Snowflakes drifted in the sky.
Yet, those sparkling crystals did not dispel the dense mist enveloping the Misty Mountains; the two touched distinctly, without the slightest fusion.
Herbert pulled Valentina from behind to the front of his chest, allowing her to rest more comfortably in his embrace.
"Hoo..."
This was Herbert's tenderness.
Completely without any despicable thoughts of using Valentina as a dragon meat shield or a battering ram!
None at all!
He didn't choose the safe road to the Mist Monastery, but ventured into another path, heading in a different direction.
Perhaps because Valentina was constantly emitting an aura of dragon might, for more than the first hour, Herbert encountered no danger.
To be precise, he didn't even encounter any creatures.
All the creatures lurking in the thick mist fled in terror upon sensing the aura of a Legendary Giant Dragon, scattering and retreating.
