— The Dream Voice at Sea
The boat drifted eastward, gliding across the waves.
By the time the morning sun had risen high, Luna’s body had reached its limit.
The pain of the mark and the fatigue of last night’s battle weighed down her eyelids, pulling her into sleep with the rocking of the boat.
—When she awoke, she stood amidst a deep fog.
An endless white sea, with neither sky nor ground.
“…Luna.”
That voice made her chest burn.
Turning, she saw Holt—not in the form of a black cat, but as a human figure.
Yet his outline blurred, and particles of light spilled away.
“Holt… is that you?”
“It’s me. But… I can’t speak for long.”
His voice was faint, as though echoing from far away.
Luna tried to run to him, but the fog swelled like waves, keeping her from closing the distance.
“Wait…! We’ve finally met again…!”
Holt smiled softly and shook his head.
“Luna… if you keep crying, I’ll never move forward.
So—smile for me. Don’t let the eyes searching for me cloud over.”
“But…! To think you’re still trapped in loneliness, life after life…!”
For a moment, Holt’s eyes shone with a fierce light.
“I was never truly alone. In every life, whenever I looked up at the moon, I could feel you.
That’s why… I endured.”
The fog began to swirl, and Holt’s form crumbled away.
Luna cried out, reaching desperately.
“Wait! Where are you!? Tell me!!”
At that instant, only a single word left Holt’s lips:
“—At the eastern edge…”
The light shattered, and the dream was broken.
Luna awoke with a gasp.
The sea breeze struck her cheeks, and the sail still carried them eastward.
The mark on her chest glowed with quiet heat, guiding her toward the “edge.”
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