214 A Long Journey

 Due to the geographical positioning of the Nissia Snowy Mountain Lake, it was not affected by strong winds thanks to the mountains surrounding it. The surface of the lake was like a mirror, reflecting the sky as if both of ends was trying to connect with each other. Not a single ripple was created even though the northern winds were blowing the clouds away.

 From the academy which was situated in the middle part of the mountain up until the flatlands, there was a forest in between with scattered steel-core trees and cedar. It was October at that moment, it was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. The shrubs and bushes around the area had already withered, leaving behind a brownish field of dried plants.