The world after death is white, like a vast snowy field.

Nothing, nothing to think about, just quiet, only silence, only nothingness.

Death...... But if that's the case, it's okay.

He felt, immersed, sank......

However, just when I thought that I would fall into the whiteness of eternity like this, I heard a voice.

"Light ......"

"Kotaro...... It's you......"

"Wake up...... You can ......."

The name of the voice was strange and familiar to him, as if in a long dream, people called him like that.

I am...... Kotaro?

Yes, I am......

Who's calling me?

"It's me...... Wilderness ......"

Field...... Hearing this title, he remembered something, messy pictures, sounds, and feelings, like falling snowflakes, which made him feel cold and a trace of warmth at the same time.

I...... Still alive?

Kotaro slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing the handsome face in front of him, he looked down at himself.

"Welcome back. Harusa smiled gently.

"Harano......" Kotaro blinked, "I...... It's not already ......"

"You did disappear then, and I thought you were dead, but ......" Haruji paused, "Anyway, you should get up first...... Can you get up?"

The charcoal seller took the other's outstretched hand, stood up, and then noticed the scene around him.

"Here...... What is it?"

The impenetrable dense fog and colorful floating light clusters made him stunned.

"This is the Soul Room, a special space that can preserve the spirit body, and those light clusters you see are remnant souls, fragments of human souls. Harusa explained, "Before I woke you up, you were like that. ”

"Remnant Soul...... Soul fragments ......" Kotaro looked confused, "I don't understand......"

"Actually, I don't know what's going on, but from your situation...... Among those remnants may be people you know, or even your loved ones. Harusa said cautiously.

"Loved ones......" Kotaro muttered, then remembered something more, "Sister...... Mom...... Brother...... Is it right there!?"

"It's just maybe, I can't say for sure. Harusa reaffirmed, "You can try to reach and call them, but be careful, remnants are fragile. ”

Kotaro nodded, then approached a ball of light and cautiously reached out to touch it.

"Fuyumi...... Mom...... Jiro ...... tried to call, but nothing happened.

So he withdrew his hand in disappointment and continued to touch the next ball of light.

Harusa watched him try again and again, and sighed in his heart.

"Is that good?" a voice sounded nearby.

It's a summer night.

Harusa knew what she was asking.

Is it really appropriate to awaken a dead person, a "person" who is not a human being in the first place?

"I don't know. Harusa said calmly, "I can't tell if it's good or bad. When I found out that he might wake up, I couldn't help but do it. ”

If Kotaro were a real human, it would certainly be good to bring him back to life, but he wasn't.

The town where he used to live has disappeared, and the only place he can stay here is here, even if there is a way to take him out to the present world in the future, it will be difficult for him to live like an ordinary person.

He thinks he is human, but he is not human, and this kind of "resurrection" is better than letting him die as a human being...... Harusa had no way of judging.

It's just that the previous ending was too sad, as long as he could save this kind charcoal seller, he would do it!

Let's think about the rest later.

Kotaro tried for a while, but instead of finding his relatives, he began to have a headache on his own, feeling a little chaotic in his head, and occasionally flashing messy and pictures and sounds.

Immediately after that, there was a sudden sharp pain, and a relatively clear scene appeared in his mind, which made him scream!

"What's wrong!?" Harumi rushed to his side when he saw this.

"Ahhhhhh......h Help ...... "Kotaro fell to the ground, rolling in pain, and a red mist came out of his body!

"I'm here, I'll help you!" Although he didn't know if it would work, Hariji let him use a healing spell.

After a while, the charcoal seller calmed down, covered his head, panted, and the mist coming out of his body faded, and then stopped.

"What's wrong with you, Kotaro?"

"I ...... I saw a terrible ghost ......."

"What kind of goblin?"

"White ...... It's huge...... It's a long ...... Head...... It's weird......" Kotaro frowned, as if he didn't know how to describe what he saw.

"Is it a white dragon?" asked Harusa.

"Dragon...... I think I heard someone call it that......" Kotaro muttered, "What the hell is that?"

Harusa was silent for a moment.

"That's probably what really kills you. ”

"Huh?"

"Listen to me, Kotaro ......" Harusa looked at each other.

"It may be hard for you to accept, but what I'm going to say is true. ”

"Actually, you're long gone......"

……

After listening to Harano's explanation, Kotaro was completely stunned.

It was difficult for him to accept what the other party said, and he resisted to understand it in his heart, but the other party's sincere attitude and gentle words made him feel that everything the other party said was true.

The two conflicted in their hearts, and they couldn't help but fall into a long silence.

Suddenly, my head hurt again.

Kotaro yelled and rolled on the ground again, seeing more mess...... Then it dawned on him.

These are memories.

Memories of your own true life!

What the wilderness said...... It's all true!!

"Woo-a-aa-aa-" It felt like death.

I...... Who exactly?

Who the hell am I!?

Younger sister...... Mom...... Brother...... Are they all fake!?

Is the family fake!The town is fake!Is everything fake!??

"No...... Don't, aaaaaaa

Kotaro shouted frantically, and a red mist appeared on his body again, and then turned into crimson, then black-red, wrapping around his body...... No, his whole body began to melt into a black mist!!

"Calm down!Kotaro!!" Haruji shouted.

He sensed the aura of danger and had to prepare for battle, as did the summer night that had been silently watching.

Just when the collapsed charcoal seller seemed to be about to turn into some kind of demon and monster, the dense fog around him suddenly surged, turning into a gray streamer that covered the black fog like a substance, and wrapped it heavily!

At the same time, a system prompt popped up in front of Harusa's eyes: "There is a spirit body running wild inside the soul room, and the suppression function is activated, giving priority to the consumption of inner realm crystals in the warehouse." ”

There is an automatic pressing function...... It's good, but it's not so good to consume crystals.

After Harusa and Natsuya saw the gray streamer completely envelop the black mist, they compressed it and gradually turned into a spherical shape.

During this period, the shape of the streamer kept changing, as if the black fog was struggling violently inside, trying to break free from the confinement, but after all, it was unable to resist the suppression of the system.

When the streamer completely turns into a large ball, the system indicates that the suppression is complete, and shows the number of crystals consumed.

For this unexpected consumption, Harusa was a little painful.

"Brother System, let me do it myself next time. ”