Side Mia
“Madam Mia, this is…”
When Olivia and I reached our destination and stepped out of the helicopter, the sight that met us left us stunned. It was a city overgrown with plants that had come from Yggdrasil’s seeds. Humans had already left the area; there was no longer anything that could be called “civilization” here.
“Is this it? The landscape you keep seeing in your dreams?”
That’s right. It was one of the dreams I’d been having a lot these days.
In a vast jungle, I discovered an enormous monument, and I always felt a great pull toward disaster from it. I would sweat buckets, then wake up.
After the Great Cataclysm a year ago, I’d lost the ability to see the future, but I still saw several strange dreams on a regular basis. The dream about the origin text had been one of them. And this time—
“This is it. The place I always dream about.”
I looked up at the monument, which was several times taller than I was.
It was an enormous, timeworn clock.
The great clock was nearly falling to pieces. I didn’t know what it was, specifically.
However, for some reason, I did know its name.
“The Doomsday Clock.”
The hands were poised to strike midnight, and that would spell the end.
“So the global crises really haven’t gone away?” Olivia’s gaze was unsteady, as if she couldn’t accept this as reality.
I’d believed they were gone as well.
And I wasn’t the only one. I was sure Boss had, too, and all the former heroes.
“We may be forgetting something vital.”
I thought back to the Great Cataclysm.
No, it had happened a little earlier than that—when had it begun?
“It started on that day.”
I retraced my memories, beginning with the day when the world had gone strange.
The day the Vampire, who bore a grudge against the human race, had rebelled.
A video chat notification came in on Siesta’s computer. When I picked up, the screen showed Mia dressed as a cat-eared maid.
“It’s been a while, huh, Mia?”
“…Boss sold me out.”
When she saw me, Mia froze up for a second, then slumped dramatically. From what she told me, Siesta had suggested a cosplay party today.
“She’s just gone shopping. She’ll be back soon.”
“Why are you picking up her calls anyway?”
Well, because I thought it might make life interesting.
“……”
“Wh-why are you staring at me like that?”
Blushing, Mia fidgeted with her special-occasion costume and hair.
“I thought you looked like you wanted to hear you were cute.”
“…! The thought hadn’t occurred to me, but if you do think so, then say so!”
That side of her really is cute.
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