Dreams To Return: The God Of The Tower
2. Cars

As far as the eye could see there was only darkness, how hard it looked for no one else there but us. We had been tracing this train for a while and that was the conclusion, the empty carriages, the empty driver seats, as well as the endless pitch-black scenery.

Are we trapped?

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Naru fell asleep in Arin's lap while Arin continued to stare out the window, dark. Let alone the trees I cannot see the stars, as if what is out there is not a world but a place empty there is nothing there but an emptiness that is ready to swallow you.

"Uhhh.."

"Hm? Brother why? How's it snuggling up there?"

"G-it's okay, don't come here!"

Damn, why my stomach hurts. Not only that my body feels sore even dizzy attacking my head.

"oh, brother hungry?"

This kid misunderstood..

he reached into a woven basket that was accidentally carried into my carriage we fled, found a bright red berry there he took it.

"Here" he thrust the berry at me. I tried to refuse but he insisted on giving me the fruit until he finally accepted some of it and ate it slowly.

He then just laughed while Naru who also saw it then raised her ears as if laughing too. I just sighed while scratching my hair with my left hand while my right hand contained some fresh berries. Surprisingly, when I ate the fruit somehow the pain disappeared without imprinting.

Bizarrely.

Arin POV:

It had been about 6 hours like we were on this train and there was still no sign of the train going to stop or go where, there was only darkness as if we continued to traverse nature without occupants. Brother Novan who had been awake long enough then yawned, from next to him I witnessed the drowsiness of mastering it, forcing him to close his eyes and fall asleep. Maybe because of hunger he chose to sleep or he was unable to withstand his fatigue.

I just pensively stared at the beautiful decorative lights, I couldn't fall asleep. Tired of me going to another train car and down every place I had not explored carefully, there was really nothing but ornaments, benches, cabinets and drawers, empty, vases filled with flowers, chandeliers or other objects that could not be separated from the train, there was no object that showed as if someone had been here.

When I arrived at the next carriage I lowered my head to find if there was anything under the table before I finally realized that a voice was startling me "looking for something?" A man in a black suit with a magician hat seemed to have been sitting on the chair where the table I was exploring was, the squealing sound of his mouth covered by a brown paper sack can make a person's hair stand up from goosebumps, his left hand wrapped in white gloves seemed to hold a brown book while the two holes on the paper wrap on his head showed two purple eyeballs.

"Anu.. When and where is the next stop?" I asked, the man looked surprised for a moment before finally thinking of something.

"If I'm not wrong..Wait where did you come from the pretty girl?" Ask who quickly looked at me but I had not yet answered Naru my rabbit immediately jumped towards me and from a distance kak Novan came running in panic.

"Oho's right. apparently it's you" only for a moment I looked at Brother Novan the man's face was beside my ear "right. Otherwise you shouldn't be here. hahahaha!!" the hand clad in white gloves has now changed with the right hand now adorned by sharp black nails from the tip of the nail to the inside of the suit as if ready to stab my neck from the right flank.

"Away from Arin—"

"Or what? Hahahaha you can't what— wait, I also know you.." as if his anger appeared the man then brought his nails closer to my neck "you naughty insects that enter into our realm! Oho I know you must also want to destroy our system so you took this child huh?!" but after he said that he pulled his hand "whatever it is it's none of my business anyway hahahaha!" His shrill laughter was then followed by a sudden shock coming.

"Whatever it is this will be interesting, won't it, son?" He looked at me "hahaha yes yes. Then let's meet again somewhere else. May the beautiful dream greet you" he said before the great shock returned and he disappeared in one blink of an eye.

The dark sky also seemed to start cloudy white, birds flying out there as if flying along the black train we were riding towards somewhere. A loud sound then rang out, a blue whale seemed to float above the carriage along with a swarm of winged fish, as if not enough hordes of winged horses were rapidly passing towards somewhere.

There are no boundaries, no barriers that is the meaning of the place, that is the meaning of the dream. Dreams bring everything, dreams change everything.

An island floated up ahead there, beautiful glass towers standing upright on each side of the island, floating ships perched on the sides of its edges. Along with the closer the train to the island, more and more amazing things appeared.

"Excellent.." Novan can only be dazzled.

"It's more beautiful than our house Naru!" My shout which then hugged Naru happily "oh winged rabbit!" My yelling.

"Where is the winged rabbit—"

A pack of rabbits with wings appeared to approach the window of the train, as if welcoming them then glanced at us "forget it, it's a strange world" said Mr. Novan.

"Sister! Garuda!"

"There's how many weird animals here, don't tell me there's also a Leviathan"

"Isn't that too big?"

"Haha"

Laughing off us, the beautiful place felt completely removed all the tension we were experiencing, blasting all our dark memories. Trains have entered the island, the rails that had been floating now really attached to the white rocks neatly arranged, the, as far as the eye can see the orange and yellow trees are welcoming and once in a while we look back at the amazing animals.

"It looks like we've arrived" the train stopped and then the whole carriage door opened, out there a white and golden colored train station welcomed.

"Very broad! Ahaha!" I ran out along with Naru in my wicker basket, Brother Novan seemed to be walking in the back. All around us there was silence, stepping outside the station we were greeted by the same grove of trees as we had arrived, walking along a neat cobblestone path we saw a beautiful city in the distance before we realized someone was calling us.

"Infoillers...?"

[Connected]