Chapter 04 — Ice Age
During his childhood, Silas had always had one pressing question in his mind..
Just how cold could a human be before melting into liquid like a regular ice block? Eager to postulate this discovery, he had once squatted with a crate of fresh eggs inside his father's larger than average deep fridge. That afternoon, Silas remembered being holed up and freezing numb, unable to move an inch.
Although he was finally rescued by his father and his little science experiment was regarded as a failure by the six years old him at that time, Silas had always been confident that he knew just how terrifying absolute Zero was.
A very stupid and naive conclusion!
Compared to the current state he was in, what he experienced ten years ago was child's play, no pun intended. He had no idea when or how it happened, but when his conscious mind awoke, he discovered himself trapped within a thick iceberg..his body and all his nervous system completely frozen over..
However the most miserable part was that he felt no pain.. no, no, feeling the pain was good.. yes at least it was better than being trapped in a void for an endless amount of time while staring at a single sentence on a panel screen.
—[Physical Body has been compromised!]
This was the first thing Silas subconscious mind saw when he came to and this was the only visible thing in the whole seemingly endless void.
Stare. Stare. Stare.
Although Silas had no clock with him, he could innately sense the slow passage of time. At that moment, he was like an aloof cosmic entity who took an omniscient position, watching the universes grow, get destroyed and evolve.. repeating the same cycle over and over again.
A week. A month. Six months. A year. Two years. Five years..
Just when he thought this eternity of loneliness and boredom was never going to end, the darkness began to gradually disappear, giving room to a tiny speck of light. And like a seedling, this speck of light continued to grow
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"Ahhh!" Silas eyes snapped open as the teenager exhaled in relief.
He remembered it.. the eternal loneliness.. he remembered it all!
"Hm?" however Silas soon noticed that no matter how much he tried, he couldn't move any other part of his body, except for his head.
Looking down, cold sweat rolled down his face, and this was saying something considering the atmosphere was currently icy cold.
"W-What..jijiji" Silas couldn't complete his sentence before the extreme cold overwhelmed him.
However his horrified gaze was still trained on the thirty something squirming blue colored maggots on his chest. He could feel their every movement.. the squishing noise they made whenever they struggled to slither..some of them even busied themselves excreting some weird blue colored mist that seemed to disappear underneath the skin pores of his exposed chest.
What the hell?! get off me! get off me!!
"Tch. If you want to die from the cold, then keep on struggling.." an annoyed voice suddenly rang out.
That was when Silas saw her come in. Sporting a head of black hair with two braids falling across both sides of her forehead, this newcomer was actually a curvy beauty with veeery long legs..
Yep. Apart from her cinnamon tinted skin, her major selling points were her long legs. However she wore a buff blue colored fur coat, concealing her hot body.
Feeling Silas staring at her legs, the newcomer's expression became frosty. At that moment, the normally icy atmosphere became even more bone chilling. Silas gulped heavily. At that moment, it was like a cold knife was placed across his neck. One single wrong word from him and his life was going to be forfeit!
—{The Queen was right. Men are perverts!}
—[You have trolled +600.. +600.. +600]
—{If I confirm he isn't the Prince that was promised, I'm going to kill him this instant. I'm sure his corpse will delight the hounds}
—[You have trolled +900.. +900.. +900]
In under the span of a minute, Silas managed to earn way more troll points than what he's earned so far after obtaining the system. Normally, he would be ecstatic, however he couldn't bring himself to be.
From the thoughts of this beautiful newcomer before him, she was planning on killing him and feeding his corpse to the dogs?!
With his thoughts running wild, Silas didn't even know when he moved his lips and replied.
"Prosperous!! is that the way you talk to royalty?!"
"Hmm?" the eyes of the beautiful fur coated lady released a sharp glint.
"Hmpfh. Have you gone deaf or what? Do you expect this Prince to repeat himself?" Silas had watched his own fair share the royalty themed movies, as such it wasn't too difficult to imitate one.
He just had to curve his lips, adopt a condescending tone , lift his chin so high that he could clearly see the surface of his nose and there you have it!
A royal prince!
"Are you really him?" the tone of the other party softened, causing Silas to sigh in relief inwardly.
Looks like his little ruse was working. The only thing that mattered now was not to screw things up.
"Him? I have no idea who you are referring to, but this Prince is the Imperial Prince of my Human race.. my ancestor is the Guardian Prime, Slav the Messiah.." Silas casually boasted.
"Ah. You are really the one! This lowly one apologizes!" the fur coated lady knelt on the ground in subservient manner, stunning Silas.
Was an Imperial Prince a big deal in these parts?
However although he was taken aback, he didn't let it show. Hehehe, if things continue to go well, then it was all but certain he was going to escape this god-damned place. The cold was really killing..
Where the hell was he anyways? the north pole?!
"Hm. What are you talking about?"
Just as the other party was about to reply, Silas arrogantly huffed, interrupting her.
"This Imperial Prince just realized that he doesn't care!"
"Of course!"
Silas frowned in disappointment when he failed to troll the other party. Damn d*ckrider, get angry so I can earn my troll points damnit!
However Silas had to admit that having a unique system that allowed him to benefit from trolling people was very fun. It was like the system was specially designed for him.
"Hm. Isn't it rude to be in the presence of an Imperial Prince like myself without telling me your name?"
"This lowly one's name is Alaina"
'Weird name' Silas mouthed.
He had been expecting something like Rose, Mary or Sasha. Anyhow, whatever, as long as he could escape from this ice age, the other party's name was of no importance to him.
"Alaina.. this Prince will call you Lana for short, are you okay with that?"
"Yes. It is an honor to receive such a title from an exalted individual like yourself.." Alaina smoothly bootlicked Silas, her head still facing the icy ground while maintaining the kneeling stance.
"Rise up.."
After rising up, Silas cleared his throat as he finally got down to business.
"Lana, this Imperial Prince wishes to leave this place.. "
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