The North would snow for at least half a year, so winter was the subject of both love and hatred in the North.

Winter was the northerner’s most feared enemy and grave, but it was also a shield and cradle. It was common to see northerners walking around with their tops off in the Capital of the empire, even in the middle of winter.

For such a reason, there was a popular rumor about how northerners were numb to cold or they had been blessed by winter, but this wasn’t the case.

The rate of incidence was less frequent than in the other regions, but the northerners could also catch a cold. After all, they were human beings. The northerners would dress up properly in the North but wore thin clothing in the other regions during winter to boast their resistance to cold.

It was a popular bluff that the winter in the North was cold beyond imagination.

However, there were times when even the cold-hardened northerners would lock their doors and only stay indoors.

Those times were whenever the Winter Duke was about to visit.

An old man with pale eyes and stooped posture wearing the biggest cape in the world around his shoulder would apparently visit the North. The old man’s cape was so long that it...