Chapter 42
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Episode 9 - World of Dreams [3]
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"Hey, human, can you put your hand on this sli?"
Lumina looked at the Specter of Dream in confusion.
She had tried to enter the queen’s palace, but the Specters of Dream told her that she could only enter if the queen allowed it.
So she had to stay outside.
anwhile, the Specters of Dream flew around her.
Out of nowhere, they made a sli appear.
She asked, confused:
"And what is this supposed to an?"
The Specters of Dream looked at each other.
"Oh, it’s nothing important, but it’ll be fun, give it a try."
Their actions were far too suspicious. Lumina sighed and extended her hand.
At that mont, maybe it was her imagination, but she swore she heard a faint giggle.
She turned toward the Specters of Dream and, out of nowhere, they began to whistle.
’This is very suspicious.’
Anyway, she finally touched the sli, and it reacted to her touch.
Then, suddenly, its form changed; before, it had been a simple sli, and now it was an extrely familiar figure.
’Adel.’
The sli had turned into Adel. His blindfolded eyes seed to be staring straight at her.
He had a smile on his face. Then, by instinct, she brought her hand toward the blindfold and, before she could lift it...
The Specters of Dream burst into laughter.
She turned toward them and asked:
"What’s so funny?"
One of them cald down and said:
"That is... what you touched wasn’t just any sli, human."
"Yes, yes, that sli reveals the person you’re in love with."
"Pfft... ha, ha, look at her expression, it changed instantly."
"Ha, ha, that’s very funny, very funny."
"..."
Lumina’s body froze, and by instinct, she turned her head toward the sli that had turned into Adel.
And, out of nowhere, she struck that face that wore a knowing smile.
"Ahhhh!!!"
For the first ti in this regression, her emotions burst out.
anwhile, the Specters of Dream laughed loudly.
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"Even for it is difficult, but... I see three faces in your soul in total."
"What...?"
My expression changed multiple tis as I processed her words.
But my thoughts kept spinning and spinning.
My gaze drifted into the void as I barely thought about her words.
Many might not understand it, but I more or less have an idea.
"W-what do you an?"
The queen looked at in silence. However, since she wasn’t human, I couldn’t tell what kind of expression she had at that mont.
But that didn’t matter.
It didn’t matter at all.
She looked in the eyes as if she were deciding what to say.
Then, after a while, she opened her mouth and spoke slowly:
"I see three faces in your soul. Of course, one of them, the clearest one, is your current appearance; the second is harder to see, but it belongs to an adult; and the third... well, I only know that there is a third face, but..."
She fell silent, noticing that my expression was constantly changing.
’Three faces... one of them is my current self, the second is from my past life.’
Then, what does the third one an?
I lowered my gaze and noticed that my hands were trembling.
I didn’t know why I was reacting like this at this mont.
But even so, the queen continued.
"I can’t really be sure if there are only three faces in total. It’s so faint and almost impossible to see, but instinctively I feel like there are more, not four, but dozens... tens of thousands."
"..."
I brought both hands to my face. I rubbed the bridge of my nose as I processed her words.
I know that I co from a place called "Earth" and that this world used to be a ga back then.
But for so ti now, different thoughts have been surrounding my mind.
What if a place called Earth never actually existed and this world was never a ga?
Then what purpose am I following?
I feel like I’m walking along a path with no real purpose or goal.
As if I’m simply being guided toward an unknown place by instinct.
’More than two faces... that ans I have lived different lives.’
I didn’t know if that was true, but the only mories I had were from my past life as a video ga developer.
That was all.
But at the sa ti, a thought crossed my mind.
’What was my na... what exactly did I look like? I can’t even rember anymore.’
I don’t rember my na or my appearance, and now that I thought about it...
’What was my daily life like?’
I only rembered going to the office and working, and that my assistant was always there, talking and wasting ti.
I rembered most things about the ga, such as its characters, its story, its scenarios, and so on.
But after that, I don’t rember anything.
’Since when did I forget my daily life?’
I didn’t know how much I had forgotten about myself.
Finally, I looked up and asked after a while.
"What does the second face look like exactly?"
The queen replied.
"Like that of an adult man with a tired expression, that’s all that can be seen."
I nodded at her words; I didn’t know if that was how she saw .
But, knowing that I was a video ga developer...
I could more or less guess what my face looked like. Even so, I didn’t rember it, nor did I know anything else.
At that mont, the queen suddenly said sothing unexpected.
"A long ti ago, a human ca whom they now know as the Lady of the Beasts."
I focused completely on her words.
If she was talking about her, perhaps it was related to .
"The reason why she ca, even I didn’t fully understand it, but what she said was..."
My expression changed when she spoke the following words.
"Perhaps one day a strange human will co before you. I don’t know how you will see them at that ti, but when they co, give them this."
The queen snapped her fingers, and in front of , a ring appeared.
I took the ring and examined it closely; at first glance, it was an ordinary ring.
But... was this really ordinary?
Then the queen’s voice pulled out of my thoughts and she explained.
"I don’t know what that ring is, but the Lady of the Beasts said that its rightful owner might one day discover what it contains."
I tightened my grip on the ring as several thoughts ran through my mind.
The Lady of the Beasts knew about , or at least sothing.
She left this ring with so kind of secret inside it that only ti would reveal.
’No matter how much I look at it, I can’t find anything out of the ordinary.’
It was strange, since this was the first object from one of the Primogenitors to appear.
It is said that objects created by the Primogenitors contained unimaginable powers and secrets.
And one of them was in my hands.
’But there’s nothing.’
Coming out of my thoughts, I asked the queen several questions.
"Did the Lady of the Beasts say anything else?"
"No, that was all. After leaving the ring, she disappeared, and shortly after, I learned that she and the other seven had vanished."
At her last words, I quickly asked the following question.
"Do you know what exactly happened to them?"
She shook her head.
"I don’t know. They simply disappeared as if they had never existed. It didn’t even seem like they dread, since there was never any dream from them. They are truly mysterious humans."
The part about dreams definitely left bewildered; every living being dreams at least once.
It is impossible not to dream, unless you have absolute control or a certain status in the World of Dreams.
It is almost impossible not to dream.
Then I asked another question.
"Other than the Lady of Beasts, did the other seven never co?"
"I’m not sure. They might have entered the World of Dreams, but since this world is almost infinite, I can’t know for certain if any of them entered."
I nodded.
"I suppose that’s true... By the way, do you know the na of the Lady of Beasts or that of the other seven?"
The queen shook her head, sighed, and said.
"I don’t know. Back then, I tried to read the thoughts of the Lady of Beasts, but there was interference. It was sothing like a screen... it’s better if I show it."
The queen snapped her fingers, and sothing far too familiar appeared in front of .
’That is... the Holy Land system.’
Does that an the Firstborn had Status Windows?
Then that ans they also co from Earth.
’But does Earth really exist?’
My head was spinning, however, there was sothing unsettling.
Then why can the queen read my thoughts?
If the system intervened, why didn’t it do so when the queen was reading my thoughts?
By the way, I told her to stop reading my thoughts, and she agreed.
So I could think clearly.
’Ugh, seriously, I have a strong headache.’
"You seem to be in a state of confusion. It should be normal, since you’ve discovered things you didn’t know before."
I nodded at her words and murmured.
"Honestly, I don’t understand myself at all."
And it was true, I no longer knew exactly who I was.
Ever since I confird my dark fate, ever since I received that fable as compensation.
And now, a soul with so many faces that not even a god like the Queen of the Specters of Dream could see it clearly.
In addition, there was an unknown item left by the Lady of the Beasts specifically for .
’There are so many inconsistencies.’
Sighing, I looked once more at the screen the queen was showing .
It had no text, so I didn’t know if, at that mont, it was sending so kind of warning to the Lady of the Beasts.
I knew that only players had the Status Window, but the inhabitants of the Holy Land did not.
Not even Lumina, who had uncovered so many secrets, knew of the existence of the Status Window.
And at that very mont, as I stared intently at the screen shown by the queen,
suddenly, a similar screen appeared in my mind.
"..."
Startled, I quickly looked at the screen, and my eyes widened.
〖It has been detected that the user has fulfilled one of the three conditions of ■■■■ and has obtained the ■■■■ from the Lady of the Beasts〗
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