Seeing the "Milk Crust" he had been searching for so long... or rather, "Russell," had actually run off to Annan's side on his own.
Dmitry didn't feel any loss; instead, he sighed in relief.
He simply felt a weight lifted off his shoulders.
The guilt and tension from losing "Milk Crust" during the transportation of the Frost Beast finally vanished from the bottom of his heart.
Dmitry was very clear... As the first humanoid Frost Beast with high intelligence, renamed "Russell" by Annan, the stakes were incredibly high.
If she fell into the hands of any domestic or foreign power with hostility toward the Winter family, or even the entire Duchy of Winter, she would immediately become a potent drug that could destabilize the whole Duchy. Merely proclaiming her existence could spark unwarranted thoughts in people's minds.