Northern Border of the Empire, the city where Tanaka and Jiro met for the first time, Cold Bay Castle.
The city walls here are built from Northland's unique gray iron rock, honed by the cold winds throughout the years, rough and sturdy on the surface, dyed with a layer of frost white.
The waterway winding through part of the city has long since frozen over, reflecting cold light under the sun.
A young soldier of the Demon Race tightened the somewhat thin standardized cloak, tentatively stretching out a foot covered in scale armor, testing the edge of the ice.
Crack—
A faint yet clear cracking sound echoed, the ice sank a little, but did not shatter.
He withdrew his foot, exhaling a long plume of white breath from beneath the bone armor covering his face:
"It's finally a bit warmer. I really thought I was going to freeze to death in this damned place. That wind those days, it cut through the gaps in the scales like knives slicing meat."
