"Wandering to the ends of the earth? You two are enough to make anyone die of envy!"
In the Wizard World, the evening clouds blazed like gauze veiling a shy maiden's flushed cheeks, stretching in endless swathes beneath the sun's final rays.
Beneath those sunset clouds, as the breeze drifted gently by and the lawn swayed softly, squirrels poured cup after cup of wine while Green, Milly, and Mina sat together.
When Mina heard that Green intended to take her sister wandering through the Endless World, she first cried out in astonishment, her face brimming with longing. Then she said dejectedly, "The world outside must be more beautiful than the Wizard World, right?"
The illustrious Summer Guardian of the Wizard World actually said something like that?
Yet from another perspective, was the present Summer Guardian, Mina, not another World Tree herself?
She had attained achievements beyond the reach of ordinary people even earlier than Green, but the price was the loss of her freedom and limitless potential. Bound within a tiny world, she busied herself with the propagation and survival of its lesser creatures, gradually merging with the will of its rules.
Hearing Mina's sighing question, Green assumed a serious expression. After pondering for a moment, he said, "In a foreign world, there was a story like this. A vast army encircled a city so tightly that not even water could pass through, determined to take it. The army fought for a long time, but those outside the city wanted to get in, while the scene within was entirely different. Resources in the city, besieged by that army for so long, had become desperately scarce. Starving people all wanted to flee as though they had gone mad. Those inside wanted out, while those outside wanted in. It was all because