“Do you know the destruction of the past civilizations? For that reason using dimension travelling selfishly is a crime . Given the effects of dimensional travelling, I’ll be going back soon . But, Daiki? Even I wasn’t able to completely dissolve the curse on your sister in a short time . I was a bit crazy with the disconnecting from the system . No, that was unavoidable . The area of the brain controlling memory was held immobile by magic… That came along with few revived Magical Girls . ”
And then, Anastasia returned to her world .
We disbanded after some time then I returned home with Maria in arms .
“Anyhow— I’m tired . ”
I swam from Okinawa to Kyushu to save MP but I’m also mentally exhausted .
Then, I laid Maria down on her bed and I returned to my room to lay on the bed .
“Memory loss…”
Tomorrow probably will be troublesome . First, I’ll have to patch things up as much as possible .
I fell asleep while thinking that .
“Kyaaaaaaaa!”
I heard a scream in the middle of the night .
It’s from Maria’s room . I immediately headed to Maria’s room and Maria was sitting upright with a frightened expression .
“Onii-chan?”
“What’s wrong, Maria?”
Maria sighed as if she’s relieved by my appearance .
“Hey, Onii-chan?”
“Hm?”
“I had a terrible dream . Hehe, next month I’ll be a junior high school student… I’m sorry . ”
“Is that so . It was a bad dream?”
“It was a dream that had Magical Girls and such…”
Her consciousness is cloudy . Besides, her becoming a junior high school student happened several months ago or so .
Well, her memory has been tampered with and from tomorrow it’s going to be rough .
“Hey, Onii-chan? Can you come here? I really had a terrible dream…”
“Sure . ”
I sat down on Maria’s bed and held her shivering shoulders .
“I’ve always chased after something and the precious people to me have changed… Despite doing my best nothing changed . And the situation gets worse . ”
“…”
“Even so I still persisted . I had no alternative but to run alone in the darkness . Scared, tired, lonely… I was always… crying . ”
“Don’t worry . ”
“Eh?”
“Everything has ended . Right now, you’re up, right? The terrible dream is over . ”
“Hey, Onii-chan? I’m sorry… It’s still scary . I want us to sleep together… today . ”
“I understand . ”
And then, I slipped in Maria’s futon .
“Hey, Onii-chan?”
“What is it?”
“Ehm, before the terrible dream ended . ”
“At the end of the really hopeless nightmare an angel like in the West and a shrine priestess a servant of Japan’s God came to help me . But, still nothing has changed . ”
“Un . ”
“And then light was brimming… At the very end Onii-chan appeared wearing silver armor and a sword in his hands . Just like a hero in games… It’s funny, right?”
I gently stroke Maria’s head while smiling .
“Aah, that’s right . ”
“Hey, Onii-chan?”
“What is it?”
“A while back I drew a manga… It helped a lot to me who was being bullied and called gross . ”
“Did such a thing happen?”
Maria giggled .
“Although Onii-chan was bullied by his classmates . I’ll really laugh . ”
“But, well, I can’t lose to a female student lower class than me . ”
I won’t hit a female student lower class than me in the first place . I’ll just beat her with words .
“Hey, Onii-chan?”
“I saw a bad dream at 12 years old and had my Onii-chan sleep together with me…”
Well, you’re 13 years old not 12… I smiled bitterly .
“And at the end of the nightmare Onii-chan saved me . Surely somewhere in the depths of my heart I’ve been relying on Onii-chan since that time . ”
“Hey, Maria?”
“What?”
“It’s okay to rely on me . ”
“Eh?”
“I’m your Onii-chan, after all . Even when you become an adult, old woman, grandma, I’ll still be your Onii-chan until death . That’s why you can rely on me till death . Because I’m your Onii-chan . ”
“Un… that’s right . ”
After thinking silently for a bit… Maria’s shaking could be felt even here .