Frozen Heart

Chapter 3: Tired

You didn't sleep even a single minute and were tired, but you had to go through the day. Tartaglia wanted to knock on the door but you came out way before he could.

"Good morning, Y/N!" he smiled.

"Morning.." you greeted him in an exhausted tone. He looked at you and just realised how awful you looked,

"Yikes..you look...tired" he inspected your face and then looked into the room, "Was the bed not comfortable? Was the mattress too hard? Is there someth-" you cut him off by just shaking your head.

"It's alright, I don't have time to talk anyways. I have to leave and get to the Zapolyarny Palace by 7..." you walked towards the door.

"There aren't any vehicles driving until 8 in the morning though"

"I'll manage" you answered him in a sleepy voice and left his home.

The mornings in Snezhnaya weren't any warmer, they were in fact, still cold. It also snowed in the middle of the night, which made the roads thicker than they already were. Thankfully though, you were adjusted to this kind of temperature. After a tough walk through the thick snow you arrived at the Zapolyarny Palace, earlier than Signora, or so you thought.

"Of course I'm earlier than her...didn't even get to sleep properly..."

"Who said that you're here earlier than me?" you heard a familiar voice appear behind you.

"I didn't see you anywhere, so I just assumed I was here way earlier.."

She raised an eyebrow,

"Just cause you didn't see me, doesn't mean I haven't been here the entire time" she examined your face a little closer.

"You also look awful today. What has he done with you?" she crossed her arms and awaited your answer.

"Nothing. I was just, up the whole night.."

"You were just up?"

You nodded.

She didn't speak any further and just started walking inside, expecting you to follow, which you did. The Palace was empty as always, since it was only allowed to be entered by guards and the Harbingers. Signora entered her office and grabbed a few books on her shelf, handing them to you.

"These are some books from Sumeru, they may have some more things about Inazuma and their Shogun"

You looked at the books.

"Sumeru? How did you get books from Sumeru?" you asked her while taking them.

She didn't answer and just walked over to her table, sitting down and opening a book to read.

You sighed and opened the first page of the book. She watched you. It made you feel a little awkward and you looked up to her,

"I-is there something wrong?"

"Don't you want to sit down?" she looked at the chair next to her table.

"That...might be a good idea" you walked over to the chair and sat down, putting the books beside you and proceeding to read.

So far everything the book contained was already known to you.

"What makes the Shogun think she'll reach Eternity by taking the visions of her people?" you asked yourself, not knowing you said that out loud. Signora shrugged,

"The Problem of Inazumans is none of our business, we're just there to get the Gnosis and leave."

"Of course..."