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What would his dream be like, exactly the same as in the original story, but with the small detail that he is dreaming that you two are dating?
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Spoilers from Book 7 and Idia's dream
This was written as a companion piece to the original dream story, so the parts that are the same as the game are just summarized.
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Idia had just finished playing with Muscle Red when the sound of a request from Ortho to make a video call started playing. Even though he finds it strange that he is calling him through Gloomurai's account, he answers anyway. However, he is surprised to see that it is not Royal Sword Academy Ortho, but a humanoid that looks like him.
"Bwha?! *sputter* What's going on, Ortho?! This is the first I've heard from you having an interest in cosplay!"
Ortho wants to try to wake Idia up in a gentle way and to do so he mixes the reality of being a humanoid created by Idia with the act of being any entity or something trying to convince him that he is 'the chosen one' to save the world. But Idia keeps finding excuses for it, like it being some kind of prank or something, and he laugh it off. But eventually, continuing with that act, Ortho gets the reaction he predicted from Idia.
"A handsome young humanoid is asking me for help from inside my computer?! I've read literally 500 million light novels with this exact premise! Is it finally time for me to be the chosen one?!"
Ortho almost starts to laugh, but holds himself back.
"That's right, Idia. The time has come. Awaken... from this dream!"
"Dream? ...Hrk?!"
The dream begins to distort and Idia's head starts to hurt. He begins to remember that Ortho didn't grow up and enter Royal Sword Academy, he was a humanoid who attended Night Raven College with him. But it's at that moment that his phone starts ringing with an incoming call from Ortho.
"Idy! (Nii-chan!) Don't let him fool you! That robo-Ortho is nothing but an impostor!"
"An impostor?" However, Idia continues to have visions of memories of reality. "Gah... What are... all these strange memories?!"
"That impostor's trying to brainwash you!" The dream Ortho insists. "Don't believe him!"
"I should've expected he'd have something in place for this." The real Ortho says. "So when they're in danger of waking from their dream, the NPCs try to keep them inside. What a sophisticated autonomous spell. Guess Malleus isn't one of the top five mages in the world for nothing!"
"Stay right there." The fake Ortho says. "I already called for help! But I'm still coming to save you, Idy (Nii-chan)!" And he hangs up.
"Hmm? Called for help?" The real Ortho questions. "Wait! If the darkness uses the people the dreamer likes to trap them here, then does that mean...?"
The door to Idia's room suddenly opens.
"Idia-senpai!" You enter the room, or rather, a version of yourself that Idia's dream created. And you were wearing Ignihyde's uniform. "Ortho called me... AH! What is that? Is this the impostor?"
