Chapter 46 (1/2)

The sound of sobbing dies out, and only the sound of wind and bonfire resounds around…… how awkward…… what to do……

L, let’s make tea. There should be still some chrysanthemum.

「s.h.i.+en, can you boil water? I will make tea」

「N, yeah……」

Looking to my right, Ivar cried himself to sleep. How cute.

Eh? Ara, when did……

「Nee, why did the color change?」

「N~ What color?」

s.h.i.+en asks while preparing the small pot.

「Ivar’s hair color…… it was gray, wasn’t it?」

「Ha? Ah!」

Karan……

The small pot fell from s.h.i.+en’s hands. Ara? And then……

For some reason…… everyone froze. Why?

「What’s wrong?」

Everyone is silent and not moving, though……

I think that Ivar’s hair color was gray. But, right now……

It’s currently black-silver for some reason…… Ivar’s black hair is glittering……

「What a beautiful color. Our grandchild had the same jet-black hair」

I think of my grandchild I can’t meet anymore while stroking Ivar’s hair.

「Baasan, you don’t find it scary?」

「Eh? Why should I be scared of Ivar?」

「The color has changed……」

「Ara, Ivar is Ivar, right? If you can change your hair color with some interesting magic, you don’t have to dye your hair, don’t you? I wonder if you could hide the grays with that?」

「Grays…… that’s not the problem, but」

「What kind of problem it is then?」

「Ah~…… silver color hair is……」

It seems hard to say. But, silver hair……

「Is there some problem? Iris too, isn’t yours blue-silver as well?」

「「「「Eh?」」」」

「Why is Ivar’s the only problem?」

「「「Ha?」」」

「Ko, Koyu-sama! Since when did you know that my hair is blue-silver……」

「Ara. Iris’ was silver-blue since we met, though?」

「Since we…… met……」

「Yes, since the time Anna-san has introduced us」

「From the…… beginning……」

「Yes. Is there some problem?」

「You didn’t find it creepy?」

「Eh? I’m sorry, I don’t understand why you would think so」

Again, there seems to be some disagreement of common sense……

For a while, a time of long silence continued.

Yes, I know. Everyone is worried how to say it, aren’t they?

Shall I cut the silence myself……

「Iris, I’m sorry. It might be difficult to say, but could you tell me? Is there something wrong with silver hair? Even if you tell me creepy, I can only see it as a lovely color」

「Lovely…… is it?」

「Yes, it’s very pretty」

「Silver is…… it’s referred to as a stain. However, those with mixed silver hair are said to be those who couldn’t get the stain cleansed. Because of that…… it appeared as attribute in hair……」

「Stained? There’s no such thing! Ivar and Iris are not a bit dirty」