Episode 552 Dream Compatibility (2)
Why does Mr. Ludger come out from there?
The students didn’t just talk, but they all thought the same thing.
In fact, Sheridan, the girl who had dragged Ludger with her, patted her waist without paying attention to everyone’s gaze and sat down on her butt.
“Oh my, it’s so hard.”
Even though it was said in a cute voice, it was a tone that lasted quite a long time.
Everyone looked at Sheridan as if it was absurd.
When I looked closely, I saw that she was no ordinary girl.
The keen-eyed student realized that Sheridan was not a human but a dwarf.
So, if we sum up the situation.
The story was that a dwarf girl was dragging Ludger, who was in a deep sleep.
‘What on earth is this? ‘Is it a dream?’
‘no. Although this place is a dream. Should I say this is reality?’
The situation was so absurd that the students even forgot that they were trapped in a labyrinth from which they could not escape.
Flora was the first to come to her senses and open her mouth.
“for a moment. “You there.”
“huh? me?”
Flora was momentarily speechless at the look on Sheridan’s face as he shamelessly asked.
It wasn’t enough that he naturally joined us here, so why did he talk to me? What do those innocent eyes mean?
“…Yes you. What on earth is this? “Why are you taking the teacher with you?”
Flora strengthened her voice as if she would not let Sheridan do anything wrong.
The intention was that if I scared them like this, they would listen well.
In fact, rather than being frightened by Flora’s appearance, Sheridan felt that she was like a hedgehog full of thorns.
She may look older than Flora, but Sheridan was already a veteran who had gone through many hardships with Ludger.
Sheridan, who was strong-hearted, was not afraid even if his opponent was Nirva.
‘what. Are you paying attention to Nari? ‘Your child is amazing.’
Sheridan immediately realized why Flora was wary of him.
“I don’t know. When I came to, this person here was lying down. “I couldn’t leave it alone, so I was moving it.”
If I mentioned that I knew someone, there was a high chance that they would inquire about my relationship.
Sheridan pretended to be meeting Ludger for the first time and explained the situation.
“Do you know someone?”
“…okay. “He’s our teacher.”
Sheridan’s words seemed plausible on the surface, so Flora relaxed some of her guard for the time being.
Of course, doubt was not completely eradicated.
Flora’s eyes tightened as if she was going to punish Sheridan if he did something even the slightest.
From Sheridan’s perspective, Flora’s behavior just seemed cute.
‘It’s cute that he’s not honest.’
If Flora had known Sheridan’s true feelings, she would have gone wild.
“What happened to the teacher?”
“I don’t know. “I kept falling asleep.”
“If I wake him up….”
“Even if I wake him up, he won’t wake up. “It looks like I’m under some sort of curse.”
He did not go so far as to say that the agent of the curse was the demon Nirva.
But Flora was not that oblivious.
In the current situation, the fact that Ludger, who headed to the depths first, was cursed meant that the devil had put Ludger to sleep.
The students who heard the explanation put their heads together.
Because it was better to think of a way to wake Ludger than to sit still and do nothing.
“If that’s a curse, should I try it?”
Aidan was the first to voice his opinion.
The anti-magic he uses can cut through magic.
And of course, curses are also a type of magic.
I thought that if someone was cursed, it could be easily removed with anti-magic.
Everyone nodded and Aidan stood next to Ludger, holding his cane.
Flora, seeing Aidan’s determined face, asked urgently.
“for a moment. But what? “Are you going to hit me with a cane?”
“Well, first of all, I have to swing the sword, right?”
“Is it really necessary to hit me?”
“no. “I’m going to swing from a bit of a distance so it doesn’t touch.”
“Isn’t that right?”
“yes. “If that doesn’t work, we’ll have to strike directly.”
“huh?”
Aidan speaks purely as if he is worried about Ludger.
Flora was at a loss as to what to say when she saw that.
‘Actually, aren’t you just trying to relieve the stress you’ve been under by pretending to be worried about this teacher?’
How much criticism did Aidan receive in Ludger’s class?
Of the 80 students in the class, there is probably no one whose name is more on Ludger’s lips than Aidan.
Aidan always smiled and brushed it off, but can we say that there was absolutely no resentment in it?
“…You’re really not hitting me, right?”
“Why would I hit the teacher?”
That’s right…
Flora had the same thoughts as other students around her.
“going.”
Aidan grabbed the sword and swung the anti-magic spell towards Ludger’s head.
Flora trembled involuntarily.
The same was true for Aidan’s friends Leo and Tacie.
Hit me? Are you really going to hit me? Are you really hitting me?
Contrary to expectations(?), Aidan’s sword-shaped staff did not touch Ludger’s head but narrowly passed nearby.
“ah!”
One student let out an exclamation of regret and then received glares from everyone.
He hastily lowered his head.
“This…”
Aidan’s expression after using anti-magic was not very good.
“I guess it won’t work. This isn’t some ordinary curse. “It’s something much different than that, so I can’t cut it with my anti-magic.”
Aidan had a hunch after swinging his sword.
There was nothing he could do about the curse that Ludger was currently sleeping under. It was something on a different level than ordinary magic or curses.
“Then what?”
“If it’s not a common curse, is there something else?”
“Maybe there’s a trigger or something.”
Erendir, who was listening to the students’ stories, opened his mouth just in case.
“Is it possible that if I kiss him, he will wake up…?”
“….”
“….”
The reaction was exactly half and half.
On one side, ‘Princess, what on earth do you mean?’ And the one who stares coldly at Erendir.
The other side said, ‘Is that so? For some reason, it seems like that might be the case?’ He was the one who faintly agreed.
Flora also reacted to Erendir’s words.
“Kiss…”
Flora’s eyes turned to Ludger’s sleeping lips.
He was sleeping soundly, and it was like seeing the prince in Sleeping Forest.
‘If I do this, will I wake up?’
no. Even if I don’t wake up, if I try… wouldn’t it be okay?
As Flora was lost in those thoughts, Cheryl came over and tapped Flora’s forearm.
“Flora? Flora. “What are you thinking so deeply about?”
“Hiyak?!”
Flora’s spine stood on end, and even the hair on her head stood on end.
Even Cheryl, who spoke to me, rolled her eyes at the excessive reaction.
Flora blushed when she realized what she had been thinking.
“Oh, sorry. Did I startle you too much? “Your face is red. Are you okay?”
“Uh uh. Hmm for a moment. “It seems a little hot.”
“It’s hot. It’s cool in here. Flora, do you know something strange about you?”
“anyway! The priority now is to wake up Mr. Ludger. know?”
“Yes.”
Cheryl was unable to ask questions due to Flora’s momentum.
First, I had to sort out the situation.
“If I kiss you, will you wake up? But that’s a fairy tale.”
“But this is a dream world. “Isn’t that more effective than common sense?”
The students’ opinions were exactly split in half.
Some of them were wondering, ‘Does it really have to be a kiss?’, but they couldn’t say that out loud in the overheated atmosphere.
“Then I’ll try it this time too!”
Aidan stepped forward, shouting confidently.
“Hey you bastard! Why did you come forward! do you want to die!”
And in just one second, he was overpowered and dragged away by Teish.
“excuse me.”
It was then that Iona, who had been quiet until now, opened her mouth.
When the usually quiet person tried to express an opinion, everyone in the room looked at Iona with half amazement and half curiosity.
“Honestly, based on common sense, I don’t think you’ll wake up from something like a kiss.”
To that question, ‘Is this right?’ The students who were just thinking to themselves opened their eyes.
said. I finally ended up saying that out loud!
However, based on Iona’s usual words and actions, there was no one who could refute her strangely persuasive tone of speech.
In the meantime, Iona proposed a new plan.
“Rather than that, wouldn’t it be better to use Aidan’s magic to split that wall and get out of this space?”
The students were only then able to reflect on the current situation due to realistic suggestions that could be made right away.
It would be nice if Ludger woke up, but if there was no way to wake him up right away, wouldn’t it be a priority to get out of here?
With Aidan’s anti-magic, I was able to cross the wall without having to go through the dangerous door.
If we do well, there is hope that we can join other survivors.
“good! “Then let’s go!”
Aidan spoke energetically and swung his sword at the wall.
This time too, the space split apart and a path opened up.
While everyone was looking at the divided space with expectant gaze, only Flora quietly stared at Ludger lying on the stretcher.
‘Kiss…’
I couldn’t get the regret out of my head.
* * *
“Hmm?”
Nirva, who had been searching for survivors and absorbing their power, turned her head at the sudden feeling of strangeness.
“Someone ripped a hole in my prison?”
What does this mean?
Even if he came to zero, he wouldn’t be able to move in this dream prison he created.
“A pesky rat has slipped in through the cracks.”
Nirva’s face twisted.
It was because of these human bastards that I dared to touch the offering that should have been offered to the goddess.
How much shame I felt because of that immoral act.
Even now, Nirva is preying on survivors with the sole intention of regaining his strength, but the more he does this, the more Nirva vaguely feels that he is becoming broken.
As the strength of the body returns, the mind becomes broken.
Still, I was prepared to endure this kind of humiliation for the sake of the goddess’s resurrection.
But suddenly there was a hole in the prison, and the sacrifices were moving freely through it.
“I feel like I want to go find it myself.”
It’s not time yet.
There was a high possibility that he would be harmed if he continued in his current state where he had not fully recovered.
I didn’t want to admit it, but the humans of this era were strong.
“Soldiers. “You must take my place.”
When Nirva gave the command, the corpses, dried out like mummies, shook.
Armor made of sand was placed over their bodies.
Slowly. Slowly.
Soldiers covered in dream sand stood up like zombies and flashed yellow eyes.
It is a deteriorated version of the [Somnium Terracotta] that I made when I fought Ludger, but even this was very useful in the current situation.
“good. “Go and kill them all.”
The dream soldiers moved after receiving orders.
Nirva sent out his dream soldiers to find his next prey.
I had to absorb those who entered this prison and recover as much strength as possible.
Even though it had eaten quite a few people, its severed right arm showed no signs of being regenerated.
“Write it. Phew.”
Nirva took a moment to catch her breath and wrapped the dream sand around her severed arm.
The golden sand took the shape of an arm.
Sand prosthetic hand.
Now I had no choice but to use it as a substitute for an arm.
Nirva’s eyes turned to a door hanging from the ceiling.
“It’s a strong and familiar energy.”
I sensed the energy of two people beyond the space made up of dreams inside that door.
One of them belonged to a Dreamwalker, and the other was a mixed race of humans and elves.
The corner of Nirva’s mouth was torn long below the ear.
A desirable prey appeared nearby.
“You’re lucky.”
Nirva moved without delay.
“Open.”
Nirva, floating in the air, approached the door and placed his index finger on it. The door slid open, connecting to the next space.
Originally, what would unfold beyond the door should have been a completely different landscape.
But Nirva is the creator and manager of this prison.
It was possible to skip any number of annoying steps.
It rattled.
Sedina and Julia were seen beyond the open door.
The two people’s eyes were also caught by the suddenly opened door, and their complexions turned white when they saw the golden light beyond.
“Nirva?!”
“Let’s run away!”
The two people instinctively judged who their opponent was and chose to flee quickly.
A cool-headed judgment on the current situation took precedence over playing tricks at a young age.
“Your judgment is quick. But do you dare to run away from me? Do you think I’ll just leave it alone?”
Nirva stretched out his right hand.
The hand that was cut off by Franz and turned into a sand prosthetic hand.
The sand that made up the prosthetic hand spread widely and was shot at Sedina and Julia’s backs.
Julia, who was running away, looked back and pushed Sedina from the side, causing them to roll on the floor together.
Immediately after, the fist of sand passed by the two and blew a large hole in one wall of the prison.
Nirva saw that and clicked his tongue.
“Oops. I tried to just capture it alive, but I can’t control my strength because it’s not my arm I’m used to.”
Nirva shook his head as he looked at the tunnel-like wall and prepared to stretch out his sandy prosthetic hand again.
“I won’t miss this time.”
Sedina and Julia were so overwhelmed by the attack earlier that they didn’t even think about running away.
The moment the two closed their eyes, Nirva trembled.
‘what?’
Nirva’s gaze turned to the large hole she had created.
The sound of a roaring animal could be heard from inside the space, which had turned pitch black due to lack of light.
Nirva clenched his fists without realizing it.
‘That…’
I could feel it instinctively.
The being beyond the darkness now was someone who was completely opposite to himself.
