chapter 2: A Second Life?

Double Life Dreamer

A Story of Two Worlds

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Warmth. The sensation of a soft bed. Ryo's eyes fluttered open. He wasn't in an alley anymore. The pain was gone. Instead, he was staring at a ceiling decorated with elegant patterns.

Then, a voice—soft, yet familiar. "Brother ;You're awake!"

He turned his head. A girl, claiming to be his older sister sat beside him, eyes filled with concern. She looked… beautiful in a black dress?

"W-Where am I?" he croaked.

His "sister" frowned. "You don't remember you got into a fight . You're home, of course. Don't scare me like that again!"

Home? But this wasn't his apartment. It was a noble-looking mansion, the kind straight out of a fantasy novel. Ryo pushed himself up, heart racing. He looked down at his hands—they were fairer and Smoother.

Memories started flooding in. He was Ryo… but also someone else. He had been born into this world as an orphan, whose sister works for a noble merchant family. And yet, he remembered everything from his past life.

That night, after exploring the mansion and piecing together his new life, he felt exhausted. Maybe sleep would clear things up. He climbed into bed… and the moment he drifted off—

He woke up in a hospital bed. Back in his real world.

Ryo gasped, sitting up in shock. His friends surrounded him, crying. "Ryo! You're alive!"

His mind raced. He had died. He had been in another world. But now he was back?

His friends explain that he was shot in the shoulder and was taken to the hospital by the police.

After a week he then realized;

Every time he slept in one world, he awoke up in the other.

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