How could it be this painful?
How could it be this sad?
Kusamakura covered his face with a despair he had never felt before in his entire life. Unseen, Kusamakura cried, feeling like an idiot. He cried in shame at his foolish, ignorant self.
—He was crying, but no tears came out.
Of course. Because he had no eyes. Despair struck Kusamakura for the second time, and he became even more terrified.
“Aah&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;!”
Tears would definitely melt and wash away his sadness to heal his heart. However, Kusamakura could not do that. Aah, he let out a sigh that was almost a shout, but no matter what he did, his sorrow would not pa.s.s, completely remaining within his body. His body collapsed and Kusamakura laid on the ground. He was unable to shed a single tear.
Once the sun set, and the area around him was completely dark, the faint sound of a festival band riding on the wind reached his ears. There seemed to be a summer festival being held in the distance, in the direction of the town. Around the same time as the human festival, the beings around him had their night parade. The procession would go down the town’s main road singing, dancing and drinking.