Chapter 35

After a grueling and arduous journey, they had finally arrived at a rockwall with empty space. Finally, they could see the peaks, which was deeply frosted over.

"We can only guide you up to here. Above there, there is no one who has gone up before."

The hunters were full of curiosity and regret, as they wondered what kind of entity could be up there for them to have suffered this much along the way. However, they did not inquire about such reasons, as they'd already completed their jobs.

Since the day was becoming dark, they had decided to spend another night at camp.

"I don't think I can go there with you either. Why are you going up there exactly?"

After the soldiers finished helping set up camp, Hansen examined the high frosted peak as he shook his head.

"I have something I need to investigate, and it's over there apparently." "What is? No- who told you that?"

Sunhyuk mentioned that he would explain everything once it was all cleared up. As always, Hansen nodded from that one statement and did not ask further.

"Can you go up there?"

Seeing the pathless, rocky cliff, Hansen worriedly asked.

"Well, I have to somehow."

Though he answered, Sunhyuk felt the same as well. Even though the hunters had skillfully guided him along the way, from here onwards he had to go it alone. Noticing the smooth, snowy cliff leading to the peak, he assumed that it would involve rock-climbing without any safety equipment.

"Well, it'll work somehow."

*****

They had just finished setting up camp, though the most they could do was to prevent the fire from blowing out due to the heavy winds. In this world, there were no tents which was light enough to carry on such harsh hiking environments. As a result, the only thing they could rather rely on were their poor-quality sleeping bags.

The sleeping bags were made out of fur from local beasts, enough to fit two people in it. Expecting that his bag should be minimized as much as possible, it was also inefficient to prepare individual sleeping bags separately. The intention was to make up for the lack of warmth by relying on each other's body heat. Sunhyuk had also spent nights sleeping with one of the other hunters.

But today, a strange person had infiltrated to his sleeping bag.

"Excuse me." "Wh-what are you doing?!"

He was frightened by Anne's actions as she moved towards his sleeping bag.

"Hansen's beds over there!" "I can't use it with Hansen any longer. He's a bit too big. I'm about to die from the discomfort."

By naturally making a whimsical excuse, she sat down and settled into his sleeping bag.

"I mean, but still, with me" "I'm a precious daughter of the Baron here, so do you want me to use the same sleeping bag as those hunters and soldiers? There will be strange rumors then." "Am I not a living man as well?!"

While saying this, he looked over to Hansen's sleeping bag and saw him snoring, already having been paired up with another hunter.

"Hiya!"

While he had averted his gaze for a moment, a cold hand suddenly gripped his chest as her firm thighs closed around his waist. Sunhyuk subconsciously let out a moan as he tried to separate his body from her, but soon he heard a quiet whisper.

"Ah. I should have done this earlier. Now I finally feel alive."

It was a voice that felt as if a weary traveler had finally found its resting place. Sunhyuk subconsciously released his apprehension as he listened to that soft, soothing voice. But, why

"Why do you keep breathing in my ear?"

She was whispering those words right by his ear.

"I did? When did I?"

Realizing that she'd brazenly spoken like this, she tightly placed her mouth into his ear and whispered.

"Just go to sleep. I'm about to sleep as well."

Like she had mentioned, she did not move after fidgeting a little, and soon enough, she fell asleep. Unable to move his stiffened body, time passed by, as he looked above the rocky ceiling wide awake. Though his exhausted body should have fallen asleep by now, his mind was astonishingly vivid and clear. The more his mind was awake, the clearer the feeling was.

'Ah, I'm going crazy.'

If he had not heard what she had said during the day, he would have accepted her visit purely, but after listening to her declaration of taking him, he became rather conscious of her.

'I'll have to take him. I'll have to take him. I'll have to take him. I'll have to take him'

Her voice echoed in his head repeatedly, causing him to wonder if she had said this deliberately for him to hear.

'Wake up! This woman is the girlie Hansen version!'

Though he tried to calm his mind, the torment did not fade. However, he could not endure the accumulated fatigue from his body due to the three-day hiking trip.

If she had not twisted her body, then he probably would have succeeded in falling asleep.

"Uhk!"

With a sudden moan escaping his mouth, he closed his mouth in shock. Then he heard Anne's voice, whom he had thought had already fallen asleep.

"Can't sleep?"

That hot breath warmed his earlobe, as Sunhyuk froze on the spot.

"I know a way to sleep well."

Then, she began to move her hand, as Sunhyuk grabbed her wrist in total bewilderment.

"No-noona, you must not do this. Hansen and I are like brothers."

Subconsciously, the word Noona spurted from his mouth.

"You