My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

This creature is covered with long, dense white hair, has dark skin, and is over ten meters tall.

There is no creature that can be used to describe it. This creature would be an absolutely ferocious beast in any era, but at this moment it is frozen in an ice sculpture like a work of art.

"Orson, do you think this thing is a 'snow monster'?"

Elsa stared at the creature in the ice in amazement and couldn't help but ask.

"Maybe...but..."

Orson said this and turned his eyes elsewhere.

At this moment, there are several ice sculptures like this in this cave.

"There are more than one snow monster?"

Orson did not use fire to melt the ice. He didn't know whether ordinary fire could melt the ice left by the gods, and he didn't want to risk opening Pandora's box.

"Let's just ignore these things."

Orson said this and looked towards the center of the cave.

A deep well was located there, with a faint blue light emanating from the wellhead, as if suggesting that there was something inside.

Chapter 20: The World in the Well

Litt and his two companions encountered several villages outside the snowfield. With the help of Lianka's social skills, the three of them also obtained similar information. However, on their way deeper into the snowfield, they met other second-year students.

After a brief period of discomfort in the previous few days, the top students of the Imperial Academy demonstrated their strong abilities, whether through the simplest survival skills, social interaction, or by using force to seize the wild beasts' supplies, all of which were excellent strategies.

After sufficient supplies were obtained, everyone thought about completing the task as quickly as possible.

Most of the first-year students live near the villages outside the snowfield. They can use their abilities to help the villagers hunt in exchange for some other daily necessities. When the second-year students saw the Litt trio deep in the snowfield, they were all surprised.

The day before yesterday, the Litt trio saw Manuel, who was also in Class 1, Grade 2, and was also a colleague of Orson and Olivia in the Student Union. In addition to him, there were some companions traveling with him.

Although he and Orson and others had different social circles, they generally kept to themselves and had no conflicts of interest. On the contrary, they had a cooperative relationship. Therefore, he took care to share the intelligence he had obtained with Litt and the other two, and took the three of them deep into the snowfield.

A big reason for doing this is that the strength of Lituo and the other two is already stronger than many second-year students. Since they can do it, Lituo and the others should not be in danger.

Besides, even if there is danger, nothing will happen with the terrifying Lena protecting him. By doing this, he can help others succeed and it will also make it easier for him to build a good relationship with the future Duke of Antica.

Yes, after Orson left the family, Lit became Lucius's only son and the sole heir to the Duchy of Antica.

As the only heir to the Duchy of Aragon, he intended to win over Litt in order to gain a firm foothold in the future empire.

"Senior Manuel, haven't you seen Orson and the others these days?" Litt followed the team and walked up to Manuel and asked.

"Yes, there is no information about them." Manuel nodded. "The snowfield is actually not as big as we thought. At least in the past ten days, I met a lot of classmates, but there is no information about Orson, Olivia and Elsa."

"But I remember that they set out later than you."

"After all, that's Orson." Manuel said with a wry smile. "Brother Lit, you're overestimating us by comparing us to your brother."

"We're here, a basin among the mountains." Manuel suddenly stopped and pointed to a building in the distance.

The building is made of pine and birch wood, which are unique to the snowfield. The overall scale is far different from the cathedral in Saint Laurent City. It is only the size of a city church in the empire with a population of about 10,000.

However, it is a miracle to have such a large building in Lapland.

But at this moment, there was no one in front of the building, and there was no sign of anyone camping.

"...It seems that we are the first group to arrive here." Manuel sighed and said so.

"Then Orson and the others..."

"I don't know, but let's go in and take a look first." Manuel waved behind him, motioning everyone to follow.

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On the other side, Orson stood at the mouth of the well and looked down. It seemed as deep as the galaxy and the universe. He couldn't see how deep it was, nor did he know the specific situation below.

He took the torch in his hand and then threw it down.

However, after it was thrown down, there was no more response.

Orson used another flare and dived into the well, but when he was less than five meters into the well, the light source was instantly lost.

Looking at Olivia and Elsa beside him, Orson shook his head.

"I'm not sure what's going on down there. Maybe it's some kind of restriction, or some kind of mechanism. Anyway, there's no light, no sound, nothing."

"Isn't this consistent with the legendary setting?" Olivia folded her arms across her chest, thought for a while, and then said.

She knocked on the well.

"Perhaps the frozen world is originally silent and lightless?"

"Perhaps the god lives here. What do you think? Should we go down and take a look?"

Olivia suggested.

Elsa on the side immediately showed a puzzled look.

"Olivia, are you crazy or am I? In a place like this, all magic will be swallowed up. Don't you know the risks of going down there rashly?"

"Of course I know that, but if you want to get closer to the truth, sometimes you have to take this risk, right?"

"But... this is just a test organized by the academy, we need to..."

While the two were arguing, Orson, who had been staring into the well in deep thought, suddenly spoke:

"For us it's just a test, but for some people, it may not be."

Having said this, without waiting for Olivia and Elsa to respond, Orson jumped directly into the well.

"Orson!"

Olivia and Elsa both subconsciously called out Orson's name.

Both of them are in a very panicked mood.

Even though Olivia suggested going down to take a look, she didn't expect Orson to jump in without any backup plans.

And Elsa's heart was also tense.

"Elsa, you stay up there, I'll go down to find Orson. If we get lost... let's not talk about this anymore." Olivia said this and jumped down with Orson.

Watching the two being swallowed by the darkness in the well, Elsa stamped her feet anxiously and then jumped in.

Orson was falling in the darkness. Feeling weightless, he had not yet thought of using magic to cushion the pressure he was feeling.

He is also gambling.

A god who is sincerely worshipped by believers, a god who does not let believers be intimidated by his military power, and a god who does not demand anything from believers.

This kind of god will not set up a killing move where he can be contacted.

And the facts were just as Orson expected.

The speed of descent became slower and slower in the second half, until the very end, Orson even felt that he was held in the air by something, falling slowly.

And all this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Orson's vision quickly widened in the next second, and darkness turned into light.

This is a crystal clear cave. Although it is still cold, it is not as biting as the outside world.

The cave was covered with various colored crystals, and the light coming from somewhere made them reflect colorful colors.

If the darkness just now was a despairing journey, the scene Orson saw now was like the dawn after the darkness.

Full of life.

Chapter 21: A God Full of Evil Interests

The slow descent continued for several minutes until Orson's feet touched the ground.

At the same time, Olivia and Elsa also saw this beautiful scene, and both of them were so surprised that they were speechless.

"Does it look good?" At this time, a young female voice sounded.

Everyone followed the line of sight and looked over.

A girl with short ice-blue hair was sitting in an ice coffin, wearing a thin dress. She seemed completely unafraid of the severe cold around her.

The girl had a pretty face and delicate features that were no less beautiful than those of Olivia and Elsa, but her figure was too thin and small.

Seeing that there were outsiders in the cave, Orson and the other two immediately became alert. Then Orson looked at the girl in front of him and spoke slowly:

"It's very beautiful here. I never thought there would be such a scene under the snow-capped mountains."

Then he got straight to the point.

"Excuse me, are you the hero in the Laplander legend who defeated the Yeti and saved the people of Laplander from the water and fire?"

"I don't remember having such a nice title. However, the snow monsters you are talking about are the ones I froze above to prevent this place from being invaded?" As the other party said this, his ice-blue eyes drooped slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

"Yes." Orson nodded.

"However, they seem to still be frozen and are not effective in guarding this place at all." Elsa added at this time.

"This shouldn't be the case..." Hearing Elsa say this, the girl frowned and looked up at the three people.

"None of you three has strength above the ninth level. In this case, the guards should take action, unless one of you shocks the guards."

Having said that, the girl shook her head.

"Forget it. Maybe I put the restriction wrong a thousand years ago, and turned the contract into a punishment."

Then she stood up from the ice coffin.

"My name is Ostia. I think I did everything you mentioned earlier."

She stretched her body, and then stood on the ice with her bare feet.

"But, you came here to ask me something, right? Let me tell you in advance that I have been frozen here for a thousand years, and I don't know what's going on outside. Also, I have an agreement with others and cannot leave here, so if you want me to go out and help you, that's impossible."

"Okay, we understand." Orson nodded, and then said: "You can think of us as folklorists. We learned about your existence through local rumors among the Laplanders, and then found out where you are. We searched here for a while and found this place..."

"So, you're here just for tourism?"

"Of course not. We are ready to learn from you what happened that year to support the beliefs of the Laplanders."

"Oh? From me? Interesting. If I remember correctly, you humans are the best at fabricating and tampering with history, right? Does it matter what I say? Even if I tell you everything that happened back then, will you tell it back to me truthfully?"

Ostia said this with a tone full of sarcasm.

"But, Lord Ostia..." Elsa retorted at this time: "Since we have come here, please believe in our determination."

"..." Ostia turned his head and looked at Elsa. He was silent for a long time, then asked: "Royal family?"

"That's right." Elsa nodded. "I am Elsa, the second daughter of Odysseus, the current patriarch of the Lancaster family of the Human Empire."

"Oh, you're trying to scare me by reporting such a long story?" Ostia smiled, but there was no emotion at all in her icy blue eyes.

"Of course not." Elsa shook her head. "I just think that since you, Lord Ostia, recognize the family characteristics of the royal family, you must know my ancestors, so I report to you that the empire is still under the governance of the family."

"I don't care who governs the empire." Ostia curled her lips.

At this time, Orson, who was standing aside, also spoke:

"Lord Ostia, as you can see, the severe cold and frost in Lapland have driven the people you protected away from this area. We are not here just to investigate something that can deceive people. What we want to know is exactly the truth you know."

"Because only in this way, combined with the legends of the locals, can we have a clear understanding of what happened here thousands of years ago."

"Okay, you want to know, right?" Ostia nodded after hearing that.

"But, trading with the gods requires a huge price to pay. I think you should be mentally prepared, right?"

"of course."

Orson said this and looked at Ostia with a firm gaze.

"Okay." She nodded, sat down next to the ice coffin, then crossed her legs, clasped her arms, tapped her arm with one finger, and began to think.

"Well, I've been here alone for so long, and I've been sleeping in an ice coffin most of the time. It's so boring. If a stick hadn't hit my head today, I wouldn't have known someone was here."

Ostia pointed to his forehead while saying this.

The three of them broke out in cold sweats when they heard this.

The original intention of throwing a torch down was to test the depth of the well, but unexpectedly it hit the god.

"Haha, just as I expected, it was you three who lost it?" Seeing the reactions of the three people, Ostia couldn't help laughing.