The door opened. What lay beyond it?
A world filled with light.
Snow blanketed the earth, yet it wasn't as cold as I had imagined.
Was this a dream? No, it wasn't.
I could still feel pain.
Especially when blood stained that expanse of pure white. I could feel it keenly.
A bone-chilling cold surged over me.
The leaves withered, leaving only bare, black branches reaching helplessly toward the sky.
In the silver-white world, the brown hourglass began counting down, but an invisible wall kept the two of us apart.
The moment the tears fell...
I understood...