The light disappeared and what appeared was a plain as white as the light itself. It was a snowy field. The light reflecting off the white snow relentlessly penetrated the gaps between the snowflakes.

"Urk."

Almond couldn't help but shut his eyes. He tried to look around and withstand the light, but...

Swooooosh— 

All he could see was the howling wind carrying snow. Suddenly, he felt someone kicking him in the shin.

Thud.

It felt like a heavy boot.

"You guys can clean up the rest of the corpses."

Almond stood still, confused.

"Yes."

The children around him answered instead.

That was right. There were children.

They moved relentlessly as commanded by the soldier from earlier, dragging the blood-stained frozen corpses to the cremation site. Even those corpses didn't seem all that big, somehow resembling children.

"Hey, you."

A young voice called for Almond. Almond looked back and was shocked.

'Raina?'

A child was standing there and looked exactly like Raina.

— Raina noona...? No, not anymore.

— Hey, Raina is now protected by the law. Careful what you say~

— Raina!!!

— Damn... this is my first time...