ReDream: Every Time I Die, The World Gets Worse

—WSA 2025 Entry—
[The Last Dreamer.]
A title spoken in reverence. A fate worse than death.

In a world where nightmares walk and curses breathe, the land of dreams is no sanctuary—it is a battlefield. Fear is alive, and survival is the only law. Those who endure the horrors gain power and glory. Those who fail are lost to something far worse than death.

Haruya should not exist here. He is not cursed. Not marked. Yet, he has awoken in a player\'s body, forced into a game of madness and despair.

The Witch of Sins watches his every step, a shadow whispering promises of ruin. Love brings only suffering. Sanity frays with each passing moment. Society fears him. The gods take notice.

But Haruya walks a path beyond hope, beyond reason—toward something even the gods will come to dread.

And in the end, that is where his solace lies.

“All I ever wanted was friends and a financially stable life…”