Exploring the Dimension After Reincarnation: Academic

Dreams that Contain Memories

“Nee, Sophia, you are so cute, you~!”

“Where can you get that silver hair?”

“Is it so cute! Will you be my friend?”

A faint shadow was seen in front of Sophia. Some children were gathered in front of him. They said they praised and gave Sophia a question. He doesn't know what to answer.

“A-I. It doesn't look bad.” Sophia answered. His facial expression was as flat as ever but was also mixed in wonder.

Sophia looked back one by one at them. Still the same, he had no idea who was in front of him. They look like dim shadows. It's unclear.

One of the children grabbed her hand and invited her to play with the others. “Now we're going to play chase! You can chase us, ‘kan?” say the child. Sophia looked at the dimly lit face of the child. He ran after her until he realized that everything had disappeared.

“Ka-All of you, where are you all?” He looked to the left and right. There are many buildings made of stone that are the houses of the people. Sophia walked between it all. Passing one still did not meet, passing the other still did not meet. The atmosphere of the previous bustling turned into a quiet one dotted with gusts of wind.

The leaves are dry and the dust is carried by the wind more strongly. They hit Sophia until the girl raised one of her arms to cover her face. “You all where? T-This is a creepy game. To-please don't leave me.” He's welding. His face was full of anxiety.

Before he realized, he was already in the presence of those children. But this was not what he expected. They were all lying on the ground with blood filling their bodies. Some of them even scattered their limbs.

“Se-Everything..,” voice Sophia stuck in throat. His eyes vibrate.

“So-Sophia... What are you doing? We're friends, aren't we?”

“Why…? Why would you do this to us?

“I already believe you. Why are you doing this to us?”

“Ti-No…. Bu-Not so...” Sophia shook her head increasingly quickly. “I can't possibly do this to you..”.

“It's your fault! You're the one who did all this!”

“How will you be in charge?”

“Nee... We are friends, right?”

All of those voices were getting louder and shrouding Sophia. He curled up to the ground with his hands covering his ears. He closed his eyes. He didn't want to listen to all this, all these nightmares. Even so the sound of the nightmare continued to haunt him. Until the last one ….

“Hey, are you okay?” a calming voice sounded.

Sophia opened her eyes and saw who it was. “There... sa...?” The girl felt so familiar. She has long, wavy pink hair. The color of her pupils was as bright as her hair. She was a beautiful little girl with white skin and a slender waist. Her appearance was similar to Theresa's before her contract with Sophia.

“Theresa? Who is he?” The girl raised a question mark over her head. “My name is Karina. I was gathering herbs and found you huddled up here. Are you okay?” Sophia looked at the girl's eyebrows looking down showing anxiety.

“Hei? Are you all right? Are you lost? Any injuries?”

“Em... I am fine.” Sophia shook her head. He stood up and cleaned the clothes from the dust. “By the way where is this? I should be in the Kingdom of Freies.”

“Kingdom Freies? That's very strange. I've never heard of it before.” The girl smiled stiffly at Sophia's strange behavior.

“The kingdom...” Sophia will explain, but that's it…. He's capitulating. “Hah, I'm lost.”

“What if it's in my place?” tawar Karina's.

“Thank you.”

Sophia's headed to Karina's house. He doesn't remember anything that happened during the trip. As if everything was arranged. It only takes a moment to get there. There is no distance, no time lag, and nothing. She doesn't even remember anything Karina told her during the trip. By the time she regained consciousness, she was already at the door.

“Mother! I'm back!” yell Karina. “I didn't bring the plant I was looking for, but I brought a strange girl!”

Sophia stopped and looked closely at Karina who had entered the house. Simple house with wooden walls. He seemed familiar with this place, but inside his head he found no memories at all. He kept walking and went inside.

“You're how, you're Karina…. Our food is running low and who's that you brought?” A woman blurry from Sophia's vision looked at her.

“My name is Sophia Magnifix. Sorry if it's a hassle. Then to cook, can you just let me do it? I have some simple recipes,” Sophia said with a flat face.

“I don't know what you can do but, but don't let you mess up the kitchen.”

“Good,” Sophia replied with a slight nod.

Sophia did a good job. Turning furnace, cutting fast, etc. Somehow everything went as he expected. He put on a flat face and focused on his cooking. “Wah, you are so great, yes.” Karina praised. There were also others that Sophia did not know who it was. He only felt a faint and blurry presence like an old memory.

After she finished she turned to Karina and gave the plate containing her homemade soup. “This is it. I hope this suits your taste, Theresa.” A wooden bowl of soup was poured on Karina.

“You mentioned that name again. You are very strange, yes.” Karina is very similar to Theresa. He smiled softly and understandingly. “Maybe the future will be difficult and I hope to continue with you. But sorry, yeah. Looks like I can't help you.” Karina's mouth started to bleed more and more and more and dripping.

Again before Sophia realized the scene had changed. The previously clean and warm home of the family atmosphere has been destroyed. Blood was splashed everywhere. It partially covered Sophia's body. And most terrifying of all, Sophia was holding a blood sword that pierced through Karina's body.

“There.. sa....,” a name spoken with another word stuck in the throat. Sophia's pupils shook violently with her skin becoming faster. ‘NO!’ screams in the inside. The sadness and regret Sophia felt. I don't know why he felt he had done something bad to someone he loved so much. It's very strange for him. This whole thing is so weird to him!

Around Sophia slowly changed. The whole scene turned black in the void. “Actually, exactly what have I done...?” question to himself. “Actually, how many people have I killed?” The empty scenery changed again. The entire vacuum was filled with a deep red color like blood.

“Sophia! Backup!”