"Ah, welcome back"
"Sorry, sorry"
Reesha waves at me when she finds me.
At some point there were two glasses on the table with orange juice.
"I was just bored waiting, too, so I got juiced out"
Risha says so in a scuffle and offers her a cold glass.
Thank God I only drank water after I woke up in the morning.
When I gratefully receive it, I drink up about half the contents of the glass.
It uprooted the drowsiness, which had a slight lingering refreshing acidity.
"Ugh, sometimes it's good. This is how you tea outside."
"Right, the wind feels good"
It's a peaceful time.
Though the sun shines sharply, there is also wind for being in the shade this way and it is cool there.
If you look back and forth, there are people of all kinds.
Those who rush ahead busily, those who stop with a piece of paper like a note in one hand, those who walk slowly looking at the scenery.
Hair color, eye color, and skin color vary.
"... a good city, I don't know"
Crunch blush with a cheek cane.
Well, now I can't help being blurry.
"Liesha, I'm going to go to the market, and before I do, can I stop by?
"Fine, I'll have time to work today"
Let's have a lot of fun, and I accidentally spill a laugh at Risha, who laughs.
Quickly, I forgot my purpose.
"I can't even waste much time, though. Let's leave when we're done drinking."
"Yes!"
Then we chatted for about 10 minutes and had orange juice. We returned an empty glass to the counter before leaving the store.
The path in the sun is quite hot.
Just as cheerful as early summer.
"You said you were stopping by, where are you headed?
"Yeah, I need a hatter."
There is a hatter who sets up a shop a little off Main Street.
The purpose, of course, is a hat for Riesha.
"Look, if you're gonna walk around outside in the sun like this, you need a hat, right?
Why? Return the most apparent reason to Reesha, who looked
I didn't lie.
I'm just saying it's not serious.
"Here we are, here we are."
"Wow, there's such a variety of hats"
Risha took the hat that was decorated at the store and was shrugging like a child.
I walk to the back of the shop alone and speak to the old shopkeeper who grew a white beard who was doing some work.
"Hello"
"Oh, yes, yes. What can I do for you?
Apparently, they don't think you're a guest.
Well, is it really weird that two kids are coming to the hat shop?
"I'm looking for that kid's hat, doesn't it look good for kids? If possible, I'd like a wide one."
I look at Risha at the store and she looks like the old shopkeeper ate her face.
It's just a flash of it, too.
He looked at me and Leisha alternately and gave me a look like he was looking at something I miss for some reason.
"... is that a gift for that kid?
"Yeah, well, that's the place. I'm going to put you in a lot of places, so I thought I'd make it up to you first."
"I see, well. All right, just give me a minute."
When the old shopkeeper narrowed his eyes and nodded, he pulled into the back of the store, not the store.
When I was out of hand and waiting to see what was going on at the store, I eventually came back with a straw hat with a blue ribbon in one hand.
"What do you say, why don't you go with it?
"Like, definitely."
From what I've seen, the head part of something that is not for children is slightly smaller.
Even Leisha would have a rash with this, and being good would hide her pointy ears.
"Reesha, try this on for a second."
Invite Risha into the store to stand in front of him.
When I put on the straw hat I received from the old store owner, it looked as good on a sleeveless white piece as I thought it would.
……
Reesha at the time has turned over and over as she twirls in front of her appearance silently.
"Did you not like that?
"No, vice versa. I can't believe this is me..."
I was unwittingly grinning at Reesha, who kept turning as I said it.
The size doesn't seem to be a problem either.
Most of all, I'm glad you liked Risha.
"Thank you, store owner, I'll let you buy this."
That's what I said, trying to get my wallet out. The old shopkeeper graciously held my hand and took control.
And then he looks softly at me and speaks to me in a whisper.
"Can I have that hat, if you like?"
"Oh, but..."
The old shopkeeper shook his head to the side so as to block my words.
"Ten years ago, the same thing happened today. A young young man and a silver-haired elf woman came to the store and said she wanted a wide hat."
……
"Being a Seiran at the time, I had no good image of an elf with silver hair. So at first I tried to chase it back, but I changed my mind when I saw a young man who insisted it was okay because he had the money and a woman who seemed happy somewhere while reluctantly. I let him take this straw hat."
"Well, then what's this?"
"Oh, it was three years ago, come say hello because those two are leaving the city. If I had an elf in the same situation as myself, I would give him my hat back."
I never thought I'd meet a silver-haired elf twice in my life, but the old shopkeeper laughed quietly.
"I'm old, too, and I don't know when this store will close. There's nothing untrained about the store, but I've always wondered about that hat. Anyway, it's a memorable thing that's changed my values."
The old shopkeeper stared at Riesha with tender eyes so as to give thought to the memory of a distant day.
"I don't know, for old age's sake"
"... if that's the case, thank you"
When I said that, the old shopkeeper gently slapped me on the shoulder with a smile that didn't say anything.
Leesha, I'm coming.
"Oh, yes! Grandpa, I'll take care of this hat!
Risha hasn't listened to what I just said.
I'm sure you said it in the sense of taking care of the hat you liked.
I don't know how that word got to the old shopkeeper.
It's just...
I did only find out that the two elves of the disliked, past and present, spinned a small happiness that was not enough to take.