Reopening my eyes, I realized that I was no longer in the cave... or anywhere for that matter.
In front of sat a system nu that I stared at, shellshocked.
[You and your party have completed the Dream!]
[Calculating Completion Rate [--*--] ] ---> [Error: Value cannot be calculated]
[Your rewards will be handed out accordingly!]
A dream...
You're telling that was all a dream!?
Around the system nu, I seed to be in a pitch-black void as everything around was covered in darkness.
Still lying down on the floor, I looked upwards at the never-ending abyss of black darkness above .
I was too tired to be angry...
As my surroundings distorted once again and the system nu promptly disappeared, a sudden jolt coursed through my body.
Closing my eyes due to the pain, I felt my surroundings adjust as I was no longer lying down but sohow sitting down.
...it really was all a dream.
Keeping my eyes closed for a second longer, I contemplated just manifesting a crow and swapping bodies to avoid this current situation.
A very peculiar word was ntioned in my congratulations for completing the dream.
"you and YOUR PARTY"
...my party?
Wasn't I just fighting against them to kill the spirit and Zach, not only a couple of minutes ago?
One could say the main cast should get down on their knees and thank for killing the spirit and allowing us to complete the dream.
However, that one would most definitely be wrong.
After all, in their eyes, I had just attempted to kill one of their friends, even going as far as to threaten them as well.
Misunderstanding upon misunderstandings...
That was my entire life at this point.
Of course, it was mostly my fault as I had never bothered to clear up these misunderstandings.
Realizing that I couldn't muster the energy to use my corruption to manifest a crow, I sighed before listening to the conversations around .
I really had no choice here...
Though, since I was still pretending to be passed out, I could not see who was talking; it was very easy to identify people by just their voices.
Sowhere to my right, Liam scread out.
"ZACH, ZACH, WHERE ARE YOU?"
As soon I dismissed the corrupted figure, they must have been blinded by the sudden light before receiving the system ssage like , so they didn't end up seeing kill the spirit and not Zach.
From beside , I felt a pair of shoulders slump against mine before a warm and soft voice spoke.
"hah...I'm right here. Liam, what's all the c-commotion for."
Before Liam could reply, Kevin's voice spoke from my far right as he tried his best to remain nonchalant while responding.
"Oh, we're not surprised or anything after watching you co this close to death? I knew your self-awareness was terrible, Zach, but this is simply astounding."
From in front of , Lily's distressed voice imdiately replied.
"Really, is this the ti for sarcasm, Kevin?"
"Oh, so I can't use sarcasm when we're in a near-life death situation, AND when we're just sitting in a carriage? Tell , when am I su-"
*CRASH*
From all the way in front, a deep and elder voice spoke.
"KEEP IT DOWN BACK THERE!"
"..."
"..."
Ti...ti... how much ti had passed in the real world?
Around three days had passed in that dream... but since the main cast and I were still inside the carriage, that would have to an less than half a day had passed here.
Trying to confirm my theory, I slightly opened my eyes for a brief second before staring out the window.
The lush-green grass and the leaves of the several trees in the distance swaying in the wind, the orange sky shining over anything, and last of all, a sense of familiarity with my eyes.
We were indeed still on our trip back to the Celestial Academy.
Closing my eyes once again, I stayed completely still and continued listening in.
After a couple more friendly words for their reuniting with Zach, Lily finally asked from across .
"Zach...what exactly do you rember?"
After a mont of silence, Zach replied hesitantly.
"The last thing I rember is being shown a system nu... and before that, when we found... Ren and Lily together."
It seed that the spirit had not manipulated or done anything to Zach's mories, so he rembered everything correctly except the portions of his mory when the spirit had possessed him.
Irene, who had been quietly chatting with Ruby until now, asked from my far right and across the carriage.
"So...I'm guessing we all saw that system nu, then... right?"
After a mont of silence, where I guessed the others nodded their heads, Irene continued.
"Does that an... all of that... those last four days were all just a dream..?"
Breaking the unbearable silence that descended from Irene's question, Alya looked behind her, ensuring the carriage driver wasn't listening, before replying.
"But...how can that be possible? The last ti we entered a dream, all of us had to agree...this ti, we were just hurled in..."
From beside Alya and Irene, Ruby curiously asked.
"I did my first dream alone, but Zach, Kevin, Lily, and Liam...you four did it together, right? Maybe it had sothing to do with that?"
After a mont of silence, Liam replied.
"Yeah... when the four of us entered our first dream, only one of us had to click the button... then the rest of us were just teleported like magic."
..?
So, I was dragged into this scenario because so idiot here decided they wanted to enter a damn dream at this very mont?
...Also, what are these chanics?
Is there no consent?
I can be teleported into a dream just because I'm sitting in the sa carriage as the person who clicked the button...?
What kind of bullshit is this?
*BANG*
From my far right, the sound of a fist hitting the wood of the carriage reverberated throughout the area.
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