239 – 239 – Summer. festival. Fireworks #14
239 – Summer. festival. Fireworks #14
Nike Mokey Mokey remembered his father.
Dad lived in the forest without interacting with people, but he was wiser and wiser than anyone else.
Nike’s father, Lesh, sometimes told amazing stories while looking at the stars in the sky or the flowing river.
There was a time when I talked about something called a ‘dream’.
-Dreams are the result of dice. For example, let’s say we throw a six-sided die here. Let’s say you eat these raspberries, Nike, as much as the numbers come out.
Degur.
The eyes that came out were 2.
-2 came out. Moke-moke, you have a ‘now’ where you eat two raspberries. However, that doesn’t mean that the ‘now’ when 3 or 4 came out has completely disappeared.
– Raspberries are delicious… !
ㅡIn other words, depending on the number of eyes that came out each time the dice was thrown, a branch of the possibility of one to six was created. As the selection is repeated, this number increases.
– Raspberries… . Ate it all… .
At that time, Nike was still young and did not know what his father was talking about.
The raspberries were just delicious.
However, as I got older and went through training as a druid, I was able to understand little by little about what my dad said at that time.
said Nike.
“Our lives are made up of countless choices. It’s like throwing a dice. The present ‘now’ is what was created by gathering those choices.”
But.
“But according to my dad, the odds of all the outcomes we didn’t choose also exist somewhere in this world and in the universe. And dreams are windows that project that possibility.”
“That means… .”
“Foretelling dreams are also like that. I’m confirming the turning point of the future I’ve chosen as a dream. In that sense, Victorica, it is a story that in some worlds you might have done what you dreamed of.”
“I can’t… .”
“Of course, it’s up to you, Victorica, to believe whether or not this is real.”
Victoria thought the story quite unbelievable.
However, Nike’s story touched Victoria’s emotional heart more than her rational head.
So, to summarize Nike’s words, it can be seen as a dream confirming herself who made a different choice from Victoria herself now.
Nike adds.
“Perhaps the world of divergence we did not choose actually exists somewhere in the distant stars. Astrologers read it through the stars.”
“… The world where I ate a hamburger instead of a sandwich this morning could be somewhere in the stars.”
“right. The world where we might have been defeated by Mine Kenaz today could exist among those countless stars.”
“This story… . I’m hearing this for the first time… .”
“I’ve never seen anyone talk like this other than my dad. But, my dad doesn’t lie either! I believe!”
“I’m not a liar… . It’s like Victor.”
“right!”
Nike’s father was a mysterious being named Lesh.
Even Victoria knows it because she sensed its presence at first glance.
It was an unusual existence.
It wasn’t strange at all even if he knew the secret and mysterious knowledge of the world that no one knew about. So, what should Victoria do now?
‘Then, if there is a future or a turning point where I really kill Victor… .’
Victorica spreads out her palms, which are wrapped in bandages due to burns.
The feeling of the dream of sticking a sword into the guy’s hard stomach was very vivid.
At that time, Nike held Victoria’s hand.
“But Dad said something important at the end. A dream is just a dream anyway. In the end, I said that the important thing is the present I am living in. I mean right here.”
“… I see.”
“Victoria, whatever you did in your dream is only a possibility. It didn’t actually happen, so he said we should focus on reality.”
Victorica regained her motivation a little.
As Nike said, in the end, a dream is just a dream.
In the end, it was a story that didn’t happen as of now.
* * *
Domina said.
If you want to make women reconcile, make a ‘common enemy’.
So I drove Nike and Victoria into the dungeon, but I thought that was not enough.
Mine Kenaz alone isn’t enough.
Kenaz is too easy to attack.
It’s because the three of them can finish it just by equipping the ‘magic water stopper’. A more threatening cooperation was needed.
So what I chose was the option that I would carry that burden.
I’m Fire Punch… , No, becoming Ifrit, the demon of flame, threatening Victorica and Nike.
Then there might be camaraderie between the two.
So I ate the transformation potion I got from the treasure chest and practiced acting in various ways.
Cloudling Yingying, who had a good sense of humor, caught me right away.
Thanks to that, I had to hear a lot of complaints, scoldings, and grumblings from Victoria, Nike, and Akasa… .
“Victoria, do you think the bandages are well applied?”
“I’m fine, Nike, but your shoulder was rough, so you should see a therapist.”
Watching Nike and Victoria talk to each other, it seemed that my role was not needed.
Seeing that Nike, who always called Victoria, calls Victoria by her first name, and Victoria also calls her Nike, not Moke-moke, it seems that the distance between the two has become closer.
“As a result, the harvest is good.”
I also obtained a Crystal of Flame from Kenaz.
In addition, since he obtained material items such as scales and claws from the salamanda he defeated several, he should be able to make ‘Blaze Feeder’, a fire-resistance armor that will be useful when hunting dragons.
“Then, exit the dungeon.”
Squeak.
When I put my body through the escape portal opened in the ruins, the gray temple that had the entrance to the dungeon appeared in front of me.
Perhaps because they wanted to go back and wash up quickly, everyone silently moved back to Ludens.
It only took about an hour from entering the dungeon to clearing and leaving, but everyone’s faces were like those of warriors who had marched 40km.
“Firing… . Now that I think about it, it was a pretty cute monster. How can I catch and bring back one… .”
Only Akasha is in relatively good condition.
It must have been that there were no injuries or anything worth getting hurt in this dungeon.
Akasha seems to be stronger than I thought.
After that, I arrived at school.
At the crossroads leading to the women’s dormitory, Nike speaks.
“Then, I should go and see a therapist and wash up. Would you like to go with Victoria? Let’s wash our backs together in the dormitory bathroom… .”
Nike’s proposal contained some shame.
It was a very courageous expression.
Upon hearing the story, Victoria also seemed to be taken aback for a moment.
I’m just nervous
Akasha didn’t even say anything.
A situation that makes you feel cold in many ways.
Finally, Victoria opened her small lips.
“Okay, what… . I also sweated a lot, so I wanted to wash… .” He answered vaguely, blushing somewhere.
My back is itching just looking at it.
I have to go back soon and wash up.
There’s a lot to do.
* * *
“The first aid was really good. It is clean without scars.”
Nursing teacher Happiness Huhuhu laughed.
Nike put on the top and let out a sigh of relief.
“thank god.”
It seemed that Victoria did a good job of first aid.
If the scars were left, I think it would have been a bit heartbreaking.
interest.
When I opened the door to the infirmary and came out, Victoria was there.
Victoria and Nike head to the female dormitory bath together.
A large bath that sparkles in gold and water gushes from the mouths of statues of angels and lions.
As she dipped her body in the water, it seemed that the fatigue was gone in many ways.
Then, Nike puts out a laugh.
“what. Why are you laughing.”
“No, I thought the student council president would make that kind of noise when he went into the bathroom.”
“That’s natural. Because I am also a person. no different than you It’s just that the environment we’ve lived in is a little different.”
Nike nodded at Victoria’s story.
But looking at that huge thing floating in the water, Victoria’s story felt like a lie.
‘Is it because of the nutritional status… .’
Boong-Bung-Nike shaking his head.
He assures himself that he will soon grow up to be great.
Then Victoria asked.
“Nike, you. Do you like Victor?”
“… … .”
“I don’t know how that sounds to you. The days I lived through were not as comfortable as they were. I had my own troubles.”
Nike did not respond to Victoria, who spoke calmly.
It would have been foolish to disparage Victorica’s hardships just because she was richer than Nike herself.
In reality, life as a princess would not have been so comfortable.
A life where you have to see that scary man, Cain, in the same house every day… , It wasn’t a picture I wanted to imagine very much as Nike.
“Especially in my life, Enio was quite a nuisance. Even now. You’re trying to confront me at every turn. Trying to take away what I have. That guy is like my rival.”
“rival… .”
Nike thought of Enio and Victoria.
The two were princesses who grew up in completely different directions… It was definitely not inferior to being called a rival. But it was when Nike tilted his head, not knowing why he was suddenly bringing up such a story.
“But, I guess I have no choice but to correct my thoughts. Nike. Nike Mokey Mokey. You are also quite a strong enemy in my life.”
“… … .”
“You, like Enio, are my nemesis. So, in many ways, I will never lose to you. I won’t underestimate this or that anymore. If you challenge me to a match, I will deal with you wholeheartedly.”
“… … !”
Nike was taken aback.
I wondered if Victoria would be angry with herself again.
Nike had a good sense of humor, so he could tell that the girl in front of him was not speaking with the intent of antagonizing him.
‘Victorica recognized me. It is an opponent that can only be defeated by fighting with sincerity. Victorica recognized me.’
Even though I hated it in many ways these days.
For some reason, he was happy that the opponent he had admired for a long time recognized him as an equal adversary.
‘To think that I’m standing on the same stage as Enio and Victorica… .’
Not knowing what expression to make, Nike plunges into the water and dives up to her face.
Bogrrr-.
What you see in front of the submerged Nike is very large… .
Somehow angry, Nike reached out.
“Aww… !? you, you, what are you doing! Where can I touch you!”
Plop, plop-.
Splashes and splashes that occur in various ways.
In the midst of that great commotion, Nike suddenly remembered that it was the first time he had ever fought and reconciled with someone else.
‘Is this what friends are?’
I don’t know.
Nike, who lived in the forest, had nothing to call a friend of his age.
“If you go all the way, I will win! I am Nike Mokey Mokey of Rash Guard Forest… !”
“What are you saying, let go of this! oh… !”
Nike and Victoria, who had been splashing around for a while, soon laughed without saying who said first.
“Poohyong.”
“hehehehe-.”
After laughing for a long time, Victoria asked.
“Nike, you said earlier that the stars we made different choices might be somewhere in the sky.”
“Yes it was.”
“So, does that mean there could be a star somewhere in the sky with whom we are good friends?”
At Victoria’s question, Nike pondered for a moment.
The world of dice scales where Victorica and Nike are friends.
Maybe, I thought, maybe it wasn’t that far away.
Maybe this place, this moment.