[Machine Translation] Kano, an office worker, visits his hometown of Kashihara, Nara, to look for her boyfriend who has gone on a trip and has not returned. However, she is told by his mother that he has already passed away. Why did she tell him that she would be right back? Kano searches for answers in a town where time seems to have stopped, and an archaeologist tells her an anecdote about Emperor Jito, a female emperor who waited for her late husband's return. What is the meaning of "waiting"? A newly written full-length novel.