"After disembarking, Raeleigh and Santiago did not head for the hotel but rented an ordinary black car and drove to another destination."

Raeleigh was unsure of the altitude. She only knew that the surroundings were shrouded by mist and there were tea plantations and bamboo groves all over the mountain.

Santiago said that there was a sea deep behind the bamboo groves and he was going there.

Raeleigh was bewildered by his words. Her eyes were marked by a look of strangeness when she gazed at him.

"It was just that the road was bumpy. Santiago, who used to be a high-spirited boy, vomited all along the way. Getting out...