COTE V00 SS0 - First Lovely World Of Sakayanagi

Sakayanagi Arisu’s First Lovely World

The room in my memory was as a plain white memory, all around was surrounded by solid glass walls.
The energy-saving lamps on the ceiling never idle emitted light and heat, and distributed them evenly to the children at below, sufficient of light was reflected on the glass, and the children’s faces were also reflected by the radiant light spots.
I gently put my hand on the glass, there’s no temperature, no sense of touch, and even the gravity that should have existed had vanished too── and all of these reminds me of the obvious fact: I’m in dreamland, turned into a wandering soul and stranded in old haunt.
Separated by the solid glass walls, it was exactly a dreamlike pure white room.
But I was being blocked by such a wall, but perhaps to be in my own dreamland, can I also walk through the wall like a ghost?
Having fun thinking of this unrealistic thing, yet my heartbeat and blood were slowly accelerated along with this strange fantasy: it was precisely because I knew clearly, ‘That person’ just at the other end.
“Now, I want to present to all of you the ‘White Room’ future project.”
A dignified and also majestic male voice echoed, I turned around and saw that person’s father was facing directly to a group of people beside him and discussing something.
But no one in the room would notice this one little episode: everyone wore the same uniform and doing the same thing.
──The room called ‘White Room’ by the researchers is undoubtedly a unit of precision running machine. Everyone in it is a tiny part to support this huge monster.
The damaged ones will be repaired again and the wasted ones will no longer be needed, countless of fresh blood flowed out and also poured in.
With fresh blood then on the journey there are sweet results, and there are also sharp edges smeared with poison.
──But only the winner can really reached the final destination.
“……The above mentioned, is exactly my idea on ‘White Room’ project this time.”
The man paused, his eyesight looked straightly at the leader of the group of people:
“So, Sakayanagi-sensei, do you have any opinion to this project?”
“Ayanokōji-sensei’s idea is right on target as always.”
The person being looked directly smiled and replied:
“But I think that if this project short of one leader, it will have some difficulties to be implemented.”
“──You don’t have to worry about this point.”
The man who always kept a straight face the entire time, until this moment showed a faint smile:
“I want to introduce you again to someone.”
Finished his words, he bowed and looked toward the young girl who never said a word and held her father’s hand:
“I think probably Arisu will be interested at him, after all you both are at the same age.”
The young girl nodded:
“Thank you.”
I also quietly looked at my youth self from a distance, at that time my mental state was actually somehow dull and even no excitement, this trivial detail has long been forgotten.
Just at the moment she turned her head and looked toward inside, I could clearly see those eyes changed── they gradually changed from calm, became glowing, and became a little vivid, like a white paper being splashed by bright tints color.
The smile in the corner of her mouth was slightly widened, and the boy’s figure was also imprinted clearly in her eyes.
I chuckled and approached my youth self, followed her eyesight and looked toward him.
It was a cold pair of eyes, but the soul behind those eyes was somehow similar to hers.
──Full of deviant, naturally to oppose those in strong position. That kind of keen was also similar to hers character.
A raging aspiration surged from her heart, made the young girl smiled and slightly trembled.
God says that everyone’s soul is unique. Then when a soul similar to yours appeared, what should you do?
I moved close to my youth self ear, even though I knew that she couldn’t hear me, but anyhow there’s a thought that I still wanted to convey to her.
“──Bury him, or be buried by him.”
“As a matter of fact, it seems today is Arisu’s birthday.”
The man called Ayanokōji-sensei stared at the white room as if deep in thought, he smiled and said:
“Then, it’s exactly Kiyotaka can prepare a birthday present for you.”
I don’t know when the children in the white room already dispersed, the only one remained was Ayanokōji, and he stood alone in the center.
Half of the lights on the ceiling had been turned off and hid half of his body, and he stayed in the dark.
He sat on the piano bench and his ten fingers were nimble and slender pressing on a distinct black and white piano keyboard, followed by a calm and peaceful melody flowed out.
At first it was a brisk and lively melody, and it seemed we could see an innocent and pure young girl was playing on the grass during the notes were rising up.
The person who played the piano sat there quietly, his eyes were cold, but only by staring at him yet it can be seen that his soul was crackle and rattle burning in a flame.
His soul color was a unique red and it was burning as the price of freedom, an incomparably bright red color.
Elise. Für Elise.
The young girl stood outside couldn’t help but smile.
She gently put her fingers on the glass, and her blue eyes stared quietly at the boy in the white room.
I have received your present〜

1
The dream stopped abruptly at this point, I opened my eyes slightly and saw the dark blue sky from the vent corner of the window curtains, and a part of the sun appeared on the side of the horizon.
I turned my head around, the clock hanging on the wall made a slight and continuous ticking sound as the clock second hand rotated.
A little over five o’clock.
Although perhaps I usually would choose to continue to lie down in order to ensure a good sleeping hours, but today is probably one special day.
Whether it was the dream content, or thinking of the target I’m about to tease next, both made me excited and couldn’t help but smile.
I decided to get up early and walked to school after changing my uniform, and I intentionally let the sound lighter while holding a cane to walk.
On the campus was quiet as if no one was there. And the sun far on the horizon is also rising gradually as time goes by, a dazzling color is burning as the price to change to a unique red.
Originally I intended to return to my room first and rest for a while, but I couldn’t help mischievous thought appeared after unintentionally I saw someone’s figure at the corner.
“Good morning, Ayanokōji-kun.”
“Good morning.”
He looked a bit confused, his pair of eyes all along kind of half asleep and spiritless:
“However now it seems a bit too early.”
“Someone occasionally would also want to see the beautiful scenery of the sunrise.”
I decided to tease him a little, and my eyes stared on the other party’s white pajamas:
“Of course, there are people such as Ayanokōji-kun who came out at midnight to sleepwalking a circle and then return to sleep.”
“This…… I also have various reasons.”
He mentioned slightly and ignored it, but he paused in midway and said:
“Anyway, happy birthday, Sakayanagi.”
“Whoa, have you investigated me?”
It’s really a miscalculation, it seems the prank that was originally well prepared has to be changed.
“Don’t consider it as investigation too.”
“Um, I believe you for now. So〜 Ayanokōji-kun, what birthday present has you prepared for me?”
“Present?”
“Correct, it’s kind of very rude behavior for boys who knew a girl’s birthday but didn’t prepare a present for her.”
I laughed and looked straight at his empty alike eyes:
“You came to this school is precisely in order to learn the ordinary people way of living, right? Now it seems you are still unqualified.”
“I’m still slowly probing at this stage.”
Ayanokōji silenced a while, and continued to say softly:
“I will pick the present then send it to you in the afternoon.”
“Then I’m really looking forward to it, however I don’t know what kind of present will it be this time? I’m still thinking if you can prepare exclusively for me the same perfect piece as many years ago.”
I deliberately thrown out such words that made people misunderstood, and I turned my head slightly and discovered that he was still looked confused, most probably he have forgotten completely the scene of that day long ago.
“Then, farewell for now, Ayanokōji-kun.”
Clink. Clink. The cane scraped the ground made a slight sound.
Ayanokōji still stood at that same spot, the morning light illuminated half of his body.
He still wore the white pajamas, and everything was like the scenery of that day.