Theo didn’t say anything more as Naia stared up at the sky with a blank expression. Theo and Ellenoa left Naia and started climbing the world tree for a walk. The wide and round branches at the top of the world tree cut them off from the world on the ground. They passed through the knothole that connected to another space, and the two people reached the clouds.

“This place...?”

It was a place that Theo was seeing for the first time, despite having come to the world tree several times. Ellenoa walked a few steps ahead of him before slowing down.

She shyly held Theo’s hand. “The top of the world tree. There is only one person other than Theo allowed to access this height.”

Theo half asked, “If admission is controlled... there must be something special about this place.”

“Yes, there is quite a symbolic meaning,” Ellenoa said, pointing above her head. “Do you see over there?”

“This...” Theo trembled...