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Finally the white he saw alternated the beautiful scenery that was the first time he saw it. He was amazed when the sight first greeted and spoiled his eyes.
"The others are waiting for you there," Rei pointed in the direction where Dean, Taz, Marko, and Nero were sitting on mats with some dishes presented in front of them. They were like enjoying a picnic together under the scorching sun, shining all around.
"The ice!" Marko called out his name when he accidentally caught his figure who had just appeared there. Hearing the man shout made his three best friends and some others there turned simultaneously in the direction he looked. Vincenzo smiled thinly there.
"Let's go" said Rei, who then walked to the spot where Dean and his four companions were sitting with Elvina, William, and Louis.
Only right in front of them did Vicenzo realize that there was a figure of a stranger in his view. An albino man like himself was sitting there. Between Elvina and William sitting next to each other.
"Finally you arrived too. What the hell's going on? Why did you just arrive?" Ask Marko as soon as they arrive.
"There are some things I have to take care of" he said slowly. His eyes turned back to the albino.
"Sit down," Elvina instructed him. Dean there shifted so that Vicenzo could sit down. He now sits with Rei on his right and Dean on his left.
"Stop looking at him like that. I know you guys are the same, but don't look at him too much!" Marko's comments that made Vicenzo suddenly realized and turned to him. Marko had been watching Vicenzo staring at Louis. Vincenzo was speechless when he saw an albino man other than himself. There were not many albino human populations like them, so it was no wonder he was so surprised to see that there were albino men like him who had no blood relation to him.
"You must be confused, right?" Rei looked at him. Vincenzo turned to look at him.
"Include this is Louis," Rei introduced.
"L-louis?" Beo Vincenzo.
"Yes. This Louis is the one who has always helped me, and has always accompanied me. Wherever I am, Louis will always be there. We are inseparable, and dependent on each other" Rei explained. His words left Dean and his four best friends confused.
"wait. You said you were never apart and always together? But we never saw him once. Even this is the first time we have met each other" said Nero who looked astonished. His words in angguki agreed by the four of them.
"That's because only the master can see me" Louis there replied. In his eyes Rei who sat there.
"Master?" Beo Taz's.
"That's what I call Rei. 'master'."
"Ooh," Taz listened.
"But if you can only see Rei, then what are you? And why do we see you now?" Dean still doesn't understand.
"Because this is a dream world," Elvina spoke up.
"Huh?" The four of them turned towards him. They still don't believe what they hear.
"Yes. Dream world. And only in this world can you meet Louis for real. Because Louis has the ability to be seen by others in this dream world."
"really?" Marko did not expect.
"Right, even this was the world that Louis created for Rei. A world made especially for me, Elvina, and Rei. We can meet even if we can't meet in the real world. This world is the link between our dreams" William said.
"Well, it's really hard for me to believe" Marko said.
"If you can only appear in the real world, then does that mean that you are also part of this dream world?" Vicenzo asked rhetorically, in the face of Louis who was sitting next to Elvina. Louis turned to look at him.
"No. Louis is different" Rei said.
"Huh?"
"But why is that?" Vincenzo was confused, he really did not understand.
"Because Louis is a figure created from the base of my imagination."
"W-what?" Dean and his four best friends stared at him speechless. What Rei said really could not make sense to them.
Rei gave a smile, he already knew that this was how they reacted when they heard everything. They will not be able to believe everything.
"Louis is an imaginary friend I created. He has various abilities that are mostly the same as the powers I have."
"Imaginary friends?" Marko.
"Yes." Yeah."
"So that method is really real? I think it's just an essay" said Nero. His four best friends turned to him, who was sitting right in the middle.
"What do you mean?" Ask Taz.
"Do you know about this?" Ask Rei.
"Yes, I know."
"really?" Elvina and William were not expecting.
"Nl." Nero nodded.
"But how do you know? Even the stories of the past are gone. The time when man lived as a pure man and not an evolver. How did you know?" Ask Elvina.
"That's because, my mom has books from the past. Books that are centuries old."
"Certainly that?" Dean looked.
"Yes. And I was often invited to read by him, until there was one book that explained the method of making imaginary friends. I think it's just an essay, and I don't think anyone has ever been able to prove it. But there are?"
"Yes. There are, but not many. Even the comparison is 2 to 10. Only a handful of people have this ability and know about it" Rei said.
"Well, I really can't believe what I'm hearing" Taz was speechless.
"I told you. There are many things that are hard for you to believe. Especially if I explain every question you ask. You'll be harder to believe."
"It's really hard to make sense" Dean said.
"Indeed. Therefore neither I, Elvina, nor William will answer any of your questions. Until everything I saw in my divination ability it really happened. As time goes on, every question you have will be answered" Rei said. "And. Dean," Rei turned to look at him. "You are the one who will lead your friends to the answers to all those questions."
"I? But why?"
"Because that's your strength."
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