Part 66: The Snow Has Stopped


[BGM: A Family Matter]




*knock knock*




Master is lying on the couch, face down and sound asleep.
The tea and snacks I brought in half an hour ago are still sitting on the desk by the door, untouched.








[BGM: Silence]

I walk towards the door, but I notice something strange.
The tea and snacks I brought in half an hour ago are still sitting on the desk by the door.
There is a teapot and a cup on a tray, and a plate of pumpkin cookies.
I always put 5 cookies on the plate because it looks better that way.
When I came in earlier, the 5 cookies were still there exactly where I put them.
But they are gone now!
I take the lid off the teapot and there is nothing but wet leaves inside.
I turn around and look at Master.
He has barely been out of my sight and he is still sleeping.



I pick up the cup and carefully examine it.
There are no tea stains on the cup at all.
Then I realize something. For the past few days the cups have always been clean when I've come to collect them.
It's almost like they haven't been used.
Never been used...
I walk back to the couch and lightly tap on the Master.
No response.
I push him harder.
No response.
I even pull some hair off of his head...
Still no response.
[BGM: Broken Dream 2]


Several possibilities come into my mind.
If we were human I would assume Master is sick, or even... dead.
But could those things happen to a god, too?
And what's the story with the vanished cookies and tea?
I am not sure what has happened, but Master must be in some sort of trouble.
I must wake him up, no matter what.
But how...



I pull a pen out from under Master.
It is the one that he used for work.
I have seen him working a few times, so I have some idea of how to use it.
Even though I am just a servant, Master once mentioned that we were both gods.
Maybe I could...


