A ray of morning light illuminated the city-state of Puland, which had been sleeping all night. The sun locked by double rune rings slowly rose in the sky like a burning wheel. Under the powerful power of Vision 001, those things that did not belong to the world in the night finally Start to fade.
Shadows in the streets, whispers in nowhere, whispers in the waves along the coast, empty sights deep in the alleys, and dreams that haunt people's hearts.
Shirley opened her eyes.
She saw the unfamiliar ceiling, and saw the sunlight filtering through the nearby window, shining on the bedside low cabinet and the nearby desk. This clean and tidy cabin was very simple, but it was still much better than where she lived. .
She smelled the aroma of food and heard some noises from the direction of the kitchen. She saw Nina sleeping sprawled out on the bed. Today was a day off. This girl could sleep in as much as she wanted because she had an "uncle" You can count on having a ready-made breakfast when you wake up.
Shirley sat up in a daze and reacted for a few seconds before fully recalling why she was here and what she had experienced in her sleep.
Then she pushed Nina next to her: "Nina, get up... get up and wash up and have breakfast."
Nina responded in a daze: "I'm so sleepy... I'll sleep for a little while longer..."
Shirley was stunned for a moment. She didn't know what to do next.
Because she has been away from this kind of life for too long, so long that there is a gap of eleven years - but she still vaguely remembers that she was like this before, and she can be like this.
She slowly climbed out of bed and put on her clothes. While listening to the various noises coming from outside, she reminded herself in her heart that this was not a peaceful and peaceful nest - it was essentially just a nest. , it was the interest of a warp shadow and his followers who decorated this lair like this...
But this lair actually felt more "home" than the place where she and Agou lived.
Shirley was a little distracted, but at this moment, Nina's voice suddenly interrupted her random thoughts: "Wow! It's already this time?!"
Shirley turned around and saw Nina with messy hair sitting on the bed with her eyes wide open. The latter looked up and glanced out the window, then noticed Shirley standing next to her and shook her head: "Shirley? How did you...ah, yes, you slept at my house yesterday..."
Then she jumped out of bed, whistling: "Ah, stop talking, I have to make breakfast..."
Just in the middle of calling, she heard the movement in the kitchen and smelled the aroma of food. After being stunned for a moment, she seemed to wake up from the future: "Oh, uncle is making breakfast today... Yes, uncle has been in good health recently... Ah, no. ! Go to school! You’re going to be late for school!”
Before she finished speaking, Nina rushed to her desk to pack her things, but she had just rushed out two steps before she suddenly reacted and looked up at the calendar on the bedside table: "Oh no, today seems to be a day off... "
Then she spun around in circles and put her head on the pillow again: "Then I'll sleep for another two minutes..."
Shirley watched the whole process with a confused face, watching Nina jump out of bed and perform a series of dazzling operations, and finally returned to the starting point as if nothing happened. She couldn't find anyone to interrupt in the middle. It was not until Nina threw herself on the bed again that she leaned over hesitantly, but before she could say anything, she saw Nina "Teng" bounce up again, and the latter stretched hard: " Ah, I woke up."
Shirley: "...?"
"Shirley, what's wrong with you?" Nina turned around and looked at Shirley energetically, "Why is this expression on your face?"
Shirley: "You...do you wake up like this every morning?"
Nina looked puzzled: "Ah? How is it?"
"That's it..." Shirley gestured, as if she didn't know how to explain to the other party, "You jump up first, then like this, then like this, then like this..."
"Oh, I tend to get confused when I wake up in the morning," Nina actually saw the correct message from Shirley's magical and abstract body language, and nodded while going to change clothes, "But I'm fully awake now. Come here! Oh, by the way, Shirley, did you sleep well last night? I didn’t sleep well, so it didn’t affect you, right? "
"I..." Just as Shirley was about to speak, a series of memories suddenly came up. She recalled the closed cabin, that morning, the sound of leaving footsteps, the locked door, and the broken door. The deep hound entered... But after that, it was an incredible adventure and a bold exploration.
A little weird, a little scary, but... pretty awesome.
"I slept very well," she smiled. "Actually, I'm quite dishonest when sleeping. Agou always said that sooner or later I would fall asleep and dismantle my own bed."
"Uncle said that about me before," Nina changed her clothes, yawned at the end, stepped forward and took Shirley's hand and walked towards the door, "Let's go eat first, I'm a little hungry."
Shirley was dragged out of the door in a daze, and then she saw Duncan walking out of the kitchen. The latter was wiping his hands on his apron, as if he had just finished cooking.
"Mr. Duncan..." Shirley was a little nervous subconsciously. Although she saw it with her own eyes, she always felt that it was strange to think that such a being was cooking in the kitchen just now. But soon, she So he suppressed this disobedient emotion and bowed his head honestly to say hello, "Good morning."
Just like the boss ordered, treat this place as an ordinary place and be a guest here like a normal person.
Although she herself had no idea what it was like to be a normal visitor to someone else's home, there was nothing wrong with saying hello in the morning.
"What are you having for breakfast?" Nina was already walking towards the kitchen, looking behind Duncan as she walked, "It smells so good!"
"I fried some sausages and bought them when I came back yesterday," Duncan said casually, then he held Nina's head and forced her to turn towards the bathroom, "Wash your hands first!"
Then he looked at Shirley again and put his hands on his waist: "You too, don't just stand there, wash your hands together, and wash your face by the way!"
Shirley was stunned and quickly followed Nina to wash her hands and face. Then she was the first to finish washing and returned to Duncan. She opened her hands and said, "...Wash it clean."
After saying that, she became embarrassed, and suddenly she felt a little stupid: As a person who is almost an adult, after washing her hands in the morning, she showed it to an adult like this. She looked more like a seven-year-old than a seventeen-year-old - —She didn’t even know why her brain suddenly twitched.
But Duncan didn't pay attention to this. He just nodded, turned around and walked towards the kitchen and asked casually: "How did you sleep?"
Shirley lowered her head: "Well, it's okay...better than before."
"Did the injuries sustained in the dream affect reality?" Duncan asked again.
Shirley was startled, and then suddenly remembered that she seemed to have been "whipped" by the strange attacker in her dream. She quickly raised her left arm, and she saw a light scar!
Due to the strong self-healing ability, the scar has almost healed at this time, and you don't even feel anything. But there is no doubt that when you were injured in the dream last night, your body in reality has definitely suffered the same damage!
At that time, she was trapped in a dream, so even if her body was injured in the real world, she could not wake up.
Duncan saw the marks on Shirley's arm, his eyes froze for a moment, and then he nodded slightly.
It's an unnatural phenomenon, but it's not beyond expectations.
That weird dream... couldn't have been just a simple dream.
"It seems that being injured in that dream will also affect reality at the same time," he said to Shirley seriously, "In the future, if you don't have my company, don't explore that dream on your own. Your fighting power is very strong, but you will be divided against that." The effect is not good for monsters."
Shirley nodded quickly: "Yes, I know."
Duncan thought for a while and added: "Also, if you are trapped in that nightmare again, you can call me directly."
Shirley was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't respond: "Calling you?"
"Call my name, the complete name I told you in my dream," Duncan said calmly, "Or, call the lost home number - preferably next to a medium with mirror properties such as glass or mirror, This way I can hear it better.”
Shirley listened and suddenly realized something. At the same time, through the mental connection with Agou, she also heard a burst of nervousness coming from Agou.
"Do you... want me to be your dependent?" She raised her eyelids and asked nervously and tangledly.
"I don't know what a dependent is, and I don't ask you to give anything. It's just that you are Nina's friend, and now you are acting together with me - just take care of me a little."
Shirley took a breath, but didn't dare to answer rashly. At this moment, Nina's cheerful voice suddenly sounded from the kitchen door: "What are you talking about?"
"You don't have to answer me now," Duncan whispered to Shirley, then raised his head and glanced at Nina, "Why does it take you so long to wash your hands?"
"I can't clean the gum in the corners of my eyes," Nina rubbed her eyes. "It hurts a little bit when I rub them..."
"Drink more water these two days," Duncan glanced at the girl helplessly, and then asked as if inadvertently, "By the way, did you have that dream again last night? It was the one standing on a high place overlooking the fire. Dream."
"No," Nina thought for a while and shook her head, "I dreamed last night that a horse was pressed on my belly, and then a cow was pressed on my belly, but it sank...Uncle, why do you suddenly ask this?"
"Nothing, I just remembered that the psychiatrist is coming to visit today," Duncan shook his head and put away his thoughts for a moment, "Let's eat."
(It’s time to recommend a book. This time it’s “The End of Technology” from A Bucket of Pudding. In terms of science fiction classification and genre…a daily novel from the perspective of a super genius? Anyway, I recommend it… I recommend everyone to read it.)
(End of chapter)
