a dumbass gets isekai'd: the novella

16. hug your homies before you sleep

"OK! Let's start with cleaning this up!"

Yuu stared at what used to be the garden. The rose bushes were uprooted and charred, the hedges had chunks taken out of them, and paint buckets were scattered all over the ground. Cater sighed at the mess.

"The garden I worked so hard on is now in shambles...boo hoo..."

"I'll help you." Trey and Yuu said in unison.

"Trey, you go and take Riddle to the infirmary. He just went into overblot, so I think you should have the doctor check up on him."

"It's just as Diamond said. I shall accompany you."

"Yes sir. Thank you very much."

Trey and Crowley left with Riddle, leaving Cater, Yuu, Ace, Deuce, and Grim to clean the garden.

"I'm so hungry after using so much magic. Huh? This is the jewel we saw in the Dwarf Mines!"

Grim picked up a familiar black rock from the ground. Yuu tensed.

"You're right...where did it come from?" Deuce asked.

"You better not eat it." Ace said.

"P l e a s e don-"

"Bone apple tit!"

Grim already put it in his mouth. And this time, Yuu didn't have the energy to stop him.

"I'm going to kill you." Yuu wheezed from their exhaustion. "And then kill you again."

Cater watched the monster chew the rock like it was candy. "How is he able to stomach that!?"

"Hmmmmmm! It's got a rather sweet taste, but it's also got a good kind of bitterness mixed in. It's a totally different taste from the one I had before!"

"My son has a garbage addiction."

"Ah, he's a monster so his stomach's built different. He was fine before, so it's probably alright." Ace said, already used to the cat's weird eating habits.

"It's got a really refreshing and soft kind of taste!"

"Still, he shouldn't eat random stuff off the ground!" Deuce reprimanded Grim, who just continued snacking.

"Oh, boy. Thank you, guys." Cater said under his breath.

"Hm? Did you say something?"  asked Ace.

"Nope, nothing!"

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Yuu stared at the dingy ceiling as Grim snored next to them. It was the middle of the night and they were tired from all the cleaning. Yet, they couldn't drift back to sleep. Something lingered in the back of their mind. The dreams, the splitting headache, the vision of Riddle's past. what was it? If Yuu could open their brain like a wallet right now, only moths would come out.

They recalled that dream they had; the dream that led them to wake up in the coffin. When they saw that hand in the mirror, something spoke to them. Yuu forgot most of it, but a few words stuck with them.

For me. For them. For you. We are all running out of time. No matter what, never let go of my hand.

Running out of time for what? This is a fucking weird dream. Nah, the series of events that have happened so far have been way too detailed and long for me to dream of. Like dang, I must be Shakespeare level if I actually dreamed all this. The only thing that supports the fact that this is a dream is that everyone is unreasonably pretty. But if it isn't a dream, does that mean the spell with the mirror actually worked? If only I could talk to Ollie about this.