Chapter 281: Dreams
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As I slept, I woke up in my dreams.
Ah, now that I am a Daydreaming Dragon, I guess I can travel through dreams even easily.
I found myself floating in the middle of a beautiful starlight sky. Was I in some kind of dream imitating space itself?
I looked everywhere, and there was just an endless and beautiful cosmos.
Stars everywhere the eye could see, nebulas, and passing comets of brightly colored tails.
I began to dive through the endless cosmos, as I suddenly found somewhere else within it.
Huh? A beautiful, blue-skinned ice giant girl… Of course, how can I not recognize her?
"Benladann? Is that really you?"
I wondered if it was her because this could be the fabrication of a dream.
I checked her a bit, and it was indeed her, her soul flowed strongly from within her.
"Drake? Am I dreaming? This is the first time I dream of something so vividly and lucidly… I usually am in a daze when I dream…" she said.
"Y-Yeah, sorry about that, it's my dream, I think you mixed on it because we sleep too close with one another," I said.
"Ooh… That's cool! I've never seen the dreams of another person before…" said Benladann.
"You don't mind?"
"If you don't mind, I don't mind." She said cutely.
"Alright then my princess, come with me," I said rather gallantly, as I extended my hand towards her, and she held it.
"Hehe, it's funny when you act gallantly…" she chuckled.
"Geh… I-It wasn't a joke…" I sighed.
"Oh… Sorry, it is still charming…" she said.
"I guess you can say that." I laughed.
We flew around this cosmos-like dream, as we traveled towards the nearest nebula. It was blue and azure-colored, floating majestically across the vastness of this imaginary universe.
"So beautiful… I have never traveled to space before." Said Benladann.
"Me neither, but in dreams, you can do anything you want… Anything on mind?" I asked, as I shaped the nebula into a couch and we both sat over it.
"Ooh, fancy…" she chuckled.
She sat at my side and rested her head over my shoulder.
"Hmm… I don't know… Oh! I know." She said.
"What is it?"
"I have never seen how you looked in your previous life… Can I see it? You said we can do anything." She said.
Ah… That caught me off guard.
Ugh, this is a bit embarrassing now…
I wasn't particularly the prettiest guy back then, nor anything special…
She'll see how pathetic I was… Ahh…
This is indeed embarrassing.
But if she loves me… then I guess she won't mind it too much?
I hope…
"Okay, but… promise me that you won't judge me based on how I used to be…" I sighed.
"Oh… S-Sure… I would never do such a thing…" she said, holding my hand.
"T-Then let's go…"
I waved my hand, as a dream portal emerged. I shaped a new dream based on my memories of my previous life at random, and we hopped inside of it.
Here we go then…
…
When I opened my eyes once more, I found myself inside my room.
Hm?
And I was… me?
I looked exactly like my previous life self.
And where's Benladann?
She's nowhere?
EH?!
"Benladann?! Where are you?!"
I began to walk around my room. It wasn't messy because I was obsessed with cleaning, so at the very least it could be said I was proud of having a cleanroom.
Ah…
I stopped midway through as I admired it for a bit.
It has… really been a while.
How long now? Half a year since I died?
It feels so long… like years.
I went around the bookshelves, as I found my books… My manga, light novels, and so on.
I grabbed them and began to read them
All the pages were there?!
I guess they are all the ones I've read.
Those I left without reading… Yep, they were empty inside.
Sigh…
There was the TV and the Game consoles… Switch, Play Station, Xbox… The games were there.
Oh… I wish I could just sit once more and just enjoy a nice playthrough in one of my favorite games for a change of pace.
Ah. But Benladann! Where is she?
I walked into the next room, as I heard someone's voice.
Someone very familiar… which I had not seen in a long time.
"Big brother?"
"…"
My sister…
She's… just a dream, I shouldn't get emotional or anything.
But I guess… It's not bad to greet her, right?
"S-Sister… how are you?"
"Hm? I'm good… You got out early. Ready to go out?"
"To go out?"
"Yeah, you promised me we were going skiing!"
"Ah… No, wait… I can't…"
"But you promised me!"
"…But I will die."
"Die? You won't die! It is just skiing, stop being so timid and come hang out with my kids, let's have a nice time together… How long has it been since we went out like sister and brother?" she sighed.
She looked at me with her beautiful aquamarine eyes.
Ugh… I am weak to those eyes.
"Fine…"
"Alright then! Come pack up things with us!"
She held my hand and led me to the living room, where I greeted her husband and her kids. They were all there… I also kind of miss them. I saw her two kids grow up since they were babies, I took care of them for several days, so I guess I am a good uncle for them… I like to gift them games too. Well… I liked.
"Ready for its buddy?"
And her husband, she was a childhood friend of hers. A good guy. He used to be a timid nerd back then, but she chose him over other guys because of his honesty.
"Yeah, let's have some fun."
"That's the spirit man."
I wonder if I could… see my parents or my big brother.
"Let's go!"
"W-What about mom and dad?"
"Don't you remember? They went into a resort."
"Oh right…"
We went into her car, and we moved into the mountains after some time.
It all felt so real.
I wonder… am I really dreaming?
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