As expected, this wasn't a misunderstanding...

Ihan realized that something extraordinary was happening to the elderly woman he was carrying on his back.

Ah, but it wasn’t the kind of change he’d originally thought of.

"Is it too heavy?"
"On the contrary, you should carry a little more."
"Hehe, even though I’m old, it still feels good. I guess I am still a woman."
"You’re still in your prime."
"You do have a way with words. Ah, could you turn left here?"
"Here, you mean?"

...She had gotten younger.

It wasn’t just that she had become healthier; it was the vitality that had changed.

Ihan, who could usually gauge a person’s age by their scent and touch alone, could now tell that the woman behind him was no longer in her seventies.