Chapter 37: Inside Someone’s Dream

After a dizzying sensation.

When I opened my eyes again, I was in the middle of a forest.

The sky stretching high.

And tall trees filling the surroundings.

I stood still and blinked at the very ordinary peaceful scenery.

I was worried that something dramatic might pop out because it was a dream.

It seems that it was a useless worry.

The scent of nature that I feel for the first time in a long time.

Even though all this is just an illusion.

I felt a little healing.

I need to find a total of 5 dream fragments.

So I have to enter at least 5 dreams.

The first of them is such a quiet dream.

The start is very good.

If you happen to enter a nightmare.

It’s obvious that you’ll have a hard time.

If it’s a calm dream without any special features, it’s rather welcome.

Where in this vast forest is the dream fragment hidden?

I first looked around.

There are densely packed, unknown large trees.

And a small path on it.

It was stretched out long as if someone wanted me to follow it.

When you don’t know where to go, following a fixed path is one way.

I walked along the road without hesitation.

By the way.

“Where is the owner of the dream?”

This vast forest.

Even though I feel like I’ve been walking for a long time, I began to wonder about the unfeeling presence.

In this dream world, the owner must exist.

But I don’t feel anything in this forest.

So I walked along the road for a long time and arrived.

Finally, there was a huge lake there.

And when I saw the scene unfolding before my eyes, I couldn’t help but admire it.

It’s beautiful.

The surface of the lake, which reflected the clear sky, is truly like a painting.

Blue and clear sky.

And the wide-open spectacle.

The scenery of the forest with a huge lake was breathtakingly beautiful.

‘What kind of person is he?’

Such a vivid dream.

I’m starting to wonder about the identity of the dream owner.

I just heard from Professor Petania that dreams contribute to a person’s imagination.

If you have the imagination to create such a detailed and wide background.

It is clear that he is a person who has surpassed the category of ordinary people.

The more I wondered about the owner of the dream, the more.

“Aaaah!”

I heard a scream from somewhere.

I hurriedly ran there.

Something shining far away.

And right next to it.

I could see a woman surrounded by strange things.

But.

The appearance was somewhat strange.

What surrounded the woman’s surroundings were long, dark-colored tentacles.

And a woman writhing in pain, surrounded by numerous tentacles.

A situation that looks painful to anyone.

But why.

“Why is she smiling…??”

If you just look at the situation, it’s a scene from a horror movie.

But the situation I looked at closely was not like that.

“Ha, ha….”

For some reason, a woman breathing excitedly.

And.

The slimy tentacles were all over her body….

“Ah,….”

Is this it?

I frowned at the strangely sticky tentacles.

A thought crosses my head.

No way, right? Please tell me it’s not.

Clearly, she is enjoying this situation now.

No, maybe all of this is a dream she wanted.

That happy-looking face proves that it’s real.

All you do with your superior imagination is this?

It’s not like it’s hurting anyone….

How should I put it?

A little bit.

‘It’s disgusting.’

“Hiiii!!”

Eventually, the tentacles move towards the woman’s most secret place.

The tentacles, which showed suspicious movements to anyone, suddenly began to spray something in all directions.

Whoosh

“Oh my…!”

Because of that, an unknown sticky liquid got on my shoulder.

I was startled and brushed it off with my hand.

But it was so sticky that it didn’t come off easily.

It’s the worst.

I need to get out of here quickly.

I ignored the lewd sounds coming from behind.

I put my hand on the dream fragment that I could see in front of me.

Soon, the world was engulfed in white light.

“Ugh….”

I kept brushing off the sticky liquid that still seemed to be there.

Even though it’s an illusion, not reality, the unpleasant feeling doesn’t go away.

I shook my head to shake off the unpleasant memories.

A dream is ultimately the manifestation of the desires in someone’s unconscious.

Even things that you usually want to hide from others can unfold in a place called a dream.

That’s why dreams can be said to be the very deep abyss in the heart.

And the feeling of facing someone’s abyss is really….

“….”

I remembered what happened a while ago.

I spat out a small curse.

The scene I just saw still hasn’t been erased from my head.

Tentacles.

I also knew that there was such a genre.

I also knew that there were people with such tastes.

But the shock of seeing it directly in 3D was considerable.

Yeah. I’m the one who peeked into someone else’s dream.

It’s not wrong to have such a taste.

Ah, let’s stop thinking.

I feel nauseous.

I shook my head, trying to shake off the memory, and looked around.

What kind of dream is this place?

A landscape like the garden of a prestigious noble family.

And not far away.

“Sniff.”

A girl sitting on the floor with her knees hugged, sniffling.

A while ago. Perhaps because I experienced something amazing.

I automatically feel wary even though it’s a very normal appearance.

But I was relieved that I didn’t see any strange tentacles around, and I carefully approached the crying girl.

Maybe, is she the owner of this dream?

I spoke to the child.

“What are you doing here?”

There are a few taboos you shouldn’t do in dreams.

Kill the owner of the dream.

Or you shouldn’t make the owner realize that this place is a dream now.

Then they will feel strange and automatically wake up from the dream.

If it’s not that, you can talk as much as you want.

Did she hear my voice?

The child looked at me with a wary eye, full of fear.

“Who…are you?”

Would she be about 10 years old?

A very young-looking cute girl looked up at me.

But.

‘Her face seems familiar…?’

I thought the girl’s face was familiar somewhere.

Grayish hair.

And brown eyes staring at me.

‘Viola…?’

Seeing the girl’s face, I naturally thought of my fiancée, Viola.

An appearance that is so similar that you can guess that this is what she looked like when she was young.

‘Could it be that this is her dream?’

I don’t know yet.

I can’t rule out the possibility that it’s someone else’s dream featuring Viola.

But somehow, my intuition felt like the owner of this dream was Viola.

Why is she in her childhood appearance?

And why is she crying?

‘Is it a childhood memory?’

The dimly felt atmosphere was gradually confirming my thoughts.

A drop of tears in her big eyes.

As if possessed, I wiped away the tears in her eyes without realizing it.

“Thank you.”

Viola, who was startled for a moment at my approaching hand.

Soon, she realized that I had wiped away her tears and bowed her head.

But.

‘…Bruise marks?’

Her neck, which was briefly exposed because she bowed her head.

There were bluish bruises there.

That’s not all.

I couldn’t see it because she was wearing a long dress.

But now that I look at it, there are similar marks left on her arms and other places.

‘Who on earth….’

This is not simply bumping into something.

It is clear that it is an artificially created wound by someone.

She’s a magician, so it wouldn’t be a wound from sparring.

‘Then.’

Did she feel the gaze I was looking at her?

Viola asked me.

“But what are you doing here?”

“Ah, I’m looking for something.”

“Something?”

“Yeah. Have you ever seen anything like this?”

“Ah! I’ve seen it!”

I held out the dream fragment I had obtained from the dream a while ago to her.

Then, Viola pointed somewhere with a small finger.

“It’s over there.”

The place Viola pointed to had a small stone emitting a white light.

Found it.

When I saw the dream fragment, I ran there in one step.

“Goodbye!”

I turned around at the cheerful voice.

And I could see Viola smiling brightly at me.

It’s the first time.

To see Viola smiling.

She was always a person with a blunt expression and tone of voice.

‘…I’ve never seen that expression before.’

I’ve seen her smile slightly.

But I don’t think I’ve ever seen her smile so brightly.

I watched Viola’s smiling face for a moment, then turned my head again and reached out to the dream fragment in the corner.

As my hand touched the fragment, the world began to shine brightly.

Soon, two dream fragments are in my hand.

Now there are only 3 left.