"That... counts as a good dream too, I suppose."
The other children also thought Sayo's dream was a little too small, but none of them said anything, not wanting to hurt her feelings.
"You'd better make me a pretty hair ornament when the time comes." The little girl with a hair tie smiled at Sayo.
"Yes! I'll make one for every single one of you!"
Having her dream acknowledged made Sayo happy, and she answered cheerfully.
"I'm a boy. I don't want one."
"Me neither."
Several boys hastily spoke up when they heard what Sayo said.
"Hahahaha..."
The other little girls laughed at their reactions...
The laughter from back then seemed to still echo in his ears, but not everyone from those days remained.
Mistakenly believing that Sayo had lied back then, and that the children had disobeyed him and fled his side, Gyomei had spent these past few years treating everything they had said in the past as lies as well.
Now that he knew the truth, Gyomei recalled the past once more, and tears flowed from his eyes again. But since he often cried, his tears had long since ceased to say much about his feelings. At this moment, however, his heart was truly in turmoil.
In fact, this bracelet was not the one Sayo intended to give Gyomei. She had made a larger prayer bead bracelet herself, planning to give it to him when they met. This one was relatively small, so small that Gyomei could barely even fit it around his wrist.
"Chiba, could I buy this bracelet from you?" Gyomei asked Chiba Yo.
Chiba Yo smiled at his words. "I bought so many because I meant to give them to everyone anyway. If you like it, just take it."
Although Chiba Yo had told