fine!" Chirp explained seriously.

Fiona... sister?

Such a dazzling title!

During her time in Heaven, she mostly played the role of a junior and younger sister, and being addressed as "sister" by cute girls with soft voices, especially after Tiran and Aya began calling her "little Fifi" in the Main Dimension, was definitely something new and unexpected for little Angel.

Thus, little Angel quickly succumbed.

-Well, not succumbed, more like overwhelmed by a strange sense of pride and responsibility.

Rolling up her sleeves and flexing her muscles in a powerful pose, saying "leave it to big sister," she couldn't help but feel the urge to do so...

Shaking her head vigorously, little Angel snapped out of her sudden daydream and nodded at Chirp, "Since that's the case, let's keep moving forward. As long as I'm here, nothing will happen."

That's right, she was a Holy Rank after all. Could there be any trouble in this mountain that she couldn't handle? Don't underestimate the Holy Rank!

Meanwhile, behind them, Tiran and Aya, who had lagged far behind due to their playing around, were still slowly making their way forward. For instance, using Chi to create a thin layer of ice to stand on, Aya pulling Tiran along, or stepping on Aya's footprints as if completing a challenge and crossing the snowy boardwalk.

Even though Tiran would probably find such activities childish under normal circumstances, for some reason, especially when it was just the two of them on vacation, she found it quite enjoyable to play around like this.

"Hey, Aya."

Walking behind Aya with one step in front of the other like a little duck following its mother, Princess Tiran suddenly patted Aya's shoulder.

"Hmm?" Aya turned back in response.

"I like you."

"I like you too."

The two of them stopped in unison, staring at each other in silence for a while.

"..."

"Ahh! It's no use after all! Why can characters in romance manga say such things so casually without feeling embarrassed? It feels so cringy!" Princess Tiran exclaimed, covering her face as she squatted down.

"If it's so embarrassing, why would you suddenly say that?" Aya, who couldn't quite understand, felt her cheeks heating up a bit. For a dragon with thin skin like herself, such a straightforward confession was like a high-velocity armor-piercing shell hitting a first-generation water dispenser, and she couldn't help but want to cover her face.

"I just... wanted to try, that's all," the Princess looked up, looking somewhat pitiful.

"Anyway, let's keep moving," Aya sighed, "Little Fifi and Chirp have gone off somewhere, and even if we get to the hot spring to change clothes, it will take time. It would be a shame to miss the sunset halfway there."

"It's easy to find Little Fifi," Tiran smiled, "And with our Angel Covenant, it should be simple to locate her, right?"

"Um... Let's give it a try then," Aya replied, feeling a hint of unease. No, it's definitely not because Tiran still had a Covenant with someone else, that was just irrelevant!

"Let me see, the direction is... Huh? Why does it seem a bit off?" Tiran was puzzled by the fact that the bond with another covenanter seemed to be veering off the path. Before she could inquire about Little Fifi's whereabouts through the Covenant, an anxious voice came through.

"Witch! No, I mean, Miss Tiran! Miss Aya!"

Little Angel's voice sounded on the verge of tears.