Chapter 5 - Dreams Are My Reality (1/2)

Chapter 5: Dreams Are My Reality

Velkina, who was still ruminating on the talk she just had with Senephin, hesitated in response to Lumins’ advice. She struggled to organize her thoughts and feelings into coherent words.

“I want to talk to her more,” Velkina pouted. “I think she is actually a good person…”

She took a moment to ponder the situation further before clapping her hands together in realization.

“Ah, you know, it’s like the feeling of meeting someone who might be close to you in the future? I believe that Miss Senephin will be a good friend, like how I felt when I first met Lumins.”

Velkina freely voiced her thoughts aloud with an eager face, but Lumins only stared at her without answering her. She looked curiously at his quiet reaction and shrugged.

“Well, if she has already gone back first, then I’ll talk to her tomorrow. Goodnight, Lumins!”

“Yes, goodnight…”

Lumins watched as Velkina ran back towards the research institute, and for a moment his eyes narrowed as if he were deep in thought. A low murmur escaped from his lips.

“No, this can’t be.”

His cold whisper was blown away by the wind.

***

I wasn’t sure whether my intuition was from my being in a dream or from repeatedly playing the game many times over before. Senephin’s memories and knowledge of this world came naturally to me. Without having to rely on Lumins to escort me, I knew exactly where to find Senephin’s room.

After safely entering her chambers, I closed the door behind me and took a deep breath. I clenched and unclenched my hands to shake off the tension I had felt.

“… Haah, dreams are the best~”

Lumins had stood in front of me, yet I wasn’t able to make a proper face in front of him. Aside from that, I was still proud of myself. Just from the fact that I had entered this dream without once saying something like “Our Lumins smells good” was worth praising.

I lay down on my soft bed without bothering to wash myself first and took out my watch. The clock face read past 9 PM. It was still too early to fall asleep, but I figured it was okay since this was a dream anyway, so I didn’t need to follow the normal rules of my routine. Content with my decision, I crawled under the blanket and buried my face into the pillow. Lumins’ image was still vivid in my mind. Secretly, I hoped that this dream of mine would continue to remain even after I woke up.

Tomorrow, I was going to finish playing the ending for the main lead, and then I will replay Lumins’ route only to realize that… my wish was pointless in the end. With a sigh, I closed my eyes and allowed sleep to take me.

The next day, as soon as I woke up, I noticed something was very off. I went to the basin and washed my face many times, only to find out that I hadn’t yet awakened from my dream.

No, to be honest, I might have already had a hunch yesterday that I wasn’t really dreaming. I actually entered the body of a character in this world. This kind of thing only happens to novel characters or characters in some video game routes, not to a real person. This is… nonsense…