【Beginning】
- Youth: Hey Gump! Stop running around!
- Youth: This place is misty...Gump! Don’t go inside!
The youth was chasing his dog into the mist. In the morning, he brought the puppy to continue exploring this country from the seafront kingdom. Few years ago, the youth spent every sleepless night to wait for his father’s back. One day, a tsunami hit the place and he was lucky enough to be off the hoot by staying awake. Unfortunately, his parents died in the disaster. Since then, he became an orphan, and had been raised by the survivors…
- Youth: Gump! Where are you?
- Youth: Not good! I’m told not to enter the woods for any reason. Otherwise, I’ll get myself killed by elves...
- Youth: But do those elves truly exist?
Surrounded by the mist, the youth lost track of time and direction. At a loss, he saw a bizarre blue light come over. The youth rubbed his eyes and found that it was a bunch of blue butterflies…
- Youth: They’re beautiful! I’ve never seen this kind of blue color...
- Youth: Are you the elves?
Out of curiosity, he wanted to touch them; A blue flashing butterfly flew over. Then, he pointed his fingertip at its antenna with a shudder. A gentle touch made the light fade and turned the butterfly into ashes instantly...
- Sera: Get out of here if you don’t wanna die!
- Youth: Where is this voice from? Are you an elf? Please answer me.
【End】
Sera had been observing the behavior of the youth in the mist. His puppy Gump was running in a circle around her. Initially, she did not want to spare any human. So the blue butterflies were summoned to kill him. But when she saw the way he praised the butterflies in all sincerity, a flicker of benevolence rippled in her heart. Sera changed her mind. Even she could not believe that she would be soft on human again…
- Youth: My name is Xaar, a citizen of the seafront kingdom. Are you an elf?
- Sera: ...
- Xaar: May, may I meet you?
- Sera: ...
- Xaar: Anyways, I’ll wait until you show up.
- Sera: What? Go away! This is the woods of the elves. Humans are not welcomed!
- Xaar: If you show up, I’ll go.
Sera just wanted him to leave. So she cleared off the mist and made herself barely visible in the whiteness accompanied by Gump. Xaar, for the time being, was unable to take his eyes off her.
- Sera: Are you happy? Now get out of here!
- Xaar: Thank you, Miss Elven! Gump, let’s go.
He bowed to her with a satisfied smile to express his gratitude before leaving. The moment they encountered reminded Sera of the first time she met Jarno. Unable to shake off the old memories, she raised the mist again to cover her painful past…