Momo increasingly felt that this was a very strange place—the sky was clear and bright despite there being no sun, and although the outside Crossroads was supposedly in the dead of winter, the valley was as warm as spring. The mountains on both sides of the valley stretched on in overlapping layers, yet a huge gap had abruptly appeared in part of the mountain range. A dense Black Forest filled the gap, as if it had been crudely "cut and pasted" into place, stretching from the mountain pass all the way to the edge of sight.
She had no idea how large this space really was. It seemed to be connected to many strange "expanded spaces," and the Black Forest beyond the mountain pass was merely the most obvious one. The tower in the north could lead to a Different Dimension known as the "Ominous Omen Temple," while a gigantic beanstalk had grown out of nowhere from the clouds and mist between the mountains. There was also a path that passed directly through the mountain barrier. Supposedly, it led to a magical kingdom ruled by the Cat King. That kingdom was larger than the valley itself, but only the king, its servants, and cats could see the entrance...
"We can't get through, meow. I tried before," Bell said lazily from the side. "The King said Jipuluo people are Jipuluo people, and cats are cats. Our souls aren't quite the same~~"
Momo listened carefully. She could understand some of what Bell said and not understand the rest. When it came to this valley, the things she couldn't understand far outnumbered those she could—but she didn't care about that right now, because the place itself already felt like a bizarre, dazzling dream.
There was a large castle at the end of the