sound. It was indeed mid summer, the freezing water during the beginning of spring was now quite warm. It should feel really good if he could undress and jump into the water, but he couldn’t do so in front of Alice. “This is not a temperature a block of ice could float in.” Eugeo said and turned to his side, Kirito pouted before objecting, “That is why we’re going to the big cave where the ice came from, isn’t it?” “That’s all good, but we need to be back before the evening bell. Let’s see...... when Solus is in the center of the sky, we should start heading back.” “It can’t be helped. If that’s the case then let’s hurry!” Behind Alice, who was treading on the soft undergrowth, the two quickened their pace to chase her. The tree branches protruding from the left side acted like a canopy, blocking the sunlight, there was also cool air rising from the surface of the river to the right, those helped the three walk comfortably even though Solus had already rose high up in the sky. The road along the bank which was about a mel wide was covered in short summer grasses, there were almost no pebbles nor holes to make walking difficult. Eugeo wondered, why is it that they had never set foot beyond the twin ponds even once, although it was so easy to walk there. The «Northern pass» in which the village rules forbade the children to go beyond was still far from the twin ponds. So even if they went anywhere else before that point, the adults shouldn’t be able to