You have to keep your promises, Seia! - 9
Knock- knock-
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"I'm coming in."
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The voice of the Tea Party attendant came from outside.
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"...!"
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I wanted to grant permission for them to enter, but unfortunately, my voice wouldn't come out.
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Creak-! Thud-!
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Perhaps knowing this, they opened the door and came in anyway.
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"Seia-nim. I will check your condition today as well."
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Nod- nod-
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Seeing my response, the attendant began to check my physical condition.
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Truth be told, this person is my physician. I wanted to ask the Relief Knights for help, but due to the closed-off atmosphere of the Tea Party, I hesitated to call them.
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"Yes. Fortunately, there are no problems today either."
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Thanks to that, I asked Nagisa to assign a physician to me.
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"Seia-nim. I respect your hard work, but please take breaks sometimes. Getting enough sleep is essential for your health."
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'For a Tea Party host, this attendant has quite the nerve to say something like that.'
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"Ah, I-I'm sorry. Was I being too forward?"
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Shake- shake-
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Seeing me shake my head, the attendant looked relieved. I gestured for them to leave and went back to my paperwork.
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'Hmm... maybe the closed-off atmosphere of the Tea Party needs to change sometimes? It's good to be secure, but this is too much...'
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But it's not like I can reform things as I please, and it would be rude to Mika and Nagisa.
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'Since there's no immediate problem, I'll just leave it as it is.'
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Seia looked around.
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A vast desert stretched endlessly before her.
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The desert spread out like a golden sea, filled with an eerie silence.
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The sand dunes constantly shifted with the wind, feeling like living, breathing entities.
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The sky was a clear, transparent color, possessing infinite depth.
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The sun blazed intensely in the center of the desert, its light reflecting off the sand like sparkling jewels.
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'... Is this a desert?'
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Under the scorching desert sun, a woman lay collapsed in the sand.
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'Is she dead?'
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Tap- tap-
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Seia nudged the woman and realized she wasn't dead yet.
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Even if she wasn't dead, what good would it do? Seia didn't know where this place was.
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In other words, there was no way to save this person.
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"Ugh... w-water..."
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'Water...?'
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The woman's plea for water made Seia unconsciously search her pockets.
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There was no way Seia would have water in a place she didn't even know...
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'Ah! Found it.'
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For some reason, there was a small water bottle in her pocket. It was the water Seia usually drank while working on documents.
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'Ugh... I can't stand coffee, so I drank water every day, but I never thought I'd use it like this.'
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With that thought, Seia placed the water bottle in the woman's hand.
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"Huh...? W-water...?"
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Seeing the woman's surprised reaction to the water bottle in her hand, Seia chuckled and waved.
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"Wh-who...?"
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Flash-
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'Ah... w-was it a dream...?'
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As soon as I heard the man ask who I was, I woke up from the dream.
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'Whew... gasp. I must have fallen asleep while working on documents...'
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I wiped the drool from the corner of my mouth and replayed the situation in my mind.
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First of all, a dream means a prophetic dream...
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Until now, I've never intervened in a prophetic dream. I've always been an observer.
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But this time, I didn't just observe; I interacted with the dream entity and gave them water.
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'And that woman... she was the teacher I saw in the prophetic dream...?'
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Not knowing what was going on, I decided to form a few hypotheses.
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First, I didn't have a prophetic dream, just a regular dream.
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'Not a bad guess, but I've never had a regular dream in Seia's body, so that's out.'
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Second, the dream was indeed prophetic, and it's a situation I'll face in the future.
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'This is the most likely hypothesis. One thing that bothers me is why I would go to the middle of a desert... I can't explain that...'
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Third, I can intervene in reality through dreams.
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'... That can't be. This is also dismissed.'
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This hypothesis is obviously absurd. There's no way such a ridiculous superpower could exist-
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Thump thump thump!!-
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"Seia-chan!!! Don't tell me you're still working??!!"
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"...?!!"
'M-Mika?!! What's with this sudden outburst...?!'
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Mika's voice sounded furious from outside, as if someone had broken a promise...
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'N-no way? Is it already that late?!'
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Looking outside, I realized it was already getting dark.
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"Seia-chan...!! I clearly said I wouldn't forgive you if you did this again...!!"
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"...!! ...!!!"
'W-wait!! I just fell asleep and lost track of time! P-please spare me!!'
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Unfortunately, my screams didn't reach Mika.
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