Chapter 6 – The Lake is….the Original Me!

….this too….

I stopped at the edge of the lake and looked up.

The more I approach the lake, the more I can see it, and the more I say to myself “this can’t be”.

However, it looks like I’m not mistaken.

There’s something in the middle of the lake.

I could see an island floating over it.

…I can see it with my own eyes.

The island is about 1/5 of the lake….no, maybe smaller.

I think the lake is getting bigger or is it my imagination?

….I vaguely remember how big it was before….

The floating island is not too high so I can see the trees growing on the island.

And from the island, a large amount of water was falling into the lake like a waterfall.

「This is impossible!」

The structure of the floating island, the source of that massive amount of water….

No, I still can’t keep up with the changes of this world.

No matter how I think about it, this is too much!

Is the world even safe with such a drastic change?

Kurou and the two pups who came to the lake with me were neither surprised nor scared.

I’m the only one who’s making a scene so it’s probably normal.

Sigh.

I slump down by the lake.

For a while, I just stared at the lake.

It's floating….no matter how much I look, I’m still surprised.

Another world is scary.

Staring at it and being scared will not change anything so I decided to do what I could.

A floating island appearing from nowhere was a little creepy but not checking it out would only increase my anxiety.

I asked Kurou to take me to the island.

…..and we left in haste.

As for why, I found countless of small amoebas.

Is this another amoeba nest?

Come to think of it, the amoebas in the lake had magical power similar to the water amoebas.

Checking out their magical power….the amoebas on this floating island seemed to be closer to the wind amoebas.

A big wind amoeba flew to me from the floating island.

It looks like it wants to play.

I’m relieved.

One or two small amoebas are cute but their large number reminds me of…..

Hnn? What does a large number of amoebas remind me of?

I remember something that occurred a long time ago….ah, right, the large number of jellyfish I saw in the sea where I went to play.

However, I was quite excited when I saw them for the first time. I had a lot of fun.

Hnn?

For a moment, I felt my body lighten up.

I looked around but found nothing. Is it my imagination?

Seeing the floating island….my reaction should be like when I saw the jellyfish. I should be excited because it’s a floating island!

I don’t care how it suddenly appeared or what it was for but, it’s a floating island!

I should be crazy for not getting excited!

…..I’m feeling excited just now.

I felt uneasy when I saw the floating island even though given my personality, I shouldn’t have.

I guess I wasn’t calm enough.

Something’s wrong with me after all.

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I asked Kurou to run over the forest.

Come to think of it, I was surprised at first how the wingless Kurou could run in the sky.

Now, I’m glad that he doesn’t have wings since it will definitely get in the way while riding him….

After all, I’m the type of person that doesn’t care much about things that have nothing to do with me.

When I see something for the first time, I’m the type of person that will be surprised or excited or even scared depending on that something.

When I first came into this world, I was a little unstable but now, I’m calm.

But why is my personality like a mess now?

I went back to the edge of the lake and thought about the changes in the forest.

Time will solve the change in the forest and someday, it will end.

Why should I feel uneasy when my companions treat it as normal? It’s only a waste of time.

In the first place, this is a world with magic so I’m strange for trying to think based on my Japanese common sense.

…..Yes, I’m returning to my usual self.

I feel liberated from the discomfort I’ve been feeling for the past few days.

I think I’ve finally calmed down which is good.

However, when I stare at the forest, I feel anxious, or disgusted, or….hazy.

I’m frustrated that I don’t even know what exactly I’m feeling but I’m not anxious enough for it to explode.

I’m the type of person who really doesn’t like to spend time thinking about things I don’t understand.

I’m a mess for no reason.

It’s as if I’ve been forced to think something….is that possible?

I don’t understand magic to be honest.

Even though I don’t, I’ve done a lot of things using magic.

If I can’t imagine it right, I can’t do anything with magic.

Maybe it’s possible to induce what other people were thinking.

I don’t like the idea of inducing someone’s mind.

Thinking and looking at the forest….certainly, I suddenly felt uneasy and disgusted at the same time.

However, I’m calmer compared to what I’m feeling these past few days.

…..?

Has something changed in me?

I still don’t understand magic but I think I’m not being swallowed by that feeling anymore.

Is the cause in the forest?

The thing called evil eye should have been solved.

That’s what god told me.

So, does that mean there’s something else going on?

The forest is full of problems, well, that’s expected given who made it.