Warning: Contains MAJOR spoilers for the 1st arc of the main story
Notes:
() - Heroine's thoughts, Blue Text - Flashbacks
Navi - The Traumerei Princess' Butler - Moon End
Chapter 6 - Now and the Past
As the red sky was being slightly devoured by night... While I was sitting in the flower field, I only looked at the sky that was slowly changing.
(Once this journey ends... Navi will. Will Big Brother disappear...?)
No matter how much I didn't want to think that, my fears that wouldn't go away took over my heart.
MC: That's...
Wanting to do something about the pain, I clenched my fingers that have become cold tightly.
...
Meanwhile, underneath the same sky... Navi went back to the main street of the town that he walked in with MC.
Navi: ...Before... I wasn't good at making MC smile.
When he stopped, Navi looked at his own small white hand.
Navi: Hope... If you were in my position, what would you have said?
When he looked at a showcase window, his white body that was different from the past was reflected in it. Navi's eyes stopped at his body that was showing in the showcase window.
Navi: Would you have... made MC smile again like this...? What do you think? Hope...
Talking to himself that was half shorter than his past self, Navi clenched his hand tightly...
Chapter 7 - Underneath the Moonlight
When I fell asleep without realizing it, the sun has already set and stars have started to shine in the sky...
MC: Ah...
When I got up from the flower field, I looked around the area in a daze.
(Navi is...)
At that moment... I saw a man standing still among the flowers.
MC: Who...?
As I was unsure if he heard me, that person slowly turned towards me. As he was basked in the moonlight completely, that person's clear eyes shined.
(This person is...)
As it felt like the faintly bright moonlight was gathering around that person's body...
(I... know... this person.)
-Flashback-
MC: Um...
??: MC...
MC: Eh...?
-Flashback-
(From that time before we went to Rabia*...)
T/N: Sharon's kingdom
-Flashback-
XX: MC...
-Flashback-
The soft voice that said my name filled my heart with nostalgia.
(That's right... I... I've known this voice for a long time.)
I put my foot forward to run towards his side. Although, my feet wouldn't move like I thought they would...
MC: Big... Bro-
The man's body started to fade a little...
MC: Wait...!
I desperately reached out to him, but I was unable to stop him when his body disappeared into the darkness.
??: Princess...!
Where that man was, there was Navi looking up at me. As it felt like I just left a dream, an unbearable warmth was left in my heart.
MC: That man... was Navi.
Navi: ...
Instead of responding to my words, Navi gently narrowed his eyes.
Navi: ...You'll catch a cold if you sleep in a place like this.
Navi gently placed his small white hand on mine.
Navi: Princess... My apologies for causing so much pain.
Navi presented something big and wrapped that he was holding behind his back.
MC: This is?
Navi: Try opening it.
Urged by him, I opened the wrapping paper and...
MC: This is...!
When the white fox doll appeared from it, I looked at Navi.
Navi: I'm sorry. I wanted to make you smile no matter what, so this is all that I could think of... I... haven't changed at all.
As he scratched his cheek with his small hand troubledly, he made a bit of a sad smile. His long ears hung down as the wind made them flutter.
Navi: Smile... MC.
He looked straight at me with his big eyes. Holding back the tears that were about to come out, I hugged Navi in my arms...
Last Chapter - A Gentle Hand
As the nightly silence around us was hurting my ears... I desperately hugged Navi in my arms.
Navi: Princess...?
I barely heard him gasp in surprise.
MC: Big Brother...
Navi: ...
MC: Big Brother...!
Wanting to keep him here, I called out to him like a child. When my eyes heated up, I closed them tightly.
Navi: MC...
His small hand gently touched my head.
Navi: You've gotten bigger.
His words that gently reached my ears weren't as Navi, but as Big Brother.
MC: ...!
Trying his best to move, he petted my head as if he was praising me.
Navi: I've really... wanted to tell you for a very, very long time. That I'm your older brother...
MC: ...
Navi: I'm really sorry. When you were summoned here, you were burdened with a heavy responsibility.
As he looked straight at me, his big eyes trembled heartrendingly.
Navi: I'm a hopeless brother.
MC: ...That's not... true.
Navi: Eh?
MC: That's not true. During the uneasy times and sad times... You were always by my side, Big Brother.
My memories that have become my tears fell... No matter how many times I tried to stop them desperately, the tears fell along my cheeks.
Navi: MC...
MC: You've always been my friend. I love you, Big Brother. That's why... I'm scared. When this journey ends... What'll happen to you? Because you're already...
Unable to bring up any more words, tears fell again.
Navi: MC.
When he backed away from me, he wiped my tears away.
MC: Big Brother...
Navi: It'll be okay... It'll be okay, MC...
He gently placed his small white hand on my cheek.
Navi: Even though you're part of the royal family of dreams too, you're unable to bring people back to life.
As he said that thoroughly, the words that I didn't want to hear made me feel overwhelmed instantly.
MC: That's...
(I don't want that...)
Navi: But, if that's what you wish...
MC: Big Brother...
Navi: Trust me, MC. The world that has the power to bring dreams to life... Dreams, strong feelings and hope for the future. Since I was able to see you again like this... I'm sure that a miracle will happen.
As he looked back at me gently, he made his usual smile.
MC: Big Brother...
Navi: Hang in there. Aren't you the Traumerei Princess of the Dream Kingdom?
As I was reflected in his clear eyes, that person made a mature smile. Even though his voice and appearance were different, I believed that the person in front of me was Big Brother.
MC: ...Yes.
Navi: I'm really not good at making you smile.
He narrowed his eyes somewhat troubledly. Realizing how nostalgic that action was, I felt warmth in my heart.
MC: ...I'll trust you. In return, Big Brother should promise as well. That we'll be together even after this journey ends. I want to talk more with Big Brother. About this world...
Even though I was aware that I was troubling him with my selfishness again, I couldn't help, but wish for that. Accepting my feelings, he gently caressed my cheek.
Navi: Then, once this journey ends... Let's go around the world. We'll go to any place that you want to go to... I'm sure that I'll take you to them.
His grip on my hand was gentle, but... firm.
MC: Big Brother...
Navi: Let's go, MC.
As he pulled my hand gently, I got up.
When I looked up at the sky, countless stars were shining on us...
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