Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

The sky was becoming more and more crimson, and William looked up at the red sky, exhaled a puff of smoke lightly, watched them drift into the air, and merged with the surroundings.

"If the ban on smoking is also the rule that governs war, you must have died thousands of times."

Hearing Yin's half-joking complaints, William couldn't help smiling, and the thoughts in his heart seemed to rise with the smoke column.

"It can relieve worries without worrying about physical problems. What's wrong?"

Silver did not respond to what William meant. William was also ready to turn his head with a smile, but his pupils looking at the sky trembled suddenly, and hurriedly pulled Yin, who had just stood up, back several steps.

In the next moment, two figures cut through the air and stopped right in front of William. If he slowed down for a while, "being crushed to death by someone who fell" might be used as the cause of death. William looked at the visitor dissatisfied, and saw that the young man standing in the center smiled nonchalantly at William, showing two sharp fangs. The cat that stepped on her shoulder yawned softly, leaning lazily on the young man's neck.

"Yo, long time no see! Well done, the clock has been repaired. But Brother William, you are still the same... um... vicissitudes!"

Lin Yu's words always sounded stinging to William, not to mention that Lin Yu was always condescending.

William frowned slightly angrily, and said in a flat voice:

"Really? But we managed to fix the clock, but you almost broke it again."

"How can the ruler's clock break so easily! You bastard's harsh words have not changed at all..."

"Okay~ You really hit it off as soon as you met."

While talking, Xiao Lulu took a step forward, trying to stand between William and Lin Yu to stop them. But in the end, he didn't stand still, staggered and turned his arms, and fell on Lin Yu's outstretched arms in time.

"You daredevil come here to persuade you, what are you doing?"

Lin Yu helped Xiao Lulu who was blushing due to a mistake, and at the same time stretched out his index finger to poke her on the forehead. Xiao Lulu hastily let out a soft "owwow", then rubbed his forehead with some complaints, and pouted his small mouth angrily. Lin Yu couldn't help smiling, and rubbed her head. This slightly rough action was inexplicably gentle.

"Heh, how did the relationship between the two of you get so good somehow?"

Chart passed behind Lin Yu and stood on the second hand that just turned the number "12". After hearing this, Xiao Lulu clenched his fist and put it beside him, shaking his head in denial.

"It's not going to get better! You're so annoying, stop touching my head!"

On the other side of the original broken part of the clock, Yin waved his rough hands and knocked his staff heavily on the clock dial, so all the magic items placed on the clock dial disappeared under a burst of light. Yin turned his gaze to William, straightened the dusty pointed hat on his head, and the dust scattered into the air.

"I'm going back first. If you have any troubles, don't bother me again."

"Come on, we're all in an alliance now. I'm afraid we'll cross the river on the same boat from now on."

Yin glanced back at William slightly, and suddenly a silver-white magic circle spread out under his feet, supporting him to leave in the direction of clock number three. William watched him leave before turning around. At this time, a pair of pitch-black wings bloomed in the crimson sky, and the girl with wings stepped onto the dial of the clock with the boy in her arms.

"Yo, Su Ruoyang!"

Lin Yu raised his hand and waved it presumptuously, and Su Ruoyang returned the waved hand with a smile. Su Huilin folded her wings, and was attracted by the purple crystal placed in the center of the clock. She stepped on the minute hand like Chalt, and approached the center of the clock with light steps.

"Hey! Avoid me!"

There was a slightly hurried voice from Chart, and Su Erin noticed that the second hand was leading Chart to turn here, and jumped up quickly to leave a gap for the second hand to turn over. But Charte couldn't stand still and fell hard on the dial. He looked at the hands that almost brushed his face and turned away, and snorted.

"It's a bunch of reckless guys... let you avoid it!"

Su Huilin approached the crystal, and the boy who was frozen under the purple fluorescent light closed his eyes tightly, his brows were always knit together in displeasure, and his dimpled head tilted back.

"Oh... that's one of the Dream Thieves, who was sealed in the crystal by Elus's magic last time. I thought his dominance ability was to change things, and I wanted to use this method to make him lose his freedom Yes. At the same time, repairing the clock requires a lot of energy resources, and Silver uses him as a filling resource, so it can’t be moved to other places for the time being.”

William explained to Su Erin in the center. Su Huilin snorted and nodded thoughtfully.

...

The position of the number "5". Sato Kazuhiko sat silently on the edge of the clock, staring fixedly at the town thousands of meters away. The townspeople who come and go are as insignificant as ants. I felt a suppressed emotion in my chest that was hard to dispel, and walked towards Sato. Sato seemed to be aware of the footsteps, raised his eyes sideways, and forced a smile.

"Are you OK?"

As soon as I said this clumsy condolence sentence, I wanted to hammer my head hard, wishing I could take back what I just said and swallow it.

"If I said nothing happened, I probably wouldn't believe it." Sato still kept a wry smile on his face, "To be honest, I still don't really believe that seniors did such a thing... After all, I'm just a The clown who was so popular in the circus city, and even the domination of wars, followed in the footsteps of his predecessors."

Sato seemed to regard me as his confidant. At such a time, Sato probably didn't want to care about who was in front of him, and just wanted to speak out what was silted up in his heart.

"I, I always have to be scolded by someone to wake me up before I am willing to stand up - I gave up the idea of ​​suicide because of the prevention of my seniors, and I woke up because of the encouragement of the deceased dream object... oh.. By the way, her name is Zhong Mo. She is a very optimistic girl... But when I was a child, I always regarded her as an uncle, and it was because of her dazzling figure that I wanted to enter the circus city."

Sato Kazuhiko always needs others to act as the vane of his actions, and then he can only have motivation if he runs in that direction. And I, too, can't do anything without a push from someone else.

"You seem to be very passive. I think I'm about the same as you." Having said that, I shook my head again and smiled wryly, "No...maybe even more negative than you."

"It sounds like you have something to worry about. If it's convenient, why don't you tell me. After all, you have listened to my complaints for so long."

That made me look up into his eyes. For some reason, there is always a kind of trustworthy color in his eyes. Perhaps it was this temperament that attracted the tourists who came to see him in the Circus City?

"I... have a memory that I have forgotten for a long time. No matter how hard I try to recall it, I can only see some trivial fragments. People around me don't want me to remember it, although they will no longer stop me from pursuing those memories. Memories, and there are other people who want me to remember...Is it right to want to be responsible for the mistakes I have forgotten? If it happened to someone else, what would they do?"

While talking about my shaking, I stretched out my weak hand, trying to grasp something tightly with all my strength, but when I opened my hand, there was still nothing. The process of retrieving memory is just like the actions I make now, thinking that I have caught something, but in fact I have not caught anything.

"Hey. Su Luoyang, I didn't know until not long ago that my sister committed suicide with her senior before she died. If I tell you, I didn't expect that she went out to do this kind of thing at all. I'm sorry My sister's low mood has been indifferent... the reason is that I didn't know about the depression before, can I be forgiven and not have to bear the guilt afterward?"

Sato Kazuhiko’s words opened my eyes little by little—Sato, like every family member who is ignorant of depression, said irresponsible words to her sister. He may have accused her of “the world is so beautiful and And rich, why do you have those negative thoughts? Don’t say such things as wanting to die!” And take it for granted... He may not understand that this is like saying to an asthmatic patient, “Why are you having trouble breathing? Surrounded by oxygen That's enough!" Same. So, unknowingly, he personally pushed his relatives into the abyss of death.

"You know... Su Luoyang, I am still unwilling to accept the fact after she died... My brain felt overwhelmed, and simply forgot about it. I just sometimes feel sad for no reason, and my heart will Dull pain. Every time I think of those fragmented pictures, I always cover my head and force myself not to think about it. In the end, karma reincarnates—even I got my sister’s disease myself.”

For some reason, in reality, when people hear about other people's pain, they can always take it lightly... But here, Sato's emotions seem to be felt by me, which is extremely real and cruel.

"The things I forgot... Could it be because I don't want to remember them subconsciously, so I can't remember them?"

"Not long ago, William asked me why I participated in the war of domination... I used his oppression to understand my true thoughts-I wanted to use the power of domination to return to the place where my sister told me that she might be suffering from depression. Time. This time I want to look into her eyes and tell her that I will not scold her for being cowardly like my father did, I will take her to see a doctor, and I will be with her no matter what happens..."

"Is...is that why you participated in the domination war?"

"Yes. But now besides this original reason, I have another thing to do... and it can only be done in this world." Sato Kazuhiko finally raised his head and clasped the hands on his chest into a fist, the light of the number "2" on the side became more and more dim. "After I pushed my sister into the darkness with my own hands, it was Senior who led me out of the haze... Anyway, I still owe him—"

"But!" I interrupted him, "You just said that he asked your sister out to commit suicide, didn't you? It's not because of him..."

"If I had been on her side from the very beginning, how could she have accepted senior's invitation? Senior was only the trigger for this matter, and I was the murderer. Afterwards, it was his turn to pull me because of guilt, but I Immersed in grief on my own, and selfishly forgot about this incident...Compared to my predecessors, I was more responsible than me. After my sister passed away, I was confused for a long time, and it is only now that I understand that the death of the deceased Death is only meaningful when the living is revived because of this..Speaking of it, this sentence was actually told to me by the senior..So I must cheer up. This time it is my turn to save the senior and help him eliminate the devouring his darkness."

At this point he stopped talking. I followed Sato's line of sight to look at the number "2" symbolizing Kaede Watanabe. Remove the darkness that hangs over him? I suddenly felt my heart tremble violently, but the firmness in his eyes told me that this was a decision he made after careful consideration, and I, who was outside the matter, had no right to intervene.

"What about your sister? 'Go back to the past and face it with your sister this time', isn't that your goal?"

"Hmm... But before I won the domination war, I was just talking nonsense when I said that I wanted to use that power to do anything... That's what I was qualified to do after I desperately won the victory! And this me now The only thing I can do is to save Senior. Senior Watanabe is paralyzed now, and I have the chance to meet him only in the dream. I must find him."

Sato Kazuhiko patted me on the shoulder after saying that, then supported the clock dial with both hands, stepped back and stood up.

"So to your question, my answer is 'must be responsible'. And about you mentioning that you are hesitant 'what would they do if someone else forgets their fault'...I think you should make your own decision, someone else, They don't necessarily make the right decision. It's not okay to always rely on others to push you to move forward...well...Although I am not qualified to say this to you."

Sato Kazuhiko left a restrained smile, waved to me, then turned and walked towards William. There is no joy or optimism in the smile, but there is no bitterness that was always mixed in before.

"It's quite a "human" answer... What I want to ask is the real answer in your heart to the question "will you be responsible for what you forget?"

The blurred and mottled voice resounded in my ears. That seemed to be the comment the teenager I was talking to made of my answers during years of sleep paralysis. I forget how I answered him then, or that I didn't answer at all. But at this moment, thinking of the boy's words, I always feel that what he said is not wrong at all. Perhaps only me, who thinks of all this, is qualified to answer this question.

"Hey~ what are you in a daze for!"

Suddenly, someone patted my shoulder gently, and at the same time, a slightly arrogant voice came. I was pulled back to my eyes by this voice, and turned around instinctively. The girl turned the black pointed hat in her hand, and put it on her head confidently. Against the background of the magic staff in her hand, the girl's figure is extraordinarily petite. Although her mentality and appearance are not over 13 years old, but... well... Elus is a standard "legal loli".

"Ah..um..you..you're back?"

"What's the matter, you... you are stuttering... Did you get your head eaten by a slime?"

"No, what slime? Where did such a thing come from in my world?"

If you ask me why I stuttered all of a sudden...wasn't it because of what Chalt told me earlier. And when talking to Elus, Chart, who just fell from the pointer to the clock dial, was lying on the ground, his eyes slanted to our side and refused to turn away, as if he was ready to monitor our conversation at all times. Hey, can't you stand up first? Why do you have to lie down in such a place!

"Hmph~ That's a monster that even the lowest-level adventurers here can kill~"

"Why did you suddenly introduce me seriously? I didn't mean to know... Wait! You said that my head was eaten by a monster that even the lowest-level adventurer can kill, are you mocking me?"

I don't know why Elus suddenly put her index finger on the edge of her eyes, showing a look of sympathy for me.

"I'm sorry... you are so pitiful, you can be so idiot... Ugh, you idiot, put me down!"

Elus, who was easily picked up by me, finally begged for mercy. The arms turned around and couldn't stop, just like the blades of an electric fan. Hmm.. Why do I still feel a sharp knife-like sight from the ground? It must be my illusion, right? But I put her down gently. On the other side, Lin Yu came to my back along the edge of the bell, and hooked my shoulder meaningfully.

"Hmm.. I didn't expect you to be a lolicon. If you weren't dreaming, teacher, I would definitely kill my relatives and call the police."

"I'm not a lolicon—!"/"I'm not a lolicon——!"

Almost unanimously, they strongly denied Lin Yu's joke. I couldn't help but glance at Elus, but when she met my eyes, she quickly snorted and turned her head away.

At this time, Chart finally took advantage of the second hand to sweep past, stood up and jumped on the minute hand, then squeezed to the edge of the clock, and straightened the crooked deer hat on his head. Behavior is always suspected of pretending to be mature.

"OK--"

"Okay.. You guys have had enough fun, haven't you?"

William came behind Elus at some point. He paused, realizing that he had inadvertently interrupted Chalt, and gave him a blank look. Charles snorted displeasedly, and turned around. The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward, but Lin Yu raised the corner of his mouth as if he thought of something interesting. He was eager to fight, and the golden light in his eyes suddenly moved, reflecting an ancient clock.

Her gaze was directed in the direction of Elus. When Elus also noticed the line of sight and connected, it was as if an invisible rope tied them together, and in the blink of an eye, Lin Yu's figure disappeared. And Elus took the place where Lin Yu was originally standing.

Just when I thought that the dominance ability similar to Kaede Watanabe was activated, I found another Elus standing in her original position.

Elus No. 1 pointed at Elus No. 2 in astonishment. Just as she was about to sigh, No. 2 rudely raised her index finger to her mouth, made a "hush" sound, and pointed at me to signal her to hide behind me. . Of course, this action revealed that the person standing here was Lin Yu's fake. Although the real thing didn't understand what was going on, it still followed the counterfeit's instructions and came behind me silently.

So Lin Yu held back his smile, manipulated the fake body and slipped behind Chart, and patted him on the shoulder.

"What are you doing..." Chalt glanced at "Eluth", pulled down his deerstalker hat to cover his sight, "Leave me alone...I don't regard you as my guardian..."

As if you didn't hear him. "Elus" chose to remain motionless and continue to look directly at Chart. And Chalt was also made a little unnatural, and walked to the side irritably, but "Eluth" followed without giving up. No matter where Charte went, "Elus" followed. Finally Charte turned around unbearably, and took off his hat with a blushing face.

"You're so annoying! What the hell are you trying to say! If you have something to say, hurry up and say it."

"I want to tell you too...but..." She turned her head away slightly, Chalt's eyes trembled, and then she heard her "poof" laugh, and Elus's voice Gradually, the tone changed and became Lin Yu's voice, and Elus, who was standing in front of her before, also changed back to Lin Yu's appearance. "I'm afraid I'll laugh so hard when I talk to you! With your serious face, don't you really think I'm that loli?"

"Who...who is Lolita! I'm old enough to be your grandma's grandma~"

Seeing Elus who was behind me couldn't help but stand up, Chalt took another look at Lin Yu, only then realized that he had been tricked by Lin Yu, and made a "creak" sound with his fists. At this moment, Lin Yu also jumped up the second hand and ran towards the center of the clock. Chart angrily put on his hunting cap and stepped over the minute hand to chase Lin Yu.

However, Lin Yu suddenly stopped for some reason, looked at the crystal in the center tremblingly, and frightened for a moment.