Rudi, it hurts, Rudi..!"
When I woke up, I was tightly hugging Roxy. My throat dry, my body chill, and for some reason only my back is warm.
"Ah... Sorry."
"Cough... Cough..."
After I let go, Sylphy places a hand over my face and rubs my forehead. It's covered in sweat.
"Are you okay, Rudi?"
From my back comes a voice. I turn around to look. Roxy's face before my eyes. From behind she hugs me tightly. My back feels warm.
"Sorry."
I sit up, it's late night. Was that a dream? No, that wasn't a dream. Without a doubt, it's Hitogami.
"Cough... What's wrong, Rudi, are you okay?"
Sylphy sits up as well, wiping my sweat with her sleeves. Still Roxy has me in her embrace, and now rubbing my chest.
"It's nothing... Just, it was a, strange dream."
Kill Orsted. That's what Hitogami said. But what does he mean? What was his plan? I need to think this through.
Orsted and Hitogami are enemies. But Orsted is one person, and one person can't beat God.
I don't understand why even someone as strong as him cannot beat Hitogami. Perhaps reaching him requires several companions.
Thus my descendants become Orsted's companions, and as a result Orsted finds Hitogami and beats him.
That's why Hitogami wants to kill my descendants, kill Roxy, kill Sylphy, to erase this entire line.
With that, Orsted can never reach Hitogami's location, and Hitogami wins.
Orsted is the mastermind, my descendants and Orsted, as long as one disappears, Hitogami wins.
But, can I kill him? Hitogami says my fate is abnormally strong, but the same must go for Orsted.
Even though, he makes Hitogami his enemy, and has always been fighting him.
Why will I kill him? What must I use in order to kill someone as strong as him... Is there anything?
My diary records several magic my future self has used.
Magic Armor, that item I can make right now, and once made it will probably be very useful.
My future self used several magic, gravity magic, teleportation magic, even electric magic.
Gravity and Teleportation I don't know... But in our previous fight, even Stone Cannon managed to deal some damage.
Electric shock can even paralyze Atofe, so I have some weapons that can work. Then, I just need some defense, enough to blunt the damage.
... Why am I seriously considering killing Orsted?
"Hey, Rudi, if it hurts, please tell us. Please say something?" [4]
Sylphy looks like she's about to cry. With my right hand I embrace her head, and with my left hand I grab Roxy's hand.
Why else? To protect these two.
"There's, there's a person, I must kill him."
"... Eh?"
"Rudi... What are you even talking about?"
I did not answer Roxy. Separated from them two, I left the bed. Instantly warmth disappears, only chill remains.
"Sorry."
With that, I head out the room. My lights lit, my head heavy, I head to my study.
Right now all I can think of is rereading the diary and trying to find inspiration from that old man's battles.
Kill Orsted. Kill him to save my family's life.
Even if we're to perish together, even if my family would grieve, I'll do it.
"..."
Suddenly, I saw the letter I planned to mail together.
"..."
On that letter I added another line.
... Maybe I won't even get a chance to see Eris.