After I fell asleep, I heard a voice. It was a very gentle, clean and warm voice.
"Have you ever been in a daze?"
When I heard a certain boy's question, a beautiful illusion appeared in front of my eyes. The border between the sky and the sea gradually turned greenish-gray, and the intersecting boundary became more and more blurred.
"Hey!" The boy's voice seemed to come closer and closer, and it became clearer in her ears.”He seemed to be focused on a certain spot, but in fact, he was not looking at anything. His thoughts were wandering somewhere…
His voice drew the vast sea close to me. The waves in front of him were as flat as a mirror, and it was a blue color. Everything he saw seemed to be sucked away by his deep memories. I turned my back to the sea and tried to seal my heart tightly.
But no matter how hard I tried, his voice echoed in my body, as if he was standing in my heart and saying these words.
"The momentary absent-mindedness is like my soul leaving my body and making a carefree journey. I can go anywhere and roam the sky. When you woke up, you realized that you were here. You felt wonderful and lost, right?”
Listening to his seemingly happy voice, I suddenly saw the snowland of a certain year.
The snow in the forest was very deep, and there were broken branches and hard tree stumps. It was harder to walk than expected. After passing through a dense forest, the area before them suddenly opened up. A bird chirped as it soared into the sky.
As I watched longingly as it spread its wings and soared into the blue sky, I suddenly saw another bound bird-my eyes followed the rope that bound it to the ground-and a boy was pulling at the string that bound the bird. There was actually such a cruel person!
I stared at the boy who looked so happy as he ran and tugged at the spool-tied bird from time to time-I really didn't know what he was happy about restricting other people's freedom!
"Ah! "How strange…How did the rope suddenly snap…" After looking around, his gaze locked onto me."The child over there, let me ask you!”He shouted at me from afar," I felt your spiritual pressure fluctuation just now. I say…my kite, you didn't do anything to it, did you?”
Kite? My heart thumped. This was my first time going out. Kite was something that I had only read about in books…I had never seen it in real life. He seemed to have caused trouble…
"Say something!" His overly lively voice suddenly appeared very close." You…Don't tell me you can't speak?”He held his chin and looked at my face left and right. I shook my head to show that I wasn't mute, and then nodded to show that I had deliberately broken his kite with the wind.
After understanding what I meant, he suddenly started talking to me about the topic of being in a daze.
Soul Travel? He really didn't understand what was so beautiful about it. When I was annoyed by him, I replied,"Such a relaxed matter-"
Before I could finish the words "I wouldn't have","As expected…" The boy who was about my age shook his head heavily at me."That's why I said you don't know anything…"
" Ah," he sighed helplessly and spread his hands at me, indicating that he had no idea what to do with you.
"Then have you ever looked at the sky carefully?”
As he spoke, the boy raised his head.
I followed his line of sight and looked over. Today, the Jingling Palace was still high in the sky and the clouds were light. The clouds were light and the wind was clear, and the wind was calm. It was just like the place that had once churned and finally settled for millions of years.
"'Nothing special', that's what you think, right?”When he looked back at me, he scratched his head in confusion.
" Ah…" Although it was a sigh, there was never any sadness in this child's voice. Even if it was a helpless sigh, he was full of smiles. His voice was like the golden sunlight, making me dizzy.
" You always have a poker face. You're so boring." He folded his arms behind his head and smiled at me.
"When you look at the sky, have you ever thought about what's up there? Do you have the urge to fly up and take a look? " It's so deep and distant…" He sighed with endless yearning." How nice it would be if I could be in it!”
His eyes, which were like bluestone, looked very wide, as if the distant sky had been completely absorbed into them. His clear eyes were filled with curiosity about the sky. I thought he might have a dream of flying.
" So…" My gaze fell on the broken thread in his hand. Now I finally understood the meaning of his kite flying."Imbued feelings in objects?"
"Idiot!" The boy couldn't take it anymore and jumped up to knock on my head." It's just fun. There's no need for so many reasons!”
Didn't you do it because it was meaningful?
The boy corrected me with a troubled expression."Interesting, interesting!"
" Ah ah, you're so young, but you're so old-fashioned." He pouted and muttered to himself,""It feels tiring to live so seriously…"
Although I had little experience dealing with children my age, I knew that I was serious and not interesting at all. Presumably, for him, staying with me is just a waste of time. With that thought in mind, my farewell was rejected by him.
" Hey, hey, are you escaping just like that?!" He crossed his arms in front of his chest and said sullenly," You broke my things and then you plan to leave like this? This is too much!"
It was indeed my responsibility. I had nothing to say and waited for his punishment. After stroking his chin for less than a second, his eyes lit up and he said happily,"Right, since you've made it impossible for me to play…then I'll punish you to play with me!”
I'm such a boring person…I don't have the concept of playing…What's there to play with me? I shook my head in confusion. When I saw the veins on his forehead suddenly popping up, I quickly nodded to show that I had no objections. Therefore, this idiot who changed his face faster than flipping a book smiled and said to me,"Then, let's start with the self-introduction!”
Just like that, when we met because of a kite, I learned his name and wish.
" My family seems to be named after some kind of bird..." The mouth that opened at me had a natural smile.
He wanted to be a man with a heart as broad as the sea, looking forward to the day when he could fly freely like a bird. The moment his gentle voice entered my ears, that name shone brightly in my eyes.
Then, this person smiled frankly."What's your name?" he asked naturally.
It's a man of the time. I answered in my heart, but my voice, which was much younger than now, rang in my ears.”
In a trance, I stopped walking by the river. Only then did I realize that this was a long river called " memory ", and I was constantly tracing it upwards.
Half-awake, the surroundings were silent. I listened, but heard nothing, as if the last person had disappeared from the world. Closing my eyes, I asked myself, where am I? Who was he? I suddenly became confused again.
“Hajime？”That person used a very pleasant voice to bring my consciousness back to the dream.
Only then did I remember…Hajime, that was my original name. It was a very complicated matter to decide on the name of the legitimate son of the main family. At that time, my official name had not been finalized, and I was still using the nickname my father gave me when I was born.
"Is it the 'beginner'?" The boy lifted his chin and rolled his eyes.
I shook my head and drew a horizontal line in the air with my fingers, drawing the word 'one'.
"Oh, oh!" He continued to ask with interest,"The word 'one'... does it mean the eldest daughter?”
When he saw me nod, he smiled and said," That's great. We're all brothers!”
"Isn't it great to be born before your siblings?”Suddenly, his spirits rose for some reason, and with a look of elation, he continued," We can teach our younger siblings who are born after us and protect them from harm-"
"You…you just want to show off your elder brother's might.”I ridiculed him with a poker face, causing him to have a few crossroads on his forehead." Listen to him!”He shouted as he reached out to mess up my silver hair.
With veins all over his head, he pointed his thumb at his chest and raised his chin proudly."I'm a great man. I don't have to deliberately show off my might!”
If he didn't complain after hearing such words, he would be punished by the heavens. After arguing with each other for a while, he smiled and said," I think..." The divine color that had never disappeared from this face shone brightly again.
"I think the word 'one' must mean 'pure and innocent. I hope you can enjoy the life that God has given you without any hindrance. Your parents must have given you this name with this wish in mind.”
The gentle voice was like flowing water, growing thousands of thin and dense threads. When I realized it, my heart was already tightly entangled.
After a while,"Ah, anyway-" He bulged his eyes and approached my face aggressively."My kite broke its string and flew away because of you. You have to take responsibility!”Then, he shouted loudly,"Understand?”
" Uh..." I was shocked." Uh, yes..." My eyes unconsciously looked down." Okay." At this time, he suddenly smiled widely." Okay!" Nice to meet you!"
The boy standing in the backlight reached out to me with his energetic voice-I say, this is too sudden-
"What's wrong?" Seeing that I stared at his hand for a long time without any reaction, he leaned closer to my face in confusion." What problem?”
The problem was that I didn't know how to react.
" Don't tell me…" He shrugged." Not only is your facial nerve necrotic, but you also have a language barrier?"”He scratched his head and waited for my answer with his eyes wide open. I really couldn't keep up with his lively personality, so I didn't say anything.
Fortunately, he was the complete opposite of me, a magical creature who could talk all by himself. The helpless expression only lasted for a moment. The next second, he laughed loudly."Hehe, I don't mind."
" Here," he threw the reel in his hand to me." If you fix it, I'll let you join the Hitomi Group. You're the first member!"”
Under his undisguised smile, his white teeth sparkled under the sunlight.
I realized that he was a cheerful fellow at all times, and that this unmatchable over-optimism…was mostly due to his lack of nerves. To put it bluntly, I think it's appropriate to describe him as a single-celled idiot without a brain.
That was the first time I met this idiot.
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