"What surprise are you going to give Grandma?"
Clearly, the old woman had not remembered her conversation with her grandchildren that morning.
But that did not stop her from looking forward to the surprise the two children were going to give her.
"Grandma, it's the one you were looking forward to the most."
The boy lowered his voice mysteriously.
"The one I was looking forward to the most?"
The old woman was confused.
The thing she was looking forward to the most... How could she—
"You told us about it many times..."
The girl's eyes widened as she reminded the old woman.
"The one I told you about many times?"
The old woman's brows knitted tightly. "What could I have told you—"
"Ah."
The old woman let out a soft cry.
"Could it be..."
She looked at the two children.
"Do you mean... the story about the fox... that I told you about?"
"That's right!"
The boy could not help but snap his fingers.
"Grandma is so clever."
The girl praised her.
The old woman waved her hand. "Wait."
"What do you mean?"
"In other words... your surprise..."
"Dangdang~"
Before the old woman could finish voicing her confusion, the girl walked out from behind the partition.
The fox on her shoulder clearly entered the old woman's sight.
The old woman suddenly widened her eyes.
This was...?!
The old woman's hand began to tremble.
"...Similar..."
A hoarse voice was forced with difficulty from the old woman's throat.
"...It's really too similar..."
In a daze, she seemed to have returned to that year, that moment...
The rain had poured down.
Moisture filled the air.
Not far away, the fox's fur had been snow-white, its entire body seeming to glow.
Its beautiful red eyes pierced through