Time passed quickly, and night arrived.
[You worked hard last night, leave tonight's patrol to me. You just stay home and enjoy the reward from Arcueid, Kouhai-kun!]
Because Aoko said that, Naoki, who had no work, could only lie on the bed doing nothing.
But he wasn't asleep.
"Reward... what exactly is it?"
Arcueid said the reward would only come at night. Could it be that she bought something online and it could only be delivered at night?
No, that shouldn't be possible. Arcueid didn't have a phone, and there was no computer in this room either, so she couldn't shop online.
Then what reward did she mean?
'Thinking about it too much, I can't sleep at all...'
Naoki tossed and turned in bed several times, and whether it was just his feeling or not, as he rolled over to face the window, he increasingly felt that the moon tonight was a bit strange.
Usually, moonlight should be silver? But from the bed, the moonlight outside the window looked a bit... pink?
"Pink... moon?"
Naoki unconsciously wanted to walk to the window to see what was actually happening outside, but for some reason, a sudden wave of sleepiness like a flood surged into his brain from the depths of his heart. His eyes unconsciously wanted to close, and his hands and feet also slowly lost strength.
Why... is this...
"Naoki."
Someone's voice suddenly sounded at the door. All the sleepiness in Naoki's mind instantly vanished, and when he looked back out the window, the moonlight was still silver as usual.
"Huh... not pink... was it really just my imagination?"
"Naoki!"
The voice came from the door again, and after recognizing whose voice it was, Naoki's face instantly stiffened, and he hurriedly turned his head.
Merlin stood there looking at him with a smile on her face.
"Me-Merlin?" Naoki was somewhat surprised, "Why are you here? When did you come to Japan?"
"Ah, asking such a question means you don't know either."
After a moment of silence, Merlin seemed to understand something and sat on the edge of the bed: "This isn't Japan, this is your dream."
'My own dream?'
Naoki instantly pinched his own cheek—it didn't hurt much.
"Dream... Impossible. If this is my dream, why are you here—don't tell me you're going to mess with me again in my dream?!"
Thinking of this, Naoki hurriedly jumped out of bed wanting to get away from Merlin, but the next second, he realized he was back in bed.
"Merlin—"
"Don't look at me, this isn't my doing." Merlin said, raising both hands in a French military salute with an innocent face, "This time I really didn't do anything to you. Besides, I'm in England, how could I bewitch you from halfway across the world?"
"Your words alone are capable of doing such a thing!"
'Ugh... In this regard, he trusts me so much...'
Merlin sighed: "I wish you could trust me a little more in other things too. But this time it really isn't my business. Initially, I was sitting drinking tea in the living room, then I blinked and suddenly I was here. It's so strange."
"But, when I saw you, I immediately understood everything."
Pointing at Naoki, Merlin laughed: "Because you dreamed about me, that's why I appeared here."
Huh?!
Naoki was silent for a moment before finally understanding: "You mean... I dreamed about you?"
"More accurately, maybe you dreamed about me under the influence of an incubus." Merlin said with a smile, "You were influenced by an incubus besides me, and dreamed about me, and because I myself am also an incubus, my consciousness resonated and appeared here. Simply put, we are in the same dream."
"Tch, damn it. Even dreaming can lead to meeting you, what bad luck."
After Merlin explained, Naoki instantly sneered.
However, Merlin smiled as brightly as a blooming flower: "Ara? Is that so? The saying goes, what you think about during the day, you will dream about at night. You dreamed about me, isn't that because in your subconscious you are always thinking about me?"
"I want to punch you, is there a problem?" Naoki raised his fist with a friendly face, "Don't remember how many times you usually mess with me, and every so often drag me into trouble. I've wanted to punch you for a long time."
"Then just punch me—"
*SMACK!*
Without the slightest hesitation, Naoki directly punched Merlin in the face with one blow, instantly sending her flying out of the bedroom door!
But, as she went out the bedroom door, Merlin suddenly disappeared, then instantly reappeared on Naoki's bed!
"Oh! So that's the situation!"
As if just enlightened, Merlin clapped her hands: "It seems this is a dream with limitations. The range of movement is only limited to this room. If you cross the boundary, you'll automatically be returned to the starting point, which is this bed."
"I see."
"No, what I'm saying is—Naoki! You went too far! Why did you suddenly punch me?!"
"Huh? Didn't you say I could punch you?" Just like Merlin earlier, Naoki's face was full of innocence at this moment, "I didn't even know you had a hobby of liking to be punched, Merlin. We're old friends, next time if you want to be punched again, you can tell me directly, I'll happily punch you."
"Ugh~ haah....."
After pouting her lips for a moment, Merlin sighed heavily: "Fine, I won't make a fuss about it in a dream. At least after you return, I'll tease you more often."
"Then I'll punch you a few more times while I have the chance, grit your teeth."
"Eh! Don't don't don't! I know I was wrong! Besides, it's rare for you to have a dream like this, let me enjoy it a little!"
Merlin hurriedly fled to the wall.
And hearing her words, Naoki unconsciously frowned: "A dream like this? What do you mean? Is there something special about this dream of mine?"
"It's not really that special, just a wet dream." Merlin said with a smile, "The incubus who bewitched you seems to have directed the content of your dream in that direction, so now you're having a wet dream, you'll dream about the person you desire most in your heart."
"Oh—wait wait wait! Then doesn't this mean—"
This was a wet dream, Naoki's own wet dream. The person who appeared in the dream was the person he desired most, and that person was Merlin...
The smile on Merlin's face was as bright as the blue sea.
"Oh dear, I didn't expect Naoki to see me this way. You're usually so indifferent to me, you even pretend not to see when I give you fanservice. But actually, you've been thinking about me like this for a long time."
"No! What nonsense are you talking about! This must be your doing! If this is really my own dream, then the person who appears should definitely be—"
Should definitely be who?
His words stopped.
Merlin approached Naoki again: "Well, Naoki, just this once, I can guarantee you, this dream isn't my work. It's really your own dream, and in that dream, you dreamed about me."
"In the dream, how about you be a little more honest with yourself, and also with me?"
"Ugh.... this isn't a matter of being honest or dishonest, but how could it be..."
The person I dreamed about turned out to be Merlin?! Although she was indeed beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful person Naoki had ever seen, but, but, but... if he had to choose, he still hoped it wasn't this person!