After watching [The Little Witch’s Great Adventure], Amy came back while nodding her head to the ending song.
I hastily stopped moving.
I was so excited that I almost danced.
I glanced around to see if Amy was watching me, but she shook the black bag in her hand and said, “I bought you coffee milk.”
Coffee milk, various candies, and cookies poured out of the black bag Amy was holding.
Shine and I immediately hung on the table and shook our bodies.
“I have this.”
Shine was the first to reach out and grab a large lollipop.
How could she possibly eat something bigger than her palm?
I reached out and grabbed the coffee milk and small cookies.
About ten.
“You brushed your teeth, right?
Don’t forget to brush them again if you eat them again.”
I was deeply troubled by Amy’s words.
Eating just a few cookies won’t cause cavities.
However, if you didn’t brush your teeth after eating the cookies, Amy would definitely get angry.
I don’t like brushing my teeth, but I want to eat cookies.
At the moment when these two conflicting feelings collided, Shine unwrapped the candy without a second thought.
A rustling sound was heard, and the sweet scent of the candy began to spread.
When I looked at Shine with wavering eyes, she licked the candy as if it was nothing.
“Is it delicious…?”
“Yes.”
I stared blankly at Shine and unwrapped the cookie too.
I could brush my teeth again.
After the delicious snack time was over, Amy led us to the bathroom.
The three of us stood side by side and brushed our teeth.
It was annoying, but it was something we had to do.
I brushed my teeth thoroughly because I had experienced how much pain cavities can cause.
I went outside, changed into my pajamas, and immediately threw myself into bed.
The soft blanket comfortably wrapped around my body.
Shine also climbed into bed with me and got under the blanket.
I looked at Amy with my head sticking out from under the blanket.
She was sitting in front of the table organizing her paperwork.
“Amy, aren’t you sleeping?”
“I’ll be asleep soon.”
This shouldn’t be happening?
I thought, wiggling under the covers.
Amy had to fall asleep quickly so I could drink the coffee I had hidden.
But right now, Amy was busy with paperwork and not sleeping.
“Come quickly.”
I threw off the covers and tapped the bed with my small arms.
Amy, who was watching me, let out a small laugh.
“Go to sleep first, I’ll be there soon.”
But Amy was stubborn.
It seemed like I couldn’t break her will.
I let out a small sigh and went under the covers.
I started to look for a gap under the covers.
While Amy was busy with the paperwork, I planned to sneak out, find the hidden coffee, and drink it secretly in the bathroom.
I slowly started to crawl out of the covers.
“Jeff?”
“Oh…”
I hurriedly looked back.
Shine was buried in the covers, his head sticking out, looking at me.
“Shine, you’re not sleeping?”
“Jeff’s not sleeping either.”
“Ugh…”
Shine’s sparkling eyes were directed at me.
Shine didn’t seem like she would fall asleep easily.
In the end, with no other choice, I went back under the covers.
The soft texture of the covers, the warmth covering my whole body, made me slowly feel sleepy.
My eyelids were so heavy as I nodded off.
But I couldn’t fall asleep.
I bit my lip.
The slight pain began to drive away the sleepiness a little.
In the quiet room, the sound of Amy’s pen finally stopped for a long time.
I slightly lifted my head from the covers and looked at Amy.
She got up and stretched as if to loosen up her stiff body.
“Are you done?”
“You weren’t sleeping?”
I spoke to Amy with half-closed eyes.
She looked surprised at me who was still awake and said, “I didn’t sleep either.”
The blanket next to me stirred, and Shine’s face popped up.
She wasn’t sleeping either.
“It’s really late.”
Amy rubbed her eyes as if she was tired and climbed onto the bed where we were lying.
A sleeping environment no different from usual was created.
The bed where I, Shine, and Amy were lying down in that order.
I desperately held my eyelids shut.
I shouldn’t fall asleep.
After Amy’s irregular breathing became even, Shine also became quiet as if she had fallen asleep.
I slightly raised my body and pressed Shine’s cheek.
Her cheek was soft.
But Shine didn’t open her eyes.
I let out a sigh of relief and got out of the blanket.
The sound of clothes and blankets brushing against each other was loud.
I walked slowly to where the coffee I had hidden was.
Fortunately, the coffee mix was still there.
I picked it up and headed to the bathroom, and started to fill the cup I used to brush my teeth with hot water.
The tap water was steaming hot.
I poured the coffee mix into it and started to stir it.
The fragrant coffee scent spread throughout the bathroom.
I stuck my tongue out and licked the coffee.
It wasn’t easy to drink the coffee that had so much heat.
I held the cup of water with both hands and started to blow on it.
Contrary to my desire to cool it down quickly, I kept feeling sleepy.
My head was shaking.
I couldn’t control my body that was swaying back and forth, so I collapsed on the bathroom floor.
“Hoo… Hoo…”
When the hot heat had disappeared, I started to drink the coffee.
The sweetness that disappeared from the tip of my tongue and the bitterness that lingered at the end.
It had been a long time since I had had coffee.
I was able to empty the coffee in an instant.
As the warm liquid entered my stomach, my drowsiness grew even bigger.
I caressed my cheek with my blurred gaze.
The softness of my cheek that was distorted here and there.
I stood up, catching my breath.
The coffee took effect right away.
My blurry vision became clearer.
The heaviness in my eyelids that had felt heavy disappeared.
I untied my body that had been stiff from sleepiness and left the bathroom.
There was no problem anymore.
I moved slowly once more and grabbed Amy’s credit card.
The black card on the table easily fell into my hand.
I would need money when I went out.
With Amy’s credit card, I could easily pay for simple transportation expenses.
I moved carefully and opened the door and went out into the hallway.
The hallway, which was always brightly lit, had its lights turned off here and there.
As I looked at the dark space, I shivered with an unknown chill.
I unfolded the map stored in my head and walked.
The sound of slippers on my small feet echoed through the empty hallway.
It was hard to find the people that had always been there.
If there hadn’t been people passing by in comfortable clothes, dragging their slippers, I would definitely not have been able to move.
I stopped in the dark section of the hallway and swallowed.
It was pitch black.
But it wasn’t so dark that I couldn’t see.
I ran with all my might.
The sound of my footsteps echoed through the empty hallway.
I quickly passed the dark section.
I arrived at a bright space once again.
I walked slowly in the brightly lit areas.
Then, in the dark section, I ran with all my might again.
After a while, I was able to arrive at the large circular staircase that Amy and I had arrived at.
“Ugh…”
I swallowed dryly.
I had forgotten.
I had to climb those tall stairs to get out of here.
As Amy had said, there was no elevator, so I had to climb the stairs entirely on my own.
I looked up at the stairs with eyes full of fear.
The huge pillar stretched out as if it would never end.
But I couldn’t give up.
I wanted to see the movie version.
Slowly stretching my body, I started climbing the stairs with a solemn expression.
My shortened legs could only climb one step at a time.
After moving so hard, I stopped in the middle and looked back.
It felt like I had climbed for a long time, but the height was not much different from before.
I continued to climb the stairs, panting.
I passed the floor where Ravin was.
I continued to walk and reached the floor of the model park.
I paused for a moment and looked at the model park.
The bright sunlight had disappeared and a soft moon was rising.
The wide-open night park somehow created a dreamy atmosphere.
The refreshing breeze blowing softly gave off a sweet scent, as if it contained the scent of the moon.
Sadly, I had to leave now.
I climbed the stairs once more.
The eyes of the people around me flew, but I didn’t ask them for help.
The sound of gasping for breath.
My chest was pounding rapidly.
My pounding heart was ringing in my ears.
Exhausted, I collapsed on the stairs.
I looked up at the stairs.
But I still couldn’t see the end.
I lay down on the corner of the stairs at that enormous height.
“Sigh….”
Sadness was rushing in.
Why do I have to suffer like this?
My gaze was blurring, my eyes were getting hot.
I raised my hand and covered my face.
The hard stairs were making my back hurt.
People started to approach me, who was groaning in the corner of the stairs.
“Hey kid.
Are you okay?
Where does it hurt?”
I shook my head.
I got up from where I was lying and sat down on the stairs.
“Then why are you crying?
Are you lost?”
“No… I have to go up the stairs.”
“Where are you going?
Should I help you?”
I wiped my tears and lowered my hand.
A woman was sitting with her gaze blurring and her face full of worry.
She was sitting on the stairs as if meeting my gaze, wearing a white gown.
I stared at the orange hair falling over the white gown as if in a trance, and opened my mouth with difficulty.
“I’m going to see the movie version.”
“The movie version?”
“So I have to go outside.”
“Going outside?”
She turned and looked at the tall pillar.
“Did you try to climb all these stairs?”
“Yes…”
“It looks too hard for you.”
I nodded to her words.
It was too hard.
“I can help you go outside without much trouble, but…”
As she trailed off, as if something was bothering her, I reached out and grabbed her arm.
“Help me!”
“Um__”
She reached out and hugged my body.
She supported my body tightly with her hands that didn’t feel any discomfort.
“Okay.
I’ll help you.”
“Thank you!”
I greeted her, wiping away my tears.
She was such a kind person.
“What’s your name?”
“I’m Jeff.”
“I’m Mary.”
The woman who introduced herself as Mary began to climb the stairs quickly.
It was a speed incomparable to the speed at which I moved with my short legs.
As we were climbing for a while, everyone around us simultaneously took out their phones.
Alarms were heard from all directions.
The small alarms that said they had received messages overlapped by hundreds to create a huge sound.
Mary also took out her phone.
“Just a moment…”
She checked her phone with a serious expression.
In the sudden situation, I just rolled my eyes and looked around.
Everyone who was looking at their phones started to glance at me.
“Mary. People are weird.”
“Hmm?”
“They’re all looking at me.”
I lowered my head as if to avoid their burdensome gazes, and whispered quietly in Mary’s ear.
Mary, who was looking at her phone screen, spoke to me in a trembling voice.
“Jeff… Did you sneak out by any chance?”
“Huh!?”
I shook my body in surprise.
How did Mary know?
The fact that I sneaked out of the room.
Amy didn’t even notice.
Shine must have been asleep too.
That meant my plan was perfect.
“How did you know?”
Mary started calling someone with an awkward laugh.
“Yes. Amy?
It’s Mary.”
“Amy?”
I shook my body in surprise.
Was Mary calling Amy?
The small voice I heard on the other end of the phone was definitely Amy’s.
She was calmly asking where Mary was.
[Where are you now?]
“It’s the stairs near the model park.”
[You have Jeff?]
“Yes.
He was sitting on the stairs crying.”
[Thank goodness.
Just wait a minute.]
I opened my mouth in shock.
Mary ended the call and opened her mouth with an awkward laugh.
“I’m sorry, Jeff.
I don’t think I can take you outside.”
“No!
No!”
I started to struggle with all my might.
My legs were flapping, my hands were flailing in all directions.
But Mary didn’t let go of my body.
Instead, she held on tightly, preventing me from moving.
“No!
I have to go!”
After struggling for a while, I was able to find Amy coming up the stairs.
She slowly climbed the stairs and reached out to Mary.
I was frozen and was taken into Amy’s arms without being able to move.
“Jeff.
Why did you go out?”
Amy’s voice was no different than usual.
She asked as if she was simply curious about why I went out.
I carefully opened my mouth because Amy’s reaction was different from what I expected, which was to get scolded.
“…I wanted to see the movie version…”
“The movie version?”
“Yes….”
“What kind?”
“[The Little Witch’s Great Adventure] movie….
It’s coming out this time, so….”
“Is that what you wanted to see that much?”
“Yes….”
Amy laughed lightly at my answer and rubbed my back.
I buried my head in her arms.
“Can’t I go outside?”
“It’s hard right now.”
“But I want to see it….”
“I can show you that.”
“Yes?”
I looked at Amy as if I was puzzled.
She just smiled incomprehensibly.
In the end, my escape play had come to an end.
When I returned to the room in Amy’s arms, Shine was sitting on the bed with a very angry expression.
“I’m home….”
When I waved my hand awkwardly with a smile, Shine let out a big sigh.
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