I am back in the Hinata inn. Sigh. I don't want to talk about what happened when I made a visit back home. I just wanted to ask for wisdom, but I got lectured and embarrassed instead. They said I was becoming rusty. I said nonsense. Anyway, I feel so stupid and I feel I've wasted my energy for something unnecessary. I asked the elders what my dream meant: I saw Keitaro-senpai lying in a coffin. Twice. I heard a chilling answer. The elders said that it meant: it's an end to one's suffering. It was very vague!


"Motoko, don't worry about it." the elder smiled.

"I cannot be relieved after hearing that! Does this mean Keitaro-senpai will die?!"

"You mean to tell me that death would ultimately end one's suffering, Motoko?" The elder sighed. "I did not say that this person will die. I said it's an end to one's suffering -- your friend's problem will end. But that dream doesn't mean anything at all. It's just an interpretation. It's not a vision from the future, nor a fact. You just had a weird dream. Now, is this the reason why you've come here? To ask for an opinion? Or to ask for a weapon that will slay some spirit that creeps behind your friend because you've seen a sign that he will die?"

"D- does this mean that he's going to be all right?"

"Sigh. Yes. You've been worried for nothing." The elder stood up and turned around. "Ah." Then she turned and looked at me again. "You haven't been following your friend around making sure that he doesn't... die, have you?"

"N- No way! THAT'S STUPID!!"

"Oh my. You're too cute when you blush, Motoko." GAAAAH!

Just when I felt like things were fine, just when I felt like it's safe, just when I thought it's okay to rest, I've had that same nightmare. Remember the dream that I've told you? It's the dream where everything was white and there was also a white coffin in front of me. When I approached to see what's inside, I found someone. It happened again. I found Keitaro-senpai lying in the coffin again. What does this mean?! I have been secretly following Keitaro-senpai making sure he's safe. Nothing happened, but since this dream repeated itself, what should I do? I can't possibly protect him forever!

It's mighty weird to have this type of dream. I don't want to see him lifeless in a coffin! And now I've seen it twice! Maybe it's time to go back home and ask for guidance about this matter. I don't suppose something bad will happen to Keitaro-senpai! *groans* Am I doing rounds in the middle of the night again?

Ne. What does it mean when you had a dream about the death of someone you know? I'm an exorcist, but I don't dwell on these things. So I don't know what it means. When I asked the oji-chans around, they say that it's a good sign, because it means that it would be an end to a problem for that someone. Some of them say that it's a bad sign because there would be an end to the good things that that person receives. And then I heard from someone that that person's going to die.

I dreamed that I was in a place where I found nothing around me, but a white coffin. Inside that coffin is someone I know. And I didn't expect myself to cry. I woke up crying. It was really vivid. In any case, I think I should keep a close watch because this my first time to have such a dream. I have to be vigilant. I mean, I've had my share of the unusual, so who knows what will happen?