"She may sleep another twelve hours." The Black Knight immediately shattered their expectations.
"Because of the dream?" Hitarian asked.
"That wasn't her dream."
She thought she understood. "Is it the dream brought about by that gospel book? Is that so?" It seemed like a bone fish swam past her eyes. Hitarian had seen many corpses in his dreams, and it didn't matter if he looked at this one more. "We have been baptized and will never dream again."
The Black Knight walked around them and came to the end of the bed. Hitarian used to push the bed against the wall to prevent Ruth from rolling to the floor in her sleep. She suddenly realized that she had indeed blocked her sister just now.
"Not a confession," the lord of Byrne told them. "Get this dog away." His tone was not friendly, but it was much more normal than when he was talking to Lord Mercury.
I wonder if he's talking about us, Shitarion thought. Whatever the implications of these words were, she was going to stay with Ruth. But just after making up her mind, she found that Ms. Liana and Mr. Celsus immediately took Murum away. Baldhead threw himself into the owner's arms, with his tail trailing behind him as stiffly as a stick. He was so frightened that he nearly Eyes filled with tears. No one cared about Hitarian, and she belatedly realized that she was also one of the "problems" to be solved.
The Black Knight asked her to stand aside and he picked up a book at some point. At first, Hitarian thought it was Ruth's picture book - not at all. She stared at the cover of the book and saw familiar patterns and sacred texts. Confessions. It rose from the ashes, and with it the nightmare returned.
"Don't cry here." The Black Knight ordered before he opened the first page.
It’s not the bald guy who’s crying, it’s me. Hitarian quickly wiped his tears with his sleeve, watching the Black Knight turn the pages of the book through his hazy tearful eyes. She gritted her teeth, not daring to make a sound. The vine decoration on the collar caught her hair and she accidentally tore the sutures. This was the dress Lady Liana had given her, and Hitarian had no intention of damaging it. For a moment, she seemed to feel that her beautiful life in Byrne was about to end, and she couldn't stop her tears no matter how hard she wiped them away.
It can't be like this, Shitarion thought, or the lord will chop off my head. She knew that the laws of Yotsuba City stipulated that civilians who offended the nobles should either become slaves or be caught and hanged. Byrne is the kingdom of the unknown, what will they do? Burn me to death?
The sudden question saved her. "It gave you your career?"
"Occupation?" she murmured, "No, oh, it's... I don't know... they all said...?"
"I'm asking you, without them."
"I don't know," she added, "My lord."
After nearly a minute of silence, the Black Knight chose a question she could understand. "The day you got the book," he said, "what changed?"
Hitarian had planned to recall carefully to avoid making mistakes. As a result, the undead knight's eyes turned around, and she blurted out: "I didn't get it, it was Ruth who picked up the book."
Why did I mention Ruth? She felt guilty for her cowardice. My sister did pick up the book, but I agreed to keep it. I told her stories, I opened the box of nightmares. None of this makes sense. Just like she had hoped she would never dream again. Hitarian could only trust the fire's judgment. The Black Knight was her lord and would not burn her and Ruth to death, although his costume reminded her of the Knight of the Cross.
"You don't know." The Hitarian lord extracted the key information. "That's on her. Your career is incidental."
The other person is not someone who will take the initiative to explain if she remains silent. You have to be brave. "I don't understand, my lord, what is it about Ruth? Something to do with that Gospel?"
"She is the Nameless One," the Black Knight replied. "The Confessions will find her."
It seems that the city lord of Bain is not like Four Leaf Castle. Ms. Liana said that the Nameless Ones are all brothers and sisters, blood relatives of the soul, but the Black Knight... If it were Lord Fire Moon and Lord Mercury, Hitarian would not be so afraid. Because the Black Knight is the Lord of the Undead, he is the undead of Garvash. Is this a good start? No. Not sure yet. The good luck was all Ruth's, and Hitarian could only use the other's shadow.
"How will Ruth wake up?"
"There is no danger if she continues to sleep."
Yeah? She won't be hungry or bored? My sister rarely wets the bed now, but Hitarian can't guarantee that she won't. "Please, my lord, please let Ruth wake up." It is not uncommon to be unable to sleep. There are talking undead in the mysterious realm, and there is probably not more than one living person who can't wake up.
"I have been doing this, but you have persisted in obstructing it." The Black Knight motioned her to move to the chair. "This girl was found by the Confessions because she was attracted by the mystery. She is not its owner, but just a carrier. But she is not immune. Now she has entered a dream through a mysterious passage, and that dream does not belong to her. She does not have the key."
Ruth was having a dream that was not hers, and Hitarian tried his best to make sense of it. "Then I'm going to find the key, right?"
The black knight said nothing. Although he didn't open his visor, Hitarian could guess that the undead's pale face showed clear denial. He doesn't think I can find the key, she thought, and Kitarian thought so himself.
"Can you help her, my lord?"
"You mean breaking down the door?"
"No matter what, sir." Hitarian was unwilling to let his sister sleep. "Or just wake up the dreamer? Please, help us."
Her prayers were met with silence again. Hitarian was beginning to get used to the rhythm of talking to the undead, but the Black Knight was reluctant to speak - she had seen his sharp tongue, so it could only be that he was too lazy to pay attention. Why would the city lord of Bain want to go to war over two girls? One of them is still a fool. There was nothing Shitarion could do for him. As for the Confessions, Hitarian was sure he knew no more than the Black Knight.
"I can't help you." Finally, the undead lord answered her, but Hitarian felt that he was perfunctory. Until he reveals the truth: "Ruth Ringott is in my dream."
"Your dream? Oh. But you are still awake, my lord." Hitarian didn't believe it.
"Because I was dreaming in a dream, I am awake now." The Black Knight ignored her whether she believed it or not. His tone returned to sarcasm. "I was different in the dream." He was no longer close to Ruth. "You'd better go find a professional, otherwise I can only turn her into an undead spirit and return her to you. This way, any disease can be cured."
"Then...who should I look for?"
"It's best to be Ain." The Black Knight suggested, "Dreams are all his domain." A mocking voice came out of the gap in the mask.
I wish I could find the gods. Hitarian gritted his teeth again.
The move was not delayed too long by the unexpected incident, but there was just one more thing that needed to be moved. Hitarian sat on the inside of the carriage, letting Ruth's head rest on his knees. My sister's body rose and fell with the bumps, and her skirt would fall to the ground every few minutes. She looked like she was having a good dream. Maybe the Lord's suggestion is right. Hitarian was referring to the first one. It was only a day now, and Ruth could continue to sleep until the owner of her dream woke up. No one sleeps for weeks, right?
She opened the Gospel. I thought I would never do this again in my life, Shitarion thought. Reality made her understand that it was too early to draw conclusions about the future at any time.
No matter how pleasant the weather is in Byrne, the Frost Moon is still a Frost Moon and the air is freezing. Lady Liana sat across from her, her snake-scale scarf hanging beside her. She was covered in sweat and her face was red. On the day when the fire was lit, Hitarian and she ran across a whole street, and her reaction was not so violent at that time.
"Have you really decided?" She could see the uneasiness in the Hitarian guardian, even though she tried to appear calm. "The lord will not lie to us. He thinks that Ruth can continue to sleep, which means she will not be in danger."
Can't cheat? The Black Knight said it was his dream, which Shitarian didn't understand. "But Ruth still has a job."
"The detection station will still give her subsidies. Baptism did not completely solve the problem, which is the fault of the association. Don't worry, I will find a maid to take care of Ruth."
"What if Ruth doesn't like sleeping all the time?"
"Did the Black Knight tell you whose dream Ruth is in?"
"Someone he knows." This was the most accurate answer she could give.
"It's too general... Then we'd better find a mysterious creature whose job is related to dreams to confirm that Ruth is not having a nightmare."
"Even if it's a sweet dream," Shitarion muttered, "you can't sleep like this forever. Reality is reality."
"Yes, but truth may not be good for everyone." Ms. Liana said softly, her face slowly improving. "Look, Hitarian, Ruth might be hit by a car and unable to find her home while playing outside. Even with Baldhead's protection, it's impossible to cover everything. Even we might fall down. But she will be safe at home. . The dream world is different from reality. Maybe Ruth will have partners around her that she likes, instead of normal people like us who she can’t understand. Reality is meaningless to Ruth."
"I still think she's in a nightmare." Hitarian squeezed the gospel, and her mind was filled with bones swimming in the blood-red river. "Let's get diagnosed first. If, if she likes to be in dreams, then it's okay."
"The lord gave you this?"
"What?"
"That book. 'Confessions' was the thing that caused you and Ruth to escape, right? You should hate it."
Hitarian blushed. "No." It was hard for her to believe this fact. "He suggested that I let Ruth continue to sleep, and I... took the initiative to ask for it."
"He just gave it to you?"
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