The wind due to rain, gained more power and was blowing through the cliff. Because of the rain, it was already slippery to hold on to the cliff edge for a long time. Now the wind giving a hard time to Iris. The heavy wind caused her to shake and her hand got cut. The bleeding from the cuts causes a lot of blood to lose and she is having a hard time holding on to the cliff due to pain caused by rainwater entering the wound and scratching the wound against the cliff due to wind.
'I can escape from the cliff using wind magic if it isn't for the wind blowing this strong' She thought.
There was an uproar caused by the mercenary group to help their companion. The merchant group provides a rope to help Iris. But due to the wind, they couldn't stabilize the rope. They used a rock near the path to tie at the end of the rope and stabilize it. But to climb the rope was too much for Iris because she had no strength for it.
'Ha... I guess this is it, But I'm happy to know about everyone on the team, it's a little short but I got a little sister while traveling' while she was about to accept her death, she noticed Elsha.
'What is she doing?' She noticed that Elsha was trying to use basic ice magic to create a foothold. But she fails.
Iris smiled when saw Elsha trying to help her, she was desperately trying while crying. 'It's too late Elsha' Iris tells herself. But what the problem was Elsha was trying to control her mana. If it goes out of control it can hit Iris and cause fatal injury.
However, due to the loss of blood, Iris slowly began to lose consciousness. Elsha noticed that Iris slowly closing her eyes. The sudden thought that flashes through Elsha, in her life, she only faced losses. Everyone who supports her will die, and now she is about to lose someone she thought of as a big sister in her lonely life. The flooding emotions cause Elsha to loosen her control over mana. Elsha screamed. The overflowing mana spread all over the area, even though she didn't use any spells, the cliff slowly began to freeze and the speed increased and the whole river began to freeze and ice spikes formed horizontally under Iris like it was trying to catch her and at the end of the frozen river, the ice forms like a large wall and blocks the flow of the wind.
Everyone shocks. The more shocked one was Elsha. But what is the thing that causes others to be shocked is, after using this amount of mana she is not even panting. But they didn't waste time because of the shock and used the time to tie the rope near a tree at the end of the path. Samuel tied the other end to his hip and slowly descended towards Iris. With the help of others, they slowly pull them to the top. Elsha ran towards Iris and healed her wound. Everyone looks at Elsha with a doubtful eye. They whisper to each other.
"Hey look, she can use this amount of ice magic without sweating and can use healing magic. Is she the one, that was in the wanted poster published by them?
Elsha was shocked after hearing this.
"Nope, that can't be. The one in the poster has white hair and Elsha has black, right? And also, is it proof that anyone who uses ice magic, belongs to them? And the poster was about 17 or 18 years ago, and the person in the poster will be more than 38 years old"
"Yeah, you are right"
Elsha was curious to ask about the matter because the only other person she knows, who uses ice magic and healing is her mother and the age is also matches. But she was afraid of the suspicion she could cause.
'What crime did mother do? Is that the reason we live in an isolated place? No, my mother would never commit any crime. There will be something about it' So many thoughts came across Elsha's mind.
About 1 hour passed. Iris opened her eyes, she was in a carriage because of her condition and Elsha was nearby. Elsha looks at Iris.
"Hi," Iris says with an awkward smile. Elsha hugs her and cries, and Iris comforts her. Elsha told Iris, what happened and she was shocked to hear. She offers her thanks to Elsha. Then, they both speak and laugh about the incident and as time passes, they reach the gate full of gold carvings and designs.
"What is this, Iris? It's so beautiful. What are the shining things? Tell me, tell me"
"Elsha, don't you ever see gold?"
"Gold?"
"You don't know?"
Elsha nods. Iris takes a gold coin from her pouch and says,
"Sigh. This big sis will teach you. Did you see this coin? This is made of 60% of the gold that is used in the gate"
For Elsha, she was seeing the gold coin for the first time and she only saw up to silver coins and that was given by the old man Wilfred when she left the village.
While checking was happening near the gate, Iris teaches all about coins and their values. Eventually, they arrive at the gate.
"Elsha, this is the city known for trade and its gold mining. Welcome to the city of Gold and Trade, Silvan"
A prosperous and lively city, which is filled with people, busy marketplaces, and people running around. At the center, there is a fountain which is made of white marble. The water that flows out from the fountain forms little rainbows due to sunlight. Elsha looked at the view and was in excitement.
"Whoa, this is Silvan"