That rain.

Raindrops fell from the brims of the old buildings like old glass marbles. A soft, hazy rainy atmosphere envelops the corridor that leads out of the living room. The sky smells of rainy season, and all the plants are surprisingly green in the humid air.

[I] seemed to be looking up at the light rain, and my legs were unconsciously dangling on the edge of the verandah.

Moist stones, damp moss, swaying green trees, wind chimes ringing softly on the brim of hats...

Such a picture comes into view.

Jingle bell~~

The two wind chimes that seemed to come from the depths of the soul made Shen Yuanle suddenly sober up.

The voice—

He was completely impressed.

[Myself], I started to move.

Then, the perspective slowly shifted to the crisp wind chimes under the brim of the hat like a movie camera.

[Myself], staring quietly.

"Ah Le, go and help me get the lighter."

The sound of the rattan chair swaying squeaked on the side, accompanied by a man's commanding tone.

"Okay."

With a sudden change of perspective, [I] slowly propped myself up, glanced at the man lying on the wicker chair, turned over, and walked towards the living room.

[Myself] opened the drawer and began rummaging through it.

Kamihara's perspective was shaking, and it was clear that he didn't make any movements, but his slightly immature hand found an old pulley lighter from the drawer as if he had a clear purpose.

What an amazing experience.

"Ah Le, did you find it?"

"Found it."

"Well, bring it then."

[Himself] walked back and handed the lighter to the lazy man lying on a wicker chair with a cigarette in his mouth.

Zila, the man's fingers slid the pulley of the lighter, and a little spark came out, and he lit the cigarette.

"Ah Le, do you know, Dad is unemployed, and if you don't go to work again, you and your sister will have nothing to eat."

The man swallowed the fog with a melancholy look on his face, and told [himself] about the recent move.

These are old adult things.

Kamihara knew about it, but he didn't want to hear it.

He was now even more curious about his state.

Is this the world in a dream?

According to the familiar and unfamiliar environment around me, I should be in my old home when I was a child.

The man in front of him on the rattan chair is the bastard dad who will run away in the future.

And he can't control [himself].

It's like playing a game from the first perspective, watching [yourself] recreate the memories of the past.

This should be what happened when I was a child, right?

Seeing the father who was about to forget his appearance talking about those old things that were about to be forgotten, Kamihara Le's heart was also full of emotion.

He didn't expect that when he saw this person again many years later, it would be in Qi Mingyue's dream.

It's ironic.

But.

Isn't this the dream of the Seven Bright Moons?

Since it is the dream of Qi Mingyue, why is he still here?

Qi Mingyue definitely has no memory of talking to her father alone.

Take advantage of the boring gap between Daddy and [myself] chatting.

Kamihara Raku has rediscovered the item for [Dream Corridor].

In Ordinance 334, the Dream Connection Instructions were found.

[334. If the dreamer has a memory of the same period of time as the dreamer, then the dreamer will automatically enter the same identity as the dreamer's memory.] At the same time, the dream environment will be created by the memories of the dreamer]

......

This explanation is a bit of a mouthful.

A quick explanation.

It is the current dream, which is equivalent to a dream space established based on the memories of two people.

During this time period, Kamihara Le and Tianhai Qimingyue respectively substituted for themselves when they were children.

As for why there are no seven bright moons yet?

Kamihara guessed that the timeline of this world had not yet reached the time when the two met.

Qi Mingyue should still be reminiscing about her own affairs by now.

In her recollections, the person "Kamiharaku" has not yet appeared.

......

How does it feel like you're playing an online game?

Kamihara was a little depressed.

The main thing is that I can't move yet, it's just like watching a movie.

But that's fine.

Anyway, I don't remember anything, and watching a "movie" when I was a child can be regarded as reminiscing about the past.

......

Bastard Daddy complained on the wicker chair for a while about his grandparents not wanting him to move out of his hometown, and then waved his hand away [Kamihara].

Obviously, he had little interest in a seven-year-old kid and didn't expect him to help him figure things out.

It's just that he simply uses his son as a venting bucket for complaints.

It's best to listen, and if you don't obey, you will preach.

After a few minutes, suddenly a little girl with a ponytail came running from outside.

"Brother, brother!"

Kamihara smiled when he saw her.

Of course, because he couldn't control himself when he was a child, he only smiled in his heart.

Kamihara Suzu, who was only five years old, ran over with a crying voice.

As soon as she got home, she told [Kamihara] that someone was bullying her.

"Who?"

"Sell... Skinny monkeys who sell snacks, and dead fat people who sell oranges. ”

Kamihara Suzu can be said to cry to himself as soon as he comes back, wronged, tearful and pitiful, and holding two broken bamboos in his hands.

"W-"

"You bastard, you run out on a rainy day?"

When the father heard his daughter's crying voice, while holding the cigarette between his fingers, he looked back and saw the appearance of Kamihara Suzu being drenched in a little rain.

Suzu Kamihara was already very afraid of his father, but when he heard him yell at himself, he was even more scared in his heart, and his tears couldn't stop falling.

"Crying again?! I'm still crying, if I cry, I don't have to be so annoyed if I can solve things! ”

"Dad, don't say that, Ah Ling, she's still young."

"Stinky boy, you too! If I hadn't paid for you—forget it. ”

The father felt upset when he saw his daughter like this, and he was naughty and disobedient, and impatiently beckoned his son to take her elsewhere and cried.

"Go, go, go."

Suzu Kamihara stood behind her brother, and she couldn't stop her tears at all, and she kept wiping her tears with her elbow clothes. And because she was afraid that her father would talk about her again, she tried hard not to cry, and only dared to wipe her tears with her hands.

......

Alas, these memories that are so long forgotten that Kamihara Le, as a bystander, inevitably feels distressed.

......

Fortunately, [Kamiharaku] also felt quite sorry for this sister, and kept comforting her mood with words.

After waving her hand twice, he took her out of here. Along the eaves around the house, the two came to the other end of the courtyard.

[Kamihara] asked her what had happened.

Suzu Kamihara tried to collect the sobbing tears and showed him the two bamboos that were holding in his hands with some dirty flesh.

This thing... Kamihara remembers it.

Isn't this a bamboo barrel gun?

Stuff a wet paper towel inside the bamboo, and then poke it in with a thinner bamboo, and there will be a "pop" sound when it is launched.

The beating was quite painful.

Suzu Kogamihara cried and said, "They... They broke this one of mine... And with theirs... That one... Come hit me... There are so many of them, I, I can't beat them. ”

Hearing Ah Ling's milky voice, the long-term memory seemed to be fresh.

By the way, it seems that Ah Ling didn't deal with the children in the two shops in the village that sold oranges and snacks when she was a child.

Ah Ling always said that they bullied her.

said that it was bullying, but in fact, it was just a child's play.

Ah Ling is very competitive, and she can't compare to them, so she says that.

But this time the other party seems to be a little too much, Ah Ling said that they beat themselves with a bamboo gun and bullied her alone, she can't fight the bamboo gun of the two of them with a bamboo gun, and her little friend doesn't dare to go against the two bear children.

She ran out of bullets, and the other party chased her and beat her, and ran all the way home.

The bamboo gun she made was broken when she was still running.

They kept laughing at the fact that the bamboo gun her brother made for her was rubbish, and it was terrible.

While making the little Kamihara Suzu have no way to take them, they are so angry that they want to cry.

"I... I, woo, I said it wasn't rubbish, they, they said you do... I... I..."

"Okay, okay, don't cry, if something is broken, it will be broken."

"But... But ......"

(This is childhood)

Seeing the crying little Ah Ling, Kamihara was emotional, and at the same time, he also felt that she was quite cute when she was a child.

"Ah Ling wants to be better than them?"

"Hmm... Well... They're too, it's too much..."Suzu Kamihara cried, but nodded very seriously.

"Alright, come out with me." [Kamihara] kept touching her head.

"What are you going to do...? Brother... Isn't my brother afraid of being told by his father? Outside... It's raining outside..."

"Let's just sneak it up and don't let him find out."

[Kamihara's] smile made little Kamihara Suzu feel very relieved, and when she heard that her brother was going to take her out again, she wiped her tears and kept nodding.

She followed her brother to the firewood room and watched him pick up the firewood knife and pick up a roll of duct tape from the toolbox.

The ignorant little Kamihara Suzu didn't know what her brother was going to do, but she knew that she just had to follow her brother.

My brother will give her delicious food, he will play with her, and even the bamboo gun just now is a toy made for her by my brother.

......

"Let's go, let's get out."

"Uh-huh... Good ......"

Suzu Kamihara followed Kamihara all the way to the door, stepped on a dirt road overgrown with weeds, came to a hill near his home, and came to a clump of bamboo near the side of the road.

[Kamihara] looked at the bamboo, picked it for a long time, then chose the target, and slashed the tiny bamboo with a knife.

Suzu Kogamihara probably knows what he's going to do. By this time, her sobbing had gradually improved.

"Brother again... Do you want another one? ”

"Of course."

"But, I still can't beat them both then."

"Don't worry." [Kamihara Raku] while waving a firewood knife to cut off the bamboo, while talking to relax his sister.

The rainy season is misty, and the severed bamboo rattles overhead.

[Kamihara] first cut off a small piece of bamboo, and then chose a smaller piece of bamboo to use as a firing pin for firing a bamboo barrel gun. The firing pin poked into the barrel and tried.

Size... Not really.

It was estimated that the size of the bamboo did not match, so he cut a few more in a row, and compared them carefully, compressing the progress of the bamboo barrel gun to the limit as much as possible.

After chopping five bamboos, I finally made a bamboo barrel gun that perfectly matched both the firing pin and the barrel.

It looks like a delicate gadget.

He took out a napkin from his coat pocket, dipped it in the rainwater in a puddle on the side of the road, and stuffed it into a bamboo gun to test its power.

"Smack!" The power is quite powerful.

Xiao Kamihara played a lot with the bamboo barrel gun, she could hear the voice, and she could see that the one her brother made was much more powerful than before.

Her eyes lit up.

[Kamihara Le] can see what little Kamihara Suzu wants very much.

"Don't worry, I'll give you another modification."

Suzu Kogamihara didn't understand anything, so she just nodded.

[Kamihara] used a knife to cut a rectangular hole in the barrel of the bamboo barrel gun, and then picked a larger No. 2 bamboo, hollowing out both sides.

Then, the No. 2 bamboo is pushed vertically into the bamboo barrel so that it is nested in the hole of the bamboo barrel, forming a cross shape.

In this way, a bamboo barrel gun with a magazine can be a small success.

Kamihara Le: pinched a few wet paper towel ammunition in a row, put it into the bamboo magazine at the top, and pushed the firing pin back and forth several times.

"Bang Bang Bang"

At this time, the bamboo barrel gun did not "snap", but several times in a row.

The little god Hara Suzu saw the gadgets that his brother had made for him on the side, and his eyes were full of starlight.

"Yes... You can shoot in bursts...."

"Wait, I'll tie it up for you."

[Kamihara] also used the plastic tape at home to tie the chimeed repeating bamboo barrel gun back and forth with three layers of criss-cross binding and three layers outside.

After confirming that it was secure, he handed her the toy that was half a hand-long for a little Ah Ling.

"Alright, take it."

As if he had received the Holy Grail, Suzu Kogami took over this "artifact" from his brother's hand.

She looked at the bamboo barrel gun, which looked particularly delicate, with a strange expression.

"Do you know how to use it?"

"Well, put a bullet on it!"

"Clever, but you have to prepare the bullets in advance, it's better to use that kind of little fruit, as long as someone bullies you with a bamboo gun, you can use this against him."

Xiao Kamihara Suzu nodded again and again, eager to try, and the tears before were gone.

"But," [Kamihara Le] said earnestly to Suzu Kamihara, "don't hit this in the face of other people, you know?" Just put it on your stomach or hands, and if you don't obey, I'll take this back for you. ”

"I—I know, thank you, brother."

[Kamihara] smiled and touched his sister's head again, "Okay, let's go out and play, now that the rain is light, pay attention to safety." ”

"Uh-huh."

Xiao Kamihara Suzu couldn't wait, although she was young, she could know that the thing her brother made for herself was much more powerful than theirs!

The one who sells oranges, and the one who sells snacks, if you know that you can send it in a row, you must envy yourself to death!

"Remember."

"Okay."

[Kamihara] smiled as he watched his sister happily trot down the hill.

At the same time, Kamihara, who witnessed this from the first perspective, was also full of emotion.

Repeating bamboo guns.

Ah Ling holds this thing, and he must become the child king of those little children, right?

It's really a nostalgic gadget.

The camera continues to follow [yourself] as it moves.

[Myself] walked down the hill and went back in the direction of home along the narrow ridges that had been staggered by the strangers when I came.

The rainy season is still falling, and although it is small, it is inevitable that there will be layers of tiny raindrops on your head after staying in the rain for a long time.

[Carrying a firewood knife for chopping wood at home], he seems to have a habit of admiring the scenery when he walks, occasionally turning his head to observe the highway lane parallel to the ridge.

A car passed by a country station across the field, bringing with it the sound of tires in the rain.

The rainy day makes the dark sky heavy, which also darkens the surrounding scenery. The wind in the rainy season continued to oppress the tender green straw in the fields, and the fields turned white one after another, and the sound was loud.

[Myself], suddenly stopped.

The camera involuntarily moved to the little girl sitting alone under the country station. The conspicuous linen-colored hair and rain-soaked blue dress involuntarily attracted [myself] on the ridge across the road.

The little girl's face was dark, and her expression was indescribably lonely.

Just sat alone, without shaking his legs or turning his head.

Kamihara also saw it.

He understands [himself] feeling right now.

Curious – curious why she's here.

Curious why she was sitting alone here in the rain.

[Himself] stood on the ridge and looked at it for a while, probably because he wanted to be concerned, and he crossed the ridge, crossed the road, and came to the station.

“...... Are you okay? ”

In order not to look like a bad person, [Kamihara] put his voice down very softly.

The little girl was not wary of him, did not look up. Of course, there was no speech either.

She's quirky.

That's what [Kamiharaku] thought at the time.

Today's Kamihara Raku also thinks so.

If memory serves, Qi Mingyue should have been five years old at this time.

A little girl of the same age as her sister.

Why... Will she have that calm expression of nothing?

[Kamihara] asked her softly twice, and only then did the little girl react.

She lifted her face.

The most ordinary of questions were issued.

"Who are you?"

Well, Kamihara had to admit that even the second Miss Amami in her childhood had a rather cold voice.

He kept looking.

[Myself] is answering:

"Who am I? My name is Kamihara, and I live in the room across the ridge, and I'll show you, yes, that's it, I'll live there. ”

The little girl didn't look in the direction he pointed, but turned her azure eyes to see the hatchet knife and the unused roll of duct tape he was carrying.

"Are you here to kidnap me?"

......

is worthy of Miss Tianhai Er, and she also has such a personality in her childhood.

"If yes, I hope you'll be faster."

Having said that, Shen Yuan Le actually showed a sad expression when he saw such a young Qi Mingyue, and he also had an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

The perspective continues.

"Of course not, I'm just curious why you're here."

"Well, here I am."

“？”

"Kidnap me."

The little girl said this, and handed him her arms with their wrists together.

It's weird.

"I'm not here to kidnap you, I'm holding a firewood knife because I just cut bamboo."

"Yes, that's a pity," the little girl lowered her hand, kept her head down, and after a moment of silence, she raised her eyes and asked, "why are you talking to me?" ”

"You're here alone on a rainy day, and you're soaked, so no one cares."

"Yes, but I've been sitting here for a long time, and my mother hasn't come to look for me." The little girl stared down at the hem of her wet dress.

"How long have you been here?"

“... I don't know, I just know that it was still raining heavily. ”

"Heavy rain? It was at least noon, but it's almost five o'clock in the afternoon, and you've been sitting here all afternoon?! ”

"Probably ......"

It's by the sea, and it's a rural part of the island, so no one passes by here on a rainy day, except for a car that passes by for a long time.

Alas, a five-year-old little girl got drenched in the rain and sat for hours on end at a village station.

Even if the current Kamihara Le sees it, he can't help but ask.

At that time, [myself] also thought so, and after hearing the little girl's answer, I couldn't help but frown:

"I haven't seen you in the village, you're not from the village?"

"My mother and sister and I are here for tourism."

"Tourism... Oh, and are you staying at the Claim Hotel? The place had only been repaired for a short time. ”

"It's like... It's the name. ”

"It's not too far away."

The little girl didn't speak, she seemed to like being alone like herself.

[Kamihara Raku] saw her wet little dress.

"You're going to catch a cold like that."

"Hmm."

“... Colds can be very uncomfortable. ”

"Hmm."

“... Do you understand the meaning of a cold? ”

"Hmm."

Kamihara Le watched Xiao Qiyue reply three "ums" in a row under [his own] questioning from the perspective of watching a movie, and couldn't help but sigh at the eccentricity of Miss Amami's personality when she was a child.

"Where is your home? Want to go home? ”

"I want to wait for my mom to come to me."

“... But you've been waiting from morning to noon until now. ”

(Aunt...) Alas, no matter how bad a woman my aunt is, she won't leave the five-year-old Qi Mingyue here like this! ）

"Hmm."

Or "yes." ”

This proves that his words do not make sense at all now.

"Now that the rain is a little lighter, maybe... Can you try walking back to the hotel first? ”

"I'm going to wait for Mom, Mom... Should come to me. ”

"Do you want to come with me first?"

“......”

Xiao Qi Mingyue didn't answer, so stubborn that she couldn't listen to what he said.

She seemed reluctant.

It's also normal, for her, [she] is just a strange peer.

How can there be a mother who is close.

He was a little worried about the little girl, but he didn't have any reason to take the little girl away, probably thinking in his heart that he would call her mother to pick her up when he went back to the village.

The stranger didn't stay here for long, and turned around and left the station.

......

Because this highway is originally close to the sea, even though it is June, at night, the wind blowing from the sea will still make people cold.

After walking for a while, the sea breeze blew, even if the clothes on his body were not soaked by the rain, but the cold wind penetrated into his body, and he still couldn't stop feeling cold.

It's so cold, that little girl is all wet, how cold does it have to be?

Turning around again, the little girl with flaxen hair under the station was now bowing her head, her body trembling in the cold rain and wind.

[Kamiharaku] is quite distressed to watch:

"Why don't I take you to the village? Maybe your mother is looking for you in the village. ”

"You're back again, are you really trying to kidnap me?"

"I really didn't mean that, you see, the village is on the other side of the road, let's go over there."

The little girl glanced in the direction he pointed.

She seemed to know that was where she had come from.

"Hmm."

"Or, don't want to?"

"You're a stranger."

"It's good that you're wary, but you're sitting here... It's not a problem, it's going to be very uncomfortable when you catch a cold later, you see, you're also very cold now. ”

Maybe it's because her body is too cold, because she sits for too long, and the little girl can't stay here anymore.

"Let's go, I'll take you there."

"I can't go..."

"Why?"

[Kamihara] then saw that her feet were visibly muddy, and there were scars from falls.

There was also an injury to the knee, but it was blocked by the skirt and I couldn't see it for the first time.

"I was injured from a fall on the mountain just now, and I can't walk... It hurts......"

"Broken foot?"

The sea breeze blew again, and by this time the little girl was noticeably colder, and her lowered face turned white.

Kamihara could see a slight precursor to a cold on her face.

"I'll carry you over."

That's the only way to do it now.

"Would you like to?"

“... You're not going to carry me to jump into the sea, are you? ”

“... How could there be such a strange idea. ”

"My sister said that you can't just trust your uncle outside."

“...... But I'm not an uncle, I'm an older brother... You look as old as my sister. ”

"yes... You're not blaming uncle. ”

The little girl nodded and said that after a few words of exchange, she relented, and although the reason for releasing was strange, she did let [Kamiharaku] carry her.

"Hand, try to hold my neck and hold it tighter."

"Hmm."

"Just press my back with your body, relax, I won't take you to jump into the sea."

Her body is small and her arms are soft, which is the unique lightness of a little girl.

It's not too hard to carry, but it's a little wet.

Although Kamihara couldn't feel the feeling in the dream, he experienced such a scene as [himself].

I will still subconsciously make up for the feeling of carrying a wet little girl on my back.

"Sit tight."

[Kamihara Le] carried the little seven bright moon on his back, walked on the side of the road, and began to march towards the village under the light rain.

"It's weird."

"Strange something."

"Why didn't Mom come to me......"

But it must have been because of the rain for a long time, her body has been trembling, and her speech is even more subtle than before.

Her face was pressed against [Kamihara's] shoulder.

"Maybe she doesn't know you're gone? Or rather, she's looking for you in the village now. ”

"Really?"

"Of course, how can a mother not care about her daughter, your mother must be looking for you in a hurry."

This sentence seems to make Xiao Qi Mingyue feel a little relieved.

She put most of the power in her body on [Kamiharaku's] back.

"What's your name?"

"Tianhai..."

"What is Tianhai?"

"Qimingyue (jerky Chinese)..."

“... Strange, you still speak Chinese? ”

"Well, because my mom said my name is hard to spell in Japanese."

"And what should I call you?"

"July... That's what my mom called me. ”

"Okay, I'll call you July."

"Hmm... What is my brother's name? ”

"As I said earlier, Kamihara, Kagura's music."

"I can't spell it..."

"It's okay if you can't spell it out, I can teach you, but don't sleep, you will definitely catch a cold if you sleep."

"Hmm... I know. Isn't it uncomfortable for my brother to carry me on his back? ”

"It's okay, it's just a little wet."

"Hmm."

.....。