One step, two steps, three steps… slowly moving toward the outside…
She didn't know when it had happened, but by the time she stepped outside, the sun had already cast its light into every corner around her. Chiko was waiting outside, and when she saw her come out, she merely glanced at her and then pointed at a row of stone paths in front of her, ordering Tsarvini, "Take off your shoes and walk across here… Don't stop…"
After giving her command, she turned and went back inside, leaving Tsarvini staring blankly at the path in front of her.
Though it was called a stone path, it wasn't made of tiny pebbles; rather, it was composed of stones the size of cobblestones, but sharper than cobblestones. Walking on them shouldn't pierce her feet, but Tsarvini knew that without shoes, she would definitely end up with blisters.
