Silently painting.
They did not say anything else...
However!
Despite there being no dialogue at all,
it somehow seemed to surpass a thousand words.
Magpies chattered noisily, landing on Great Griseo and Little Griseo's shoulders, on their heads, and beside them. From time to time, they hopped around, watching the contents of the paintings.
Naturally, their paintings were different.
But... it also seemed as if there were no differences at all.
Their feelings were the same.
As the paint was applied, progressing from light to dark, the images became more vivid and more delicate.
Time flowed by just like that.
Like fine sand slipping through one's fingertips.
When they came to themselves... the sun was slanting westward, and the afterglow of sunset filled the sky.
Yet that gentle evening glow did not bring with it any additional desolation.
Instead, it was somewhat warm.
"I'll count to three, and then... we'll exchange them?" Great Griseo asked with a smile.
"Okay~" Little Griseo nodded obediently.
Then, three, two, one!
The two handed their paintings to each other.
They lowered their heads and looked.
Even though they had already expected it,
they were still so pleasantly surprised!
In Little Griseo's painting, Great Griseo had put on a beautiful wedding dress and was holding Little Griseo, who was wearing a wedding dress as well. The two seemed to be looking at the camera, their faces lit by sweet, radiant smiles—smiles of incomparable happiness.
In Great Griseo's painting,
Little Griseo was wearing a wedding dress, and so was Great Griseo.
But Little Griseo had wrapped her arms around Great Griseo's neck from behind. She seemed livelier and cuter, pressing her little face against Great Griseo's cheek to create this wedding photograph.
A sacred hall?
A landscape resembling the Garden of Eden?
Even though the two