That was a sad dream.

It was the dream of a girl who suffered from illness but lived hard with a constant smile. The man I was with, that's probably me.

This is my forgotten memory...

"Where... are we?

The beginning of the dream was sudden.

I fell asleep in bed that day as usual. But it was in the mountains that I woke up. There was no foretaste or anything. An emergency that has suddenly entered our daily routine. I could only look around. [M] All I could see in those eyes was fear.

Ggagga!

The voice of some creature echoing the mountain. I tremble and shrink and frighten my body. But I didn't try to move the scene. Even taking a step was horrible.

But you're going to be in a situation where you have to move. The Lord of voices appeared from among the trees.

Ugly, horrible monster. It looked that way. Not a cute animal like a dog or cat, or some cool beast like a lion or a tiger. Traces of blood creeping into ugly looks. The thin, dirty green skin of that organism walking bipedally like a human being tells the story that it is not a human being.

"Wow, wow."

I tried to escape at first sight. But I fall right over. I didn't put it in stone. It's out of balance. Just stood.

That's where I first noticed. My body is getting bigger. No, it wasn't where I was growing up. It's totally different. The small hand has become an arm like a wildly trained professional wrestler and is about doubled in height.

"Hey, why... ⁉"

I am stunned, forget about the monster in front of me for a moment, and move my eyes to the changes that have happened to me. Don't forget to go there. A monster attacked me with his fingernails with anger.

"Hi... ⁉ Ah, wow, there was blood!

He screamed pitifully, suppressing his hand cut with his nails and weeping.

"Stop! Help! Somebody help!"

A monster attacking me, too. I tried to crawl and squat from the attack and escaped. I cry out for help, but no one answers me. Still don't stop screaming.

Even as he desperately continued to flee, he was injured and finally caught in occasional inevitable attacks and leaves and rock outbursts. A monster who opens his mouth and tries to bite me in the upper rides.

"Wow."

Fear plunged me into a frenzy, and I stormed around desperately trying to shake it off. Movement like a child's fight.

But that was enough. It was multiplied not only in size, but also in strength. The monster lifted the terminal and collapsed, along with a blunt sound that did not suit the movement that seemed to sound like a poka poka.

"Huh? Ha, thank God...?

Rather than be glad to be helped by an overly unexpected curtain pull, the suspicion has engulfed me as to whether this is really the end of it.

Such suspicion did not mean that the monster would rise again, but that appearance disappeared in Chile.

"Kee, gone..."

The body disappears, deepens the confusion in the eyes of such a strange phenomenon. But the pain came from wounds all over my body to block it.

"I don't like it anymore... I want to go home..."

I want to go home where my father and mother wait.

I sincerely thought so. Suddenly, he was thrown out into the mountains by himself and attacked by monsters. It was the limit to a young mind already. Everything looked horrible and chilly. Thinking about when the monster would strike again, I couldn't stop trembling.

"Why, why are you doing this..."

1 person threw such an inquiry to the ground.

One question after another arises as to why I'm seeing this, why my body is getting bigger, and where and how I can go home here. But there was no answer to that. Naturally. Because I'm the only one here.

"@ djapw?"

"Hih... hih."

I heard a voice trembling with fear and pain. Screaming leaks unexpectedly.

The Lord of the Voice looked like a girl. He looks like a human child at first sight. But I retreated to say it might be the same thing as the monster I was earlier. If you look calmly, you will know that the color of the skin and the way you care about this one are not saying so.

But I wasn't very calm then. I could only be frightened. That's the same no matter how many times a girl talks to me. That changed when the girl started coughing up.

The monster is so strong and horrible. It was the moment when the crack got into such a simple idea. The girl who thought she was a monster showed her weakness. The fact soothed the fear. I thought this girl might be the same person as me, not a monster.

That's how I was speaking up if I noticed.

"So, you're okay...?

"Gohogoho,... # ag # jt&dmj?

The girl tilted her neck and looked strange while holding her chest down. Thank you. I got the impression that the words were not conveyed. I tried to speak the language a few times, but it still didn't seem to convey, and he had a troubled look on his face.

I didn't understand the girl's words either. Is this a foreign country?

"Uh, you, go-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho, cold?

When we were in a situation where we couldn't get word out of each other, I came up with one way. I wondered if I could pass it on if it was sign language.

I don't know how to do sign language. But I was wondering if I could pass it on by gesture.

I gestured and tried to have a conversation.

It turned out to be a huge success. It's not entirely communicated. But we did have a conversation. That completely took away the fear that was in my mind.

One person was thrown out and anxious. The same person as me, not the monster I met there. I thought it helped.

If you follow this man, you can go home alive. The idea of no such basis or anything made me climb a noose of trust in her. Maybe it's something similar to the suspension bridge effect.

"amtqg @, # jtpmg,/ajpgm?

The girl pointed to the arm where my blood was pouring out, and then she called. I thought she was the only one I could count on, and as I approached her wondering if she would unquestionably take care of the injury, the girl walked out pointing under the mountain.

So I noticed a mistake. Looks like the girl is going to show us somewhere, not treat us.

I started going down the mountain after the girl like a Cargamo boy.

About an hour's walk saw a small village built between the mountains. A fence made of wood surrounded the entire village, and the only place without a fence was a large gate.

The girl stands in front of that big gate. Then, the gate opens vertically with the sound of gobble.

"@ gjptm"

The girl turned this way once and did the trick of inviting her. And then we go inside the gate. I stepped into fear, too. [M]

"mwptad, adwpg @ a!

The girl with her hands wide open to welcome and a smile on her face.

That was the beginning of life in this village.

1 year later

"Reggie ~! Oh my goodness!

"Morning, Serna"

Exchange morning greetings in a single building standing in the village. The person I met was a girl who had grown up a little since the first time I met her.

A year ago, life began in this village. I didn't know what to say at the time, but I got into trouble at Serna's house. [M] Serna's house was a little cramped for a family to live in. But Serna's parents were already in the other world, and she lived alone. As a result, there was nothing that would make me feel too narrow even if I was in trouble.

But that's just a building story, and I'm gonna need a lot more to live with. It was food, or in this village, which was not equipped with water, as in Japan, domestic water, such as bath water, had to be taken to a nearby river.

Of course I helped with the troubled position. [M] At a time like this, a grown body is very convenient. Heavy water can be transported lightly, and I'm used to moving this body, so I can hunt beasts to secure food.

So I'm in charge of securing food and water. Instead, Serna cooks me rice and washes my clothes.

I'm the husband and Serna's the wife. But there's nothing between me and Serna. I think it's like family, but when they say it's romantic emotion, I tilt my neck. It's more like a brotherly relationship than a couple.

"You can stay three days from today, right?

"Yeah, I can probably stay."

There's only three days I can live here. When that passes, it returns to its original world. And when you fall asleep in the original world, you come to this world.

Meanwhile, my body seems to be asleep. When I first got back, Serna kept crying until I got back. He thought the injury to his arm had caused him to die.

"Reggie, how was your life over there?

"Um, I started going to school, but I'm having a hard time studying"

"Nice. I want to go to Reggie's world, too."

I promise Serna that I will tell her what the class is about next time she says I want to go to school too.

The first thing I started doing when I came to this village was remembering the words. Still a little awkward, but after about six months of living, I was able to communicate.

When I was able to have a conversation, I told Serna about my world. It was like a sign of trust to me. I told Serna that I didn't want to hide anything from her, and from that day on, I told her everything about the world I lived in, that this body wasn't mine.

Serna was very surprised when she finished listening. But he believed everything I said without any doubt. Glad to hear it. I trusted someone to believe it.

But then Serna got mad at me. You shouldn't tell anyone that lightly. By the looks of it, I look pretty much up, but at my real age, she's five up. So from this moment on, she began to look out for things in front of her sister.

I have no particular idea about it. I take it for granted. I'm just a kid. [M]

"Serna, is there something missing?

"Yeah, I guess I'm a little nervous about food. We still have a little water."

"Well, why don't you come and get some food?

"Yeah, please."

Then I asked Serna what kind of food she needed before I left the village. The only entrance to and exit from the village, the large gate, is watched by the adults on alternate nights, and only when the villagers enter and leave will they open the gate.

I've been living in this village for a year now and I'm totally part of it. I know all the villagers who are not as many as they are, but because of their different physical and spiritual ages, no one close to them is but Serna.

But I don't think they hate me. We normally exchange greetings, and the public discourse is a little worn out, but I think we are doing well. If you fail, there's nothing wrong with Serna following you.

When you leave the gate, it's already in the mountains. It lurks not only the wild grass and beasts that feed it, but also the terrible demons. The monster I met, that was a monster. Sounds like a common demon named Goblin.

I've come across it several times since then, but I haven't been injured because of the sword I got from the villagers and this body. Still, I don't want to fight from myself. I try to avoid it when I can.

Today I was told to fetch some wild grass to season, so I went into the back of the mountain a little bit. The wild grass doesn't have to go in the back, but there are more beasts in the back. They don't seem to be anywhere near the villages where people live.

I hope the demons do, too, but in the case of demons, it's more like the opposite, approaching a place where people are. Village warriors often exorcise demons. They're just very strong people.

I saw it once, but the motion was like a scene in a movie. He was lightly jumping on a big demon and cleaving it in two. It was cooler than a bad hero movie. Is it because I'm also a boy that I admire a little?

"Oh, there he is."

As I slowly took the mountain path to avoid making any noise, the grass ahead swayed. I looked under it and there was a brown-haired animal.

Apparently, the creature resembling a boar is a boar. They seem to eat only grass with grass and are a little different from boars. Serna told me that Inobu seems to be the only organism that lives here.

The meat is very soft because it only eats grass. The muscles and the like are tight and the taste is close to pork.

Because there are many rabbits and monkeys in the meat commonly caught around here, Inobu is treated with a bit of fine ingredients. That's because we never meet inside. I've seen it three times in the past year, too. Rabbits and monkeys meet like every other time, but Innoboo doesn't come across that way because of its low habitat. So I'm very lucky today.

"It's been a long time. Inobu's meat is delicious. Serna's going to love it."

Be a little upbeat, but carefully approaching Innovu.

If you get away with it, you have to run around in the mountains. That leads to an increased chance of encountering demons. So if the prey escapes, I won't chase him. That was the common sense of those who hunt.

I guess a village warrior doesn't have to do that. But for those who don't, demons are a very scary opponent.

Adults don't have a problem with goblins. But when that increases with two or three, it's hard for the average adult. Well, if you meet a strong demon, you have no life.

So I could have such common sense to avoid any danger at all. If you do it without darkness, you won't move around in the mountains. A hunter from the village said this was the trick to living longer.

"Hey!"

Peugeot

He turned behind Inobu and stabbed his sword in his back. Inoboo screams and rumbles. Take it away from the sword and hold it down. When contained with good force, Inobu was unable to move and eventually exhausted due to the sword stuck in his back.

"Yay! It's a treat today."

Pull out the sword and lift Inobu aside. I get blood on me, but I collect the rest of the weed without worrying I can drop it later. I finished collecting weed in about an hour, being careful not to go too far back.

Then carefully descended the mountain to return to the village so as not to meet the demons.

"I'm home. Look, Serna"

"Hey, wow! Innoboo!"

When she shows her best results today with both hands, Serna makes her face shine.

Laugh as if you're not sick.

Serna has bad lungs. I can't stop coughing if I move hard or force it. Not only that, sometimes breathing seems spicy.

I don't know if this disease will heal or not. I don't even know the name of the disease.

I've never been there, but I hear there's a big city nearby. The doctor there, in this world, said he didn't know if he'd seen a healer.

I've looked it up in the other world too, but I just became a primary school student and it's hard to read what it says, and I still don't know anything about it.

"You have a treat today!

"It's been a long time since Innoboo's been here."

Serna sang a nose song and took to the kitchen the wild grass she had picked with Inoboo. I wipe my blood with a light damp cloth outside and relax in my room.

"Reggie, you're getting used to our lives, too. I used to get hurt every time I went hunting."

"I didn't want it to hurt, and thanks to this body,"

When I wasn't used to it, I used to fall and fall just walking down the mountain road and get hurt a lot. Every time Serna smiles like her mother.

I didn't like it. I became a little mean and started climbing the mountain with care not to get hurt. I may have gotten used to this body, but that prevented me from getting hurt and treated less like a child.

Even so, he's still going to be your sister over there. I've been counting on her since I came into this world. I'm sorry too...

"Strange, isn't it? I think it's pretty harsh for the purpose I saw, but the contents are children. When Reggie says I'm the one, he's gonna laugh at the gap."

"Mmm, I feel like I'm being ridiculed. Me, should I say me?

I said with a simple thought that I wouldn't lose the gap and be ridiculed.

"Yeah, it's funny, so you can keep it up."

"Yeah, I'll do it"

There's no way I won't change it knowing I'm being ridiculed. From now on, I'll do it. I won't change what they say.

That doesn't matter. I took an oath.

"Yeah, not cute."

"I don't know that. You're gonna do it to me because I want to."

"Don't you just want to say it's me?

I won't resolutely give way to Serna, who's going to tell me to undo it, in a stubborn child-like manner.

"Already! My sweet Reggie is no longer cute"

"Me, I'm a man, so I'm not happy to be told you're cute."

"You just tried to say it was me, didn't you? I'm not putting it back."

"Chi, no! Yeah, me, me, the slaughter, the troublemakers, the gorgeous dishes, they were still trying to tell me!

I don't know what that name is, but I couldn't think of anything else.

"I didn't cook such dangerous dishes - Look, you shouldn't say me ~"

I won't give up, Serna. As I swelled and ignored it, Serna brought the dishes she could to fix her mood. [M]

But it was an extra word.

"Wow, that's good."

I wave away Serna's hand, who has said that and tried to stroke her head, reaching for the rice she was transported to. But suddenly it disappeared from sight.

"Meh. I'm not giving it to a busy kid."

Serna in sister mode. Serna was caressed so hard that she would not break until she heard what had happened.

"So, you want some?

"... yeah"

Replying slightly swollen, I reached out this time to the dish that was put back on my desk and transferred it to my plate.

It was a dish where Inobu's meat was mixed with vegetables and stir-fried, and the flavoring was salt. Simple flavoring but goes very well with sappy flavored meat.

"Delicious!

"Yeah! It's been a while, so it's extra yummy!

This was my routine with Serna. Young I thought it was going to go on forever without a basis.