Minamoto Tamako saw her deceased grandmother.
When she was little, she loved snuggling in her grandmother's arms the most, because her grandmother owned a Japanese dessert shop and would stand by the oven every day, her apron imbued with the smell of cake. Snuggling in her grandmother's arms felt warm all over, with a pleasant scent of syrup, making her feel as if she were in heaven.
So comfortable.
Minamoto Tamako squinted her eyes, a faint smile appearing on her lips.
But suddenly, her grandmother reached out and pried open her mouth, stuffing two strange little stones into it, and forced her to drink a big gulp of cold water.
"What a troublemaker," her grandmother said in a man's voice.
Minamoto Tamako was shocked, thinking, how did her grandmother turn into a man?! Could it be that the fairy tale story has become real? She was just like Little Red Riding Hood, meeting the big bad wolf disguised as her grandmother...
