You wake up listening to the sound of rowing boats and the slight sound of water.
A faint mist stroked my cheek, and I felt like I was returning to the real world, not in my dreams.
"Nh..."
Move.
When I thought I was laying something warm underneath... my eyes finally opened up.
When I got up with Gabriel, Abel was underneath me.
Sleeping in a sitting position with his back on the side of the ship.
"I was holding you..."
She tried to back off in a hurry, but Clarisse was dazzled and stopped moving.
Dreams after dreams, and too much information, don't seem to be following your head yet.
It's not impossible.
I looked not only at my past, but also at Abel's past and future.
I remember those memories vividly, and somehow I held my chest.
Abel-san was definitely crushed once.
How painful it must have been.
Abel-san.
Gently stroked Abel's eyes.
I wish I could forget all my nightmares and wake up.
I hope so, and I look up with a prayer.
I noticed that my eyelids were dropping naturally.
It's just like a child whose mother had a nightmare.
"...... no no no no"
"Inadvertently self-twitching, Abel-san was too careless and naturally..."
Even though my gawa is a little girl, I can't allow her to be such a beautiful young man.
Silver eyelashes trembled as she quietly watched herself.
"Nh..."
Abel-san?
After moaning, Mr. Abel opens his eyes slightly.
Seems rather blurry.
Abel-san, are you okay?
"..... ahh"
Slowly rising from the edge of the ship, Abel's eyes were twitching with her hands on her forehead, wondering if she had a headache.
Then I waved lightly and opened my mouth.
"... I wonder if this place is real..."
"It's a reality."
When she replied, Abel finally became conscious.
Perhaps she was sorting out her confused memories, Abel silently looked at the lake for a while... and then looked at me again.
"Alice"
Yes.
When she replied and waited for her words, Abel blinked slowly again.
"... thank you for picking me up."
It was a── solid tone.
I thought it was the softest, calmest voice I've ever seen.
In parable, it is said that a foot has reached the ground.
"... you're welcome...?"
I give you my thanks, but I get confused about something that bothers me.
Then Mr. Abel tilted his head.
"Why... are your teeth broken?" You must have helped me. "
"Um, well, I guess so... even though I was obsessed with it, I've been peeking into Mr. Abel's past and heart."
That's why you can't honestly get a thank you.
There's no way I wouldn't hate to see the past and terrible future that I wanted to hide from you.
Thinking so, Abel shook his head sideways, saying, "Is that so?"
“I don't care. And if you hadn't come, I probably wouldn't have been able to come back.”
Didn't you like it?
When I heard in horror, Mr. Abel gently twitched my hair.
When I closed my eyes in surprise, I heard a soft voice from above my head.
"I hate it when you scare me."
……
But I don't think so.
Of course I did.
There was a lot to be afraid of, and I think we have to stop that future, but I don't think Abel is afraid of himself.
I'm scared, if you want to escape, I won't make you a promise.
Since I thought about it, I think I've made a great deal of promises.
I think Abel and I have been friends ever since.
However, if you name the relationship, you are a "collaborator" and promised to "annihilate each other if you decide that it will be a threat to the world", it is an ally... there has always been some kind of mission or interest involved.
But today, the promises we made in our dreams are completely different in color.
If I were to name it, I would say, "Abel, I declare full watch."
When he lived a modest life, at the last moment he came forward with a drummer, and he nodded... which means that he promised to spend his life with him as much as possible.
If you think about it, it's really heavy, or it's really terrible. If Ville-sama and his father heard about it, they would fall asleep.
Specifically, it's almost a reverse proposal... "
When I got that far, I felt an indescribable sense of shame.
Don't say such a great thing... I don't think he's pulled me off.
No. It's like you were already told in your dreams, "You were such a stupid girl."
But that's all I could think of to alleviate Abel's anxiety. No, I was watching, so I might have something to say. "No, no, no, but I can't say that I'm going to make it right or that I'm standing backwards, and I can't..."
Hmmmmm, Abel-san burst out in a small burst as he gurgled with a momentum that seemed to give off a fever of wisdom.
"I know what you're thinking... but if you can, can you just keep up the good work for a while?"
Eh, why?
"Funny face."
"Terrible!?"
While giggling, your shaved hair is fixed by hand.
I wonder what it is, but when she laughed, strangely Abel seemed to be an ordinary young man.
Maybe it's because there's no more secrets, but maybe it's because of me that Abel's existence has become more real.
Mmm, but it was still there, Abel-san let go of her hand and sat back down.
And exhale lightly.
"... Actually, it's still a mess in my heart."
The voice was a little small.
"Nothing has been sorted out. I don't know what to do with this painful emotion, where to hit my disappointment and anger, how to redeem myself... I don't know what to do with it."
"Mr. Abel..."
Of course I did. Rather, I feel too calm now.
If I were in the same position, I'd be more upset if I had all that miserable information.
But Abel continued calmly.
But when I'm with you, I feel like everything's going to be sorted out.
Me and you?
"Yeah, I can do one thing after another, so I don't have time to worry." And yet, at some point, the worries are solved on their own. "
……
Is that so? I hit my hammer, but I'm not sure.
Speaking of which, in my dreams, I said things like, "You're dangerous, so I won't look at you." And I've been told things like, "I'm too busy taking care of you to look around."
Thinking so, Mr. Abel looked at my doubtful expression and said:
"I see..." For example, when I was a child, I thought that I had called in a "crying woman" because I had studied Alheo characters and caused misery. Now I know that what I did has nothing to do with it, but I didn't do it alone while I was trapped in the tower. ”
"Woe" means that you can probably look at the imperial family, and if you ignore the crying woman, there will be no problem at all, so if you think about it for sure, you can do research.
"I always thought I should research and know what the letters, the tarot and the" crying woman "are in order to actually avenge Eli." "And yet, I couldn't move because of my past failures..." But looking at you made me feel ridiculous. "
"That's... thank you...?"
"I will happily study this terrible weapon, and I will tell you everything I trusted... but as a result, I did everything I wanted to do to protect my surroundings, so I thought I would do anything."
It's subtle to be praised, but in short, you can do what you want to do while you get caught up in me doing whatever you want...?
Still, Abel-san continued.
"I never thought I'd be lonely, but now I think I'm just paralyzed. But when I realized it, I didn't have to worry about it anymore."
Mr. Abel counted his fingers.
After naming me, give me some of the names of the people in the Dawn Brigade.
Then suddenly he laughed tinyly.
"If there is someone who wants to help you this much, you don't have time to suffer from loneliness, do you?"
After all, it's like I've never seen such a face before... just a little grown-up, normal young face.
Unlike him, who had a hard expression with a secret that no one could tell, I felt somewhat strange.
Isn't it a bit blown out, Abel-san?
I think so.
That said, Mr. Abel looked up at the high ceiling of the cave.
"I don't even know what my sins are, and to what extent. Still, you won't forget it...... but that doesn't change anything if you live and die."
Rather than thinking about it, it seems to be determined to wait for the coming battle and the future.
Maybe there's too much serious information around.
Mr. Abel looked at us suddenly.
Those eyes had a gentle color, and I was dumbfounded as to why.
"If you're going to look at me, I'm not going to expose you in an unorthodox way."
... the target of the maiden games, don't be afraid.
For some reason, such a line passed through my head.
"If you can't change the past, you just do what you can now." That's what you said. "
What can I do now?
"For example... what will you do when you reach the shore?"
The words of Mr. Abel make me happy.
I could see the end of the underground lake before the thick fog.