Chapter 35: Reunion with the Eldest Lady
[Grass is terrible!Damn miscellaneous!What is imperfect, what is flawed!Extraordinary!Arrogant what!Miscellaneous!]
"Shh
[Stinky and shameless things, brainless idiots, can't even see if they've been tricked, just know that they are immersed in useless adolescent X fantasies and worthless self-sacrifice other than self-righteous self-satisfaction!
The system's barrage of curses did not pop out word by word in the usual way of speaking, but instead stuffed all its mania and anger into Brunei's brain in the form of a chaotic thought, which made Brunei, who had just woken up and was still sitting on the bed in a trance, have a splitting headache, and almost forgot what had happened before waking up.
[Damn!Dead mongrel!There's a mother's garbage!Look at the name of the shit that doesn't have an aesthetic sense!!Pretend to be Nima's force!]
However, after all, Brunei has already had the experience of getting along with a young year and a thirty hours a day chattering in his head, and before the system gradually moved towards the pointless pure accumulation of swear words and emotional venting, Brunei successfully separated the thoughts instilled by the system from his own thoughts, and at this moment, retrieved his previous memories.
"......" Brunei put down the hand that unconsciously pressed his forehead, and the blood and hideousness in his memory still echoed in his mind.
He was caught up in a fantasy by a man who called himself "Spirit Rabbit" - a technique he had never known, never heard of, or even imagined, and the knowledge, analysis, and logic that Brunei had relied on in the past were all useless, and even the system did not know when it worked, so that people did not dare to trust him as usual.
The only thing that can be relied on is the rule that the other party does not seem to be able to directly harm Brunei for unknown reasons. However, this is not absolute, with the fear and panic of Brunei, the increase of "flaws" in his heart, the other party seems to have spied on Brunei's memory, just like picking up a garbage heap, classifying, regrouping, and coming again.
At first, it was only a reproduction of the injured scenes in Brunei's memory, but then gradually you can change the background and change the object, unfamiliar, familiar, close, estranged, any image that survives in Brunei's memory may become a source of harm in Brunei's memory. And the way to avoid this is to kill.
Kill them before they get hurt, whoever it is, whoever it is, it's just an illusion anyway-
"Really, suddenly in the middle of the crowd at the port with an inexplicable woman fell to the ground or something, it should be a little more appropriate to be stupid!"
A familiar voice, a familiar rage—its director was undoubtedly Scarly Terry Miltrov, the eldest lady who had made Brunei serve as a personal guard for a while. In the rotation of the illusion, she also appeared many times, even more often than Sal, almost on a par with Sue.
"Mr. Bruneisi, are you awake?" a steaming cup of water was handed to Bruneisi, holding a white and round arm of the glass, "Drink some water, you were sweating a lot." ”
“...... Elvie. Brunei took the glass and didn't drink it, just nodded and smiled at Elvie.
Evie hasn't appeared since the first scene, which was a bit strange at first, but now that it appears, it's reassuring. After all, Brunei has only been in contact with Alvie for a week, so she is not familiar with each other, and Brunei allows her to move freely because she is harmless in Brunei's eyes – or rather, not a threat.
Based on the "inner gap" theory mentioned by Lingtu before, the appearance of Elvie, who is not a threat in Brunei's heart, is likely to mean that the gap in his heart is constantly expanding and has reached a certain boundary. Illusion may have entered a new phase.
Brunei didn't find a solution to the problem once and for all, all he could do was procrastinate – in the midst of which the problem was getting worse, but there was nothing he could do. Brunei held the glass of water as he reached into his free hand, which, unlike the long knife he had snatched from his husband, was kept in the same place in any illusion, as if it were already a part of his body.
"It's okay...... The changes in the level of the illusion realm have not yet drastically reached the point where the experience accumulated before is useless. ”
Holding the slightly chilly handle in his hand brought a strong sense of peace of mind to Brunei, and the whole person relaxed.
"Hey!" Miss Scarly, as Bruneith remembers, crossed her waist, and for some reason, as if she had been provoked by someone, she yelled at Brunei unceremoniously and pointed at her, "Brunei, I'll talk to you!
Brunei looked up and saw Scarly's excessively tall soles, light red trousers, crimson blouse, intricate and flamboyant lace, puffed face, and blonde hair that only fantasy gold would glitter like that. After repeatedly rotating in the environment, Brunei finally objectively compared Su and the eldest lady, and had to admit that the system gave the eldest lady's appearance a score of 85, and Su was only 70, which is not completely unreasonable.
Elvi stood between the two, as if she had said two words of defense for Brunei, and for some reason, the eldest lady seemed to be enraged, and her voice became higher and higher.
I don't know if it's because it is based on the consciousness of Brunei, these illusions are very realistic, from the perspective of Brunei, the more in-depth and detailed the thinking, the stronger the sense of reality. But it's a little funny, this sense of realism, this kind of warm experience that seems to come from reality, is also a major factor why Brunei has been able to persist until now in countless fantasy reincarnations.
Elvi also showed the unusual stubbornness of her character, in the face of the fierce attitude of the eldest lady, her originally bent waist became more and more straight, and in the end, she was even taller than the eldest lady in special shoes. Seeing the eldest lady's flushed face and the tiptoes quietly standing on tiptoe in order not to fall into the wind, Brunei couldn't help but show a smile.
Convergence is instantaneous.
What is in front of you is indeed real and warm, however, it cannot be indulged in. Lingtu mentioned that "trapped in the realm of illusion" is also a kind of her target state, so she must not indulge in it.
Brunei adjusted his posture -
The eldest lady seemed to notice his movements, and there was a brief pause in the momentum of the quarrel with Elvi.
"They can hurt themselves at any time, and even if they don't, they can't indulge in it. Killing them before they do it, not knowing when it will happen, means that the sooner the better. Anyway, whoever it is...... It's just an illusion. ”
Brunei rearranged his thoughts in his heart, and at the same time, he exerted force under his feet and pounced violently-
"Be careful!" the eldest lady suddenly let out a scream, louder than any of her previous angers.
Elvi was pushed aside by the eldest lady, Brunei's dagger sank into her right arm, and the already crimson blouse became darker. "......" Brunei pulled out his dagger, ready to stab it again, but he paused, because everything around him fell silent for a moment. It's normal for Elvi and the eldest lady to be unable to make a sound because they are surprised, but this deathly silence doesn't just come from the outside.
The system's previous completely nonsensical swearing suddenly stopped.
It was only at this point that he realized what it meant to be able to communicate so smoothly in the system.
【...... Scold. 】
A familiar laugh rang out, breaking the deathly silence in Brunei's brain.
[Huh.] Hahahaha Only you will never let me down, always so much fun. Hey, hey, hey, hahahahahaha
"You, in, what, what, ah!" The storm brewed in the short silence came as scheduled, and when there was no wind, Scarly's hair fluttered on its own, and even stood up, and then, as soon as she raised her hand, a dazzling arc of lightning flashed, connecting a jewel on her chest with Brunei's body - these were just scenes that Brunei's mind made up after the fact, the actual situation was that when Bruneith heard Scarry's roar, she didn't even have time to think, a burst of blue light flashed in front of her eyes, and the whole person instantly lost consciousness.
............
You are immersed in never-ending dreams, and you can no longer distinguish between reality and fantasy. 】
Half-asleep and half-awake, Brunei heard a familiar, machine-cold, emotionless voice.
Gradually, you begin to give up on making distinctions. Because of your habitual view, everything you see is a dream, and you are invincible because of it. 】
It's been an experience I haven't had in a long time. The switching of illusions experienced before is abrupt and natural, but the common feature is that Brunei's consciousness has always remained awake, and his memory is coherent and clear. No coma, no fragments, no sleep.
So, what does it mean that he has woken up from a deep sleep, but is still tired and wants to fall asleep again? Does it mean that he has finally woken up from an endless hallucination, or is it that he has finally fallen into a deeper illusion without resistibility?
[Your cognition is rewritten by this endless dream, your common sense is covered by the new common sense in the dream, and with your wisdom, tenacity and tenacity, you finally let yourself adapt to the world of dreams, and do your best not to be completely devoured. 】
[However, the dream will eventually wake up.] 】
Brunei slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying on a large soft bed, the whole room was well arranged, not luxurious, but it gave people a special sense of comfort. Brunei was familiar with this kind of arrangement—after all, he had lived in the eldest lady's house for a month. Brunei turned his gaze to the side, the eldest lady was clasping her hands, her right leg pressed against her left leg, not very ladylike, but a little like a thug somewhere, staring at him viciously.
"Yo, you're awake?"
The tone is also very unkind. And it wasn't because her relationship with Brunei was close enough to have such an attitude, but because she was used to the more rude way of choosing words and tone.
However, in addition to the tone and attitude, the eldest lady has some other strange things. Her face was pale, and there was an irrepressible tremor in her voice, as if she was holding back the pain. Brunei couldn't help but sweep around, there were two people in the room besides the eldest lady, it was Elvi and the strange boy who called himself Don that he had picked up in that village in the empire before. It was a strange combination, and Brunei couldn't help but observe a little more carefully.
Don leaned against the wall in silence, expressionless, starless, and silent—probably the same as when Brunei picked him up, and fell into a strange state of not being able to do anything but follow Brunei Si. Elvie, on the other hand, huddled in the corner and shivered as if she were afraid of something. From time to time, she would look this way, but she would never look at Brunei, and when her eyes met, she would immediately dodge.
“...... Is she afraid of me?" Brunei's gaze turned back to the eldest lady, and finally noticed that the eldest lady's hugging movement was not quite normal, and her left hand was not really pressed against her right arm, but it was just covered, as if to cover up the deeper red marks underneath.
[Inspiration test: 61<90, success.] 】
"......" Brunei couldn't help but shudder, and swallowed his saliva, "System, I...... Woke up?"
[First the body, then the spirit.] When you wake up from your dream, you finally realize how abnormal your previous self was. 】
[You can't help but be terrified of that anomaly, and your own atrocities in the anomaly are only one of the reasons.] You finally realize that your efforts not to be devoured are themselves a process of being devoured by illusions, even if you have been freed, or rather, because you have been freed, you can get a glimpse of the horrors of the irresistible maelstrom. You still can't help but wonder if you really got rid of it?]
Brunei swallowed another mouthful of saliva, and couldn't help but repeat to the system's words: "Isn't this really a more real illusion?"
[SAN value verification: 9<18, successful.] Loss SAN value 1D3=1. 】
[Current Status: HP=11/11, MP=8/8, Extra MP=455/500, SAN Value=17/40.] 】
[Hey, it's a shame that I wasted so much effort to render it for so long, and finally dropped a little.] You've had a lot of luck lately. Damn, it's rare to get a little better, you have to come to block me, can't you lose two more points to make me happy? Who is it thanks to whom you can become a mage? You conscienceless bastard. 】
Brunei closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, sat up, turned her head to meet Scarly, and smiled. At the same time, he responded in his heart: "In the hallucination, there is no such thing as you, my dear system." ”
[Huh, although the signal is not very good, but I think I still said two sentences, what are you talking about?]
"In the illusion of you, you don't babble like this and annoy people. ”
[Hey, you conscienceless little bastard. Since when did you scumbags eat the system's food, smash the system's pot, and have a disgusted face to the system? How can the relevant departments allow this phenomenon to exist! Such an unhealthy trend of self-centeredness, selfishness, and no gratitude is stirring up trouble in the industry, and the education of young people——]
So, how could I not be able to tell the difference between illusion and reality. ”
Brunei smiled at Scully while talking to the system, "Miss, I'm sorry, I-"
"Hmph, I've heard the woman explain it roughly. Scarly was still holding her chest, her tone cold, "So, you're awake?"
“...... Ah, I'm awake. Brunei smiled at Scarry again.
I saw that Scarly's face suddenly turned red, her face was turned aside, and she muttered a few words: "I was so rough before, and I also had something wrong......"
"What?" Brunei couldn't help but want to ask the system to help listen, but just casually asked, but saw Scari suddenly turn her face, obviously red, making a fierce look, and pounced on Brunei: "However, even if you fall into an illusion, you just a guard dares to attack the master!
"Huh?" Brunei was stunned for a moment, hurriedly dodging, only to find that the muscles in his whole body ached, "Wait, wait, Miss? Wasn't the atmosphere quite good just now? Wait, don't, it hurts, ah! it hurts! system, system?!"
【...... I said, little Brunei ......]
【......】
【...... Forget it, it's nothing ......]
"Don't do nothing!save me!dodge!system!system!!"