“I’ll keep you alive.”
“Oh, yeah. Thanks.”
I don't know why I'm grateful, but I guess sothing good is good...
Reed got up and walked over to the sofa.
I sank deep into the luxurious single-seater sofa that at first glance looked like a throne, and placed my hands on the armrests.
“Then Eyelet.”
"huh."
“I’ll leave my two hours to you.”
He said sothing that felt like it was sothing I should say, then closed his eyes. Soon, I could hear his calm, even breathing.
“I guess so. Because you have to sleep to dream?”
[The 'Inspector of Weather Leakage' is said to have no sleep problems despite being in a state of ntal disarray.]
[I am secretly linking you to 'The Scales that Judge Souls' because they are eting the possessed and are being healed.]
I felt a little disappointed.
“If you want to sleep, sleep in bed.”
I sat on the couch opposite her, hugging the blanket I had brought to cover myself in case I got cold.
Since he entrusted himself to , I was going to at least pretend to keep it faithfully, even though it was unnecessary.
I dozed off and waited for him to wake up.
✠
Elantia was still in the dream world she had built to her liking.
A dream library so elaborately implented that it is almost indistinguishable from reality.
For her, who loved books, this was a paradise where she wanted to stay and be locked up for the rest of her life.
“Tch, you broke it again. But it’s okay. Next ti, I’ll hold you back so you really can’t get away.”
Elantia moved busily, lost in her own joy and ecstasy.
I made a list of books to read and discuss with my high-quality reader Mongma. Among them, I selected and stacked literary books with carefully selected keywords of mutual obsession.
I planned to talk about my feelings until my throat beca hoarse, so I didn't forget to prepare so sweet-slling tea.
“Wouldn’t tea made with the stans of a human-faced flower be good?”
I was feeling happy after finishing setting the tea table.
Damn it.
The devil's pointed ears perked up. It seed as if her partner had entered her dream.
“You’re back!”
She was intoxicated with wild excitent and had a big smile on her face when she suddenly realized sothing strange.
Damn it.
The sound was heavier than the footsteps Elantia knew.
That wasn't all.
Since lighting is important in places where people read books, Ellantia's dream was very bright.
But now the darkness that had been lurking everywhere was moving quickly like a snake with its belly attached to the ground and gathering in one place.
'What, what is it?'
The place where the footsteps stopped was filled with darkness. It was when a cold sweat ran down the back of my neck due to a terrible sense of discomfort.
Finally, soone erged from behind the veil of darkness.
“Ellantia Levant.”
“Oh, you are the evil of chaos?”
In Reed's hand was a Nightmare Catcher held as if by magic.
At other tis, she would have been impressed by the fact that she had dared to pair up with Chaos Evil, but Ellantia's mind was blank at the unexpected turn of events. Of course, her face was also pale.
Reed approached leisurely and gently stroked the wood grain of the bookshelf with one hand.
“It’s elaborate. It’s no different from reality.”
“.......”
“It’s a nightmare though.”
In fact, from the perspective of the demon Elantia, it is nothing more than a pleasant and ecstatic dream, and it is the human perspective that determines it to be a nightmare. And the standards and definitions of nightmares vary from person to person.
As evidence, while Aylett found endless work here, Reed saw brutal and suggestive book titles.
Even the books were like living creatures, each noisily babbling about its contents.
The unpleasant noise died down as soon as the dream owner opened his mouth.
“Oh, welco. But, why did the Chaos Evil co here...?”
“That question makes question the qualifications of the librarian.”
"yes?"
“Why are you asking questions about sothing you already know? You seem to lack intelligence.”
“......Ugh!”
Elantia, realizing that it was useless to try to get away, shut her mouth.
What punishnt will he receive for daring to taunt the drear favored by Chaos Evil?
Ellantia trembled all over and opened her eyes wide.
“Just a light warning.”
However, the aura that rose like a mist over her shoulders was by no ans light. The subli pressure seed to be squeezing and crushing Ellantia's windpipe.
“Ugh...! Ho, chaos, evil, this... yea, ugh.......”
She had to crawl without even being able to scream. Reid's cold voice fell on the sky-blue head lying on the floor.
“What tiline is this?”
“.......”
“If I get robbed again, I’ll feel so bad.”
“Ugh, ugh.......”
With a gasp of breath, her body crumbled and disappeared.
Of course, it was only the spirit body in the dream that was shattered. The physical body that was hit would feel pain for a while, but it was not an actual death.
As Elantia, the master of nightmares, departed, the living library also began to collapse.
It was a surreal sight, as if space was being split into small blocks, disintegrating and disappearing.
That was when.
"......this."
A rare look of despair appeared on Reed's expressionless face.
Just as oil painting is revealed beneath watercolors dissolved in water, a new dream appears in the place of a shattered dream.
that.......
“Die! You have to die so we can live!”
“Please. If you were just one person, everyone could live.”
“This world needs your sacrifice.”
It was his nightmare.
✠
At so point, my eyes suddenly opened.
It seems that he dozed off on the couch, hugging the blanket, and eventually fell asleep.
“Ah, what should I do? I lost it, Agnes.”
“Aha. Thank you.”
"yes?"
Does that an there's a problem?
I looked straight ahead. Reid was sitting upright, leaning on his armrests, sleeping.
It was a sight that preserved the exact sa posture I had seen before I fell asleep.
It looks fine on the outside?
'You're not breathing, are you?!'
Startled, I imdiately approached Reed. When I put my finger under his nose, I could fortunately feel his breath.
I felt relieved, but at the sa ti I thought it was too early to jump to conclusions. Just in case, I should check the heartbeat... ... .
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