The world beyond the Gate of Light was actually a world of water.
A tranquil surface as smooth as a mirror stretched out like a shallow sea. The brilliant starry sky was reflected upon it, a meteor streaking across the distant heavens, while thin clouds, like mountains, outlined the horizon.
Brando's toe lightly touched the surface of the water. Ripples spread in circles across the mirror.
This was the birthplace of all things. Light traveled across the water, and spirits were born from it.
He raised his head. In the distance, the girl's back was turned toward him as she stood motionless, gazing up at the dazzling starry sky.
"You came a little later than I expected..."
She slowly turned around and gazed at Brando with her bright, pitch-black eyes before speaking softly.
Between the two of them stood a throne—
It was as blue as the sea, capable of letting the stars compose poetry upon it, yet pure and flawless, like Lady Martha's crown.
Upon the plateau of Karasu, the setting sun was slowly sinking below the horizon.
Everyone raised their heads to gaze at Vonder's extraordinary night sky. Half of the heavens seemed to burn with golden flames. Crimson light was reflected across layer upon layer of rosy clouds, while burning meteors slowly tore through the sky.
In the other half of the sky, the stars were beginning to rise. Those vast, dazzling, magnificent constellations emerged one after another across the pale violet firmament. The stars shifted in brilliance, and beneath the night sky that gradually deepened, the constellation of a king slowly appeared in everyone's sight.
—It was a wonder unseen for countless ages.
The clouds and stars in the night sky shifted and transformed, unexpectedly forming a towering mountain.
A giant dragon stretching across the