Chapter 169: Dreams and Phantoms (I)
I'm sorry, my right hand hurts, I knocked it out with my left hand, and my left hand is very inefficient
Shirinya did not attend the upcoming military meeting, and although she did not understand what her mother's arrangement was, she still trusted her mother's decision. Although in her heart she very much agreed with Karin's statement, not attending the meeting as a host was disrespectful in any case.
"Mom. Knocking lightly on Alicia's door, Shilinya, who was standing outside the door, could still hear footsteps coming back and forth from inside, as if she was busy with something.
"Come in. The words of magic caused the closed door to open, and everything in the room entered Shilinya's eyes, and Shilinya was surprised by the anomaly in the room.
A large and complex magic circle was carved on the originally clean and tidy floor, and the precious metal powder used to draw the magic circle was spread on it in large quantities, and this powder still emitted a starry sky under the illumination of the light. The circle is not yet complete, and on the edge of the circle, Alicia is constantly refining the circle, and she doesn't care about Shilinya who appears in front of her.
"Mom, what are you doing here?" The scene in front of her made Shilinya feel both curious and shocked, the magic circle had never seen it, and she didn't know what the effect was, and the cost of this magic circle could be seen that her mother was very big, but she didn't know what she was going to use it for.
"Let's talk about it first, these things can't be seen by others. ”
"Oh, oh......" Shilinya reacted at this time, hurriedly closing the door while not forgetting to check if there were any people around who were following and watching her.
The circle continued to be perfected, and there were still scattered pieces of precious metal powder on the edge of the circle, which had been thrown aside at random, and their own value could not be ignored by Alicia, and now they were nothing more than worthless and useless things. But the waste of these things made Shilinya, who was standing on the side watching, extremely distressed, sixteen years in the other world, these things in front of her were only fortunate to witness in the book, but she had never seen what the real thing looked like.
"Alright...... Ha ...... "When the final step of drawing the circle was completed, Alicia, who had been in a high state of tension, was able to relax, and she almost got tired on the ground after the battle, without any rest after the battle. Now we have succeeded, but now is not the time to rest, because there are still the most important things to be done.
"Mom, what is this circle for?" Seeing her mother finish her work, Shilinya seized the rare opportunity to ask.
"Dreaming. ”
"Clams?" "Dreaming, just kidding!
"Shireen, I asked you a question, and you answered me truthfully. Alicia didn't care about Shilinya's surprise, she asked seriously as she walked to the desk and took the two glasses of specially made red wine in her hands.
"Did you see a puppet...... A ......" Alicia wanted to find a suitable description, but found that the knowledge in her mind seemed to be not suitable for the description "It's a doll anyway, who knows which form this guy is using, it could be a clown, or a bear, or a skeleton ......"
"Yes, she said she was going to hide it, and she just hit me, and I don't know where she went. Shilinya immediately replied to her mother, presumably the other party was referring to the puppet figure, and when she started to wake up, because the war had already begun, Shilinya didn't pay much attention to it, and now that she has stabilized for the time being, it's time to deal with this unstable factor.
Shilinya waited for Alicia's explanation, but she kept nodding in affirmation, but she put a glass of red wine in her hand in front of Shilinya, and shook slightly to signal the other party to hold it in her hand. Shilinya took the red wine handed by her mother, and the abnormal crimson in the wine glass stimulated Shilinya's vision fiercely, if it was wine, it was more viscous blood, and this wine also had a strong taste, just a light smell made Shilinya have a faint hallucination.
"This ...... The ingredients of hallucinogenic potions are too powerful, right?" Shilinya asked in disbelief, the cup in front of her made her very puzzled, could it be that this kind of thing was used to drink? Shilinya could judge without guessing with the knowledge in her head, no matter what kind of hallucinogens she had inside, this level of dosage would definitely put people to death!
"Of course, it's called 'dreaming,' something that allows currently known creatures to spend the rest of their lives in dreams, and no creature other than the legendary dragon can resist the effects of this medicine. Alicia, shaking another glass of "hallucinogen" in her hand, explained with an inexplicable smile, as if she had thought of some way to use it for her pleasure.
"Uh...... Should I drink this kind of thing?" Shilinya was frightened by the cup in front of her after listening to the description, isn't spending the rest of her life in a dream like becoming a vegetative person? Who made this kind of thing...... Wait, wasn't "Dreamland" forcibly taken away by her own mother from that strange woman in Christina?
Thinking of the mess of unknown potions in Christina's room, Shilinya shuddered, wondering how many of these crazy potions had been made by the mad woman.
"Don't worry, I've reconfigured it, this amount won't have the effect you imagined, at most it will just make you sleep until tomorrow morning. Looking at her frightened daughter in front of her, Alicia patted her chest and assured the other party, while shaking the wine glass in her hand in front of her daughter, "I'll drink with you." ”
"Can you tell me why you drink this stuff?" The answer must have something to do with the figure from not long ago, but Shirinya didn't know anything about the details.
"Because I want to talk to her about something, rest assured I'll be okay. Alicia saw her daughter's hesitation and was not dissatisfied because of the other party's suspicion, but she also urged the other party, "You drink first, I have to activate this magic array, only by activating this magic array can I be able to find her." ”
"I see......" Shilinya slowly brought it closer to her lips as she looked at the cup in her hand, the strong hallucinogenic smell constantly interfering with her senses, turning her five senses upside down.
Red wine has not yet been imported, and the sensory system has become seriously deranged.
The red wine as thick as jelly entered her throat, and Shirinya was very unaccustomed to the disconnection of the lotus root in the liquid, but she soon felt the severity of the effect of the medicine, her body swayed, the scene in front of her was blurred, and finally she completely lost control of her body.
Shilinya thought she was going to fall to the ground, but she found herself being held by her mother, who had become a mosaic in front of her, and although she couldn't see what was going on around her, she could still see her mother pouring the potion into her mouth, and the dazzling magic circle on the ground around her had been activated.