Chapter 499: One Month
William, who received the answer to his fear, went straight back to the Magic House.
"Catherine!"
"Why are you yelling so loudly~ Scare me."
"I need your help!"
"What are you going to help again, haven't you gone to Uncle Jahn yet?"
"Later, when I come back from Jain and fall asleep, you will directly help me shape the perfect dream about the [orphanage].
If I could, Catherine would have joined in and felt the root fears of my childhood. β
Catherine immediately remembered the conversation in the aquarium, "Do you want me to become the two-ponytailed girl that 'Yi Chen' said?" β
"Of course you can, if you want to."
"Okay~ I'm thinking about what kind of nightmare I'm going to go to sleep at night, in that case, let's use your past memories as a model, I'm going to see what caused you to have the first root fear William."
In this way, the month before the start of the feast was stuffed to the brim, with little time to rest.
The first half of the month was mainly about abyssal adaptation and fear feelings,
William rushed to Jain's office every day, and on a few occasions Jain had even just gotten up and was showering in the bathroom, so he simply looked at each other in the bathroom so as not to waste time.
After an hour of feeling the abyss, William fell back to his room with the spatial magic, and was helped by Catherine to fall asleep.
The two of them were replaced by 'Young Yi Chen' and 'Young Girl Yuxin', and their memories were erased in advance, and they completely re-experienced the life of the orphanage as children.
At the end of the first day's dream,
Catherine sat up suddenly, her back covered with sweat, and for a moment she even slurred her speech.
"William, you...... What the hell is this Black Mountain Orphanage! Why is it that we are just ordinary human beings, but they can bring me such a big psychological burden and primitive fear?
It's really similar to what 'Yi Chen' said, I really had suicidal thoughts, and if I continue like this, I may really commit suicide in that place.
Giving hope is immediately extinguished, and there is no way to look forward to the future in the orphanage that is completely locked down, and even the view outside the window is false.
The most vicious and insidious side of everyone is on display, but deliberately wearing a mask of hypocrisy and friendliness.
Wow, the more I think about it, the more uncomfortable it becomes, and the more I think about it, the more angry I get! Does this orphanage still exist? I'm going to go over and kill everyone in there now...... No, killing is not enough! I'm going to soak them all in the nightmare solution, and they won't be able to live forever in the nightmare. β
"Haha~ Catherine, did you react so much? I can't go to this orphanage yet. β
William was just smiling, and he was in good shape at the end of his dream.
Experiencing the orphanage with a new concept of fear gave me a completely different feeling, and I even suddenly found that there was a lot to learn from the teachers.
Catherine squinted at William beside her, and combined with the experience of the orphanage, she felt more and more that William was a hypocritical pervert wearing a mask.
"Huh~ Go away, go away! No wonder you have such a perverted personality in you, you grew up in this kind of place.
Although I was also miserable when I was a child, I was not subjected to this psychological torture, and at least there was room to escape. β
"Alright, now that the dream is over, I'll go find Mr. Jain! I'll have to keep bothering Catherine when you need to sleep later.
Of course, if Catherine is too scared to experience the orphanage as a little girl, you just need to send me in alone. β
"Huh? Do you think I'll be scared? Miss Ben has never been afraid, but she just feels that the humans in it are too perverted and a little angry. β
In this way, half a month of high-intensity training passed,
William has already adapted to the fall of the abyss brought by Jain, and the total duration of an hour can maintain a sane consciousness for about twenty minutes, and he can slowly begin to comprehend the nature of the abyss in the darkness.
However, it has not yet reached the bottom, and it has not been confirmed whether its own path is related to the abyss.
The nightmare is also beginning to slowly regain its old fears,
William analyzes the perverted nature of the teachers one by one, analyzes the principle of root fear in combination with the orphanage, and slowly begins to locate his own phobia type.
It should be noted that although Catherine almost committed suicide several times, she gradually got used to living with William in the orphanage as another normal person every night, and even felt that it was interesting to start a second life.
In the second half of the month,
Catherine can't stay with William every day, and she has to do a clown rehearsal, as well as think about ticket distribution and audience selection before the official performance.
William also changed his daily plan, taking a moment to think of new food, and also using his fear to design the performance in conjunction with the "mini-stage", and roughly build the prototype of the next performance.
Day 28.
William no longer knocks on Jain's magic door, but walks straight into the black door.
Airplanes! The body skillfully falls into the bathroom toilet while maintaining a stilted sitting position.
Jain was standing in front of the vanity mirror, applying a special emollient from the [Corner] to keep his complexion healthy and make him remember what he had done before.
His ocean-blue hair hung naturally down the sides of his shoulders, framing his handsome face.
Jain asked first, "Tomorrow is the magic feast, you are a special guest, have you thought about what to cook?" β
"The shape of the dish has been decided, and the day before yesterday I went to the back kitchen to try it. Although there is still room for improvement, Zoke and Chef Timmy think it is very good. β
"Then I'm looking forward to it, I hope your dishes will win the favor of the boss. Then let's hurry up and start today, and spend the rest of the time preparing for the Demon Feast. β
As soon as the words fell,
Jain's eyes met William's on the toilet through mirror refraction,
Hearing the sound of the toilet flushing, William's consciousness was swept up and he fell in absolute darkness.
Ten minutes,
Twenty minutes,
Thirty minutes,
Forty minutes,
Fifty-nine minutes and fifty-one seconds!
Ding Ding Ding ~ The alarm clock went off, and William was woken up on the sofa, and Jain was sitting opposite him wearing a mask.
Jain said with a look of pity: "It's still a little bit close, it's a pity~ In the end, if you can hold on, you can fall to the bottom, and maybe you can confirm whether your path is hidden underneath." β
William wiped the mixture of blood and brain from his nostrils and drank the cup of tea.
"Huh~ Then wait until the end of the magic banquet and the official performance to make up for it, anyway, it won't be long enough."
"Hmmm! Go back and get some rest, and look forward to your performance at tomorrow's magic feast. β
"Thank you, Mr. Jain."
γMagic Feastγ
One of the most important events of the Circus of Dread, an important banquet that must be held before each performance, is restricted to the main members and no one is allowed to be absent, otherwise the circus will be directly stripped of its status and expelled.
Through the magic banquet, the state of all members is adjusted to the best to ensure the best performance of the official performance.
Each member is required to make their own favorite dish, and each dish will be rated at the banquet, and everyone who participates in the banquet will have the opportunity to rate it.
The person with the highest objective score will receive a special gift from the circus or even the favor of the boss.
No matter how thrilling and intense the rehearsals are going on, on the last day, they will put down their work and focus on preparing for the feast.
Early the next morning.
It was no longer William who knocked on Jain's door, but Jain took the initiative to call the assistant.
"William, are you ready? Let's get over it. β
"Good!"
William took a deep breath, straightened his tie one last time, and followed Mr. Jain's side to the back kitchen.
At the same time, the personnel representing the highest level of combat power of the circus also headed for the back kitchen.
(End of chapter)