Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Surie (268)

After climbing up the small mountain of snow, Kai looked out at the distance and took a deep breath, enjoying the sensation of fresh air going down his throat.

Looking around, he was that most of the path they had been walking on had been erased by the avalanche, but he could still roughly make out the way they had to go, so at least they wouldn't get lost anytime soon.

"Alright, come on up, it's safe."

Turning back around to Cecilia after having done a quick scan of the area with Soul Sense, Kai slowly helped her out of the cave and climb up the snow.

The first thing that Kai done after emerging from the cave with Cecilia was envelop her with some flames to warm her up. He had been hesitant to do so because he obviously didn't listen in science class when it was to do with fire and oxygen, but now that they were out he was able to make her warm.

The second thing he done, though, might end up taking a bit longer, considering that they had to find Petunia.

He wasn't sure if she went anywhere, or even if she survived the avalanche. He knew that Esurient had, but just because Esurient had killed something didn't mean it was with Petunia.

Still, he was sure that she would be safe.

Glancing to his left, Kai was surprised to see that he could actually make out the rock Petunia had hidden behind when he and Cecilia went off to fight the Demon.

So that was obviously the first place they would head.

Carefully traversing over the loose snow, Kai held onto Cecilia's hand as a precaution, just in case she ended up slipping or anything like that.

... Not because he was potentially worried about what he might see on the other side of the rock.

Step by step, they got closer to the rock with nothing happening. It was only after they got a little closer to the rock did Kai notice something off about it.

It kind of looked like it was... glowing. There was a golden light surrounding it, no, not surrounding it, behind it.

Climbing down from the hill of snow that the avalanche had created, Kai approached the rock and glanced over the top of it.

And what he saw made him smile.

Behind the rock was a slumbering Petunia, Remy and Esurient both also sleeping in her arms. They looked utterly peaceful, as if they hadn't nearly been swept off the mountain by an avalanche.

Actually, now that Kai was looking at it, how lucky were they?

The edge of the avalanche was about ten metres away from the rock they hid Petunia behind, so what were the chances it would just barely avoid her?

Kai chuckled to himself as he smiled at the glowing child.

Maybe the Luck flames he had bestowed upon her before fighting the Demon had actually worked.

Hearing his chuckle, Kai watched as Petunia's sleeping figure began to stir, her eyes fluttering open as she looked up at him.

Her eyes then widened.

"Kai?"

Just as the young girl was about to stand up, she was suddenly pushed back down again when Cecilia fell to her knees and embraced the girl in a tight hug.

"Oh, thank the gods you're okay. You didn't get hurt, did you?"

Kai watched as Petunia's tough girl act faltered. The look in her eyes softened ever so slightly as she hesitated to hug Cecilia back, but ended up giving in and doing so a moment later.