Having comforted Rewo, Malin returned to the North through the transmission channel. Sudel and the other three lads encountered a blizzard on their way back. Although they were not in danger of losing their lives and didn't suffer frostbite, all four lads had caught a cold. Malin, after learning of their condition, kicked them over to the assistant priests who had come to serve as medics from the Benevolent Church.
They were searching with the herbalists from Thainan for herbs that could cure common diseases, and these four cold patients were just right for them to work on.
In the meantime, Halsan found an opportunity to tell Malin something about Rhodes having taken a fancy to Joki, which was sheer foolish infatuation, infuriating Malin to the point of almost kicking the lad out of the sick bay.
Having an attractive daughter is a good thing, but the only problem with Rhodes now is that he won't live past Nuo. And Malin would definitely not hand his daughter over to an old wreck.
