As promised, chapter 26!
This second dream is narrated from Ken's POV, and the song, well actually parts of it, is Aoi Hitomi (Blue Eyes) as sung by Maaya Sakamoto, lyrics by Iwasato Yuuho, and composition by Youko Kanno. I changed the word aoi (blue), to kuroi (black) so it matches Yuuri's eyes.
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Chapter 26: The second dream.
I think this is the first time Ulrike actually agrees to us using her divination sphere to spy on someone's dream. Not that we do it all the time, of course. Shinou can just skip this step of the process and get himself inside the person's head, but this time we are not supposed to interfere or be sensed, so this way it's the best.
We have been waiting for about an hour now and Wolfram is finally drifting off, as the sphere begins to shine to let us know our target is entering dreamland. With my help, Shinou concentrates his marioku and manages to project the image into the waterfall in the wall. The entire room is dark so this seems pretty much like a cinema. With surround sound and all. We also put a soundproof magic barrier, so no one other than us can hear anything of what's about to happen. The shrine's maidens have been told not to let anyone pass, not even the Maou, as Shinou Heika's order.
"He's asleep" Shinou says and we focus our attention on the waterfall. All we can see is darkness, the room starts to get colder by the second and we suddenly hear a voice. Someone's singing.
Dakishimenaide watashi no akogare
(Please don't embrace my longing)
hisoka na ude no naka
(secretly in your arms)
kono mama de ii kara
(Because I'm fine the way I am)
"Is that Wolfram's voice?" I ask, I really can't tell, it sounds like him, but it's just not right...
"No, it isn't" Shinou answers me without taking his eyes of the waterfall. But if that is not him, then who is he? and who is he singing to?
The darkness is suddenly dissipated and we can see a heartbreaking scene. Wolfram is trapped, surrounded by purple snakes that hiss on his hears. He's the one singing, and the one he's singing to is... Shibuya. Shibuya is walking towards him smiling.
Sono kuroi hitomi
(Esos ojos negros)
utsukushii orokasa
(beautiful foolishness)
anata no nani mo kamo
(I believed everything about you)
kiseki da to shinjita
(was a miracle)
There's so much hurt in his voice, why is he singing this to Shibuya?... He keeps smiling and walking in Wolfram's direction. He's offering his hand for Wolfram to take...
Mizu o fukunda kaze ga hoho o nadete yuku
(A damp wind strokes my cheek)
nani mo kamo wasurete
(Forget everything)
kowashite shimae
(Break it off.)
konna chiisana jibun mo ashita mo
(And tomorrow too, even this small me)
anata o aishiteru...
(will love you...)
But Wolfram doesn't take it.
Dakishimenaide watashi no akogare
(Please don't embrace my longing)
hisoka na ude no naka
(secretly in your arms.)
kono mama de ii kara
(Because I'm fine the way I am)
"Why would Lord von Bielefeld reject Heika like that?" Ulrike asks heartbroken as Yuuri walks away. Shinou shakes his head as I wait for the answer too.
"That is not my descendant... Look at his eyes"
"Oh dear Lord, those eyes..." Ulrike takes a step back and I almost do the same as I see the eyes on the tear stained face.
"Purple snake eyes" I say, wearing my poker face once more. "The Mirage tribe ruler's eyes"
I take another look at the person trapped by the purple snakes. He's crying and shivering. Whoever he is, he's suffering too. Then something on the distance draws our attention, although the the purple eyed Wolfram doesn't seem to notice, or maybe he just doesn't care.
A bright golden light is approaching him and the room temperature starts raising. It feels warm and loving. Somewhere deep inside of me I feel like crying.
"It's okay"
"Shinou, that was..." keeping up the poker face is getting more and more difficult.
"That is my descendant's voice" Ulrike swallows a yelp when hearing this. She's feeling it too. This is not just a simple dream. That is Wolfram's light. That is Wolfram's soul. What the fuck is going on inside that body!?
"I'm so sorry... so sorry... I just love him so much"
The purple eyed Wolfram cries as the real Wolfram's body starts becoming visible through the light.
"I know, so do I"
He says and pats his other self? in the head. I can't believe this, how can he be so calm. This energy I'm feeling. This feeling that I know too well, it cannot be...
"It will be alright, I won't let him be alone. If that is what he wants, he can be yours. I will keep you by his side"
"Oh no..." I let the words escape my mouth, now I'm almost sure... Wolfram's figure starts to disappear once again, leaving only the light behind him. But something's wrong. Something is pulling him away.
"It's okay my son, take him away from the one who hurt us, make him yours. Make the Maou yours"
"What the fuck!?" I yell when the female voice appears. It's almost a hissing, it sounds so much like a snake I can barely understand the meaning of each word, and I think purple eyed Wolfram actually doesn't.
Then the image stops, and we are left alone in the darkness, staring at the waterfall. He must have woken up.
"What has been done to him...?" Ulrike says almost losing her balance.
"The shape of his soul... he has accepted it, he has accepted his destiny" I say almost falling down myself, not anyone would have noticed, being that I actually didn't move at all, but Shinou knows me and he knows how I'm feeling right now.
I have been there so many times and it doesn't get easier, not matter the number of times you go through it. Accepting everything, letting everything go, being ready to embrace anything, to embrace destiny, to embrace death... Such a painful thing...
"This isn't right, this is not his destiny..." I mumble to myself as Shinou holds me by the shoulders from behind.
"No, it is not. And I will make sure this gets fixed"
"We are running out of time" Ulrike suddenly says, she has gotten herself together and she's looking at her divination sphere.
"How much longer?" he asks leaning closer to me.
"Three days, at the most"
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Wow... big cliff hanger there... didn't mean to do that...
