I don't even know what she looks like now, but I can't help thinking about her, longing for her.
Because she was once my vow."
"Was she the goal you set for yourself when you were dormant?"
"That description fits. Yes, time and time again, I struggled in the mud, I groveled before others, I endured the narrow-minded yet arrogant chieftains on the snowy plains.
I put up with it for so long; I need a reason to keep going, don't I?
She,
is the reward I promised myself."
"I understand."
"Thank you."
"But I don't like such days."
"I can tell. You are all a bunch of lunatics. To you, nothing is more important than your own happiness!"
"That's called following one's heart."
"Heh."
"To be honest, even with the current establishment and the foundation laid at Snow Sea Pass, if you lower your head a bit, lie low, and plot for the future, it's not unacceptable. But if you really retreat to the bottom line..."
"Give an example, what does it mean to retreat to the bottom line?"
