The place to dream is not the world you are in, it's a completely different world than here.
The people who go to and from wear clothes knitted in chemical fibres, the roads are paved with asphalt, the automobiles run and large buildings stand side by side.
And in my dreams, I am a child, and I play with children my age.
The dream is so clear, I feel so nostalgic after I wake up, and the feeling of loneliness that I can't say anything about fading over time fills my chest.
Perhaps this is a memory before you lose your memory.
The only characters in the dream are the child's self and two boys.
He and I are very close and in our dreams we are always together and playing. Follow the boy around, running around town, exploring. Play around like you can't be a girl's friend.
It's a fun dream. But strange things often happen in dreams.
If I get hurt in my dreams, the boy will chant and cure me, and when the wild dog chases me, the boy will chant and drive me away.
And he says. When I'm in danger, I'm sure I'll come and help.
"... and... come on"
And at the end of the dream, I peek into his face, but it always stays on his face. I don't even know what you look like.
"Wake up..."
Close to his face to not give up and look closely, the boy suddenly leaves and leaves the spot. Chasing after him is a shame, but I can hear him mumbling.
"Wake up... come on"
- Hatsumi Decayed inadvertently realized her body was even shaken.
"Hmmm...?
When I opened the eye lid with a proper voice at the pretence of waking up, there was the face of my buddy Selfi Fittiny in front of me.
"Wake up, honey. It's night."
"Night...?
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he wakes up his upper body and looks around.
That was the private room reserved on the fourth floor of Miazen's palace, on its bed.
As a minimum, costume boxes, mirror stands, and other conditioning items, in a room that you have made into a quality. There is a dark carpet on the floor and a large courtyard outside the window.
Serfi, with his robe hood on, quietly hangs words of labor.
"Good luck. Hatsumi."
"... Selfie, was I asleep?
"Yes. That's already neat. You must have been having some good dreams. He was very comfortable sleeping."
"Aww..."
Hatsumi could not forbid her to be ashamed of being seen sleeping. I blush too much of the embarrassment, but Selfi looks somewhere charitable. I can't see my face, but I think it spills a grin in the green hood.
"Do you remember what kind of dream you were having?
"Dreams..."
To visit Selfie, I remember what I dreamed of.
After all, what was the dream I had until the time I was there?
"... dreams of me becoming a little child. It's a different place, having a cool time with a boy or playing with a mess."
"A dream you always dream of,"
To Selfie's tender voice, I nod. Yes, that dream is the dream I often dream of losing my memory. A little self who can't even wield a sword plays around with boys his age. It's unfounded, but I think it's a memory of the past, it was also a clue to memory.
(Just -)
It just always turns into a strange dream from the middle of nowhere, when a boy chants a mumble, heals an injury he made from falling over, or drives a wild dog away.
And this is the last thing you say.
- When you're in danger, I'll come and help you.
The boy's face is Kasumi and I still can't remember it. But when I think of his words, there's a sense of loneliness in my chest that I can't say, like nostalgia fading away.
... but he was going to go to deep sleep with a hypnotic intent. Hatsumi asks Selfie after she has spooked herself that I am sleepy.
"By the way, how long have you slept over?
"Well, I've been up late already, so I thought you'd been asleep a lot."
"Ugh... I slept so much.... You did decide to discuss your future plans before you fell asleep, didn't you?
"Yeah. At the Hatsumi suggestion"
"Ugh..."
Yes, after the parade and the ensuing meeting, I decided how to move in the upcoming Demonic Crusade, which led me to pick up after a few breaks and then get together. I specified the time appropriately to try to be an hour or so later, but it is currently dark outside the window. He spent more than two hours hanging out in Hua Xuan's country.
"It was going to be late, so I just woke him up."
"You could have woken me up sooner"
"No, he seemed tired, so I thought it would be better not to speak up here"
"Thank you, Selfie. So, where are Gaius and Weitzer now?
"I'll be waiting in the next room."
"Well, let me know sooner..."
Soon after Hatsumi finishes telling Selfi, I can hear him walking busily down the hallway. Is this a sign, Gaius? I guess you've come to perceive me awake.
It was not until she grasped the visitors that the door to the room opened with no knocking.
"Hey, are you up? Our Sleeping Brave Lord"
I guess it's a thin sheet of doors and such for him. A musculoskeletal man with the same careless grin along with the powerful sound of the door opening.
He slipped back into the back chair without consent, and Serfi pierced the evacuation glance out of his hood at him like that, who was our face.
"Gaius Master. What do you mean, you don't even have a knock in a woman's room?
"Okay, nothing? You slept in your clothes anyway, didn't you? Besides, if you hadn't seen them, you'd have done something about it."
"Yeah, you sure do. I would have shot the magic into you first."
"Ha, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa."
Watching Selfi answer instantly, Gaius imitates frightened with both shoulders in his arms. Even though I don't think of it that way, I am a good man.
Hatsumi, on the other hand, doesn't look like she cared about Gaius's indiscretion, and bows her head lightly on the bed.
"Gaius, I'm sorry. I overslept."
"It's unusual for you to oversleep."
"You seem tired of doing unfamiliar things."
Hatsumi says in a bad way. There have been many meetings, but the parade is my first experience. For half a day, riding on a tall mountain bike pulled by a cowhorn and waving her unfamiliar love at residents was harder than she thought.
"Ah well, I can't do that either. Don't be shy with me."
That's the same, Gaius rubbing his own shoulders and putting bitterness on his face. I guess he didn't like the place where he had to play such a role, either, luxuriously. It also seemed like a lot of fun when I was at the parade, but wasn't it?
Talking about that, a boy emerges from an open door wearing a knight outfit made of luxurious looking textiles. And the boy has the best opening,
- Gaius, what do you think you're doing in Lord Brave's room?
and Weitzer Larheusen, Prince of Miazen, whose sword screen and voice are rough and hoist and question the familiarity to Gaius. But Gaius leaves his ears pinky and smoky, without being overwhelmed by his attitude or his title.
"What, are you preaching too... okay, 'cause I heard you talking. I want to finish the recession and have a drink."
"Are you saying booze takes precedence over world peace?
"Naturally."
Yes, slap the breastplate, and Gaius reveals his opulence.
Weitzer holding his forehead in awkwardness at his disgusting remarks judged any more conversations barren? I softened my expression and turned to Hatsumi.
"I apologize for making a scene in my sleep, Lord Brave. Did you sleep well?
"Yeah. Thanks. And I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
"No, I guess I still had the fatigue of the Demonic Crusade. We are responsible for making it impossible. Lord Brave doesn't care."
"Yeah......"
As always, he is a gentleman where he comes out poorly not to embarrass this one.
But from now on, Hatsumi tries to move into a chair, saying that we shouldn't be on the bed forever for a serious consultation. You figured that out. As Serfi tried to lend me a hand, Weitzer somehow controlled her.
"Selfie, I'm here."
"... I see, I get it"
For a moment she was Selfi with a question mark on Weitzer's behavior, but she quickly caught sight of something and pulled herself away with yakā.
To that exchange, now when Hatsumi has a question mark, he comes close.
"Va, Weitzer?
"Come on, Lord Brave, my hand."
"Huh? Oh, yeah... Oh, thank you..."
Weitzer offering his support hand. Careful, Hatsumi turns a blind eye by thanking him with a gentle look on his face. His acts of this hand are common, but just this one was quite embarrassing.
For once, when you take his hand and stand up,
"Ooh? He's attacking us all at once, huh?
"Hehe..."
Meanwhile, what's wrong, the other two laughing. With all that room, Weitzer leads himself to the chair and asks.
"Lord Brave, how was your dinner today?
"Ugh, yeah. The meal was delicious..."
"Was there anything you didn't like about it?
"No, I'm not very good at places like that. Oh, it's not like I don't like His Majesty the King or the Empress. Right?"
People in the palace do well, not just those two. But I was uncomfortable eating in a tough place.
But Weitzer makes a translation face of how he interpreted her words.
"I'm losing my memory, so I guess that's what you think. When anxiety comes along, the place becomes restless."
"No, that's not what I meant..."
"I'll get used to it right away. Lord Brave always behaves beautifully in the dining room."
To Weitzer's praise, I can finally give it back and say, "Ugh, yeah......" and a shabby reply. What's wrong with coming straight to such a compliment?
Eventually when I sat in the chair, Gaius, who was slightly niggered, caught my eye.
On the other hand, it looks like Selfi is also leaking a sneak laugh. What is so funny about the two of you?
"... hey, we're both like that sometimes, but what the hell?
"No, it's nothing, is it?
"Yes, you're smiling."
The two seem happy, but for some reason Weitzer's disgusted look. But Gaius was also laughing at his attitude, which was adding more wrinkles to his grin.
Gaius asks, anticipating Weitzer sitting in a chair.
"So, what do we do now?
"I don't think there's anything I can do?
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you so angry about?
"Nothing."
That said, it seems Weitzer is still angry about something. Leaving aside those two interactions, Hatsumi cuts them out.
"The Devil's Crusade is natural, but how will it work?"
"You know what, aren't you marching in conjunction with soldiers as usual?
"Lord Brave, I think that's tough too?
Rarely does Weitzer agree with Gaius's proposal that it doesn't change what he does. That means I guess that's Theory. But Hatsumi has another idea,
"That's right..."
"Hatsumi, even where you think?
"Yeah. There's an independent force called us around the corner, so I was wondering if there's another way to operate it. Look, the soldiers have already won big, so you don't need to be inspired, do you? Then we should leave the battlefield to the generals."
"Ah?"
Whilst Gaius is ill-conceived, Weitzer firmly understands Hatsumi's suggestion.
"I mean, we should make our own moves against the Demons."
"Yeah. I was wondering if there's anything I could do with that. You think you're going to snipe a demon general and ambush him? It could be a bit of a dangerous move though."
"Right. But if we succeed, the burden of the soldiers on the battlefield will drop dramatically."
Yes, the power is so good. There are three avant-gardes who can cross from the front with the Demons, and one who can support it perfectly. The four of us would also be suitable for covert action, and if we could take a different action and slap the demonic generals and powerful demons, the human side would be in our favor.
"... if, of course, everyone fights with awareness of the danger."
As I fear, this is a dangerous operation. Hatsumi didn't want his people to force him either.
But Weitzer said the answers and so on are determined.
"Whatever you say, we will follow you to the Brave One."
"Even if Weitzer is good, you don't know if Gaius or Selfi, do you? We both have our own country, so we can't impose it. Don't say it in such a way that you lose your way of escape. Besides, we don't have to decide that this is a good idea."
"also, sorry"
To his embarrassing words, Weitzer apologizes in a disgusting panic. He was upset, probably because the words were harsh. Gaius says with a reliable mouthful of such Weitzer that he thinks he's faulty or shuts up.
"I never mind. I'm just getting tired of going around behind my back, and danger is where I want it."
"I'll follow you, too. I'm not relinquishing my role."
"Thank you both."
Both of us, no. All three of us. As reliable as it can be.
Then he turns his gaze to Hatsumi, who expressed his gratitude, as Gaius sees even in the strange.
"Even so, Hatsumi, you, you weren't like that before, but you've often been so motivated"
Didn't you say that because you suddenly presented an offensive proposal? Initially, he pulled into the room in a shock of losing his memory and refused to crusade the Demons. I guess I put that on the hook. But...
"We're not gonna talk about that, are we? Already... while we're at it, the Demons have to be defeated."
Yes, since when in battle with the Demons, I have come to think that that is a vice that should not be overlooked. It would be obvious to see the intensity of that harm, but why should I feel compelled to defeat it?
Besides, I feel strongly about protecting it. So are the people of this world, but these three people we fight with are important to us.
"- Hey, Selfie. Is there anything I have to do in Meersen from now on?
"Especially. Just keep in mind that you will be attending several nightclubs."
"A night club... you mean a party, right? Why?"
I don't think the parade or anything else has to be done to comfort the people, but I honestly didn't think any more hospitality was necessary.
When Hatsumi asks Selfi, Weitzer answers that.
"I want you to deepen your rapport with us."
"If we're all friends, we're close enough already, right?
For Hatsumi, the three of us are dating from the first line. It's still a short time since we met, but on the battlefield we have fought together, helped each other, and become mindful friends. So, I don't think it's necessary.
"I had a few words. By us, I mean the people of the Sardias Union. We must remember our fathers, our mothers, the towns of Meerzen, and other nations of the Union."
"That's... I wish we could get along, but it's not a rush..."
"No, it's urgent for the current coalition. If only Lord Brave were here now."
"Does that mean I can be a dashi for the coalition to come together?
"- Yes, no! It's not like that!
"The Demons are attacking me, and I think I need them..."
Understandably necessary, but still somewhat spattering in the chest.
"No, Lord Brave! This is never about using Lord Brave...!
Weitzer, who thought it had damaged his mood because Hatsumi looked complicated, reword it in a desperate manner, as if it had been half disturbed.
Meanwhile, Gaius turned another inclusive laugh like earlier to Hatsumi.
"Ma, it's time to guess, Hatsumi. Huh?"
"Observe what?
"Hatsumi, in Prince Weitzer's favor..."
"Courtesy, I'm sure, is a little too bad for you."
Ever since he was called in, he has been well looked after not only by him, but also by the people of the palace. If you say so naturally because they are the ones who called, it's over, but I haven't forgotten to thank you.
I told him that, but Gaius exhaled, as I heard about the off-target thing.
"... Something, clearly, is awesome - dull. Please go ahead. Something reminds me of my little brother who ate with me last time..."
……
I wasn't sure what to say, but as Weitzer, somewhat calm, observed somewhere, mouths an honest thought.
"... Certainly, as Lord Brave said, there are not many things that mean for the Union. But after defeating the Demon Clan, I lost my memory, and I still need it so that you can live in peace. If you are anxious, I will support you for life."
"But... I don't want to bother the Weitzers that much."
"Wow, I'm not annoying or anything!
"But..."
I couldn't snort easily. No matter how much, I'm not going to take Weitzer's life away from him, and I'm not going to hold him accountable that much.
Besides, I have a world to go back to, and I'm supposed to have to go back there.
Yes, because I'm sure I have to see the boy who came out of my dreams.
…………
Not when amnesia anxiety begins to occupy your head. I put my thoughts to all the unreachable memories in the back hidden in the X. and to all the people I have to remember, and my head doesn't work.
I've detected the subtlety of this mind with my complexion, or Weitzer has turned a worrying look.
"... Lord Brave"
"I'm sorry. I'm done talking to you, and leave me alone a little bit."
"Hatsumi."
"Yeah. It's okay. Thank you, Selfie."
Don't worry, I smile at Selfie for calling me. "Because I don't care," he said to Weitzer, who seemed sorry, eventually the three of them walked out of the room.
The three of them left for a while. Hatsumi rises from her chair and throws her body out of bed. And as I looked up at the tapestry's affixed ceiling, I leaked from my mouth what I thought of.
"... I have to go back where I was"
It's important about my people, too, but I don't want to leave my memory like this. I want to know who I am, and where I should go, there may be people waiting for me.
So...
"- Good luck."
In the middle of the idea, I could hear such a light-hearted voice from an unexpected window.
The window is open. I tilted my head as I lay asleep wondering if even the outside voice had come in, and I looked at the window side, and a brunette boy with green clothes crouched to get on to the window pier, and...
"Hey!"
"Huh!? Huh!? Yeah yeah ⁉"
Suddenly he appeared, and Hatsumi was greatly surprised to wake up and give a friendly greeting to the boy when he raised his hand.
"Hey, hey, here on the fourth floor!
"Hmm? Nothing. If you work around the fourth floor, you can come up, right? Let's just grab it and climb up. I didn't do it."
A boy who gestures and says it's obvious. Sure, there may be as many means to come up, but there's a problem before that.
"Duh, how did you get into the palace grounds!?
"Mona mon, that's a little..."
So, the boy puts his thumb and index finger on or off. After showing how easy it was to break in with such behavior, they come into the room through the window as a matter of course.
Who is it? I'll temporarily throw out that question and take the knife I left standing nearby. And I stood on my back so that I could be slashed at any time.
"Don't move!
WARNING. Then the boy raises his bare voice after time hardens like it has stopped for a while if he doesn't understand what this one is saying.
"... what?
"What? It's not, you trespasser! You want me to slash you!?
Cut the carp and warn the boy again as he turns to the loose face during the bad circle of blood. Then he stays pokant for a while and then notices this killer or rushes out late.
"Kill? What are you talking about? That's not the type of joke you said, is it?
"Yeah, you know me well. I'm not kidding."
"What are you saying, you're not kidding!? Are you seriously going to kill me!? Oh, is that it? Could it be that you're mad because you suddenly came into Lady's bedroom? That's certainly my fault..."
"No."
"Then why does that happen!? Waiting to penetrate!?
And, he triangles his eyes and puts in a penetration. Why are you surprised at this boy? In view of what I've done, it's obvious what's going to happen.
"Don't you get it if you don't tell me? If someone you don't know suddenly comes into your room, you're usually wary of anyone."
"I don't know, because...?
"At least I don't recognize you..."
Yes, I have come to this world and I have never met or known this boy. Why do you look so confused as someone you know? It was like I didn't know what it meant.
But it seems the boy was quite upset in his current words.
"Just don't joke... Well, Mon, you're not kidding around here."
"So you've been saying before that I'm not kidding, right? I don't know you."
"Oh, yeah. He said he was familiar with children. Please don't make jokes like this..."
Did you say Hachi Shuiming, a boy with a bitter voice and a head? It's surprising to say it's childhood friendly, and it does show a friendly attitude like that. But there was an extremely strange part to that statement.
"I wonder what you're talking about. Am I a brave man called by another world? I'm not familiar with this world."
Yes, that is the unbendable fact that denies the words of this boy - the Eight-Key Waterbrighter. Surely I may have a childhood acquaintance. But I can never meet childhood friends in this world when summoned from another world. I don't know what broke in for the purpose and came close to lying like that, but it's too crude for a manifold.
Meanwhile, the boy who was slapped on such a fact was stunned, as if he had even been betrayed by what he believed.
Eventually he gave a look like he'd caught on to something,
"Hey you, maybe you don't remember...?
"Sure, you're right, I'm amnesic."
"Dude, are you serious..."
When I could say and retreat, the boy had his eyes round, as though to say he had learned the stunning fact.