When I woke up, I was looking up at a stranger's ceiling.
Whether it's the Easy's dorm I was sleeping in, or the Vermouth's spare room I used to live in, let alone the Chartreuse Wizard Hall I'd started to get used to.
White wallpaper (ceiling paper), separated by a curtain rail?) It was empty.
Your body seems to be able to move without any problems. Everywhere, it is not broken, let alone broken.
However, the needle was stuck to my right arm and the infusion set that I often saw in the hospital drama was connected.
"If I pull it out, I don't think I can do this."
I think so because of the suddenness of something on my arm, but at the same time, it may be dangerous for an amateur to try to pull out the needle that is sticking in my body.
It's true that this is some kind of hospital room, but when I was worried about whether I should do a nurse call, I heard a voice calling out to me.
So, did you wake up?
Huh?
It had been a long time since I had staggered the curtains into my face.
"Aniki?"
"That's right. Did you forget your brother's face in a year or so?"
A year?
"Hey, big brother, can I ask you a question?"
What's the matter?
What year is it now?
Huh?
That's what I asked.
As for my experience, I've already spent about three years in that world, so it's not the first time I've been with my brother.
However, the person with a face similar to mine, who seemed a little grown-up, replied palely.
"You haven't slept for so many years." It's○ 201 now. You only slept for eight hours. "
What the hell is going on?
And for a while I wondered, the nurse who noticed that I had woken up rushed away somewhere, so it was no longer an atmosphere to talk about.
“Sleep deprivation and malnutrition. And I fell down because of the fatigue I had accumulated."
Somehow, after answering questions with the doctor, I was explained in a mixed sermon, but it seems that this is the case.
I sit on the bed where I was sleeping and repulse what the doctor said earlier.
For the time being, I might have hit my head, so I was told that it would be a bit more troublesome for the hospital, but I was pulled by the truck, and there was no constant breathing.
Rather.
"Thank your lucky trucker." He brought you to the hospital when you fell. "
Apparently, that's what happened.
As my brother said, I fell majestically in front of an early-morning truck that was driving at a slow speed, and the panicked lucky lady rushed me into the hospital.
However, I didn't have any serious injuries, and I couldn't find anything of high urgency, so for now, it seems that I had to use an infusion to put him to sleep.
In other words, it wasn't a reincarnation truck, it was a Savior truck.
"... it looks like you're not doing your job yet." Somewhere blurry? Are you drinking too much? "
"... oh, well, it's like I've been dreaming about it for a long time."
Dream?
My brother tells me, and I think about it. [M]
I wonder if I've ever been to another world.
What happened in that world is not a dream of Ichinoku. Wasn't it the epic story of my delusions that woke up in just eight hours of sleep?
"──It hurts."
Unexpectedly, I felt like I was mocking myself, and when I smiled a little, my lips twitched.
My brother looked at me strangely with a sudden voice.
“What's the matter? Did you hurt your lips like that?"
Eh
Wipe the twisted area with your tongue.
There was a wound there, as if it had just been attached.
And at the same time that I noticed it, it also felt strange around my wrist.
My brother screamed when I raised my arm.
"Ugh!? What is that?!"
My wrist was wrapped in an amulet made of black thread,── not a flowing beautiful pale.
Of course I do.
This is not a thread. It's a girl's hair, as beautiful as a thread.
Curse?
"...... I think so."
My brother is very creepy, but I can't choose to abandon him.
This is the proof of the adventure I've been on.
I'm sure Ibuki cast a spell so that she could do all the things in that world that she had never done before.
That's why I'm back at this moment, right now.
However, this lip wound and amulet came to me through that magic.
In that case, the curse would be right in a sense.
"Aniki, I was just talking about your dream."
"What? Suddenly?"
"In that dream, a girl told me." I'll never forgive you if you forget. Maybe that's what you're thinking. "
It's a curse!
My brother's creepy appearance is a little fun, and I smile deeply.
One thing I know is that in a world without magic, Sweet's blue hair is probably black like this.
"Speaking of which, yes." Why are you here in the first place? "
"Huh? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,── no, no, no
”That's not the case, because I should have guessed, right?”
I have become a little questionable.
No, as far as I'm concerned, it was only a few years ago, so I can't help it.
My brother made it difficult for me to say that.
"... yeah. Well, that's what I'm talking about."
…………
"Neither my father nor my mother really wanted to judge you." Originally, I just want you to come back whenever you want, just buying words in the selling words. To the general manager. "
"... I see."
I remember that time.
I was cut off because I didn't have the energy to find a way to work, even though I was taken care of until I graduated from college.
Naturally, I didn't mean to go home because I felt bad, and I think there was something clean inside.
But according to my brother, my parents thought I had said too much. But he probably spent his time being honest without any reason to forgive me.
And then a year later. Four years from me. Maybe it's time for us to walk together.
What do parents think of their children? I feel like you taught me that, especially Mr. Oyaji. Some parents can't be honest without worrying.
That's what I concluded in my heart. Now, thinking what to apologize for, my brother continued to say more words.
"And yes, I've known you since I quarreled with you."
"...? What?"
"... that you lost your lover while you were in school." From your friend. "
"...... Ahh"
That's all I know, somehow.
Is it Aoki who told my brother about Ibuki (although he wasn't my lover)?
Anyway, my parents knew why I was so apathetic after graduation.
As a result, I may have been worried that my son, who was wounded in the heart without knowing my circumstances, was hurt even more.
When I think about it, I feel like I can only see a little bit of my old mistake.
I've always thought my parents don't care about me.
Maybe I was the only one who thought that, and as a parent, he cared about me.
So, total.
"It's good, big brother"
I interrupted my brother.
If it had been me before I spent time in another world, I might not have been able to come to this conclusion in just one year.
No, you couldn't.
Not going to another world means that I can't even say goodbye to Ibuki.
But right now, I'm the one who can get through that kind of thing.
I told my brother, through him, to my parents.
"Next time, when I get a break, I'll go home." I want my mom and dad to apologize, and I want them to acknowledge what they're doing. "
…………
"Bartender's a pretty good job."
My brother smiled at my words with a disgusted look on his face at first, and then with relief.
I must have smiled better than any of my brother's memories.