Spring brought flowers, summer brought cool breezes.
The cool breeze on midsummer nights was the best... What he liked most was the breeze of this season, which washed away the day's fatigue.
There were not many people in the small mountain village. Most of the able-bodied men had gone out to seek their fortunes, so during the farming season, the people one mostly saw were women and half-grown children.
"Big Brother, are you really going out? To Huoyun?"
"That lord passed by here and said you have talent, so I want you to go and give it a try. Someone as talented as you shouldn't be buried here. Don't worry. Once I've made money in Huoyun, I'll come back and build a house."
"Big Brother, I don't want to leave. When your parents are alive, you shouldn't travel far!"
Smack.
The older brother smacked the younger boy on the head.
The older brother said, "As long as I'm here, you can travel. You can travel all the way to the sea."
"Big Brother, then where is your sea?"
"You children..."
Autumn deepened, winter returned with snow. If no idle worries hung over one's heart, every season was a good season in this world.
Hiss-hiss-hiss-hiss—crack—!
Even though it was only through a screen, it seemed as though one could hear the sound of the circle beneath those laws shattering... What kind of sound was it?
It was impossible to imagine. After all, they were separated by a screen... After all, none of them were there in person.
Yet everyone was silent at this moment. No one dared breathe heavily, and no one even dared blink lightly.
Ordinary people could only hear the aftermath, because most of them had no contact with something like The Unspoken Judgment. Even the overworked