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As soon as Neirin finished her sentence, silence took over the shrine as if there was nothing there but dead corpses. Neirin gave a soft smile without even minding anything.
With a sigh, the child walked towards Neirin. As soon as he closed his distance between them, the scenery changed. The shift happened without any warning. Neirin didn't mind seeing them inside a palace in the middle of a pond with different lotus flowers floating.
The water was clear, and many fishes could be seen floating and swimming their way to the different sides of the lake.
Neirin closed her eyes, feeling the warm wind and the gentle rays of the sun. Feeling as if she was revived from the dead, Neirin opened her eyes slowly. Now there was another tea set in the middle, and the child started preparing the tea as if they were in the middle of a ceremony.
Neirin smiled.
