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"You despicable brats!!"
"Took you long enough to figure it out," Aria said with a sneer.
The marquis' face was enough to tell how incensed he was. The continuous effect of the ice on Ymir further grated on his nerves.
He could tell now that the despicable tree wasn't just affecting him; it was draining mana from him and feeding it to the girl.
The icicles weren't just absorbing heat and releasing it into the atmosphere; they were taking it directly from the bones in the form of mana and transferring it to the rose, which in turn takes it to Aria.