条顿骑士

Year 3394. - Illusion -1

There was only sound of turning book page in a quiet library.  “No...this is not it...this one...no...”  Kronig whispered to himself. He put that book away, and took different book from pile of books beside of him. Sound of turning page broke the silence of the room again.     The library Kronig in now is placed in division of [Technocrat], high classed engineers.  This library was known as knowledge source of the city [Pandemonium], contains variety kinds of books. Line-up of books starts from technical book of automata to ancient manuscripts written in the era of [Golden age].     Kronig put book aside again and took other book.  “Book of psychiatry, huh?” Kronig muttered.  He did not feel like to read this book. However, he pulled out from book shelf just for information. Kronig thought that it is just like comedy show, if person who researching dream of oneself reached to the conclusion that person is actually one of psychiatric patient.  “Well, that will be much easy, if I was mentally harmed.”  He bent his mouth ironically.  He had been surrounded by illusion of weird creatures, natures, and the world, since of his childhood.     It started as a dream at the first.  Every night when he closed his eyes on the bed, it showed up in his sight.     “In the sea of wired color, winding black and white things were approaching. It disappeared for a while and then appeared again. He looked at it carefully, and it started to turn into human body and started to float in shining sea.  He turned his sight to horizon, a humongous creature with huge dorsal fin appeared.  It was hiding its whole body under the sea...and stated to approaching...”     He always had a dream like that. He thought everyone has same dream as he does when he was a little child. However, as he grew up, he started to feel a gap in between his dream and dream of others. That gap kept growing in each day and finally, he noticed that his dream was totally different from normal dream which everyone would have.  The twisted view of nature, creature out of ecosystem, the world with unnatural sound, smell, and taste, all of those wired vision kept showing up in his [dream]. All of existence in his [dream] had intense sense of reality.  The worst point of his dream was a feeling of melting into the world of his [dream].     Kronig started fear the night. However, his [dream] did not just stay with the night.  It came into his everyday life, also.  He saw rainbow rode in this room, or sometime he saw purple grassland on the wall of building.  He was once, able to eliminate those wired vision by ignoring them, however, as its frequency of appearance increases, he could not hold himself to ignore them completely. These wired vision remained in his real life unless he really concentrates on himself.     One day, Kronig found pass key of [Technocrat] in his father's home office. Might be able to have access to library which approved only for [Technocrat], he thought.  He knew that library contain documents from ancient era [Golden age], or [age of Twilight], when dramatic expansion of knowledge took place in Pandemonium city.  “I can do some research in that library.”  With hope, he decided to sneak in to library of [Technocrat].     Fortunately, that library located in the area with low security. Because of the most of Technocrats had enough knowledge of themselves to be as Technocrat, this library was not used by them often. That is the reason why Kronig could sneak in easily. He started his research about his wired [dream], which is now had become as [illusion].     After spending a couple hours of research, Kronig felt wired feeling almost same as the feeling of his [illusions]. He put his head up from document he was reading.  There are no illusions around of him; however, he still could feel presence of it.  He felt something is calling him so he started to look around.  Then he found an old metallic shelf with sliding door on it. It showed different atmosphere from all of another shelves in this library.  He put down the book and walked towards that weird shelf.  He tried to open the door on that shelf, however it had been locked.  “What's in here?” Kronig whispered.  Even though he used all of his strength to open, he was unable to break that old simple lock.  --I need to see inside!!!  At the moment Kronig desired, the presence of his illusion floated from his body all at once. Pain, disgust, ecstasy, etc..... All of sense became as one, and it started to drive through his body.  “....! What the.....!”  The world started to shake. Fear of being in his [dream] came out.  He started to concentrate to hold himself from mind destruction.  “I'm here...I exist here!!!”  He leaned against the shelf and continued muttering.     Torrent of sensation vanished suddenly as it started.  “What was that??”  When he put his hand on the shelf to stand up, the door on shelf started to slide open soundlessly. It had been dead locked just a while ago...he thought, however, the document inside of shelf dragged his attention more than his question.  It seemed an old report of research work.  He took it out and opened.  As soon he started to read that report, his sight caught a thing, thing that never been existed in the world.     That was Kronig's first contact with [Phantom Beast].