We went outside the school.

"What took you guys so long?"

I turned my face. Add leaned his back on the wall and crossed his arms. "I heard that thing attacked again".

"Well, yeah," I nodded. How does he know? Did Eve tell him?

"That means we don't have much time," Add lifted me up with his nasod dynamos. "I'll go to your home, Ara".

I have a bad feeling about this. "Add, wait—"

Add and his nasod dynamos flight quickly to my home. This is too fast! Anyway, this is fun, but what does he mean by not much time?

This is my new record time for going home after school: 5 seconds.

"I see you're in no condition to train," Add opened the door. Wait, how? Sis always locked the door.

"Y-Yeah," I went inside and lied down on the sofa. "Thanks for bringing me home".

"Hey, I want to show you something," he smirked.

I sat and looked at him. "What?"

"Your weapon," he summoned a blade. "Luckily I can store it on my nasod dynamos, so I don't have to carry it around".

I look at the blade. Is he only here to give me the blade? For some reason, I'm sure he has something more.

"I found an interesting fact about your weapon," he showed his evil grin.

How do I react to that?

"What is it?" I asked. Now I'm curious.

"Let's wait for them," he leaned his back on the wall.

A few minutes later, Ara and Eve came. "You guys were so fast!" Ara shouted. "I can't fly that fast!"

"Get good," Add smirked.

"I tried, you know!" she protested.

At least she tried.

"Ara, throw your dark sphere at me," Add unsheathed his blade.

"Huh?" Ara tilted her head. "Okay then," she summoned a dark sphere and threw it at Add. He slashed it and the sphere disappeared.

Wow.

Add laughed—with his lunatic laughter, of course. "This is interesting!" he shouted.

"That's cool," Eve smiled. "But how?"

"Ever heard of magic barrier?" Add asked. "I think because this is not a magical weapon at all, it can ignore that".

Ara and I turned to silence.

"Whether it'll be useful or not, it depends on you," Add sheathed the blade and gave it to me.

"Thanks," I smiled.

"I can't wait to see you killed with your own weapon," he cackled.

Is he crazy or something? I don't understand him. And why does he want to see me die that bad?

He reminded me of Ran. Now I'm scared.

"Maybe we can handle that thing!" Ara smiled. "Hey, Add, please make a spear for me!"

"Meh. It's hard to find a real metal, you know," Add sighed. I can see disappointment on Ara's face. "I'm going home," he went outside. Wait, isn't it better if he made this kind of weapon for himself or Eve? Anyone but me, I mean.

"Isn't that good, Ravey? You have weapon now!" Ara shouted.

"I-I don't know," I looked at the blade. "I've never train my arms before, so—"

"We can learn that later. Take a rest," Eve smiled.

"Okay," I lied down on the sofa and closed my eyes.

"We meet again".

I opened my eyes and saw Aren—I mean—Ran. "Can I have another dream?" I asked.

"Do you really think this is a dream?" Ran smirked.

"Yeah," I tilted my head. "Why?"

It would be a real trouble if this isn't a dream, but what can I do? I'm just going with it for now.

"Because I can kill you right now!" he summoned a giant claw and I dodged it.

He failed. "Why do you want to kill me that bad?!" I asked.

He glared at me. "You're our biggest threat".

What.

" 'Our'? Wait, you're joking, right?" I tilted my head.

"Nope," he dashed and swung his sword. All I can do is dodge, but I need to think of something else. His last slash cut my left arm.

Nevermind. I can't think of anything else.

"You're troublesome," he hissed.

Really.

"I can't do anything! What do you want from me?!" I shouted. I've never seen someone wanted to kill me! I just know someone who wanted me to die for some reason.

"Raven!"

I woke up. Eve placed her hand on my forehead. "You're sweating. I thought you're sick," she said.

I sat on the sofa. Damn, I still feel a little dizzy. "Don't worry. It's just a bad dream".

Eve looked at my left arm. "What just happened?"

I looked at my left arm. Hey, this is the cut from before! "H-How do I explain this…" I stared at the wound. I need a reason. "I got this wound while I was in school today," I said to her. I don't know what to say.

"You're bad at lying, Raven," she took first aid kid immediately.

Don't worry. I didn't think she's going to believe me anyway.

She came back with first aid kid and sat on my left. "You just got this wound. What happened? Please tell me".

I told her about my dream—and now I'm not even sure if that really was a dream. "This is difficult. He can move you to another place while you're sleeping since you don't have any magic barrier or something. The point is he can go inside your dream".

"I don't think I slept," I replied. "I'm still tired".

"Maybe I can go inside your dream as well," she said.

What.

"What about sis?" I asked.

Eve glanced at me. "You know she's not really helpful, right?"

I laughed. That's not a joke, but I can't help it. She said that with her monotone voice. "Yeah. You right," I answered.

"I need to go inside your dream somehow," she sighed. "Maybe I should invite Add—"

"Wait! My dream is not a vacation spot!" I protested.

"He can kill you," Eve replied. "And the worst part is nobody can protect you except we can enter your dream somehow".

This is complicated.

"Add, is there a way to enter Raven's dream?" Eve asked Add—wherever he is right now. Why did she ask that? Maybe she really thinks that my dream is a vacation spot.

Wait, can I get money from my dream? I mean, if that's not a dream, I can ask for money because it's a vacation spot and I'll got money in real life. Isn't that awesome?

A few seconds later, Eve stared at me. "So we can set a barrier on Raven's dream? How?"

Forget what I said earlier. It's just my imagination. Anyway, what is she talking about? "Why are you staring at me?"

"Okay. I got it," Eve grabbed my shoulders. "I'm going to set a barrier on your dream before you sleep, so tell me if you're going to sleep".

"O-Okay," I nodded. I feel like I'm being treated like a little kid.

Ara came. "Dinner's ready~!"

So, entering other's dream is possible? If I can do that, I would go out at night and enter everybody's dream. That sounds fun!

Chung's bullet is really dangerous, isn't it? I still feel a little dizzy and I think I need sleep right after I ate my dinner.

I lied down on sis' bed. "Are you going to sleep, like, right now?" Eve asked.

"Yeah," I murmured. "I feel like I didn't get enough sleep".

"Do you need chit-chat before sleep?" Eve asked.

What kind of question is that?

I looked at her. "I don't, but do you have something to say?"

"I think that teacher named Noah know something," she said.

"About what?" I asked her.

"About you," she answered. "You said nobody will take you to the medical room—which is sad—and she took care of you. Something's off".

Oh, about that. I feel that too, but I don't know how to solve it. "What do you think about that?" I asked her. I'm really not helping at all.

"You asked her how she knew that it was Chung who shot you," she crossed her arms. "I got shot a few days ago, and it didn't leave any wound".

"Yeah, I know that," I agreed.

"If he's still in the same position like Ara, that means he has no choice but to bully you. After you bullied someone, you won't take them to the medical room, right? Normally you would leave them just like that," Eve explained. "It's just my assumption, but I think Chung took you to the medical room. That's why Noah knows Chung shot you".

I wonder if that was right. "If that's the case, I should prevent myself from getting unconscious".

Eve smiled. "You don't have to do that. Just sleep for now".

Yay it's Sunday! I don't have to go to school! And I think Eve really made a magical barrier on my dreams because I don't have any dream about Ran.

Anyway, Add came to my house this morning to train me or whatever, but we have no other place, so we train in front of my house. I don't know what other people thinking when they see us. "I don't think this is a good idea," I said.

"This is the most acceptable bad idea," Add sighed.

Really.

"Considering the fact that Raven got attacked twice, I don't think this is safe," Eve responded.

"Don't worry, Ravey! I'll protect you!" Ara summoned her spear.

"I think you can split Ara's spear into two using your blade," Add smirked.

Whoa! Really?

I unsheathed my blade. "Sis, may I try?"

Ara chuckled. "I won't let you try that easily," she dashed to my direction and attacked me.

"W-Wait!" I parried her attack with my blade because… I don't know. Dodging seems dangerous because I know how fast she is. And I thought she's going to protect me!

Crash!

Her spear split into two. It hit the ground and shattered. "I think I can do that easily," I smiled at her.

"If that's the case, you don't have to learn how to use blade," Eve said. "Just slash everything".

Really? "That's easy for you to say".

A sphere came to Eve direction and I slashed it.

The sphere disappeared.

"Thanks," Eve smiled at me.

"I think that settles everything," Ara gave a sigh of relief.

"No. I can't bring this to school," I responded. "If the teacher took this blade, Add's effort will be wasted".

"Then how should I train you," Ara crossed her arms. "You can break my spear with a single slash".

"Add, are you serious?!" Eve shouted. "Guys, can we rescue Add, like, right now?"

What.

"Okay," I answered without thinking. I don't know what happened to him, but Eve asked us to 'rescue' him right now, so I think I can ask for an explanation later.

"What happened?" Ara asked.

"I'll tell you later," Eve answered. Just as expected. "Anyway, I've been showing my magical power to you a lot lately," Eve looked at me.

What? When? "Really?"

"Talking with Add use magical power," she lifted me up. "Come, Ara," she said. She flight quickly to Add's place.

"W-Wait for me!" Ara shouted as she tried her best to catch up.

We finally arrived and everything seems fine. "You guys are late," Add said. In front of him is a twintailed red-haired girl, sitting on the ground. She has wings, horns, and tail. Is she a demon like Lu?

"Eve, you're flying too fast!" Ara arrived.

I don't know what happened, but I guess Add alone can handle this. So what are we doing?

"You'll pay, humans!" the red-haired girl hissed.

"Whatever," Add narrowed his eyes at the red-haired girl. "Just tell us who's your master".

The red-haired girl summoned void balls from the sky. I dodged them. It would be cool if I slash them one by one, but I'm not used to that.

Dodging is love, dodging is life.

When I dodged the last void ball, the red-haired girl suddenly appeared in front of me. "Gotcha~" she smirked as she grabbed my hand and teleported to somewhere else.

Dodging, I trusted you.

I tried to free myself, but I'm not strong enough.

Lady El, please bless me.

…You're wondering why I didn't use my blade, aren't you?