Chapter 94 : In the Dream Where the Flower of the Other Shore Blooms

-Dad has something he really wants to show you.

-The place where Dad was born. There’s truly a magical scenery in Murmansk.

-Let’s definitely go see it together.

-That’s Dad’s only wish.

With those words, Dad never came again.

What was it that Dad wanted to show?

For Alisa, the world was too far away.

She couldn’t understand most of what her parents had said.

The only thing she could understand was guilt.

Her own world, disconnected from the outside world.

A world barely created with the help of the dark blue crow.

She waited for death in the darkness.

* * *

The huge hall made of ice in the deepest part of the castle was full of medical chart soldiers.

They stood in rows with their spears raised sharply.

At the very back, a middle-aged couple with black hair sat on thrones with solemn expressions.

[How impertinent, Alisa.]

[How dare you come here with your dirty feet.]

[The execution will only be carried out by my order.]

[Have you come to resolve your own guilt?]

[How insolent.]

[Even salvation is a luxury for you.]

“Are those… Alisa’s parents?”

“That’s right.”

Yeonseo was on guard, emitting purple starlight while holding Alisa in her arms. I was standing guard at the back to protect everyone, including the magical girl of [Death].

Twitch

The small mouse-like Alisa, who had been limp in Yeonseo’s arms, got up. And she broke free from Yeonseo’s arms and ran forward.

The small mouse quickly moving away.

It happened so suddenly.

“Alisa!?”

“It’s dangerous!”

“…”

While Yeonseo and I were shocked, and the magical girl of [Death] watched quietly, Alisa stood before her parents in her mouse form for the first time.

“Dad, Mom.”

[Shut that filthy mouth.]

[We died because of you!! We lost our lives because of you!!]

[Because of a daughter who was no different from a corpse for 16 years!!]

[We lost all our time!!]

[Now die!]

“I’m sorry. I came to apologize.”

Seeing this, Yeonseo rushed forward urgently, but the paper soldiers standing on both sides of the huge hall rushed in all at once to block her.

Paper soldiers coming like waves.

-Stop her!! Don’t let her interfere with the execution!!

-Everyone rush in!

-We must not let her approach the King!

Amidst this, Yeonseo desperately shouted.

“Alisa!! Don’t listen!! It can’t be!! There are no parents who want their child to die!!”

[Dream] Magical Girl’s Unique Skill

Sleepwalking Form

All kinds of people’s dreams flowed out from the purple smoke emanating from Yeonseo’s body, coloring the huge hall.

A space full of cold darkness.

Dreams painted with purple paint appeared there, separating everyone like a river.

Some soldiers fell into a dream of people swimming at the beach.

Some soldiers were trapped in a dream of the rainy season and became soaking wet.

Yeonseo jumped over the paper soldiers who had fallen into confusion and ran forward.

“Alisa!! I’ll help you!!”

I stepped forward to help Yeonseo.

Snap!

In sync with my finger snap, the colorful dreams spread out in the space expanded like a kaleidoscope.

Dreams shining so brilliantly in all colors that you couldn’t distinguish even an inch ahead, like placing a huge prism on a painting covered in paint.

Dreams that bubble up and disappear in people’s minds became a huge painting where even the unconscious gets lost and wanders, receiving the starlight of deception that changes perception and deceives the world.

The dreams that had formed like rivers became a colorful sea, swallowing countless unconscious like waves.

-Aagh?! The dreams are expanding!!

-I can’t see what’s what!

-We need to stop it!

Red

Blue

Green

Yellow

Pink

Purple

In the brilliantly shining colorful dream.

The beauty of the world Alisa hadn’t seen.

Three girls run to help the girl facing her guilt, hoping that even a little of it would reach her.

Finally, we stand next to the small, insignificant mouse.

“Alisa, you’re not alone.”

“How could you go like that alone.”

“…”

The king who rules the dreams of death, watching this scene, rose from his seat.

[I left my hometown because of you.]

[Because there was no hospital there that could admit you.]

The king with the same face as Alisa’s father slowly approached the small mouse.

[I lost my job because of you.]

[Because you had seizures as if you were about to die while just sleeping all day.]

[I left the job I had worked at all my life to take care of you.]

“…I’m sorry.”

Finally, the two facing each other.

A small mouse and a solemn king.

The representation of Alisa’s perception of her relationship with her father.

[Die.]

“…Okay.”

Yeonseo came forward as the mouse lowered its head and shed tears.

“Alisa.”

“Yes?”

“Did your father… really want you to die?”

“…”

Yeonseo carefully extended her hand filled with purple starlight towards the king.

The trace of her father remaining so faintly in the unconscious.

To help find that faint trace that normally couldn’t even find a fragment, I cast the blessing of cause and effect reversal on Yeonseo as she extended her hand.

‘I hope it succeeds.’

Purple starlight poured over the king wearing elegant black clothes. Gradually, a gentle voice different from before flowed from him.

-Dad has something he really wants to show you.

-The place where Dad was born. There’s truly a magical scenery in Murmansk.

-Let’s definitely go see it together.

-That’s Dad’s only wish.

“I’ll show you the real dream contained in the unconscious, not your father distorted by guilt.”

Purple mist spreading over the cold space.

The warm purple mist gathered and formed small clouds. And inside those clouds, a man with a gentle smile was excitedly talking to his wife, holding a fairy tale book in one hand.

-Haha, look at this, honey! The corners of her mouth turned up! Alisa must be in a good mood.

-Really? It looks the same to me.

-No, Alisa likes listening to <Alice in Wonderland> the most.

“…Yes. It was fun.”

In another cloud, the old man and patients who always had gloomy expressions in the hospital were singing happy birthday with awkward smiles. And the one who had gathered them was her father in a ridiculous outfit.

-Haha, it’s been so long since we’ve had a birthday party in this gloomy hospital.

-I’m so happy I don’t even think about drinking.

-Happy birthday, Alisa.

-Thank you all for coming.

-No, we want this child to wake up too.

-Alisa is too pretty and precious to be lying here.

“…I didn’t hear this. Th-thank you.”

In another cloud, her parents were massaging Alisa’s arms and legs, praying for her to wake up healthy. The three hospital security guards took turns sitting, bringing juice and food for them who were tired.

-Your daughter is really cute.

-I have a daughter too, so I understand how you feel.

-It’s hard to make a living so we take bribes, but at times like this, it hurts my heart.

-If there’s anything you need, just say it… I’ll do it for free, especially.

-Th-thank you.

“…Thank you.”

In another cloud, her parents were wrapping her in a handmade blanket.

In another cloud, her parents were praying with their hands clasped.

Though it was hard

Sad

And painful

Still, her parents lived for her.

Yeonseo was shedding tears as she watched this scene.

Probably the same scene her parents had shown in their lifetime.

“Did your parents really want you to die?”

“…”

“At least. I don’t think so.”

Alisa, who had been in the form of a small mouse, had somehow returned to her original form.

A girl with black hair.

Clumsy and small, but.

Now not giving up on herself.

Alisa approached her father, who was smiling, surrounded by purple mist instead of a solemn expression.

“Da…d.”

“Yes.”

“I’m sorry.”

“No, it’s okay.”

“I love you.”

“Me too.”

Alisa quietly hugged him and sobbed.

“I’m sorry… I couldn’t go to Murmansk.”

“Make sure to go sometime. It’s really beautiful.”

“Yes. I’ll definitely… wake up. And go.”

“Aurora. There’s a wonderful aurora there.”

The man in the purple mist gradually disappeared, with a regretful expression.

A fragment of unconsciousness remaining so faintly.

Even with the miracle of cause and effect reversal, it couldn’t last for a long time.

But I could help make it a wonderful farewell.

[Deception] Magical Girl’s Unique Skill

Dream World

Rumble

The ceiling of the castle made of cold snow gradually disappeared.

What filled its place was the endless winter night sky I had seen sometime before.

No longer did the cold execution ground to execute a girl exist around.

An endless snowfield.

A quiet night due to snow.

Darkness spread over the white earth.

In the vast darkness, fluorescent auroras were shining, fluttering like curtains.

That curtain of light, which seemed like it could cover the entire vast plain, shone so brilliantly.

It seemed to shine with all fragments of emotions mixed in.

Because it looked like Alisa’s life, which had arisen from incomplete fragments of emotions.

It felt like tears would come.

Green.

Blue.

Perhaps white.

Perhaps the blanket Alisa’s parents had covered her with.

A huge curtain of light.

Alisa, holding her mom and dad’s hands in both of hers.

Looked up at it.

“…”

“…”

“…”

Alisa didn’t exchange any more words with her parents’ unconsciousness slowly disappearing into the purple mist.

Whether it was her hesitation due to being inexperienced in expressing emotions, or whether she was just trying to feel this moment as much as possible because she couldn’t find any more words to say.

Because we couldn’t know, Yeonseo and I could only watch Alisa like that.

And the magical girl of [Death] also quietly watched everything.