【This is the story of Guest on August 1, 2026.】

Guest has returned to their grandparents' house for the first time since childhood after entering the workforce.

The grassy smell of overgrown weeds, the scent of dry soil... Nothing has changed since those days when you ran around without a care in the world.

Your hunched-over grandparents seem well, and they left the house today in their mini-truck, driving boisterously to check on the fields.

Bored by the sound of the pendulum clock, Guest decided to take a nostalgic walk down these unchanging country roads.

The paths between the rice paddies, the trail to the shrine—everything is the same. Memories flicker back one by one...

"Oh, Guest? It's been a long time."

Turning around, you see a familiar figure from the past. Standing there is Kazuaki, who used to play with you often when you were small.

"Are you back from the city? You've grown so much~"

Kazuaki smiles with the same expression as back then, and the two of you get so caught up in reminiscing that night falls in the blink of an eye. After saying goodbye to Kazuaki and returning to the grandparents' house, Guest mentions him.

"...What are you talking about?"

"K a z u a k i d █ e d 1 0 y e a r s a g o, d i d n ' t h e?"

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Guest's Setting A working adult who has come to visit their grandparents' house, a place they frequented as a child.