The sea breeze brought back the bitterness of memories.
Ito Mayu still remembers, back when South Izu Town had no Hot Spring Street, travelers stayed in homestays, and residents lived off fishing. During peak tourist season, they tidied up spare rooms to accommodate guests.
The small town wasn't big; neighbors all knew each other. Today, whose family had another child, and tomorrow, whose elder passed away gladly, everyone knew it clearly.
Walking along the Tochio Trail from beginning to end took only half a day, passing Jinglian Waterfall and through the Amagi Tunnel—places actually inhabited weren't large.
Then one day, a major event spread throughout the town:
——The Ito family found a child.
To be exact, a baby had been forcibly left with them.
A couple staying at the Ito family didn't take their child when they left. It wasn't until the next morning when Mr. Ito heard crying that he discovered the baby in the swaddle.
