Eternal Winter's Reign - Book 2 - Chapter 62 - Lost in Thoughts (Patreon)

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Alexander North

I take about an hour to rest in our building before going back outside again and just walking over towards the hole. Where I simply sit down at the edge of it with my legs dangling over the pit as I look downwards.

With everything going on, I haven’t really had much time to actually stop and think about it all.

Which I guess is rather normal for me. Considering how pragmatic I am.

My current priorities are always what’s absolutely necessary, and that’s all I tend to think about. It’s something Dad, Cynthia, and even the emperor would always get on my case about.

Because I don’t tend to take actual breaks. Or even so much as take a breather in my mind.

Even when I’m resting, I still tend to be sitting there thinking about and planning my next actions.

It’s how I’ve always been, and how I’ll likely always be.

But…

I raise my head to look past the Eternal Winter around us towards the sky.

Terminal, what’s the progress on the repairs for communications? Or do you know?

|Flares of signals have been sent but not received, implying the likelihood that the sender is working again. However, the router connecting communications is still being repaired. Estimate is two days before communications are back up.|

Not bad, then.

My thoughts go back to my father, who is no doubt working hard in the capital right about now.

Despite being the general in charge of the entire military, I’ve never really seen the man as anything but a father. One who would get incredibly overprotective of me because of my heart condition and what happened to Mom.

So I’ve never actually seen him fight myself. Even if others say his fighting prowess is extraordinary.

That he’s strong enough to destroy a planet if given a bit of time.

I let out a sigh at the thought before resting my elbow on my knee and my chin on the palm of my hand. Just looking up at space above us.

There are fewer and fewer stars in the sky every week. Probably because of the Eternal Winter either devouring or destroying them.

So there isn’t much to see up there anymore.

Mostly just the larger stars.

Not to mention a lot of snow and ice. Since the Eternal Winter is running through space as well. But my eyes let me see through it all.

Kind of makes me wonder what it looks like to people without my eyes. To regular humans and Symbiont Hosts.

Probably nothing but ice and snow.

I continue staring upwards for several minutes before eventually sighing.

Just what is this universe coming to, anyways?

Makes me wonder if the universe will ever return to any sense of normalcy that it once had. Or if that Winter God of the frozen ones will ever be dealt with.

I frown at that thought as I remember the way the Frozen Lords treat me. How they each want to bring me to the Winter God.

At this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised if I do eventually meet this god of theirs. Whether I want to or not.

Which also makes me wonder what the Winter God would even do to me if he does capture me.

Experiment on me? Try to force me to serve him? Or just study me?

Could even just take a look at me and kill me right after that.

Although that does leave the whole ‘leave me alone unless I bother Frozen Lords in their own territory’ thing that the other Frozen Lord mentioned. Implying that the Winter God wants me to get stronger.

Maybe he just wants to see what sort of creature I’ll grow to be when I get stronger?

On that note, just how strong is the Winter God anyways? Considering that his energy is spread across the entire universe, he has to be above our Symbiont Host tiering system, right?

Terminal?

|Not enough data to come to a conclusion on the matter. However, for a being to spread their energy across the entire universe, they must be far above Tier 5 at the very least.|

Hmm.

Then there’s the fact that it’s his power that’s changing people into frozen ones in the first place. With those shards.

Just what are you… Cocytus…

Questions about the Winter God fill my head for several minutes before I eventually let out a sigh and return my thoughts towards my father.

He’s probably quite a bit worried by now, considering how he usually is. I can definitely see him rushing over to this planet the moment that’s possible. Just to make sure I’m okay.

And the emperor might do the same thing for his daughter, even if he doesn’t outwardly show his protectiveness sometimes.

Which makes sense as well. After all, he may be the emperor, but his sister was my mother, who died young. And he’s been just as affected by that as Dad has been.

Or, almost as affected.

Cynthia’s never had any real health issues like me. So there’s been less for him to worry about.

I glance back in the direction of the building where Cynthia and Alexia are currently sleeping as a thought comes to mind.

Hmm. Wonder how Dad will react to hearing he has a granddaughter?

I stare at the building from here for several seconds before eventually shrugging.

He’ll probably just dote on her or something.

Anyways, I turn to look down at the pit again as my thought return to the situation at hand.

Or, more precisely, towards the Frozen Lord I know I sensed watching me back when I was fighting the first hive queen.

I haven’t sensed them since, so I’m guessing they don’t expect me to do much of anything and haven’t been paying any attention.

That or they’re just better at hiding their attention now. But I doubt that.

I frown at the hive for several seconds before sighing again and getting up. Then I head back towards the building.

Might as well get some sleep too.