Chapter 1: Prologue


    “One day, she told me, ‘there are only dry branches in my heart.’”


    “…Yes?”


    “Now the branches’ burning furiously. It fuels her to run towards the end.”


    “……”


    “I’m afraid.”


    “What do you mean?”


    “What will happen to her if all the branches burn down?”


    “…..”


    “When everything is burned… she won’t stop. She’ll burn herself. I’m afraid of it.”


    “Then we’ll have to find a substitute.”


    “…What do you mean?”


    “We’ll find her fuel and become a branch that never disappears even if she rides it again and again.”


    “……”