(With a large chapter of nearly 6,000 words, this volume has finally reached its final stage.) I know it's painful for everyone to chase, and in fact, it's also painful for me to write, but it's finally going to be bitter! ）

This is a dream, but at the same time it is different from other dreams, and it plays a different role in the world built by countless dreams.

What was once known as a hunter's dream has now become an observation point. Like the moon hanging high above a planet, it looks down on the staggered tracks below, recording the appearance and disappearance of each branch.

Like an island in the mist, the hunter's house remains its original appearance forever, and time stands still here.

A simple wheelchair was parked in front of the big tree next to the workshop, and the old hunter sitting on it lowered his head as if he were asleep, and it was not strange to say that he was dead.

If you keep staring at it for about a day, you will lose the old hunter's trace in the blink of an eye. As if they never existed in the first place, the entire hunter dream realm could not find each other. Then, at some point, the old hunter would reappear, sitting there as before.

Sometimes appearing and sometimes disappearing, the scene repeats itself in the hunter's dreams.

However, this is actually an illusion caused by different viewing angles, and the old hunter has never left.

Don't understand? It doesn't matter, there's another observer here. Let's take a look at what's going on through my (the puppet's) perspective.

Re-imprinted the figure of the old hunter into view, this time he no longer reappeared and disappeared, but if you looked closely, you could see that the dreams around him were changing. It's like a constantly switching image, although it is the same scene, it is like editing time at random, forming a discontinuous structure.

In order to see more clearly, let's get rid of those hypocritical disguises.

The moon is gone, the sky is gone, the hunter house is gone, and the ground is gone...... After clearing the obstruction of the view, the world returns to darkness, and in the center of the darkness is the old hunter, and then around it you can see images like a movie floating in the sky.

In those images, you can see --

Someone is preventing the scene of a blood moon descending.

Someone enters the scene where the medical church fights the rector.

The scene where someone comes to the small fishing village to stop Byron Weiss from acting.

A scene where someone joins forces with aristocratic forces to expel hunters.

Someone controls the scene of the Manses Society attacking the medical church.

A scene where someone summons hunters against Byron Weiss.

……

The old hunter is reaching out his hand to make constant contact with these images, sometimes anxious and sometimes paused, and after each contact the images change, new images are born, and old images are destroyed.

Failed to prevent a Blood Moon from descending.

The death of the rector was not avoided.

Byron Weis's operation was successful.

The aristocratic power was eliminated.

Manses learned to lose.

The confrontation of the hunters stopped.

……

Countless trajectories that were deliberately disrupted by others were finally returned to the right track.

This is the point of observation and the point of connection with all dreams.

It is through this that the old hunter intervenes in different dreams and erases the traces of those disturbances.

I don't know how many times this kind of confrontation has been repeated, and the two sides are like manipulating the chess pieces on the chessboard, attacking and defending again and again.

Each time it ended in the victory of the old hunter, and then the other party could only leave a record of defeat to be taken away by the courier.

The messenger appeared at my (the puppet's) feet, and if I were to compile the big notes held by those little people into a book, I am afraid that several libraries would not be able to fit it.

But it's almost time for this to stop, and the preparation is about to be completed.

Then the Messenger, let these records be known.

…………

At some point, the desolate mountains and forests had been shrouded in a deep night, and dark clouds obscured the sky, leaving there neither moonlight nor starlight. The whole world seemed to have fallen asleep in the darkness, and there was no wildlife activity in the silent woods.

The patients with Saya syndrome remained the same as they had been, and Akika and Miyuki had already entered the dream realm, and neither Hatsuzakura nor Natsuo spoke in order to maintain the technique. Hours have passed, but nothing has happened. Because they couldn't contact Qiuhua and them, their situation was unknown.

Since it's given to them, I shouldn't think about it, Hatsuzakura has this kind of consciousness, but there is no way to eliminate boredom.

Hatsu Sakura sat on the ground in a daze for no longer knowing how long, although she wanted to talk to Xia Xu, she knew that she couldn't disturb each other now. According to Xia Xu, the entire ritual is operated by her, and she only needs to stay there as a node and release her power according to the technique. This also caused her to not have to think about anything, and her brain could only keep idling.

(Anyway, you usually have an empty brain~~~)

Obviously ordinary words, but they reveal a charming feeling, which makes people can't help but be attracted by the sound.

(Huh?!) ）

Hatsuzakura pricked up her ears, and the whole person seemed to be in a state of combat readiness.

(Well, it's really useless to appear for the longest time, but it hasn't tempted the four seasons yet.) If it was the first cherry blossom, it would have been ...... long ago Haha...... ）

Voices with the same timbre but different sensations followed, and it seemed to be starting to move in a dangerous direction.

(woohoo?!! ）

(I can't say that~~~ It's this innocent appearance that can achieve unexpected results.) In addition, sick and are forbidden!! But you can't relax when you're usually active in night raids or something! ）

When you hear this voice, you can imagine your hands on a fork.

(Woo!) That's it! ）

(Woo~~~~~!!!!!oooooo ）

A roar that wanted to tear people apart interrupted the other sounds.

(What is that, you don't understand it at all, right?) You see, the bestial personality is against it. ）

(People think it's just because they haven't replenished the energy of the four seasons for too long~~~)

(sluggish~~~)

(Right.) The first personality all agreed. ）

(Ah~~~ Why are people the same person as you who are wonderful!! ）

(Hatsuzakura just wants to say that as "me", the other personalities are too devoid of a sense of crisis!) If it goes on like this, the four seasons will be taken advantage of by those stealing cats!! ）

(Ahh!!!h ）

(Ahh

If you want to describe it, it probably looks like a group of people arguing around the round table at this time.

(It's all quiet!) ）

At this time, a noble and awe-inspiring voice full of positive energy finally suppressed all voices.

(What does it look like to quarrel with yourself!) ）

(Oh!! ）×5

(This disgusting positive energy is the seventh personality that only appears once and starts to sleep!) ）

(I can't help it, after all, the strength is not enough.) ）

It seems a little embarrassing to be said that the seventh personality.

(In short, the most important thing now is to rescue the four seasons, and the small theater in the brain can be carried out at any time!) Now listen to me, I feel the signs of the awakening of the eighth personality. ）

（？ ）×5

(Be vigilant.) ）

This time, even the intellectual personality who had been silent all along, spoke.

With trepidation, Hatsuzakura returns her attention to reality, and at this moment, perhaps feeling her mood change suddenly.

The originally dark environment was lit up by light, and when I looked up, I saw a huge full moon tearing through the dark clouds and appearing in the sky, and then the moon began to twist around the center, and the moon seemed to become a hole in the sky, and the scenery shining like stars appeared from the hole.

"Xia Xu!"

Hatsuzakura immediately looked in Natsuo's direction, and as a result, Natsu Xu's figure became blurry as if it were a dream. And then in the blink of an eye—

"It's gone!"

…………

The body felt like it was being sucked into a black hole, but it didn't make Xia Xu panic. Hatsuzakura must have been very worried when she found out that she had suddenly disappeared. When calmly looking at the bizarre scenery around him, Xia Xu thought apologetically.

What happened to him, Xia Xu was not unprepared in his heart, so he didn't resist.

Finally, that weirdness disappeared, and although the surroundings were still not normal, Xia Xu had already determined the body of this darkness.

Here is the edge of the dream.

She was pulled to the intersection of dreams and reality.

At this moment, a silver light appeared in the darkness, and if she had been prepared for the previous situation, then this time it was a little unexpected.

"You're here."

"Don't be surprised, Miss Witch. As long as you don't stay away from your loved ones, then fate will naturally bring us together. ”

There was an opera-like tone in the light, and Xia Xu, who was concerned about the reference, decided to ignore it for now.

"You're not going to act for no reason, and you're going to be here as that guy's arrangement?"

"No, no. You're wrong this time. ”

The other party seemed to be very happy because Xia Xu didn't guess correctly.

"My current actions are not gratuitous, but inevitable under the guidance of cause and effect. It wasn't the arrangement of the guy you said, it was just an accidental contact. ”

"I don't think there's any surprise to that guy's behavior."

"Well, that's right."

The silver light and shadow seemed to be very much in agreement.

"What about that guy?"

"After all, that's a guy who is 10 times more annoying than me, and it seems that the other party is also conscious, so you don't need to go to that guy, that guy's words have already been handed over to me to convey."

"Huh? It's so considerate, that guy is in a good mood. ”

"Ah, I guess I'm very happy. For the time is coming, when the time of cessation begins to pass again, and the door beyond the door will be opened, and 'he' will return. ”

"Do you know anything about 'him'?"

"The ultimate madman, the unspeakable chaos, the builder of order today, and one of the initiators of our fate. That's all I know. Don't try to get too much into it, Miss Witch. You should have something more important, right? ”

"Ah, I know."

"That's the message that guy wants me to give you."

“…… Everything is as if everything is ready, and the future is predestined. ”

After receiving the information, Xia Xu's face rarely showed unhappiness directly.

"And what does his future hold?"

"Oh? Did the witch become sentimental after falling in love? Unfortunately, even if I'm one of the most likely people in the entire multiverse to answer this question, I can't know the answer. Not only me, but even those who arrived on the outside had no answers. You know, the fate of people like us is completely unpredictable, and even if it is speculated, it is absolutely impossible to be sure. What's more, those guys made the hell in the first place, and it would be meaningless if it would be determined in the future. ”

The silver light and shadow seemed to make a mockery.

"So what you're doing makes sense, doesn't it?"

"That's right. I'll need your hand then. ”

"Ah, I'll help you. After all, I owe you a favor. So now it's up to you to get through this. ”

After saying that, the silver light disappeared.

Xia Xu didn't care about this, but looked at the end of the darkness, and then stretched out his hand.

"Just lend me one for now. Autumn flowers. ”

The light weaves the crystallization of the entity, a golden cup.

"But you're not going to say no, are you? It's all for the four seasons—"

…………

Now I'm dreaming.

For the scene at this moment, Qiu Hua thinks so.

Familiar house, familiar furnishings, and familiar atmosphere, this is Qiuhua's home. It's not a home in the relay world, but a home when she and Miyuki lived in the past.

Now she is standing in the kitchen preparing for today's dinner, and it is one of the things she is most happy to do to put the carefully prepared food in front of her family.

"Hmm~~~Hum ~~~"

If you accidentally hum a song out of tune, it would be embarrassing to be seen, but it's natural to be so happy.

The door was heard opening.

"Ah, Shiki is back?"

"Well, I'm back."

Welcome Shiki into the door and ask him to wait a little before dinner as usual.

(When did this happen?) ）

"How does it feel? It's been a week since I started school, is there anything I'm not used to? ”

After dinner is ready, sit down at the table with Shiki and ask about the things you care about most.

"The academic process has been accustomed.,Students' curiosity about transfer students has gradually disappeared.,It should become a normal school life.。

"That's right. How are you getting along with your classmates? Have you ever been bullied? Or isolated or something? Although I am not worried about the use of violence by the four seasons, school violence is not only physical. The character of the four seasons is too upright and too worrying. ”

"There shouldn't be the phenomenon that Qiuhua feared."

(Have we had such a conversation?) ）

"That's good, have you made friends?"

"Nope."

"Alas~~~"

Not a surprising answer.

"Lovers or something...... It's even more unlikely. ”

"Someone confessed to me."

"Eh???"

"But I refused."

"Hah, why?"

"Lovers are based on liking each other and preparing to live together for the rest of their lives. I didn't like her, and I had no intention of spending my life together. ”

"That's what the seasons say?"

"Hmm."

"It's like the four seasons do it."

Because it is too much of the style of the four seasons, I don't know what to say, but someone confesses that it is really the four seasons after a week of enrollment.

"So, does the Four Seasons have a favorite person?"

"Well, there is."

"Really? Who is it? ”

This answer surprised Qiuhua.

"Qiuhua."

"Ah~~~ It's so fun, thank you. Although there may be some differences in what we say we like. ”

“？”

(Hehe, it's really the four seasons.) But is this really a dream? ）

“……”

"What's wrong? What's on your mind? ”

Although it was a slight change in expression, it couldn't escape Qiuhua's eyes.

“…… After I entered the school and came into contact with more people in normal society, I became more certain. I'm not a normal-world person. The institute where I came from was by no means a normal place, a place that normal people could touch. I know that Qiuhua has some special abilities, but they are even more anomalous, very, very dangerous. If I continue to stay by Qiuhua's side, Qiuhua will most likely be involved in those unusual events. So I'm still ......."

"I'd be angry if Shiki was going to say he was leaving. Very, very angry. ”

"But ......"

"Don't say it. Didn't the four seasons say they like me? I also like the four seasons, so I want to be together forever. Remember the day we met? That's when I decided that the four seasons were my family. How could I possibly allow my only family member to disappear out of sight? ”

(Only...... Family? ）

"yes, I see."

The four seasons in front of her became more and more blurred, and the voice became softer and softer in her ears, and Qiuhua's consciousness fell into darkness, leaving only unanswerable questions.

…………

(Where the hell is Shiki?) ）

Miyuki, who has been wandering in the dream for an unknown amount of time, is full of anxiety and can't get in touch with Hatsuzakura and Natsuo, and even her mother is separated after entering the dream, and of course, the most important task to find the four seasons has not made any progress at all.

(After finding that guy, you must teach him a good lesson!) ）

As he walked, he swore in his heart, but he didn't even notice that the person walking in front of him had stopped.

"Ahh I'm sorry! ”

“……”

The man in front of him turned his head, and the heavy hunter's outfit could only tell the gender, and the hat obscured most of his face.

If you meet a guy in normal times, it must be very suspicious...... No, it actually appears more suspicious here. If it weren't for the fact that the other party had helped him before, it would have been unimaginable to walk together like this.

This dream is not a friendly place, although he is not defenseless, and he can move here so smoothly thanks to the other party.

"Did something happen?"

"No, don't worry."

After a short speech, the other party began to move forward again.

The other person rarely speaks, and most of the time he takes direct action, but it is not unsettling. There are places that remind Miyuki of the four seasons, and make her feel that the two of them are very similar. I don't know if it's this feeling, which makes her feel at ease to follow the other party.

"Have you been here for a long time?"

Seeing the other party's skillful movements of hunting beasts along the way, Miyuki couldn't help but ask him.

"Time doesn't mean anything here."

“……”

"But it's time to wrap up."

While Miyuki was thinking about what the other meant, the hunter turned around.

“…… It's time for us to go our separate ways. ”

"Huh? Why? ”

For a moment he thought he had offended the other party, but the hunter shook his head.

"Is that so? I know. Thank you for your help before. ”

Although it's a pity, Miyuki didn't force it, and it was originally because they were acting together because of the way.

"I'll help you when I find that guy, and I'll be sure to put an end to this nightmare."

"End the nightmare? I believe. ”

Maybe it's just an illusion, the other person looks very confident.

"Well, maybe you can find a clue there."

With that, the hunter turned and left, and in the blink of an eye it was gone.

Miyuki also turned around and looked for a place she hadn't been before, ready to face the enemy on the way, but I don't know if the hunter had wiped out all the enemies in the previous battle here, and she wasn't attacked along the way.

"Here?"

At the end of the road is a cavernous space, unthinkable in the upper echelons of the city, which is unusually large, but it is also a matter of course, because it needs to accommodate the owner.

Like the strange shape of an alien creature, the soft body has a wing-like structure on it, and its whole body radiates light.

With her current strength, she couldn't fight at all, and just when she wanted to retreat, the other party found her.

Completely unable to react, the alien creature has flashed in front of Miyuki, but what awaits her is not an attack. I saw a glowing tentacle reach over and touch her forehead.

In an instant, it seemed to be able to burn the brain's turbulence, but Miyuki could endure it, and then she saw the space-like vision spread out behind the alien creatures and engulf them.