Lucrecia snapped out of her dream, and it took several seconds for her mind to calm down before she opened her eyes, and then she let out a long sigh of relief, opened her eyes in her chair, and slowly looked around the room, confirming the "suggestive items" she had set up in the lab in advance.

The first thing you do after waking up from a strange dream is never to get up right away, but to calm your mind and confirm the details of the real world in case you get trapped by a double dream.

After a few moments, she confirmed the details of the real world, that she had completely detached herself from the dream, and that Master Taran El had woken up.

The elven scholar was in a state of embarrassment with a few ropes tied to a pillar not far away, his head swollen, and the clockwork doll Luni was on guard with a sharp kitchen knife.

"Miss Lucrecia, you're awake!" Seeing the "Witch of the Sea" wake up, the scholar immediately cried out for help, "Your servant tied me up!" I don't know what I've done wrong......"

Lucretia suddenly frowned, "Luni, what's going on?" ”

"He suddenly yelled in his sleep, and when he woke up, he jumped out of bed and banged his head on your bench," Luni reported with a serious face as she grabbed the kitchen knife, "I think he's tainted by nightmares, tie him up to prevent secondary injury." ”

The university scholar suddenly protested loudly: "How many times have I said it, you wooden head!" I was just scared in my dreams! I met Duncan Abnomar! As an ordinary person of normal mind, wouldn't I be allowed to be awakened by fright? ”

Lucrecia listened to the words of the two "people" in front of her, her expression suddenly distorted, and she pursed her lips and stood up from her chair, who had also just woken up: "Luni, put down the kitchen knife and let go of Mr. Scholar - what he said is true." ”

"Yes, Mistress." The clockwork doll immediately lowered her head, and with a clean swing of the kitchen knife in her hand, she cut the rope from Taran El's body, and then her wrist flipped, and the cold light of the blade was unknown to which dark grid she received from her body.

Taran El broke free from his restraints and staggered forward two steps before finally getting to his feet, and couldn't help but look back at the dull clockwork doll, "You wooden head! ”

The clockwork doll didn't care about the scholar's anger at all, but walked to his hostess's side, and at the same time said curiously: "The old master is here?" ”

"He's ...... 'coming,' in every sense of the word," Lucretia said with a slight hesitation as the corners of her mouth twitched, and she waved her hand to the side, and a chair floated from the corner of the room and landed in front of her, "Sit down, Mr. Taran Eyre, I have something to know." ”

Talan El moved his aching arms, muttered to the "Sea Witch" and sat down, still muttering to himself, "Come on, I won't be there for a while anyway......"

Lucrecia listened silently and didn't say anything, just reached into a low cabinet beside her, took out a bottle of potion from the depths of the cabinet, and placed it on top of the cabinet.

Taran El watched her move curiously, "What's that?" ”

"This is the 'witch potion' that will be used later," Lucrecia said casually, obviously not meaning to answer directly, and then changed the subject directly, "I have something to ask about the time when the sun went out, and the dream just now—I know that we have briefly communicated in the dream world, but given the blockade of the subconscious mind in the dream world, there are some things that you may not have realized at the time, so now I need you to remember it all while you are awake." ”

Noticing the seriousness of the lady's words on the other side, Taran Eyre's expression immediately became serious, and the scholar's bearing returned to him: "Okay, just ask, I feel that my mind is much clearer now." ”

"You went to observe the surface of Vision 001 while the sun was out, and this is a sketch you left behind," Lucrecia was not polite, pulling out the crumpled scratch paper and handing it to the other party, "Is this it?" ”

"That's right, I drew it."

"I've checked that the picture itself doesn't carry a mental pollution, but the content of the picture is confusing and unsettling, you depicted these chaotic lines like branches on the surface of that 'sphere', but after my analysis, many of these lines seem to have been scribbled abruptly near the end of the painting, in order to cover up the original, clearer appearance of the picture, do you remember this?"

Taran Al's brow furrowed.

He reached out and took the scratch paper that Lucrecia handed him, and looked at the spherical image covered in scrambled lines, his brow furrowed, and his mind fell into contemplation and recollection.

Lucrecia's words came from the other side: "A very important question is, do you really remember all the details of what happened between the time you observed the surface of the sun and the time you fell asleep?" It seems that you are also confused by the messy lines on the screen......"

"I ...... It's a bit confusing," Taran Al said slowly, "it does look like a visible smear, but I don't remember why I had covered all the details of the previous image...... Seems to ......"

He paused abruptly, pondered for a moment before continuing: "Perhaps, I saw something extremely terrible?" Or should the truth not be made public? I drew it uncontrollably, but suddenly came to my senses before I could operate the 'swift piece', so I hurriedly covered it up...... But for some reason, I wanted to send it out again......"

Even though there was still some confusion, even if there was an obvious break point in his memory, Taran El's reason and logic as a senior scholar still prevailed, he analyzed what happened to him, and then his expression suddenly became solemn: "How many people have seen this paper so far?" ”

"A handful of senior scholars from the Academy of Truth," Lucrecia nodded, "The original is still with me, and what they see is only what you have smeared, and I have already warned them, plus your slumber is a warning to everyone, so there is no need to worry about someone taking this sketch to analyze and restore the picture you see in private, but the vast sea is very large, and it cannot be ruled out that there are other 'brave people' who have done something as bold as you." ”

Taran El nodded thoughtfully, and then he heard the "witch" continue asking, "What do you remember about that dream?" How did you fall asleep? Has your consciousness ever sunk into its true 'last layer'? ”

"I just remember waking up in that 'forest', as described in some ancient books, the boundless forest, the place where the elves originated...... My thoughts in that dream seemed to be slow, and the sounds I heard, the information I perceived, and the reactions I made to the outside world seemed to be separated by a thick barrier......"

Taran El said as he recalled, then suddenly frowned.

"But there is one very strange thing, it was not long after you appeared, my mind did 'sink' for a while, but not into the last layer of the dream, but into a ...... It seems that in the transition between 'layers' and 'layers', many chaotic lights and shadows are intertwined, like several dreams with great differences projecting each other, and in that chaotic area, there are many hazy figures surrounding me......"

"Many hazy figures?" Lucrecia interrupted the other party instantly, "Please describe clearly, is it a phantom in a dream, or is it a 'dreamer' like you?" ”

"I don't know, my mind was almost frozen at the time, I could only feel their presence, but I couldn't describe exactly what they were, but one thing was certain...... They are not phantoms," said Taran El with a serious expression, "they do exist, if not other 'dreamers', but other 'mental entities' contained in that dream. ”

"I see," Lucrecia nodded with a quiet expression, then exhaled slightly, "That's a ...... Vital intelligence. ”

"I hope this will come in handy," Taran El said with a sincere expression, then looking at the scratch paper in his hand, "So about this sketch......

"I think it's best not to let ordinary scholars touch this thing now, whatever you 'smear' is obviously harmful to ordinary people," Lucrecia reached out and pulled the scratch paper back, "and then I'll show my father what he might think." ”

Taran El blinked after hearing this, reacted for a moment before nodding: "Oh, indeed, Captain Duncan is definitely not afraid of what is hidden in this picture, so let's wait for him to come, I am not in a hurry......"

"Ah, that's the other thing I'm going to tell you," Lucrecia sat down for a moment and looked into Taran Eyre's eyes, "My father has arrived in Breeze. ”

Taran El's eyes widened, and his expression instantly stiffened.

"Maybe it's the special effect of the sun's extinguishing that made the Lost reach its destination in an instant," Lucrecia nodded, "He should be interested in talking to you in person, or inviting you to his ship—he cares about the sun's extinguishment." ”

Taran El continued to froze for a few seconds, his eyes finally flickered, and he seemed to wake up for a moment, and then he gasped and leaned back—

Lucrecia looked at it expressionlessly, and indifferently picked up the potion bottle that had been placed on the low cabinet and handed it to the puppet Luni standing beside her: "Fill it in for Mr. Taran Eyre." ”

Luni sighed and took the potion and went to carry out the hostess's order, while Lucrecia looked at the university scholar who was being drugged and nodded with satisfaction.

"Look, it's coming in handy."

Today's "Witch of the Sea" has once again succeeded in preventing Master Taran El from dying suddenly on her ship.

(End of chapter)