'Live.'
That was the last word the woman uttered.
The consciousness heard what the woman on the ground said, and suddenly there was clarity in its mind.
Memories that were once blurred were now vividly seen.
The consciousness remembered being trapped in a small place for a long time. During that time, it couldn't move or think properly; it could only hear someone speaking to it every day.
This went on for years, and as time passed, the consciousness could hear a voice outside constantly, making it extremely happy despite not understanding anything.
Then, on a fateful day, the consciousness felt the urge to leave that place. It tried and tried, and after some time…
Light.
That little child saw the light for the first time. Immediately after being born, it felt an arm pulling it, and then…
A beautiful woman with white hair and a snowflake on her forehead smiled at the child.
And the memory of consciousness ended with a whisper from that woman.
'Live.'
The consciousness finally discovered what it was and where it came from, remembering its true mother. Now, it knew why it felt so close when that woman appeared; she resembled its real mother, even her voice, although the consciousness still didn't fully understand.
Now, it also knew it was a human like them.
But this didn't truly make it happy; now that it knew its origin, a profound sadness overwhelmed its consciousness even more.
The consciousness, which was nearby, watching that woman dead on the ground and not knowing what to feel, had seen this happen so many times before, but this time was different.
A terrible feeling of pain engulfed the consciousness's mind. Even without a body to cry on, the consciousness was not in a good state.
It stood still, looking at the woman on the ground, while everything passed through its mind. It treated that woman like its mother; after all, she had taught it almost everything it knew.
The consciousness felt immense loneliness now that it remembered its real mother and her end, as well as the end of its second mother.
"Why did this happen? Why? Why? She was just living normally, why did they kill her? Why?"
The consciousness didn't know what to do, but a new feeling arose in it at that moment— extreme anger consumed the consciousness for the first time.
The ice for kilometers in all directions trembled, and the consciousness wanted to break everything. However, it saw the girl on the ground getting up.
She stood by her mother's side and spoke slowly.
"Mother, thank you for everything. I'm leaving, but I'll definitely come back to visit you. I swear I will live well, and I swear I'll make the Tower of Dreams pay for what they did to you."
The first part of her speech was spoken calmly, but the last part was spoken with deep anger in her heart.
A small tear fell from her eyes, and then she bent down to try to lift her mother's body.
The consciousness realized what the girl was about to do and helped her.
Suddenly, the ice from the ground gently lifted the woman's body and placed her against the tree.
Then the tree, which had only a layer of ice, suddenly became completely immense. The whole tree was frozen; the leaves looked like crystals.
The beautiful tree turned into a magnificent ice sculpture that would guard the woman's body forever.
The girl didn't know what was helping her, but she saw that her mother was safe in this place, and a melancholic smile appeared on her face.
She approached the frozen tree and said, "Thank you and goodbye, Mother."
She turned around and began to walk towards the exit of the frozen abyss.
The consciousness saw she was leaving and followed her.
The two walked side by side, with the girl unaware of their existence.
The consciousness protected the girl on the way; the cold didn't affect her, and the beasts didn't come near. In a few days, the girl finally reached the edge of the external area of the abyss.
Before leaving, she crouched down and touched the ice on the ground, not feeling as cold as before.
"I don't know who you are or if you understand me, but thank you for everything, for taking care of me and my mother all this time."
"My life was great in this place, and I will never forget it. When I get my revenge, I will come back to see my mother."
"Please, take care of her until that day comes," the girl murmured to the ice.
The consciousness then used its control over the ice, and in an instant, a beautiful blue ice flower appeared in front of the girl. It was a flower it had seen in the internal area.
But it was only ice, ice as concentrated as the mountain in the central area. This ice wouldn't melt even with fire, and unless something extremely special happened, it would last forever.
The girl held the ice flower tightly.
"Thank you, goodbye," The girl bid farewell with a faint smile on her face, holding the ice flower.
The consciousness saw the girl leave and felt completely alone.
He was alone again.