Quintet Of The Boundaries

14 : Crimson Beast

15th April, 2 0 5 6

"Doctor, your daughter's in a critical condition!"

"..."

"Doctor! Please take action!"

"...Proceed with the surgery."

"Doctor... There's only two donors available."

"Whose?"

"Takako Fujikata and Riina Izanami."

...

"Go with her mother's."

"But the donor is a No-"

"Just do what I say! I'll take responsibility!"

...

"I'm sorry, Nanami. It's the only way to keep you alive."

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17th April, 2 0 5 6

"Dr. Izanami, subject is- ...sorry, your daughter... her body is rejecting the heart. If it goes on like this, she'll die."

"It'll be fine. She's not that weak."

"But..."

"Just inject some drug that'll put her to sleep. It'll ease the pain."

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25th April, 2 0 5 6

There's no sound. There's no light.

What a tall ceiling. Above the pitch-black room.

What I could see was just the ceiling. It's hard to move my body. Hard to talk.

"You're awake."

It's killing me to even turn my head towards left. Father was there.

"...F....th....."

"Don't talk. Your muscles are still weak."

Why am I here? How long have I been asleep?

"You're not asleep. You're just dreaming."

The ceiling was gone. The room was gone. Father was gone. Nothing left. Just the infinite space.

"I like the look of your face."

Someone was just talking to me. She stood right in front of me. But now above me. She looked like the age of me with crimson-coloured hair.

"...Who are you?"

"I'm a Shepherdess."

I tried to move but it hurt like hell, at my chest.

"Does it hurt that much?"

"No."

"You can't hide from me. I'm a part of you, afterall."

"Why am I here?"

"This is your consciousness. You'll come here when you're dead."

"I'm....dead?"

"I wouldn't call this death. But ordeal."

Ordeal?

"You're falling apart in the reality. No one can help you. Not even me."