The Main Heroines are Trying to Kill Me[On Hold]

Chapter 42: ? Memories of the Hero and the Mage

༺ Memories of the Hero and the Mage ༻

"...Ugh."

I let out a groan, then slowly opened my eyes.

I found myself in a place engulfed in darkness, without a glimmer of light.

"What's this place?"

Bewildered, I radiated stellar mana in all directions, but for some reason, it didn't work.

'...Damn it, I hate darkness.'

I really loathe the dark.

To be precise, I truly hate being in a dark room without a glimpse of light.

Of course, the room I'm in right now, although it seems vast, I don't like it because I don't know where it ends.

"Ugh..."

Because of this, I was struggling with disgust. But soon I felt a presence at my feet.

"Meow."

"...A cat?"

A black cat... No, a cat doll was nibbling at my feet.

"...I'm glad you're here with me."

I lifted the cat doll up, feeling a bit reassured because of its presence. The cat doll, however, meowed and began licking my face aggressively.

"What's wrong?"

"Meow... meow..."

I was trying to get the cat doll away from me, but suddenly it lashed out at me and knocked me down, then began licking my face.

"...What?"

Having been suddenly defeated by that little cat doll, I ended up scratching the back of my head while the cat kept licking me for a while.

"Meoww..."

By the time my face became glossy, the cat curled atop my chest and began rubbing its face.

'...Is this sleep paralysis?'

The dream seemed way too wholesome for it to be sleep paralysis, so I kept lying on the bed. But suddenly, the surrounding darkness began fading.

– Woosh...

Eventually, green fields and trees entered my field of vision, and only then did I realize what situation I was in.

'...It's the same dream I experienced back then.'

Perhaps, the situation now is similar to that time when I saw Ferloche's past.

"...Mom?"

Sure enough, soon, I saw my younger self.

"...Yes, didn't I get lost while playing hide and seek in the woods?"

Back then, I got lost in the woods while playing hide and seek with my mother.

I'm sure I did.

It should have bee...

'...Something's strange?'

Now that I think about it, something really is strange. Why did I get lost while playing hide and seek? Why was it that my mother, the greatest stellar wizard, couldn't find me?

"Mom... where are you...?"

Eventually, the words that came out of his mouth were quite different from what I remembered.

"Mom... how long do I have to hide...? Mom..."

With an anxious expression on his face, my younger self continued to cry out to my mother, but he couldn't see a glimpse of her, and as such, the night deepened in the woods.