Xia De thought in surprise that he suddenly realized something.
At this time, the two of them had returned to the seemingly normal corridor again. Miss Louisa glanced at the golden cracks on Shade's body that had not faded, and Shade learned from the woman in his heart that there was still something nearby.
Strong [whispering] element.
Just when Miss Louisa was about to raise her hand for the third time, she suddenly looked up:
"careful!"
Black mist rushed toward Shade from the ceiling of the corridor above his head. Miss Louisa raised her hand to block it. Although Shade's reaction was not as quick as the sorceress's, he also raised his hand to block it in time.
But before the traces of moonlight could take shape in his hands, the golden glow all over his body suddenly flickered.
The black mist let out a scream, then disappeared into the floor. The state of divine afterglow in the real world can only make Shade's magic and spells stronger, but in the spiritual world, no evil can get close.
he.
The blonde girl holding hands looked at Shade with a smile and joked:
“Very nice decoration.”
"Um......"
"No need to explain. Since it has taken the risk to attack us, it means that we will be able to escape from the dream soon. This is a good sign. Detective, concentrate, we will return to reality soon."
The two runes that light up this time are [Writer] and [Dream].
Ripple-like runes floated out from Miss Louisa's fingertips and merged into the dream space. As everything in front of them shattered like a glass plate, when the two holding hands came to their senses, they returned to the normal third floor again.
In the corridor, the golden cracks on Shade's body had completely disappeared.
They were reminded in their hearts that all the strong whispering elements around them had disappeared, and they all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Only when they left the dream and returned to reality could they deeply feel the difference between dreams and reality.
Shade let go of Miss Louisa's soft hand without leaving a trace:
"What's next?"
"Detective, follow me, I want you to see how to deal with a relic out of control. Really, I originally told you that there would be no problem on this trip, but something went wrong. That pen is really...
..”
Miss Louisa flipped her hair and summoned the life ring behind her in reality. Then she looked around, came to the door next to the stairs, raised her skirt and kicked the door open with a quick kick.
The cold and fishy wind immediately surged out of the room, and by the time Shade followed, Miss Louisa had already broken into the room.
This place is similar to a warehouse or collection room. Other antiques collected by Professor Manning are placed on the shelves against the wall, and the precious collections are also covered with glass covers.
Now the professor himself fell on the floor, curled up, and dark smoke came out of his head, connecting to the black cat standing on the professor. On the professor's wrist was a kind of pen with the cap removed.
, the pen is black but decorated with red lines.
Interpreting those lines as words, Shade understood their meaning:
【Blood-woven dream, you own me.】
The tip of the pen was directly inserted into the professor's blood vessel. While absorbing blood, the blood vessel in Manning's right hand bulged severely.
Looking at the pen, the voice in her ear lazily reminded the appearance of the "Whisper" element. Miss Louisa frowned and pointed at the black cat:
"This is the nightmare born from Professor Manning's dream!"
"But why is it a cat and not a human?"
Shade didn't forget to ask questions at this time, but he didn't expect that the black cat gave the answer. The black cat's voice sounded like it was scratching the glass with its nails:
"Because the image in which he invested his blood and love is a cat."
"Um?"
After imagining what might have happened in the dream where the relic [Happy Dream Pen] was born, Shade looked at the unconscious Professor Manning with an expression of awe and fear.
"Human Warlock, we have no grudges, why did you take me away from him? I love him, and he loves me too."
The slender black cat didn't move its mouth, but its voice reached the ears of the two people clearly.
"Do you think we are guys who don't understand anything? Once the person who holds you cannot withstand the temptation, how many people will be drained by you?"
As she spoke, the Miracle Spirit Rune [Flame] lit up in the life ring behind Miss Louisa. The golden flame flew out of her hand, and then the flame seemed to burn away the space, causing the sound of broken glass to be heard in the room.
.
The collection room in the sun disappeared. This was actually an illusion. What was revealed in front of Shade was a dark bedroom with heavy curtains drawn and a strong smell. The floor was covered with black cat hair. Professor Manning still had a pen stuck in his wrist.
Lying on the floor, the nightmare cat disappeared.
"it's here!"
The golden flame in the writer's hand rushed towards the ceiling. When he looked up, he saw that the black cat seemed to have been beaten into mud, and then stretched into a flat surface, attached to the ceiling. The ceiling was originally a starry sky pattern, but now it is completely translucent.
Covered in black cat skin, huge cat eyes emerged from under the cat skin, as if the starry sky had opened countless weird eyes looking down at the two of them.
Shade felt instinctive discomfort. The twisted shape and the power of mental pollution. If an ordinary person took a look at it, he wouldn't even need to send it to Dr. Schneider. He felt uncomfortable in his stomach and felt dizzy in his head.
Symptoms, but fortunately the divine light is protecting his spirit.
What's worse is that although the golden flame successfully touched the abnormal monster on the ceiling, it did not cause any damage to it. Clusters of small granules gradually grew out of the mud-like cat, and then the order continued.
Amidst the cry of people's scalp numbing, those small granules grew into long tongues with fleshy spines, licking downwards.
Shade didn't want to look up anymore, but when he heard the sound above his head, he still endured the feeling of nausea. The silver moonlight in his hand turned into a curved light blade and struck upward. Despite this attack, he still only blocked his tongue, but failed.
hurt them.
"It is semi-physical, and part of it is still in a dream. Look at me! What you saw just now were all simple thaumaturgy. Now I am going to use my best self-created thaumaturgy!"
Miss Louisa said, the core spirit rune [Writer] and the enlightenment spirit rune [Match] lit up at the same time.
She took out a rolled piece of parchment from her pocket and threw it into the air. As the light flashed, the paper burned in the air.
Miss Louisa softly recited the incantation, which is the common language of Delarion:
"Beyond reality and illusion, in the dim light of the match, let me witness your story."
The burning fire was like the flame of a lit candle. In this light, a short barefoot figure gradually became clear. Her legs were blue and purple from the cold, and there were five or six patches of gold patches sewn on her single clothes.
Her long hair was tied up as if it hadn't been washed in years, and there were several boxes of matches in the handbag.
The only thing I couldn't see clearly was the face, but I could vaguely capture facial features similar to Miss Louisa's.
Shade's eyes narrowed slightly. He was now completely sure that the ancient fairy tale Match Girl was the story he was familiar with.