Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

Dream calendar 98 years.

The 14th "Domination War" was grandly held, including 144 rulers from different eras and different parallel realities. At the end of the game, after several months, I ended up winning.

Time goes back to where it all started.

2 months ago. Under the guidance of a young girl, I was invited to participate in this dream game that I thought was pure. I met all kinds of rulers and established various bonds with them.

During this period, we have experienced betrayal and parting.

Unknowingly, the numerous dream worlds have changed from being overcrowded at the beginning to being lonely in the end.

In this short period of 2 months, the 144 dominators who participated in the game were eliminated to the last 2. So, after this decisive battle between two people, I unexpectedly and smoothly won the "victory" of this domination war...

Or rather, it is not.

Because as long as the camera is switched to another angle, then I am undoubtedly the loser's side.

Because of this war of domination, there is no nominal winner at all.

Because the decisive battle between us has been cruelly declared over before it even started.

Before that decisive battle, we gave each other half an hour of preparation time. And before our agreed time, I arrived at the agreed place ahead of time.

However, the result of waiting for me was that Lin Yu didn't agree to the appointment for a long time.

It was as if the world had evaporated. Regardless of dream or reality, I have never seen him again.

In fact, not only him, but also the observers who ruled the war were all missing. So even though his abstention was supposed to mean my victory, I didn't get the spoils of victory.

I didn't get the so-called power to control reality; and no one asked me if I wanted to become a madman of dreams. Only the time that seemed to never pass away—the time that stretched the silence forever, and me who was imprisoned in time remained.

Nothing is gained and nothing is left.

Only at that time, the figure of that girl is still clear in memory.

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Outside the classroom window, the sound of pattering rain massaged my ears.

I raised my left arm against the edge of the stacked books in the upper left corner of the desk, and my forehead involuntarily rested on the soft arm.

Hypnotized by the sound of the rain, the blank thoughts gradually became drowsy.

The bell rang in my ears. Gradually, I fell into darkness.

At the dark end, there is a tall solid wood door. Before I could push the door open, it made a creaking noise and pushed it inward automatically——

"Hey!! Good morning~"

The voice almost close to my ear suddenly brought me back to reality, and I suddenly lifted my head resting on my arm. The prank girl straightened up playfully and looked me up and down.

"You're still as lifeless as ever."

The sound of the rain stopped playing belatedly, and the atmosphere of being at a loss came to the nostrils. Before I could respond to the girl's joke, the bell echoed in the depths of my consciousness again.

Under the pendulum swinging back and forth between the ears, a dignified but nostalgic voice sounded in his ears——

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Mine, the ruler."