Kaito no Monogatari 0.5

Prologue / Times of the Unknown

Session 1 - A Reality

I could notice between my eyelids the dim sunlight that came in through the window. It was enough to wake me up from a strange dream.

Why? Why must I always come back to this world?

My head... it hurts.

I guess it's already common for me to have this kind of headaches. I think about life too much.

Fantasy worlds? Steampunk cities floating in the sky and fields filled with fairies? Continents inhabited by creatures not even similar to humans? We can leave that to videogames, anime, and manga. Sadly, in this world, the first rule is to be a realistic person.

Or else, you can be easily disappointed.

I have no reason to complain. I know better than other people to distinguish when someone has a better life than another. And honestly, my real life isn't really that bad. It is just...

Boring. Just plain shades of grey that "color" the surroundings. But if you manage to cope with that, moving on isn't that difficult.

Well, I guess I'm not the only one who happens to go through things like these.

In order to stop thinking about that or anything else like that, I stood up from my bed and decided to go downstairs to get some breakfast.

I could faintly see the sun going up and shining brightly. I appreciate such beautiful sceneries. They rarely show up when you live even on the outskirts of the city.

At least, that's the case here where I live.

Well, you cannot judge me for liking things like these. As a "novice" visual novel game developer, I guess it's pretty normal. As well as wishing to have a kind of life like the one of the characters in those games.

It's not like it matters much.

—Hm? What are you doing, Kaito?—

I was suddenly greeted by my mother's voice, asking me about my actions, confused.

—Ah, nothing. Good morning, mom.—

I went back into action, walking down to the first floor of the house and heading into the kitchen.

—Eh? Eeeeeeeh?—

And now, I was greeted by a loud reaction from my little sister.

Megu Shuragi... she was 13 years old and attended the second year of middle school. I... also have to explain that. For now, let's just say that where we live the education system is something more similar to Japan's education system. Where was I?

Ah, yes, Megu. An energetic, yet cute girl that managed to become popular enough in her class to make every male student confess to her. Her side ponytail and hazel eyes were probably her most symbolic features. She was around 162 cm tall and her hair was dark brown, meaning that other than her ponytail and eyes most of her other features were quite average.

I would describe more, but getting too much into detail about my own little sister can get awkward pretty fast...

—What? What's wrong?—I asked her as I headed to the coffee machine.

—You... never wake up this early, Nii-chan...—She said.

For some reason, she had become used to calling me "Nii-chan" as if this was some kind of anime or manga. Or even a light novel or a visual novel for that matter. Well, to keep the cringe in my nickname, I won't translate it. That way, you can appreciate feeling my effort to cope with it.