Monster Princess of the Snowy Mountain Chapter 71 has been released. Panic seizes Valerie's chest as the icy blade slices through her wrist, numbing the pain just long enough for darkness to close in. But even as her vision fades, she can't shake the mocking gaze of her mother, still standing above her, resolute and unyielding. This isn't how it was supposed to end – yet here she is, reliving another moment of unending torment. The truth hits her like a slap – if she's not dying, then something within her has changed. The numbness gives way to a stinging chill spreading up her arm, like roots digging deep into her bone marrow. Memories flicker back to life, reminding her of days spent shivering alone in the frozen halls of Makleroad Palace. That same loneliness echoes inside her now, reinforced by the touch of cold air dancing across her skin as frost begins to form upon her fingertips. It's as if the weight of all those years coalesced into one driving force: surviving against impossible odds. Frozen blood coats her lips when she looks down, shaking off what feels more dreamlike than reality, until fingers etched from ice claw through the silence surrounding them. Pain confirms this farce is no fantasy; but whose mercy does she seek – her own, or freedom from endless suffocation at her mother's hands? The pause stretches precariously thin between outrage and acceptance – neither fragile thread will hold indefinitely, hanging too delicately in balance while shattered memories await resurrection...