Months went by... then years. Heril kept carrying the unknown man toward the peak of the divine mountain, step by step.
She worked super hard, sweating and almost exhausting herself, but she was rewarded with growing maturity—a transformation like a cocoon opening up to reveal a butterfly.
She faced fierce storms that nearly knocked her over, layers of snow and ice that almost froze her, and a blazing sun that felt like it was roasting her. The physical and mental torture she went through was beyond her imagination. Still, these trials only sped up her growth.
One day, she stopped abruptly and, with a clearer mind, realized something amazing: she was close to the summit. Below her stretched the vast world she had lived in all her years.
