The sun shine looks brighter than it did as started reaching the ends of the country side.
In the mountains close to a certain village a mansion stood there with it's unique structure build than how a regular mansion would look like.
"Anything else?" says the person who was sitting next to Haru at the moment.
"No. It's just that I can't recall what happened after I fell from the tree."
The doctor arrived this morning without any warning to check up on me because of the madams order which I feel strongly to believe Akane is behind this.
I can't blame her for worrying though. I don't know what her relationship was with me if she got that concerned.
("Maybe you should try that…") That's all I head since they where standing far away from how their voices sounded like.
What could the doctor tell Akane to try? So now everyone knows I can't remember anything from my previous days before the incident.
Not to mention what happened that evening.
" Sorry what did you say?"
"I don't recognize you." Haru gets picks herself up from his arms and continues by saying. "Who are you?"
He says. "How is it everytime you open is when you want to ask something. I'm the gardener and overseer of this whole garden. Are you interested in it by any chance?" With a gentle smile.
He points on a bunch of flowers as he says. "These flowers are one of my favorites and the smell very good. How about we check them out together?"
"No, I'm okay. And it's not specifically the flowers, they're fine. I came here for the tree."
A weird silence passes through the air then Haru raises her head up as she then continues by saying. " Have a great day, sir."
Then silently left the garden. As for the man who stood there in silence only wondered with a slightly paused face. "The tree?…"
"I said something stupid back there. But anyway what should I do now?" She wonders as she is heading towards the room she came from.
"So far the tree is the only clue I have for figuring out what happened to me or in a way... How I'm connected to this place, I can't reincarnate into someone life without a reason."
Haru gazes as the sun sets at dawn. " Why am I here? In this world. Why do I have a weird feeling towards this where ever place."
Her hands lead forward as they meet together. "If so then does that also explain why a thought of a book passes in my mind? I can't remember anything from my past, even this life."
" The only thing that might give me a clue as to why I'm here or why I can't remember might be...." She slowly takes a breath as she shift her site to the clouds. "What exactly."
The following day after the sun has already said it's good mornings Haru found herself hanging the sheets out to dry.
After which she finds herself washing the dishes as well by herself.
Only the sound of plates getting stacked filled the room and before long someone calls out her name barely above a shout but enough to reach her ears turn her gaze in an instant towards the voice.
A girl standing by the door avoiding to be seen fully by Haru.
"Another voice I don't recognize. Is she part of the mansion? I don't remember Akane mentioning her."
Before Haru can go back to stacking plates the girl calls out to her again.
Haru calmly steps outside of the room as she carefully looks through the hallways quietly with, her eyes slowly seeing more than she should at the moment.
A head picking from a corner at the far edge of the wall of the room.
Before Haru can say more than an utter a word the person disappears from her view followed by footstep sounds following each other before the other can finish.
"Hey, wait!" Haru doesn't hesitate and quickly follows her every turn in the mansion.
"Hey, could you stop for a sec?! Where are you going?!" Why am I even chasing her? Am I that annoyed by her?
After chasing her through several corners, she reaches a certain room as she stops abnormally.
"Would you stop running already?" She says while breathing unevenly.
In her thoughts she wonders. "Who might she be? I don't recognize her at all."
Haru straightens her back as she continues by saying. "Are you going to tell me why you called me? Was it just a trick to make me run all the way here?"
Only silence follows her, as her gaze never gets hungry for attention she remains still like live painting.
With a slight push she suddenly opens the door of the room as her silent footsteps follow, Haru attempts the same.
Once she welcomes herself in a room with only a single thought echoing in her thoughts, what could possibly be beyond this place where the eye can't see the edge besides the color of white.
A rhythm of silent water washes away from her feet at each step. The endless reflection of light only makes the door look like a foreign object on a drawn page.
The leaves that found themselves inside the hallways carried by the gentle breeze. can only hope to see wants inside but can never go beyond the front of door.
She can only gaze upon them from a far distance, in a complete different world.
Haru quickly shifts her still gaze to the girl remains ever still where she stands and despite the wind outside her clothes never waved.
Haru folds are hand into a fist softly as she keeps her head high. "Hey, what is thi..-" her eyes open slightly more to the site.
The girl suddenly falls on the ground. Haru quickly rushes to her side. "Hey, are you okay...?" She says as she trys to flip her over.
The moment her eyes finally reaches her view, Haru's eyes widen.
As she holds her in her arms she wonders in her thoughts. "Who is this person? Her body is still warm, but her eyes tell a different story."
Haru gently places her fingers of her left hand on the girl's upper lip as she wonders in thought. "she isn't breathing."
Her hand slides down to her chest. "And her heartbeat... Has stopped, was it already like this?"
Haru remains silent for a breath moment. "What happened to you… and who are you?"
Before I knew it, that same question swang back at me. "Wait, who... am I then? I can't remember for some reason...."
Haru holds her her head slightly leaning down. "Who exactly. I was who again? Me?.... I?... Who am I ?!"
Haru opens her eyes fast enough to witness a floating dast particle together with a familiar roof. Her eyes socked in morning tears but more than usual.
She slowly sits upright to search the surface of the bedsheets and the room she was in. before gazing at the waving grass from her window.
"Is it afternoon already?... So it was just a dream. A nightmare in the middle of the day." A slight breeze of air reminds her to blink her slightly tired eyes.
Haru smiles gently but her eyes seem more tired by each second. A drop of salty water falls on her bedsheets followed by another and another until there was too much.
She quickly tries to wipe them off but each time it just seemed more hopeless. " What is this?, I'm confused. Tears? Maybe... or what ever this is, it's completely weird and uncomfortable."
She rests her head on top of her folded knees as her folded hand rests on her chest.
Slow but uneven breathes. "It's a strange feeling. It's like something soft and yet it is squeezing my chest tight it's too cold at the same time. It feels like my chest can't take more of it, it feels like it hurts more when I try to ignore it."
She makes her way closer to the window as she gazes at the open sky as her eyes turn to mirrors that reflects the wazing clouds.
"This feeling makes it harder to know what I'm supposed to feel right now. Is it just sadness? Or is there more?.."
Haru wears her common clothes that represents her position in the mansion. As she is exiting the door the moment she is about to close it she is greeted by a familiar face.
"You're awake! Good." She says as she springs onto her.
"How are you feeling? I'm sorry I didn't work you up, I thought you might need the rest though, and the madam agreed."
" Thank you Akane I appreciate it." She says as she then notices Akane's eyes turning into stars as her smile started to slowly rise like rocket.
"What should I do now?" Haru asks with her voice a bit higher than usual.
"Good question. Follow me." she says as she elegantly walks away with a soft smile.
"Who is Akane to Haru or who is Haru to Akane? That thought repeats itself on my mind."
"This is Mr. Rin Kōjin and his daughter, Akira Kōjin, due to the commotion yesterday you didn't have the chance to talk to them properly so here is your chance" Says Akane as she stands besides Haru with a cat smile.
In her thoughts." I guesse this event right now is happening because of my memory situation."
I'm guessing the doctor asked her to help me recall stuff by reintroducing me to things I might already know, or it could be for the sec until I regain my memories for easier interactions during work.
But if there is a chance it might work, It's worth to try. Now I'm even doubting my true identity.
" A simple 'nice to meet you?' won't hurt considering we already met and have worked together for a long time." Says the old man in a black battler suit.
Haru taken a bit back for the moment she froze in place until a friendly hand reached out to glad her shoulder.
Haru went quite for a bit as she straitens herself.
But before she could utter a word a wise the old man's voice reached her ears. "It's a welcome to meet you again Ms. Haru."
"Same- yes, nice to meet you." Says the young girl next to the man as she adds with a snipers gaze."Again."
In Haru's thoughts. "Despite her cold atmosphere she appears younger than me."
"Thank you, it's nice knowing you again." Haru then returns a smile together with a gentle lean as she adds. "I apologize for the problem I've caused."
Akane remains close to her watching everything in silence.
"Let's go!" Akane screams pulling Haru away with her.
"I wish you well, Haru." says the man.
"Same, yes." Says the girl next to the man.
Before long they find themselves at the foot step of the mansion.
As they walk up on each stair not long a similar outfit but not styled in the same way appears in their view.
Akane as bluntly and as plainly she says. "That's Akane Komori, apparently she chose to take my first name as a jock now she can't change it."
She then turns to face Haru. "Always remember that. " she says as she starts pointing between herself and the maid while saying. "I'm Akane, Imposter, Akane Imposter.... Akane~,, Imposter ~.."
"Can I help you two?" Says the maid who head her commotion also known as the imposter.
"Okay, let's go now. We're done here. Later, Akane Imposter." she says as she pulls Haru with her.
So they both just share the first name... But there last names are different, that would mean they are from different families.
" Do you hate her?"
"No, that's just how we two are, were like a cat and dog. You'll mostly find her working within the mansion since she's Ms. Sakura Kōchō's personal maid. She's possibly running errand for her mistress."
Soon after, we found ourselves on the third floor.... standing in front of a room.
After taking a deep breath. Akane softly nocks on the door.
"Come in." says the voice from inside that sounds more of a woman voice.
"As you instructed madam." She says as she lowers her head. " I brought her."
Haru quickly notices and follows Akanes lead and also lowers her head.
"Haru, stand up straight." Says the woman. Her voice is commanding but somehow soft.
"Yes, madam."
I slowly raise my head as her shoes echo in the room as she goes around the table just to lean in front of it.
As my gaze meet has it actually surprises me.
She looks old but her eyes say a lot.
She starts walking towards Haru until she is close enough where even a slap can reach.
"Tell me, Haru. Be honest." She suddenly pauses making Haru a bit fidget.
"You think I'm too old don't you?"
Haru didn't try to respond but tense shakes a bit.
"I get that reaction everytime when someone sees me in my office the first time."
Haru looks down and doesn't allow a single word to escape her mouth.
"All I'm curious about is how you fell from a tree, hit your head and now you can't remember anything." she asks while her eyes are locked to Haru's face. "And some how you only remember your own name?"
She says still as tree while looking down."Yes, maybe it's because Akane called out to me."
She suddenly exhales deeply and says. "Girls these days I don't understand what goes on in your heads. Anyway, I'm glad you can still move around even after that. I'm hoping we only have your memory to worry about."
"But until your memory returns, you can address me as Ms. Tokiwa. I'm the one who is currently running this place. It's in your best interest not to disappoint me, and I mean that." She says it fearlessly like a lioness on her rock.
Later, we found ourselves outside the mansion.
"Phew, I thought I'd die in there." Still walking as elegantly as she can.
"I guess I kinda understand what you're saying."
"Are you serious? Her gaze is like a beast about to tear you to pieces, it's amazing a person at her age can carry so much fear." Meanwhile in the mansion the madam catches a single sneeze.
"It's probably her. That girl has no limits in how much she wants to annoy me huh."
"Too bad the man of the house isn't here. It would have been nice if I introduced you to him too, though I think he'll be shocked for the entire month if he knew what happened."
"How so?"
"Well, I'll let you discover that part on your own. Now let's go, the madam doesn't like it when we're dili darlin where she can see us." She says then leads the way.
" How does the guy look like for Akane to like him so much. And back on their, I felt a bit."
"Here we have the garden, and past it is the gathering area. It's used for parties and other big outdoor events. There's also a huge ballroom inside the mansion,"
It makes sense but why this place is so large. They probably host a huge event with a lot people it seems.
" Anyways let's go." She says as Haru starts following her.
"Meet the man behind the beauty."
The man doesn't shift his gaze towards them. "Leave me alone."
Akane walks up to him and leans towards his ear. "Sss… Haru is here too and.....(Brubrubruh... a bit of explaining)."
"Oh, sorry, I apologize for my rudeness. I'm Lila Kusa no Kokoro, but you can call me Mr. Kusa, it's weird introducing myself honestly to you again after all this time."
"I understand. Sorry for the trouble."
"No need to apologize, please. Just stop climbing trees. it doesn't suit you at all."
Akane turns her gaze towards Haru. "He is right."
"Okay, let's go, we're done here."
" The exit is to the left where you came from."
"Don't mind him. his like that to everyone." says Akane while pushing Haru by the shoulder like a stroller.
"The farm!... and meet the people who do all the work on their own. First up, we have Mr. Kaze Sora. He's the funny one and the backbone of the team."
"You think so, don't backs break?"
" Not the point but it always stick out that everytime you're seek everyone loses their strength or motivation for some reason."
"For real?"
"Sure don't believe me, next we have Mr. Kaze Shinjiro, he's the brain, sharp and quick to read situations, I once thought he was a junior commander of the knights."
He just nodes
"It seems today it's his few words day. And lastly, we have Mr. Kaze Kenji. He's the muscle, the brute strength of the group enough to rip a tree of the ground. I'm not giving too much credit, am I?"
"…" No response.
"As always, his mostly quiet, but sometimes his a complete different person, the way he shifts personalities I sometimes find irritating to be honest."
"Sorry for the trouble."
Sora waves a hand. "No it's fine, were mostly worried about you actually. How are you handling everything? It's hard to imagine how you feel, living without your memories I mean."
"Don't make it sound terrible. they'll come back." Says Mr. Shinjiro, he adds. " The human brain just has some stops at times though it's coursed by other interventions but the body always reconstructs."
Sora couldn't help but shift his gaze towards Shinjiro" They he goes again."
"It's amazing how just the three of you can handle this entire area."
Sora takes a look at the field as well. "If it was just me, it would be trouble job, but I got my brothers." he says as he looks behind at them.
Later at the mansion.
A sound of plates fills the silence room. "Looks like the only people left to introduce are the gatekeepers and the master, possibly the guards too. But at this hour, the master must be busy, so we'll probably only find the gatekeeper."
A moment later.
" Oh, there he is. he's also the master's personal assistant."
"Oh, it's that gardener guy also a personal assistant?"
His the same guy Haru met in the garden.
"Gardener?... Wait. Do you mean Master Zaikai Takanori?! Whaaaaaat!" Akane screaming like it's the end of the world.