View Time

One year has passed since Ibara and Haruto has adopted Mihiru, an orphaned girl. By now, the little girl has lived with her new parents, Ibara Naruse and Haruto Kurosawa in a small house out near a large forest that is of course far away from the toxic Tokyo city.

One morning, on a particular day, the family were still asleep. But not for long as Haruto was the first to wake up. "Well," he said, "Another morning, another day." He then looked at his sleeping family. "Good morning," Haruto said to his still sleeping wife and daughter, "Eh, I'll let you two figure it out yourself."

So he waited for a few minutes and soon, Mihiru woke up. "Morning," Mirhiru said, "Dad." "Hey, darling," Haruto said to Mihiru, "Eh, you can go ahead." "Come on, mommy, wake up!" Mihiru said, now trying to wake up Ibara, "Wake up!"

Then Mihiru shook her mother. "All right, all right!" Ibara said, "I'm up!" "Hi, mommy," Mihiru said the moment Ibara woke up completely. "Haruto," Ibara said, "Did you program an alarm for me?" "Nope," Haruto answered, smiling, "Come on, let's get started." "Yes," Ibara replied.

Immediately, everyone changed out of the pajamas and into their regular everyday clothes. By now, Mihiru had new clothes. They were almost like the school uniform that Ibara wears, only a little bit different. "Well, they come with tights," Haruto said. "Please don't remind me," Ibara told her husband, "It was an embarrassment."

Soon, they put away their futons and started out their day. "All right," Ibara said, "So what's on for today?" "Well," Haruto said, not spending 2 minutes to think about it, "I was thinking about seeing that place that is close to our home."

"You mean that forest, right?" Ibara asked. "Yeah, that one," Haruto said. "All right," Ibara agreed. So Ibara, Haruto and Mihiru decided to see the nearby forest today from their house. "That is a nice place," Mihiru said to Ibara and Haruto. "Yes," Ibara replied, "I agree with you."

"Hard to imagine that we'd ever paid any attention places like these," Haruto said, "Well, except for those in you know where." "Hmm?" Mihiru replied, confused. "Yeah," Ibara said "We're still connected to science. If it wasn't for science, we would have never existed."

"Yep," Haruto agreed. "What, mom?" Mihiru asked. "It's a long and complicated story." "Ok," Mihiru replied. "Honey," Haruto said, "Let's not overdo it in front of the child right now." "What?" Mihiru asked.

But there were no more conversation about that for the rest of the day. "Thanks, mom," Mihiru said. "I hope you liked this place," Ibara said to Mihiru. "Yes, mommy," Mihiru said. "Would you like to go see what's inside?" Ibara asked Mihiru.

"Sure, mommy," Mihiru answered, "I would." "All right," Haruto said, "Then let's get going." "Yes," Mihiru said. "Are you sure you want to go like that?" Ibara asked Mihiru. "Yes, mommy," Mihiru answered. "Hmm," Ibara thought, "If you say so."

So the family began to walk into the forest. "All right!" Ibara declared, "Let's see what awaits us in there!"