Inoyva was caught by surprise as he was not supposed. What gave him unwarranted emotions was her expression which had changed, as Cai stood with her hands behind her back.

“That’s because money can’t betray you.”

And a gentle wind would gently wave through, finally blowing at her hair.

Cai was radiating a smile. Inoyva noticed.

Even for people well acquainted with the maiden, they would have thoughts of her happiness flowing through the smile. However Inoyva drew an expression of concern instead as if she was hiding something behind the smile.

***

Unwary, a dream-like haze filled everywhere.

“Hmmm… Milking cows looks so weird. I’m never going to drink milk if that’s where it comes from.”

“Really…?”

“Really, really!”

A scene filled with haze from its edges. There sitting on a wooden stool, a tall man outstretched his arms under a white and black cow, for he was in a mental state of focusing on his work. His face though became obscured by darkness and only his body from the ne