Too Emotional Mystery Nebuta ②

I didn't know that. Grandma, did you used to live in Aomori? I'd love to go there at least once. We should all go see the Nebuta Festival in the summer. I just checked the tour prices, and it's 200,000 yen per person. That includes round-trip Shinkansen tickets and other festivals too. It's probably four people to a room, but since it's just Grandma, Dad, Mom, and me, that's perfect, right? Wait, why? Does my summer cram school course really cost that much? Oh well, if that's the case, let's make our own handmade lanterns and have our own little mystery Nebuta at home. Wait, why? Flashy lights would bother the neighbors? Plus, fire is dangerous? And floating lanterns in the water is bad for the environment? Fine, I'll work hard, make small lanterns, and without lighting them, I'll float them in the pond at the nursing home during the day and collect them myself. That would be okay, right? Wait, you're saying that would be too eco-friendly of a mystery Nebuta?

Whether she could hear or not, the old woman in the wheelchair had a faint smile on her face. In her pale shadow, the bustle of a distant night flickered.

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Participating in Tarahakani-sama's secret prompt.