It's been over a year since I left here, maybe almost two. Travelers have a vague sense of time.
As for why I left my lover, Elsa, and returned to this hellish place alone, it starts with an experience half a month ago.
I grew up in Arendelle, and Elsa is my childhood sweetheart. Even though she was the princess in the castle and I was just a poor boy selling bread, we still maintained a good relationship and no one could separate us.
Even during the days when Elsa was confined to her room, we would often sneak out to be together. Sometimes she would find a way to sneak out, and more often it would be me climbing to Elsa's window along the big tree under the castle.
This relationship lasted until Elsa was sixteen, which is when I turned eighteen.
——Elsa became two completely different people.