The essential may be invisible

The sound of a door closing could be heard from the street.

"By my sword, you're pale, you are shaking, what did you think would earn you citizenship?"

"..."

Marianna quickly grabs towels and puts water in her pot, turns on her magic stove, and quickly goes to her room, she grabs several blankets and returns to Agatha.

"You won't clean the snow on your clothes? Lie down on the couch, you need to warm up"

*5 minutes later*

Marianna decided that it would be better to stay by Agatha's side in case the worst happened, the human body normally generates heat, when placed in a cold state it starts first by prioritizing the vital points of the body, heart and mind, when that is not enough it forces the body's muscles to shiver to try to generate heat, but the muscles have their limit, they eventually get tired, eventually stop shivering and the body cannot maintain its heat, eventually going into hypothermia and then dies from frostbite.

{Curiosity, it is not necessary to be in extreme conditions to die of hypothermia, it is enough that your body is not able to maintain the minimum necessary heat}

"Hey... You stopped breathing... Agatha?"

"What can I do to help?" Agatha says, slowly opening her eyes and taking a deep breath, very immobile, secretly she was doing something with her body and mind.

"You stopped breathing, I thought you died"

"..."

"My father told me that the secret of strength was breathing, the same air we breathe, other people have also breathed, when we expire, the air that came out passed through our entire body and spirit, contains a little of our energy, the air is the essence of life"

Agatha stopped for a while, closing her eyes, the towel on her forehead had water, and that water slowly started to boil away.

"My father learned some few things... By breathing strongly... exhaling softly... And focusing on the heat of your body... You stop losing heat unnecessarily... You stop wasting energy to keep yourself alive..."

"A breathing technique?"

"My father used to say... If you can your breath, you will control the essence of life, do whatever you want with this"

"Hmm... A curious phrase I would say. That explains why you didn't go into hypothermia, but it doesn't stop your skin from burning and your body from going into exhaustion, you could still die."

"..."

Agatha didn't know what to say, she never had these problems in her life, all of them, despite being dangerous, were being watched by someone in "Control. She still didn't have mastered it, as It takes many years to have significant use of Tummo breathing {It's a real-life técnica}

"..."

"Do you want to drink something? I can make a tea for you to relax better, you shouldn't push yourself like that"

"I'm good, thanks"

Marianna, as most people, never had this issue, despite being a little common to help injured travelers here and there on the town.

"Don't you feel any pain? If you don't take good care of your body, It might get worse, we should wash these injurements, can I see them?"

"..."

"Yes"

After a while, Marianna superficially examined Agatha's body, her temperature is high, a little above a fever, but it was deliberate, her clothes were torn and dirty with snow, they were strangely thin for such cold weather, and her skin was burned in different parts of her body in addition to having several wounds, thanks to the cold, the blood quickly froze, preventing a possible death due to lack of blood.

"Poor girl, are you really not feeling any kind of pain?"

"Neither cold nor pain, just uncomfortable"

"We should wash It now them, I have an ointment to care for burns, you should use"

*30 minutes later*

"Mind If I make some questions?"

"No"

"Do you have any close relatives?"

"..."

"As I suspected... Do you have any other plans?"

"No"

Marianna sat more closer, in her eyes, Agatha was almost like a younger sister, she didn't know why, but liked Agatha's reserved nature, would be because of her life as a guard? She remembered about her Agatha's age, despite looking older, Agatha was almost like a fragile kitten in her eyes.

"Why do you want to become an adventurer? Are you... Desperate?"

"No"

"So, why?"

"I was asked to It"

"?"

"Care to explain?"

"My father asked me to destroy Yggdrasil"

"I see... Was his last wish?"

"Yes"

"That's... Brave of you, however, you should not do this, It was his last wish, however, It's something that can not be accomplished, It may sound harsh but, not all wishes should come true"

"..."

"What do you plan to do now?"

In Agatha's mind, she only remembered his father's most important advice. "If something is on your way, avoid It, If you can't, destroy it, don't let people hold you back"

"I will destroy the Yggdrasil"

Marianna, even If never had seen someone like Agatha, already watched this kind of thing happen, time and time again, strong people are driven by desires, until they are no longer important. Something bothered her, her house was simple, made for a good rest, of only one person, however, there were two people inside.

"Yes... You will... We are both women here, do you mind sleeping with me this night?"

On the training camp, having strong bonds with comrades, is strictly necessary, one of the ways was to force soldiers to sleep together in the cold, without any blankets, normal people would not enjoy this, but Agatha looked into her eyes, she barely slept with her own mother, however, due to her strange, stoic nature, she didn't even think.

"I don't"