In the anime, their emotions can be combined into strange props

Yukinoshita Yukino sat face to face with the Snow Woman. Then, like a proud, snow-white swan, Yukino slightly raised her slender neck and pulled out the necklace she had always worn, which contained the Snow Woman's ring...

Or to be more precise, it should be the [Snow Girl's "Cursed" Ring].

"No, no, although the nature of the power seems to be a little different from mine, this ring obviously comes from my clan and does not have any [Curse] power, hmm..."

The Snow Girl looked at the ring carefully, and her nonchalant look revealed a rare serious expression. Then she pondered for a while, and suddenly waved her hand.

In an instant, as she moved, a column of snow suddenly rose from the snow outside the window and rushed into the house. Then, the moment it passed the window, the snow column automatically collapsed, forming snowballs that changed, and finally turned into snow rabbits that fell to the ground and circled around the two of them.

Looking at the lifelike snow rabbits surrounding her, Yukino's eyes lit up slightly.

"Little human girl, have you heard the story of the mermaids?"

At this moment, the Snow Woman seemed to have finally hit upon a suitable metaphor. She twirled her white index finger, controlling a snow rabbit to leap into Yukino's arms. At the same time, she spoke softly, "Legend has it that in the country across the sea from us, there are monsters with human bodies and fish tails. Their tears transform into precious pearls."

"Your Snow Maiden Ring should work on the same principle. The Snow Maiden's tears, along with her heart, condensed into this beautiful frost ring. Of course, the material forming the ring may not necessarily be the Snow Maiden's tears, but the ring's appearance and its inner core definitely contain the Snow Maiden's true heart!"

Then the Snow Girl changed the subject and began to instruct Yukino, "Come on, little Yukino-chan, use your own abilities to try to control the snow rabbit in your arms and make it move."

Yukino frowned slightly when she heard that, but she didn't care about the offense in her words. She followed the snow girl's instructions and controlled the snow rabbit in her arms very awkwardly.

Naturally, she would not doubt the Snow Girl's statement, because when she first saw the Snow Girl, she slightly felt that the ice and snow energy in the ring she had worn near her collar was more active than usual, or more like a feeling of excitement.

This should be the instinctive reaction of this Snow Girl Ring when it encounters its own kind. And the other party obviously knows more than this newbie, but...

"Then why is the ring itself called the [Cursed Ring]?" Yukino muttered with a bit of confusion.

"Regarding this, Yukino-chan, would you like to hear a story?"

Speaking of this topic, the Snow Girl suddenly became a little sentimental. She looked out the window at the distant blue sky and said, "There is a long-standing legend about the Snow Girl around here."

"A long, long time ago, on stormy nights, the Snow Girl would disguise herself as a beautiful, gentle, and fragile human woman dressed in silver-white clothing. She would piteously say to passing men: 'I sprained my ankle while walking on the mountain road, and I can't walk anymore. Please, please, please take me home, okay?'"

"Then most men would be moved by her adorable appearance, and either develop inappropriate desires or restrain themselves and take the initiative to send her home."

"However, amidst the growing snowstorm, growing tired and cold, all the men revealed their ugly true colors and abandoned her in the deep mountains. At this time, the Snow Woman also revealed her true colors, freezing the men's bodies and devouring their souls."

The deep winter snow girl's tone gradually took on an inexplicable, ethereal, and distant sigh. "But one time, on an ordinary snowy night, during a routine hunt, she met a man named Mokichi, a rather taciturn man."

Facing the Snow Girl's disguise, he simply silently carried her on his back and walked slowly, step by step, in the direction she pointed. In the increasingly rapid snowstorm, in the man's increasingly heavy footsteps and increasingly intense breathing, the Snow Girl could already sense that the man was beginning to be exhausted. Then, just as she wished, the man finally couldn't help but say the first words to her:

"Girl, are you feeling cold?"

Chapter 115: For the Snow Girl, the biggest curse is falling in love

"Girl, are you cold?"

"Are you feeling hungry? Do you feel uncomfortable?"

"Don't worry, just be patient and I'll be able to take you home soon. Come on."

The Snow Girl was silent for a while, feeling that the man was clearly exhausted, his strength and even his body were about to reach the limit, but he still patiently comforted her and encouraged her...

"Inside her frozen body, which had remained unchanged for ten thousand years, the Snow Girl felt for the first time a warmth from her chest that seemed to melt her heart."

The deep winter snow girl's tone slowly took on a lamentable charm: "This was also the first time that tears fell from her eyes."

"Finally, the Snow Girl's voice grew fainter and fainter. The man, no longer able to respond, worriedly lowered the bamboo basket carrying her. However, the woman had already vanished from the basket. All he could see was a beautiful silver dress covered in snow, and two teardrop-shaped rings on top."

The story of the Snow Girl ends here.

"So what you're saying is..."

Xue Noi frowned slightly as she gained some insight into this, and immediately came to her own conclusion: "With abilities like ours that involve ice and snow, we have to be careful of the heat, right?"

"……Eh?"

Upon hearing this, the Deep Winter Snow Girl was stunned for a long moment, then she stretched out her hands wrapped in the long sleeves of her kimono in front of her, and waved them up and down towards Yukino a little at a loss. She had a cute feeling of wanting to remind her, but didn't know how to say it clearly. "No, no, shouldn't you have some deeper understanding?"

"For example, the true heart of the Snow Woman—how did you come to such a conclusion?"

"...Okay, actually, I know what you want to say."

"The warmth of the man's genuine care melted the snow girl's icy heart. However, the warmth, which she had never felt before, was too intense for her and threatened to melt her. Even knowing this, she was unwilling to give up, like a moth to a flame."

Yukino played with the crystal-clear snow maiden ring in her hand. As the deep winter snow maiden spoke with some kind of magic, she seemed to have developed a deeper connection with the ring.

Now she can feel the fiery emotion within the deepest part of this icy ring.

It was a kind of infinite attachment and deep sadness. The feelings left here by a certain snow girl turned into waves and gradually flowed into the heart of Yukinoshita Yukino.

This connection and understanding cannot enhance the power of the ring itself, but...

Yukino couldn't help but look at the snow rabbit on the ground that she was controlling. The Deep Winter Snow Girl left a stream of ice and snow energy in the snow rabbit she created. Yukino's control over the snow rabbit's movements was achieved by controlling this ice and snow energy.

Before, her control over the snow rabbit could not be said to be as stiff as her hands and feet, but... the snow rabbit would have one or two hind legs or front legs broken from time to time.

But now, the movements of the snow rabbit she controlled were gradually returning to normal. Even as time went on, the snow rabbit's jumps showed a sense of agility and joy, as if it was gradually turning into a living rabbit.

——Yukino’s control over ice and snow has improved.

"For the Snow Girl, the greatest curse is falling in love. So, is this ring, which symbolizes the Snow Girl's true love, a different kind of curse?"

Yukinoshita Yukino controlled the snow rabbit to run in front of her, stroked its icy back, and said her true conclusion this time with a certain amount of sigh.

"The answer is correct!" The real Snow Woman was so moved that she clapped her hands repeatedly.

"but……"

However, at this moment, Yukino changed the subject and glanced at the snow woman in front of her, "Your story is actually the plot of another snow woman TV series that I'm following in this hotel."

"Shock! H-h-h…how did you know?"

"This story is clearly another adaptation of the local Snow Maiden legend. We've heard the original story countless times while searching for you, Miss Snow Maiden of Deep Winter."

……

……

time flies.

Time, late at night.

The location was still Xia Yan and his friend's hotel room.

Xia Yan was sitting in front of a kotatsu on the tatami mat at this time. The lights in the room had been turned off, and only the computer on the kotatsu was still emitting a pale light, reflecting the gloomy and uncertain face of Xia Yan as he sipped hot water at the table.

"嘤咛~"

Just when Xia Yan was wondering what he was thinking, a slight moan suddenly came from the quilt next to him. Xue Noi, who was sleeping soundly, turned over and faced Xia Yan.

Then she stretched out her white wrist and grabbed Xia Yan's pajamas that were right in front of her.

Yukino had been training her ice and snow abilities with the Snow Woman for almost the entire morning, which had worn out her spirit and made her seem really tired. She actually made a sound like a cat acting coquettishly at this moment.

"And at this moment, Xia Yan lowered his head slightly and saw Xue Nona's adorable side profile, which was rarely revealed in her sleep. Finally, he could no longer contain his emotions. He stretched out his evil finger... and poked the face of the girl he liked!"

"You are enough."

Xia Yan looked up at Miss Snow Girl, who was floating above him in a sitting position, giving him an inexplicable narration with a confident look on her face, and couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

And then... he actually stretched out his index finger and poked Yukino's cute face with a rosy complexion.

Well, by the way.

"The true feelings of the Snow Woman? As expected, you two are quite interesting."

Seeing Xia Yan's open and aboveboard actions, the Snow Girl also revealed an expression as if she had seen something interesting. Then she suddenly smiled slyly and said, "Brother Xia, I have a suggestion. Would you like to consider it?"

Snow Girl: "We..."

As the topic of the Snow Girl became more and more in-depth, Xia Yan's eyes began to show some ripples, and he began to seriously consider the feasibility of it.

After thinking carefully for a while, he decided...

Forget it, let’s go to bed first.

Although they had asked Jingai for two days off, they still had to take the Shinkansen for several hours to return to Tokyo tomorrow.

Although this time it was more like a leisurely trip with Yukinoshita Yukino, at least we found the snow girl. It was a good harvest and the vacation is about to end.

"Yawn~"

After Xia Yan yawned, he stuffed Xue Noi's little hand that was holding his trouser leg back into the quilt, and then crawled back onto the other quilt next to Xue Noi. He didn't care about the snow girl in the air who was already sulking because he didn't reply to her.

……

……

The next day.

"It's really shocking! How could I possibly wake up and see my wife Yukino lying next to me?"

Chapter 116 Let me untie your hypnosis.jpg

What would it be like to wake up and find a lovely girl sleeping quietly next to you?

Xia Yan had once seen such a post on a massively multiplayer online and extremely aggressive posting website.

And he felt that he now had extremely real experience to answer this question.

When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the cute sleeping face of Yukinoshita Yukino, which was so exquisite and picturesque with a faint blush, just a palm's distance away from him.

Her cherry-colored lips were slightly open. From Xia Yan's perspective, he could vaguely see through the collar of her clothes that her flat chest rose and fell, and a warm breath as fragrant as orchid in the winter gently blew on his face.

At the same time, Yukino's scattered long hair, with some black hair, seemed to blend with his, winding around the side of his face, making the tip of his nose feel slightly itchy.

"Whoo~"

——So now that it’s come to this, it’s about time someone says, “Let me untie your hypnosis spell,” right?

Xia Yan complained inwardly, then gently got up from the bed, sat on the bedding, grabbed part of the quilt on his body, and put it on Xue No, who was still sleeping beside him in thin pajamas.

"Hey~, are you awake?"

On the other side, a certain snow girl who seemed to have been sitting in front of the dimly lit television with the sound turned off all night, noticed his cautious look and teased him, "How was your night, young man?"

"Is it your fault again?"

Xia Yan glanced at her with disdain. You know, although he and Xue Noi lived in the same room, they had been sleeping on two separate quilts these days.

Although their bedding was not separated at night, Yukino slept soundly in her own bed last night, curled up like a cute little kitten.

How could it be possible that I woke up and inexplicably ended up sleeping in Xia Yan's bed from the next room?

"Don't be so stupid. If I really did approach you and do something to you, I don't think you would be able to miss anything with your perception."

The Snow Girl looked at Xue Noi, who was still "sleeping soundly" in the quilt beside Xia Yan, with an amused look in her eyes, "Don't frame me, this little girl fell asleep last night for some reason, like a kitten, and slipped into your bed in a daze."

"Woo~"

Hearing this, Xue Noi, who was sleeping next to Xia Yan, suddenly trembled her long eyelashes, and a slight blush spread on her cheeks. She finally could no longer pretend to be asleep.

She pulled the quilt to cover the lower half of her face and stood up slowly. Xia Yan could see that even her ears seemed to be slightly red.

"Snow……"

"Bang! My two classmates, is there an accident?"

Seeing this, Xia Yan was about to say something with a funny look on her face when Mao Lilan, who lived next door to them, suddenly pushed open their door, and then - her eyes almost turned into small eyes.

Because now she saw Xia Yan and the other person in the room, sitting on the same quilt with slightly disheveled clothes, and the quilt was half-pulled over them. Among them, Miss Yukinoshita Yukino even pulled the quilt to cover her red cheeks, looking... well, as if she was extremely shy after experiencing that kind of thing for the first time.

"Yes, yes, yes... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, it's my fault, I disturbed you!"

Seeing this "restricted" plot, Mao Lilan couldn't help but blush and speak incoherently. She bowed and apologized several times, then slammed the door shut even more hurriedly than before.

Shocked by the sudden turn of events, Xia Yan and the other man stared at each other blankly for a moment before they suddenly reacted. They simultaneously threw back the covers and anxiously extended a hand toward the door, "Hashidou Madai! You really misunderstood this time, Ms. Mao Lilan!"

After another troublesome explanation and a lot of commotion.

In the same hotel room.

Xia Yan and Xue No were sitting on the floor in front of a low table. The breakfast prepared by the hotel today was a set meal of miso soup and small strips of grilled saury.

"Honestly, Yukino, I didn't expect you to be so bad when sleeping."

While Xia Yan was complaining casually, he took a sip of the miso soup for breakfast with his chopsticks. Then he couldn't help but frown slightly, and then calmly pushed the small bowl in his hand to a snow girl who was looking at them greedily next to him.