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

I looked up as I tried to remember the details. If it’s according to the game plot, then today was the day when Velkina and one of the target characters, who was known as a “wolf”, would meet.