Or~
He gets to her home, but someone told her he was going and she went out to look for him, and now he has to go look for her looking for him.

He might get trapped by snow. Then she might go find him, and then them they both end snow trapped.

She might be stupid y'all.

Personally, I also only read the manga.

But from what I saw, apparently the anime twasn't bad. MIght be worth trying one episode.

She got over her brother jealousy only to fall into regular jealousy lmao

She is quite the difficulty person, huh.

It's dancing on the line of being annoying and being funny with these misunderstandings, but his good heart and her contrasting persona keep it fun.

I've seen it too much, where the father or mother has the same vibe to the bf or gf. Feels like the author is trying to say this be fate but, it rather feels like they are literal clones.

What I appreciate a lot is that, while the siblings are similar, their partners aren't.

He is timid but hardworking, and caring.
She probably was cheerful and nosy, but maybe inwardly fragile.

So the author didn't fall into parallels between 'em, other that they care.

The pacing was all over the place, damn. Probably the author HAD to reach certain key points quick, but, they could've used smaller panels to fit more development, ya know?

He can't catchabreak lmao.

Tho, if left alone, he might literally dissappear.

She is trying so hard to say "invite me out" lmao

I think that's the fun part.
Most girls wouldn't have the patience to stay with him either.

He is calm, yes, but he is so aloof you might find yourself thinking he doesn't care.
And, mayhaps he really doesn't, as it is clear he is VERY slow to break down.

So, these two actually make a great pair, just borderline of toxic.

She is all the red flgs short of yandere, saved only by the fact that Rihito knows how to deal with her.

It was going into such a weird trope direction I'm glad it went into a nonsensical subversion by the end.

I-it takes some time before we get to that part, but yes. The more we know of characters the more they seem fun.

Not that long I reckon.

Either the parents notice she's not really into it, or the partner does, and she is forced to consider her feelings.

Maybe MC will be close by, by chance.

I think it's a badly written trope. The author could had added stuff Alba reconise as "the plot still moves forward" and play it as anxiety instead of certainty. Twould feel better then.

I get when the character has that idea because the world seems to be "trying to correct itself".
But we've seen no reason to think that, apart from his fateful encounter with the Saint. But even then was a complete 180 from the original story, and he should notice it after all this time.

Since they've made such a huge deal about not wanting to lose what they've built, I can imagine a few things that could happen, but most involve the MC getting back on time.

Still, there is a second option, and is the red head mercenary king that we left fighting up in the cold. He might win the battle, raise an army (because he is good at raising mercenaries) and bring them as reinforcements. Meanwhile, as they got the major supply of magic crystals, MC might bring some gifts for our mages and allow them to unleash hell once more.