"Then, leave."
The god pointed toward the door. When it opened on its own, there was no longer a hotel corridor beyond it, but a dazzling expanse of white light. The five of them walked through the door one after another. When the slightly chilly wind struck his face, the Outlander even felt as though he had been reborn.
It seemed to be late autumn, and they stood beside a great lake.
Behind them was a forest carpeted with falling leaves, while the lake before them reflected the late-autumn moon and starry sky. The view was no less beautiful than Fatumonst Island in winter.
Shade took a deep breath of fresh air, a smile unconsciously appearing on his face. The ladies felt the same. Having returned to the Reality World after their adventure in Whisper Hills, they shared Shade's joy, though there was also a faint sense of reluctance amid that happiness. After all, they would never experience something like this a second time.
Seeing that the god had come here with them as well, the three Witches and Winnie consciously moved a little farther away, leaving Shade alone with the deity.
Of the sixty minutes, only forty had passed. Shade did not immediately speak with the god. Instead, he stood by the lake in the late-autumn night wind, gazing absentmindedly at the darkness and the stars.
"It's truly beautiful."
"Were the nights of the Sixth Epoch not as beautiful as this?"
the god asked.
"I rarely have the chance to stop and look up at the stars like this. I was only thinking that, if the starry sky of the Fifth Epoch is already so beautiful, what were the stars like in the beginning?"
The god stood beside Shade by the lake and looked up at the stars with