Dream Life - Life in the Other World of Dreams

Tomorrow, May 25th is my birthday.

This year marks the tenth birthday, which is said to be a milestone.

I'm going to tell my family that I'm leaving this village and entering the Tilia School of Magic in the academic city of Doctus.

But before I told my parents and grandfather, I was going to tell Liddy, the woman I care most about, about my resolve.

Dinner is over and, as usual, it will be time for magical practice. Since my magic level has risen recently, I'm more in fact talking time than magic practice, but I'm still “practicing” as a pretext to get into a room of raucous young women - whose real age is past fifty.

When I enter her room, I see Liddy sitting in the chair as usual.

Usually, I go in with a slight voice, but I go in the room a little nervous today.

She also noticed how I was, with a strange face, "What's going on? Things are different today," he stood up and approached worried.

I control with my hands that I'm okay, and I cut out the story "I need to talk about something important".

"When it's July, I'm going to go to Doctus. To enter the School of Magic..."

Liddy was surprised by the sudden story,

"The School of Magic has to be twelve to get in. We haven't talked about this in two years."

I shook my head small,

"I asked Nicholas to look into it, and he said there's no age limit on eligibility. I don't know how old I would be if I took the exam, but I can enroll. Twelve years old is like custom."

She looks incredible,

"There's nothing to learn when you get into college. I already have more than a graduate."

"Oh, I know that. But at least you should be able to learn for yourself. Sure, there's the biggest library in the world, isn't there? I heard that if you go to college, you're free to go in. Then..."

"What are you going to learn? I'll teach you. Everything I know…"

She can't believe I'm getting out of here, she's a little messed up.

"What I don't like is the attributes Liddy doesn't have, the dark attributes and the metallicity. I believe that the dark attributes in particular have considerable potential. So..."

She blocked my story on the way,

"So... you're not stuck with me? You alone..."

You came up with something there, and suddenly you get a bright look.

"I'm coming with you. I like this village, but it's better with you. There's no reason why I should be here."

"What are you going to do with Sharon's training? Magic and sword, both to be taught by Liddy. Whatever the magic, I don't think the sword has reached the level of protection yet?

She says, "Ugh," and gets stuck in the words.

"Besides, doesn't Doctus hate the fact that there are so many people? I'm finally getting used to the people in this village, but can I go to a city with lots of strangers again?

I didn't want to leave Liddy either. But he also felt hesitant to take his interpersonal phobia girlfriend to Doctus, the metropolitan area.

"Then I'll be fine. If I were with you... I would have been in Periclitle when I was with Govi... the problem is Sharon..."

Silence flowed between them. And then Liddy came up with something again and started talking slightly excitedly.

"Okay! You just have to go to college with Sharon. That kid would definitely take it. Definitely!

"It won't be a story that can be decided without even asking the person's intentions. Plus, there's tuition. I heard that enrollment fees will be waived within the top five of the entrance exams, but tuition fees should cost three thousand C (krona) per year (= three million yen). You're not gonna let Guy bear that."

Liddy drips into my words.

"Okay. See what you want Sharon to do. I can pay for admissions and tuition. So..."

"Sharon is only a ten year old. It's not a good year to pull away from your parents. It's a girl. Think about it, and then we'll talk."

She nodded small but groaned, "How could you suddenly..."

"I've been thinking about it. I was wondering if I could stay here. If we are here, we must empower ourselves to protect this village..."

I'm going to talk about my encounter with God's Messenger, which is going to happen next.

"I'm a coward. When will the" One sent by God ”appear before me? How soon will“ those hostile to God "get their hands on him after meeting him? Thinking about it makes me feel like I have so little time left. I've been cutting time with Liddy and Mel for the last two years, but that's why I went into the woods. So I want to do whatever it takes to help me at all... I might just stop if I find the college useless too. Taking Sharon to a place like that..."

Liddy's shocked by my words, he doesn't talk about anything.

"I like this village. And about Liddy... it's more important than the family and hometown of the previous world... and I don't want those precious things destroyed. For that matter, I even think I can ignore what God says..."

And I decided to tell you all my thoughts.

"That's what I think now, but the other guy is God. It would be easy to break my heart. He said in his dreams that he would respect my intentions, but not necessarily abide by them... no, he would, but he might think that he just needs to“ tweak ”my“ intentions ”more. When that happens, I may not be able to think about my family or this village, about Liddy..."

Liddy groans, "Oh no..." and opens her eyes.

"The only way to prevent that from happening is to obey God's will. For me to be me... so I have to be strong. I need to be empowered enough to admit that God“ did a good job "... and maybe within a few years I'll meet the“ God sent ”

She tilted her neck a little and said, "How do you know? Maybe more ahead," he argues in a slightly stronger tone.

"Right. But what I heard in my dreams, they said," Protect me, guide me. "They should be five years younger than me. When that happens, you'll be five now. Fifteen after ten years. If it's a condition of" protecting and guiding, "it's more natural to think that we'll meet within a decade."

She seems desperate to wonder if there's any way to stop me.

"... then you don't have time to go to Doctus extra?

"Oh. It might be stronger to have my uncle put on an archery of swords here. But my biggest weapon is magic. I really need to go to Doctus to increase my magical powers. Of course, even if I go to Doctus, I'm going to continue my sword training, and I'm going into the woods and mountains. There are more demons around here, so it'll be a good training."

After she quietly said, "You were thinking that far,"

"Then I would have liked you to talk to me sooner. He said he really wanted to take it personally and talk about it... ok. I'll think about it, too. I'll wait for you here or I'll come with you. But talk to Mel and Sharon before you go. I know it's a kid for you, but those kids are old enough to think about it. And... okay."

I'm worried about what Liddy stopped talking about along the way.

"Besides, I'm curious."

"Do you know what those kids think of you? I've always liked it. Ever since I was such a little girl..."

She shows about a meter high from the floor.

"Oh, I knew somehow. But it's not about men and women, is it? Isn't that love between families?"

Liddy looks frightened and shakes her neck sideways, "I knew you didn't get it," she said.

"Was it for the family that those kids worked so hard? Govi's training isn't something a five-year-old can stand. So is Sharon. I studied very hard because I wanted to be with you, and I was pretty forced to practice magic. No matter how talented kids are, they can't usually work that hard."

I did think Mel and Sharon's hard work was so unusual as a little kid. But I thought that was because my common sense was tied to the original world, Japanese common sense. And it reminds me of Dan, another member of Zach Cartel.

"So what about Dan?

"She likes Mel. I was desperately trying to get Mel to turn around. Just really honest and good kids."

I didn't have to tell Liddy, and I noticed. But I feel like I just didn't want to put it into words.

"You really are. They're just honest good kids. I don't want to drive those kids' lives crazy with my mission. So..."

"So you're going to ignore those kids' thoughts and go alone? I'll say it again. Those kids are old enough to think about themselves. So tell him exactly what you think, what you think. I don't know what kind of judgment those kids will make. But if those kids think about it properly, it's your duty to take it."

I couldn't find a word to return to Liddy's words.

(I'm certainly only a ten and eleven year old. But that doesn't make it a reason to ignore the thoughts of the three of us. Tomorrow, let's talk properly. What kind of person I am and what I came here to do. And how we're going to live...)

I left Liddy's room and went back to my room.

I slept in bed and was thinking about a lot of things.

(What do I want to do now? It is good to listen to God and help the "God's sender”. But how do we get that done? I absolutely don't want this village to be in danger. The danger to my family and Mel... if I stay here, my father and father will try to protect me. But is that okay? I have no family. Keeping that family in danger's eyes…)

And I was remembering my announcement when I was three.

(Thinking like this, God pushed me into trouble, too. I don't remember much, but I think he said that if he lived like he wanted to, he would be fit for God's purpose every second. But right now I don't feel as alive as I want to be... I do think I'm trying to be strong as I want, and I'm thinking about leaving so I don't bother my family. But this isn't the result of living like I want to. Well, I know it's a good idea to go on a journey, but it's closer to training than traveling... training...)

That's when I realized I had one.

(If you think of it as a training, it might match what I wanted. I should have originally subconsciously thought I wanted to improve my abilities. Yes, as my wish, I chose to set up TRPG. If you think about it, maybe my situation is exactly what I want it to be now. It can't even be described as a very cunning trap...)

And careless, but had an idea in mind.

(If you think of it as TRPG, don't think of this as the first campaign scenario. If you complete this, you can embark on a new adventure. The drawback is that you don't know the clearance conditions well, but you might want to split them up and think about them that way to produce better results. I don't think I'm careless about God or my family, but I can't do it without thinking about it... If the shape I'm convinced is scenario clear, I should do it as much as I can...)

Thus, I settled in myself about my journey.