The rooms in the castle were small but very comfortable, and the lord arranged the best rooms for everyone, and the servants carefully cleaned and arranged them, and lit the firewood in the fireplace beforehand.

Ness and Rui shared a room, and after dinner and bathing with their companions, they lay on a clean, large bed in a soft, silky bathrobe with intricate carved patterns around the edges of the bed, and pillows and quilts wrapped in fine woollen cloth. Ness leaned her pillow against the head of the bed, then sat up with her back to the pillow. "In a few days, we'll be separated again, Rui. ”

Ruiya sat down on her bed, covering her bare calves over her bathrobe with a quilt. "At least you'll be able to travel with Fern than you would be with me. ”

"Why, Ray, you are my best friend, we have gone through hardships together from Chavanna to Doyle, and I will never forget all the experiences along the way. Ness said seriously, completely unaware that Rui was just joking with her.

Rui straightened his long black hair and pulled it from the sides to his chest. "You have to be careful of Jarena, I think she has a bad heart, and it's even more infuriating that Manfred actually helped her. ”

Ness played with the ends of her hair. "But Morena is his apprentice after all, and Morena is not too young......"

"Do you really think about others, are you going to give Fern away because she's not young?" Ray interrupted Ness angrily.

"When...... Of course not, but I don't want to force Fern to choose, he'll make the decision himself. Ness twisted a small handful of hair around her fingers, flipping it over.

"You have to do something, men have almost zero resistance to beautiful women, even Fern is no exception. Rui sighed and turned to look at Ness, who was sitting on the other bed.

Ness pouted, and Ray's words made her feel uneasy. "But Morena is obviously more attractive than me, and she knows more than I do......"

Rui's gaze turned to the window on the other side, which was not completely closed to keep the air circulating in the room, but instead had a small slit in it. "You're really unlucky, the two competitors you meet are experts in this area, and unfortunately, not long after Quiai left, another Jasmine came, and I really didn't give you a chance at all. ”

Ness lowered her head, her nose ached, and her eyes filled with tears. "What should I do, Rui?"

Rui heard the cry in Ness's voice and turned to look at her. "After passing through the twilight forest, I thought you were a little more mature than before, but I didn't expect you to cry so much. ”

"Rui, you really hate it, don't you yourself can't handle this kind of thing, Brewster's bracelet is still with you, how are you going to respond to him?"

"I'm ......" Rui didn't expect Ness to suddenly mention this, and was momentarily speechless by the question. "I'm going to sleep, I'm so tired after a day's journey today. After speaking, without waiting for Niss to react, Rui quickly pulled the quilt from her calves to her face, and her whole body shrank down and got into the quilt.

Ness gave up her plan to continue to fight Ruifa, and also pulled the quilt up, covering her body. The firewood in the fireplace was still burning, and an oil lamp was placed on the bedside table in each bed, and the light of the fire flickered in the room, and Ness gradually lost consciousness in her thoughts.

The endless darkness came over Ness, and she stretched out her hands but couldn't see her fingers. "What's the matter, have the oil lamps and firewood been extinguished? Rui, are you there?"

No voice answered her, and she could no longer hear anything other than the sound of her own breathing. Ness sat up and groped around in fear, only to find that she wasn't in the comfort of her bed at all, with hard, cold mud beneath her ass. "Where is this? I should be in Canrito!"

"Hahaha. A familiar voice burst out laughing. "We meet again, Mage. ”

"You...... It's you again, who the hell are you, don't bother me again!" Ness shouted loudly to the source of the voice.

"Very well, you seem to be stronger than before, Etiyesh is doing a good job. The mysterious voice moved behind Ness.

Ness turned around in the darkness and saw that it was still pitch black. "That's right, I'm stronger, don't try to scare me anymore, I'm not afraid of you!"

"Of course you should not be afraid of me, you will submit to me and become my most capable men, and together we will conquer Wallis. There was excitement in the tone of his voice.

"Who the hell are you?" Ness steadied herself, realizing that she was really not as scared as she had been a few times before.

The voice was flat again. "Can't you guess who I am, and who else in Wallis can enter your dreams and talk to you at will?"

Ness's head was overshadowed by a roar. "Impossible, you're dark...... It's impossible, you should still be sealed in the Far North, how could you enter my dream before the seal was broken?"

"The seal has weakened, it has been weakened since more than twenty years ago, I already feel the call of this world, and I can't wait. The voice rang out.

"Don't be delusional, we will stop you, you have already seen that at Magnus Fortress, your army is crushed by us, and even if you make a comeback a few times, it will be the same defeat as that time. Ness replied in a-for-tat response.

"Hahaha. The mysterious voice burst out laughing again. "If you had a chance to meet Adeline, you should really ask her, what was that Magnus battle to me?

"No matter how many times, we're going to beat you!" Ness shouted, spinning in the darkness.

"It's okay, so that you can become stronger in battle, and you can meet my requirements faster. The voice stopped in front of Ness. "When I think you're good enough to be my right-hand man, I'll come down to Wallis, and then you'll fall at my feet, and I'll promise you infinite power, endless life, and even a higher status than Etiyès, how about it, expectation, Ness?"

"Get out of here, you demon!" Ness raised her hands and cast a pillar of fire spell in front of her, but nothing happened.

"Don't waste your strength, human magic is so small in front of me. The voice faded away. "Don't forget, Ness, everything you are doing now is to make you better serve me in the future, these big and small battles are just appetizers, when I really come, Wallis will have no one to stop me, anyone who dares to stand in front of me will be destroyed, and at this time, it is not far away, I can feel it, not far away......"

"Get out of here! you're not going to get away with it!" Ness chanted the incantation hysterically, but it was still pitch black and magic seemed to disappear from the world.

Ness tossed and turned on the bed, a grunt of pain in her throat, and Rui shook her awake. "What's wrong, Ness? Nightmare again?"

"Rui!" Ness opened her eyes, and the world was filled with light again. "Yes, I'm dreaming again. Ness sat up on the bed, there was not much wood left in the fireplace, and the room was much colder than when she first fell asleep, and Ness covered herself with a quilt. "I dreamed of the dark lord ......"

"Yes, Lord Dark......" Ruiya slipped into Niss's quilt. "What did he say?"

He said...... Darktide's defeat at Magnus was nothing to him, and he was about to ...... soon It's going to ......," Ness gripped the quilt in fear.

"What do you want?" asked Rui eagerly.

Ness turned her head slowly, looking at Rui's eyes full of helplessness. "The Lord of Darkness is coming to Wallis, and soon, he will come. ”