128 Its Just a Dream (2/2)

”Brother… I’m so sleepy…”

”It’s fine, Shika-chan… It’s just a dream,” Seiji comforted her gently and smiled. ”Didn’t you want me to… sleep with you last night… Does this… count…?”

”Brother…”

An indescribable light shone in Shika’s eyes as her eyelids drooped.

Seiji was filled with numerous complex feelings as he focused on her expression.

Would they succeed? If they successfully discovered and eliminated the memory loss-inducing spell and helped her to recover her memories… would she remember what she did during her amnesiac period?

If she ended up forgetting…

Seiji would be… rather sad…

As Seiji gazed at Shika’s face, he felt his senses of sight and hearing gradually fade, before he finally shut his eyes as well.

…

”Wake up, Haruta-kun.”

Seiji slowly opened his eyes as he heard someone call to him.

He discovered that he was in an unfamiliar room.

The room was rather small. There was a bed, a desk, a chair, a bookshelf, and a cabinet… and all the furniture seemed rather small as well.

There was a little girl sleeping on the bed. The dolls, building blocks, and stuffed plushies were either scattered about or organized neatly, indicating that this was a child’s room.

Seiji peered at the little girl closely.

”Shika-chan…”

That’s right. Although this girl was much younger than the one he knew, this was doubtlessly Shika Kagura.

”Where am I?” Seiji muttered to himself.

”You’re in her… Shika Kagura’s soul,” Natsuya’s calm voice sounded in his ears.

”President? Where are you?”

Seiji glanced around at his surroundings.

”I’m still in reality, taking care of you guys,” Natsuya responded. ”Just as I informed you last night, I can only hear you and respond in turn.”

”I won't be aware of anything you see or meet there. I can only learn about it if you tell me. If you need me to answer any questions, or do something, you’ll have to say it clearly.”

Seiji thought back to their conversation last night and nodded. She had indeed told him this.

”My brain doesn’t feel like it’s working too well… my thoughts feel rather sluggish.”

”That’s because you’re still not used to being in soul form. It’ll get better once you get used to it.”

Getting accustomed to it… Seiji rubbed his temples.

That’s when he realized that he wanted to take a look at his current self!

Just what type of appearance would he take on in such a situation…

Seiji looked around the room and instantly discovered a mirror.

When he took a look, the person reflected in the mirror was Seiji Haruta’s handsome face.

‘This means that… even my soul has completely merged with the original Seiji Haruta’s?’ He rubbed his chin in contemplation.

Well, it was all fine as long as there was nothing wrong with his soul.

The other thing that Seiji really wanted to check was… his system.

When he willed it, its familiar menu and options floated up in front of him.

It appeared!

It actually appeared!?

‘I can even use my system in such a state!?’ Seiji widened his eyes in surprise.

He attempted to use its functions. It seemed the same as normal. Every option was present, including his save and load ability!

What did this mean?

‘Does this mean that… the dating sim system is intricately connected to my soul?’

Various thoughts flashed through Seiji’s mind.

No matter what, he felt a great sense of relief that he was able to access his system even in his soul form.

Well, that concluded his self-inspection.