...Thank you for telling me about this.

You're not going to punish me?

All I wanted was to know the truth.

Now I know where this feeling that something is missing came from. That's enough for me.

No...

You don't understand.

One of Shizuha's roles...

Was to change the color of these leaves when her season arrived.

At that time of year, the trees would be painted brilliant hues of red and yellow.

The whole mountain came alive with color.

It was so beautiful.

It was almost as if the whole landscape was lit with gold.