Miniature Garden Chemister

17. Spring Awareness

"Spring's consciousness must be surrounded by deep darkness.... Hinami, do not be swallowed. I know Crystal Potion, the crystal restorative, will protect you, but come back as soon as you don't think you can."

"Hinami, you can take your snack!

Only priority should be given to Mr. Letty Sleel, who tells him to give him the sweet potato.

I know you're both worried about me, but I'm gonna laugh if they give me a snack here. In the first place, you can't take something because it's just consciousness.

"I'll be careful, Master Lettysreel"

"Yeah."

Move to Ickle's room and see the two sleeping.

When I see him ticklish and immobile, I imagine he won't wake up again. Of course, to avoid that, I've been prepared to help.

Call Ikuru and Suzuka's names, and I'll take the two hands.

At the entrance to the room, Mr. Salina looks anxiously at us. If you look, you'll see that you're worried about Suzuka, the same brave man.

"Hinami. You must come back."

"Yes, of course."

"We leave the store in the dark!

"You can count on it. Nice to see you while I'm gone."

"I'm sorry I'm an unreliable goddess. I'm sorry I left this world to Hinami."

"Never mind, Master Lettysreel. I love this world, too."

Smile that it's okay, and I close my eyes slowly.

I've never dived into someone's consciousness, but if I leave it to Master Lettysreel, he'll do well.

In a fading consciousness, I thought of this world of peace.

◇ ◇ ◇

Flowers fall on the ground in a dark space.

Can we barely remain conscious because it is slightly glowing?

"…… this is where Suzuka's consciousness is?

I feel the soothing air on my skin and don't have the usual gentle atmosphere. Although Master Lettysreel said he was the Demon King, he probably didn't think that would happen somewhere.

It's dark and cold, it's hard.

"In the meantime, let's find Ickle."

I may be with Suzuka, and I may still be lost in this world by myself. I don't know which one, so I asked Master Lettysleel to look for Ickle first.

He said he was a master who abandoned himself, but I think Ikuru cares about Suzuka for some reason. 'Cause you're sweet, Ickle.

I slowly started walking in the dark space, trying not to fall, not to trample the flowers.

"Oh?"

After a while, I found the white door.

"... we just have to open it and move on, right?

Looking around, there's nothing but this door.

There's no way to predict what's going on up ahead, and there's a chance that there's an enemy. Of course, there is a chance that Ickle is there.

... Here's what a horror movie looks like.

Though thrilled, I put my hand on the white door - well motivated and open.

"Ikuru, Suzuka, you're not here!!"

At the end of the door, which opened aloud to distract fears, was a room in the hospital.

It smells of disinfection and it is Suzuka who sleeps quietly on that bed. It is immediately apparent that the infusion is connected to the arm and that it is a disease of some kind.

"What…………?

Was Suzuka ill, though she was always feeling better?

Because it's a Japanese hospital room, I think it must be a sight before I came to Letty Threel. Beyond the window, there was a view of Japan.

Large cherry trees and the main entrance are visible from the hospital room. People are not lukewarm, but breathtaking with strangely realistic sights.

"Suzuna, …………?

Speak to Suzuka as she sleeps, and I step inside the hospital room. The flowers that are decorated in the vase are with the flowers that were also falling on the floor in the space just now.

"Suzuka, please wake up"

I've tried calling you a few times, but I can't feel any signs of waking up.

Make sure the back door is open and walk right next to Suzuka.

... I'm breathing.

Make sure he's alive and relieved.

"But how can I wake you? Besides, I haven't seen Ickle..."

Shake Suzuka's sleeping shoulder a little and pray that she will somehow wake up.... but never wakes up.

Trouble.

The moment I think so, I make a loud bang and the hospital room door closes.

Ahhh! I should have at least kept the chair or something between them so they wouldn't close!! Though I thought so, it's the festival to come.

Maybe there's an enemy somewhere. I try to shelter Suzuka and stare at the door of the hospital room.

But I shouldn't have.

The enemy is not the door to the hospital room.

I should have figured out whose consciousness this place is.

"Ahhh!

My body is grabbed by a hand stretched out from behind me.

The other person has been asleep in bed until now - Suzuka.

"Oh, Suzuka, why -!?"

I turned around and put Suzuka in my sight, breathtaking.

My eyes, they're black.

"Stop, I don't like it............!!"

This isn't Suzuka!

Even though Ikuru can't come all the way back, there's no way I could have seen Suzuka so easily. I found it to be fake, but it was so powerful that I couldn't shake it.

I don't know what to do, something -!

"..." Light Madness (Light Rhapsodia) "!

When I spoke of my skills, it sounded like a batin - that's all.

It's a defensive skill, so it doesn't make sense to use it while you're being caught. Usually the equals were out front, so I... Huh!

What do I do, what do I do?

Gah strangled, throat clogged.

Then I can't even use my skills.

I couldn't help myself, and my tears crept.

That's when I heard voices.

"... why is Hinami here?"