"Leaning on the train from Hokkaido to Tokyo, I had a dream.

I think this must be because I read that person’s work before.”

I don’t know since when, dreaming has become something that Nana Hashimoto will definitely experience every time she closes her eyes and falls into a deep sleep.

When she wakes up, she will try to recall the appearance of the boy she met in her dream and draw it with a paintbrush.

It's just that the experience that was clearly impressive in the dream will be completely blank after waking up. I can't remember the person's appearance anyway. Only the experience and conversation have been permanently fixed in the brain cells.

Of course, sometimes, I also dream about other people and things.

for example...

"Kenta, get up and eat."

Hashimoto Nana put the fried eggs on the table and shouted upstairs.

"Hey~~"

Dong dong dong...

The sound of bare feet stepping on the wooden board was rhythmic. Hashimoto Kenta in chicken coop mode went downstairs and yawned, "Good morning, sister~~"

"If you don't hurry up, you'll be late."

Hashimoto Nana frowned. Seeing that her brother was still sleepy, she toughened her tone and said, "It will be resolved within ten minutes, otherwise..."

While she was talking, the girl had an anti-wolf electric baton in her hand. It crackled and sparks flickered.

Before he finished speaking, Hashimoto Kenta rushed into the bathroom like a breeze.

"Fortunately, I didn't hear this guy say to me today, 'Sister, please find a boyfriend as soon as possible'."

After washing the dishes, Nana Hashimoto bowed to the empty home and said ceremonially, "I'm going out~"

The moment the door closed, the girl and Hashimoto Kenta walked out of the door side by side.

The weather at this time was still unsatisfactory, and dark clouds shrouded the sky over Asahikawa City, making people feel breathless.

Suddenly, a drop of water fell on Hashimoto Nanami's face.

"Ah? It's raining. We didn't bring an umbrella, what should we do?"

Kenta Hashimoto stopped and pointed at the sky with his hands on his hips, "You bastard, you didn't have any warning at all. Do you want me and my sister to get wet all over you?"

"Okay, it's not very far anyway, just run."

Nana Hashimoto felt embarrassed when she slapped her younger brother who was pointing at the sky and cursing. The strange looks occasionally cast by passers-by around him made Hashimoto Nana feel embarrassed.

Ah... Speaking of which, Kenta happened to be in his chuunibyou period at this time. Both his behavior and tone of voice were very similar to the male protagonist in the hot-blooded comics, except for his appearance and body shape.

"Really, why don't you just call me if you don't have an umbrella? What if Nanamin gets cold and sick again?"

At the soba noodle shop where the Hashimoto siblings worked, a little girl with twin tails was akimbo, glaring angrily at Kenta Hashimoto, who was looking up at the sky, and Nana Hashimoto, who was looking down like an ostrich.

"Sorry, sorry, mainly because Kenta got up too late today."

Nana Hashimoto looked apologetic and glanced at Kenta Hashimoto who was picking his nose out of the corner of his eye.

This guy, where does this calmness come from?

At least girls themselves can't be so shameless.

"is not it."

After slapping Hashimoto Kenta on the head, she continued, "But, kii-chan is still in trouble."

"Ah haha~~This is a small thing, a small thing."

The girl grinned happily and said, "Well, my father has gone out to buy the ingredients for today. Before it's business hours, Hinako, I will cook myself. How about making some soba noodles for you two?"

Hashimoto Kenta was still immersed in the pain of being hammered on the head by his sister. "It hurts...ah? You cook? Can your cooking be as delicious as my sister's?"

"of course not!"

Facing his interrogation, the girl smiled stupidly, "Although it's not as delicious as Nanamin's, it won't poison you to death."

At the same time, the girl inadvertently glanced at Hashimoto Nana's wet hair and suddenly realized.

"I almost forgot, Nanamin, you can't freeze. There are dry towels in the room. I'll get them for you."

Watching the other party jump into the house to find a towel to wipe her hair, a dialog box suddenly popped up in front of Hashimoto Nanami.

"This is kii-chan. Only people close to her would call her that. As for her real name, Kitano Rinako..."

Then below is a long narration description: Kii-chan is from Hokkaido like me, but her hometown is Otaru.

The whole family suddenly moved here a year ago. The reason was that at a family gathering, kii-chan wanted to let his father open a buckwheat shop, and he would become the owner of the buckwheat shop in the future, and then...

it's wired...

Hashimoto Nana didn't blink. It turned out that she was dreaming. Is this the world in a dream?

When did you first begin to be in the dream world and aware of your own physical state so often now?

Probably... it was because I bought a comic book in the bookstore outside Asahikawa Elementary School.

When she mentioned that work, words such as blood, brotherhood, adventure, etc. appeared in her mind.

"zangzang~~"

The next second, the girl's body was lifted up out of thin air by the power of this world, and she sat between the seats in the store.

"Today's theme is, kii-chan's super invincibility~~universely delicious soba noodles, the secret technique I learned from my father~~"

Hashimoto Nana picked up the soba noodles with an extra egg for herself. The aroma emanating from the bowl always made her feel dizzy. All of this was so real.

Suck it~~

His mouth twitched instinctively against the air.

Afterwards, consciousness returns to the real world.

When she opened her eyes, the girl found that she was maintaining a very strange posture, holding a comic book in both hands, but her eyes were tightly closed under black sunglasses.

"Ahh! I woke up without eating soba noodles!"

Thinking of the rare delicacy slipping away from her mouth, Nana Hashimoto puffed up her face angrily and began to look for the reason.

It was this book that caused it. It must have the magic power to make you fall asleep and dream quickly.

For girls, who can be busy in daily life and end up with multiple holes in their bodies, the only way to save themselves is to read. This is not limited to reading novels, but also comics and the like.

Being alone and immersed in a world rich in text and comics is the most wonderful thing I have ever thought of.

Even today, I still think so.

Reading can indeed make your heart fly to another world and allow you to be saved.

The moment she opened the book, Hashimoto Nana once again experienced the purifying feeling of "like the human world". Even though there was only one chapter, what she experienced was an encounter completely different from reality.

In addition, the plot of the comic is rarely similar to what the girl has experienced in reality.

It's a pity that she doesn't have the abilities of the protagonist in the comics.

if you can...

However, resurrecting relatives seems to go against the common sense of the world.

When I think of the elder brother and his younger brother in the comics, they missed their mother who died when they were young. In order to see their mother again, they performed the biggest taboo in alchemy - refining the human body.

However, due to the backlash during the refining process, the younger brother lost his entire body and the older brother lost his left foot.

In order to get his younger brother back, the elder brother sacrificed his right hand to refine the younger brother's soul and fixed the younger brother's soul on a pair of armor.

From then on, the two brothers embarked on a journey to retrieve their bodies in order to regain everything they had lost.

The elder brother's name is Edward Elric, and the younger brother's name is Alphonse Elric.

The name of this comic is - Fullmetal Alchemist.

"Arno~~"

At that moment, a soft whisper came to my ears.

"Excuse me, is the comic in your hand...is "Fullmetal Alchemist"?"

He raised his head and looked towards the source of the sound.

There was a girl with slightly dark skin who was biting her lip and looking here. When her eyes collided, maybe she was worried that she was too rude, or maybe it was due to her personality. The girl quickly lowered her head and said softly, "I'm sorry to bother you."

Already."

Outside the window behind her, the stop sign with the word "Tokyo" was clearly engraved in Hashimoto Nanami's pupils.

Before I knew it, I had arrived in Tokyo.

Departure at 8 am and arrive at 2 pm.

But what surprised me the most was probably that the moment I entered the platform, I didn't know how many passengers had changed along the way, and a new stranger appeared to talk to me.

She is interested in the comic book in her hand.

"Yes...do you know this too?"

Out of politeness, Hashimoto Nana did not take off her sunglasses and smiled calmly.

"I am Hashimoto Nanami, did you also come to Tokyo from somewhere?"

It seemed that she did not expect that she would take the initiative to introduce herself. The girl was a little timid, and a trace of hesitation flashed across her round face. "I am from Osaka. I heard from a friend that there is a place where you can watch pigeons..."

"Eh? Pigeon?"

"Yeah~~It's just pigeons..." The girl showed her big white teeth and was a little embarrassed. "I like pigeons very much. I'm curious about the difference between pigeons in Tokyo and pigeons in Osaka, so I came here on the weekend to have a look."

Finally, the girl whispered her name. Although there was a bit of Osaka dialect, Hashimoto Nanami still understood it.
Chapter completed!