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But regardless, this also shows that he has sufficient strength.

Even so, after hearing Misha's rebuke, he immediately became obedient, making muffled sounds from under the ice and ceasing to move.

"hehe."

Meanwhile, the ice sculpture on the other side let out a snort of laughter, as if it was quite pleased to see the brilliance of the shattered bones extinguished.

Thomas also focused his attention on the group of people over there—who were frozen together in a rather artistic and dynamic way.

The Ursus girl with red highlights in her brown hair was grabbed by the shoulders, waist, and legs by three other Ursus girls of similar age. However, judging from the overall ice sculpture shape, the other three were unable to stop her from rushing forward.

"I'll go and thaw the broken bones directly. You... just break the ice shell on the other side, but don't hurt them."

Under Misha's gaze, Frostnova placed her hand on the ice sculpture of broken bones, while Tomat also approached the red-streaked Ursus girl who had just let out a snort.

"...!!"

She seemed to be saying something aggressively to Thomas.

"Hmm, what did you say? That's how it should be. Why can't you talk things out instead of resorting to violence? Calm down when you get out."

Thomas touched the surface of the ice sculpture with his fingertip, and with a quick glance, visible cracks began to rapidly cover the surface of the ice shell.

The Ursus girls inside the ice sculptures seemed to sense the loosening of the external forces and began to sway, trying to break free from the ice shell that bound them.

"Snapped--"

The first to break free was the aggressive girl with dyed hair.

She didn't immediately resort to violence the moment she broke free, as she had before. Instead, she took a deep breath and then:

"(Ursus profanity that good children shouldn't hear) —!!!"

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Russian sauna: An essential part of daily life for ordinary Russians, and a top choice for business people to entertain guests. Russian saunas are usually held in wooden structures. As soon as people enter the sauna, they start pouring water onto hot stones to release steam.

Wearing a felt hat in a sauna can prevent hair from being burned by the high temperature. The most unique aspect of a Russian sauna is the repeated whipping of the body from head to toe with hot plant branches during the bath. This cleaning method, which foreigners see as "whipping," is said to massage the body and promote blood circulation. A certain bear-riding venerable also enjoys it.

[Main Text] Rhodes Island Walking Guide: Chapter Two: Good Children Don't Swear!

"I couldn't understand a single word she was saying, but I felt like she was swearing, right?"

She yelled at me with something I couldn't understand at all, but judging from her tone and expression, it was definitely not a nice thing.

No one will glare at you and say, "I wish you peace."

"Where did this kid learn to swear...?"

Even Frostnova, who had served in the military for many years and was surrounded by rough and tough soldiers, frowned and commented on the girl's remarks with a sigh, while she was covering Misha's ears at that moment.

"Froststar! Stay away from her! You'll freeze..."

When he encountered the broken bones, the hoarse voice that was difficult to distinguish between male and female was not due to the gas mask, but rather because that was the only voice he could make. The gas mask was never meant to filter anything; it was just like the face coverings or masks worn by other Reunion Movement members, used to "conceal" their appearance and inner thoughts.

The shattered bones, whose upper body had been thawed by Froststar, were screaming desperately, trying to break free of the remaining ice shell with their weak bodies.

Because he saw Frostnova thoughtfully using her larger, adult-sized hands to cover Misha's ears while pressing down on the animal ears on her head.

Such close contact, in the understanding of Froststar by the Broken Bones, meant large-scale frostbite and necrosis.

"I won't hurt her."

Froststar released her hand. Now, she no longer cared about hurting others due to her low body temperature when in contact with them. However, Broken Bones was unaware of what Froststar had gone through. The concern he showed was different from the feelings he had shown when "safely capturing Misha," but rather the worry of a blood relative.

"So, someone like you actually worries about others?"

“Sonia, calm down. Look at the swearing you just used! Even the most vulgar Ursus I’ve ever met wouldn’t use that word.”

"I understand how you feel, but if we keep making a scene, we'll be frozen again! Not just Winter General, but Frozen General!"

"Waaaaah... Sister Winter, please stop hitting him... I can't beat him..."

The first provocative remark aimed at the broken bones naturally came from the girl with red highlights in her brown hair. Although she didn't make the same move as before she was frozen after thawing, the people behind her still kept pulling her back.

The second speaker was a blue-haired Ursus girl, who was also holding the former's shoulder. Her monocle was fogged up due to the sudden temperature difference, obscuring her vision. Although she looked like she wanted to take it off and wash it immediately, she still persuaded the girl she called Sonia in a relatively restrained and calm tone.

The third Ursus girl, who was slightly more robust and had a neat short black hairstyle, hugged Sonia tightly from behind around the waist. The bulging veins on her arms showed that she was using a lot of strength to stop her.

The last petite, blond Ursus girl clung tightly to Sonia's legs as if she were about to cry, calling her by another name while trying to keep her in place.

"...Frostnova, did you freeze the peacemaker too?"

Regardless of whether the girl named Sonia or Winter was the one who initially stirred up the conflict, at least the remaining three seemed to be trying to stop her, yet they were all included in Frostnova's ice sculpture.

“If one of them hadn’t gone to receive regular psychological treatment, all five of them would probably have been frozen.”

Froststar seemed to take it for granted that they were all frozen together.

"Tch, even if we don't fight, I'm going to find this guy and get to the bottom of this. Let me go, I won't act impulsively," Sonia shouted, though she was speaking to her companions, her gaze never leaving Tomat, who was standing in front of her and had thawed her, but pointing directly at the broken bones. "What were you doing all that for!?"

"Why? Don't you Chernobog people know best why we chose your city?"

Broken Bones responded in a hoarse voice, without the slightest hesitation or guilt that the other party expected.

The Reunion Movement purged the city-states where the persecution of infected people was most severe, and its atrocities are well-documented.

Those involved need not reach a consensus.

The victimized indigenous people feel they have suffered an undeserved calamity, even if some of them did do many things to the infected that deserve retribution, and they feel they should not have to endure this crazy revenge.

What does it have to do with me if you are oppressed by others?

Those who engage in such integration movements feel they are carrying out justice, and even though many people who have never harmed infected individuals have died at their hands, they still hate those "normal" people who remain silent.

You indirectly contributed to the current situation, so you are equally guilty!

Everyone has the right to defend their peaceful life or to act against injustice. Just as Sonia from Chernobog believes that the Reunion Movement's misdeeds have implicated innocent people, and the Reunion member, Broken Bones, believes that everyone in Chernobog is deeply sinful, we cannot expect everyone to be rational in the face of all this.

It is this conflict, known as "infected and non-infected," that has persisted for millennia on the land of Terra, ultimately transforming into deep-seated prejudice and countless acts of violence, causing a group of underage children to hate each other over the events resulting from this conflict.

The damp sauna now seems to have dried out.

Because the flame of hatred is slowly burning at this moment.

"Please... move aside!"

The word "please" was said with extra emphasis.

This is also the bare minimum of "respect" that Sonia has for the Rhodes Island personnel who rescued her.

Before Tomat could respond, Sonia, no longer being held back by her companions, planned to run right past Tomat.

Then she fell backward onto the damp wooden floor.

"Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something and forgot to give you a detour."

Thomas, who had only come to his senses after being bumped, bent down and offered his palm to Sonia.

Although Sonia felt incredibly embarrassed at being knocked down, and didn't intend to accept Tomat's pull, what finally stopped her from getting up was Broken Bones' words:

"Tch, we're both from Ursus, yet you're so frail, while I trained in Hell to the point where I could take you all down with one hand. Do you know the difference? It's because I'm an Infected! I really thank you for giving me the power to take revenge on you! Ursus people!"

In fact, the previous physical conflict was basically all one-sided beating of Sonia by Broken Bones.

In terms of age and physique, Broken Bones may not be as good as his opponent, but as he said, he learned how to protect himself and become strong enough through the persecution and abuse of others.

Even if both possessed the resilience of Ursus, he could far surpass his opponent, even though he was temporarily unable to use one of his hands.

"Then...then come out of the ice!"

She has broken free of the ice shell that Tomat cracked, but Boneshatter is still not free from Frostnova's thawing.

Sonia, of course, also used this visible difference to mock Broken Bones.

"Damn it! You just wait... Misha, don't try to persuade me. It's just that kind of person, only thinking about themselves, that's why we...!!"

"No...stop arguing..."

"Sonia!"

"Winter is here!"

"Sister Winter!"

Misha and the three Ursus girls beside Sonia did nothing to alleviate the situation. If things continued like this, Frostnova would freeze them again and forcibly separate them.

"Although I have no right to criticize you, when you were retaliating against Chernobog, weren't you only thinking about yourselves? Kid, it's more accurate to say that a few of you were genuinely thinking about how to change the situation of the infected, but you were just indulging in your own desires by looting, smashing, and burning."

It was during this deadlock that Tomat spoke, and he addressed the comments made by Shattered Bones.

Of course, he also successfully drew everyone's attention to himself in the current situation.

"Oh, and you too, don't think I'm only criticizing him."

Thomas looked at Sonia, who was still sitting on the ground, but hesitated before speaking.

"Let me think... um... you too, listen up, little girl..."

Sonia didn't want to be lectured, but Thomas's previous words weren't entirely baseless nonsense. Rather, his summary was quite accurate in light of the Reunion Movement riots she knew and had experienced.

So she was also waiting to see what oversights Tomat might have missed that she could point out.

After all, as a "leader", she also needs to improve herself.

"Remember, 'Good children don't swear.'"

[Main Text] Rhodes Island Walk Guide: Is Chapter Three Satisfying?

"...That's it?"

"Okay, that's it!"

The man in front of her—he didn't look much older than her.

But his appearance on the Rhodes Island as a mediator suggests that he is more experienced here. After all, he even appeared with Frostnova, a name known to almost everyone in Ursus, which indicates that his status may be higher than imagined.

However, despite his serious and rigorous criticism of the broken bones, he still acted like a child who swore indiscriminately and overestimated his abilities.

Can you bear it?

But this time, Sonia quickly got up and did not try to shove Tomat in that impolite way again.

Because the person she wanted to confront had changed from Shattered Bones to him.