Atonement

Boom——…… The bells tinkled in the distance. Low and long - the sound that announces the passage of time tears through the gloomy night, and the sound stops the moving clouds. The wide streets that the Holy City is proud of have been shrouded in deep dusk, and row upon row of buildings stand silently like tombstones. Under the weak starlight, there was no sign of any living thing, and there was no sound. In the silence of enduring death - only the intermittently ringing bells were proof of the existence of the flow of time. Boom——…… When the bell strikes the sixteenth hour, it is the end of the day. The bells ring throughout every corner of the Holy City, treating everyone equally. Just like asserting oneself to be the truth, not recognizing any obstacles, and like the everlasting rain and sunshine coming and permeating all living beings. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.