The End of the Dream
I end up dreaming with the white stone bracelet on.
"Good morning."
"...G-good morning."
I call out to the elf.
"What's with the kindness? It's very creepy."
"That's a terrible thing to say."
And then, as usual, I went to get a request.
"What's bothering you?"
"What would you do if I told you that today was the last time we'd see each other?"
I talked about it.
"You don't care about me, right?"
That's her answer.
"It's not that I don't care about you, you know? It's just that if you have a reason, you shouldn't stop doing it."
"I see."
Then I spend about 5 days taking insomnia potions and tonics.
I kind of hated to break my promise, even if it was in a dream.
"Here it is. It's the promised product."
He hands me a very long weapon.
It's something a couple of dwarves would carry.
I'm a little hesitant, but I grab it and lift it.
"Ooh!"
The dwarf and the elf exclaim in surprise.
It is much heavier than a longsword, but not so heavy that it cannot be wielded.
"What's going on with your muscles?"
For the past five days.
During the day, I work with the elf on requests.
At night, I've been working hard at the abandoned mine to raise my stats.
Thanks to that, I've reached my goals
Vitality, Concentration, Endurance, Strength.
Skill, Reason, Faith, and Luck
I was able to raise them up to 80.
No, I raised them too much.
It feels good to be able to feel my growth in an easy-to-understand way.
Before I knew it, I'd crossed 50 and gone up to this point
"I guess you did what you had to do."
"What are you talking about?"
The elf answers the dwarf's question.
"He's going on a journey."
That must have been the elf's interpretation.
"I see. Well, you should make a name for yourself in a bigger city."
The old dwarf also interpreted it that way.
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This is probably my last time in the inn.
The elf is not here.
If this is the world of my dream.
Will this world end today?
Will I never see the people I met here again?
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Monday morning
My father is gone.
My bank book is gone.
I don't want to go to school.
There's a limit to how far I can stay in the dream world
Will the black stone bracelet change everything?
I don't care.
From this world.
From the being that I am.
I wanted to run away.
Tftc
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