After leaving Sarah Mayer's mansion, Lucrecia did not immediately return to her home in the city-state, but to the Bright Star, which was docked in the harbor.

Flying pieces of colored paper swirled across the deck, through the corridors, across the bridge, and into the captain's quarters, where Lucretia stepped out of the phantom wind, placing the mulled wine in her hand on the low cabinet beside her, and then strode to the dresser with the crystal ball.

In the corner of the room, the large rabbit doll lying on the bed immediately moved, and then jumped up from the bed and jumped to this side: "Mistress! You're finally back, Rabbi is so bored on the boat......"

"I'm just coming back for a short time, and I'll be back in town later," Lucrecia asked casually, glancing at the scary rabbit doll, "Is there anything unusual on board?" ”

"There is no abnormality on the ship, everything is ~ very ~ good!" The mischievous girl's voice came from the rabbit's body, with an inviting tone, "The rabbi takes good care of this place, just like when the hostess was there!" ”

"What about last night?" Lucretia asked, "Did you see anything wrong on the shore when you docked at the port?" ”

"On the shore?" The rabbi was stunned for a moment, and it seemed to finally notice the serious expression on the hostess's face, and the lively appearance of the previous invitation suddenly retracted, "On the shore...... There was nothing wrong with it, but the rabbi didn't pay much attention to the movement on the shore......"

Lucrecia slowly furrowed her eyebrows, and after asking the rabbit doll a few questions, she waved her hand, "It's none of your business for the time being, let's go and wait - then you and Luni will go to the city with me." ”

"To the city?!" The rabbi let out a short exclamation, seemingly with a hint of surprise and surprise, "You're going to take the rabbi into the city?" Are we going to play? ”

Lucrecia reached for the crystal ball in front of her, and after hearing the rabbit doll's words, she was silent for a second or two, and then said lightly while touching the crystal: "For you, maybe it will be fun." ”

The rabbi jumped up happily, then hopped back to bed, and lay down again in the same place with a "poof", and waited patiently.

The crystal ball gradually glowed and hummed, and after waiting for a while, the glow finally responded, and Tirion's figure hurriedly appeared in the light and shadow, and gradually took shape.

"Lucy?" A voice came from the crystal ball, "Ah, I was just receiving a few merchant representatives, and I didn't notice the movement of the crystal ball - are you okay over there?" ”

"I'm fine," Lucrecia looked at her brother in the crystal, and after noticing the tiredness on the other party's expression, she quietly put away her impatient expression because she had waited for a long time, "It seems that you are very busy over there, and you haven't had much rest recently?" ”

"To be honest, the situation is much better now than it was a while ago, at least I have a chance to settle my lunch at the table," Tirien shrugged, and then couldn't help but look behind Lucrecia, as if to confirm whether there was someone in the picture, and then he hesitated for a moment before he hesitated, "Father, he ...... Over there? ”

"Not now, he's busy with other things," Lucrecia replied, then added, "Don't be so nervous, Daddy is busy right now." ”

"Oh," Tirion replied, then hesitated again and asked cautiously, "...... you two days How are you getting along with him? Nothing happened, right? How can I help? ”

"All is well," Lucrecia said casually, and then she thought for a moment, and quietly turned her head to let the silver-white waves and feather hair ornaments appear in the frame, "He finally gave me this hairpin, which was a hundred years late, and it was strange that it was still as good as new." ”

Tirian in the crystal ball was stunned, the worried expression on his face a moment ago suddenly froze a little, he looked at this side in a daze, and the corners of his mouth finally twitched for a long time: "...... Yes? ”

"He didn't bring you a present?" Lucrecia turned her face and asked very seriously.

Tirien thought for a moment, pressed one hand to his forehead, and said in a tone of unlovedness: "Sixteen rounds at 24 pounds, three rounds at 32 pounds, and no ...... at 12 pounds."

Lucretia looked at the other side silently, and only after a long time did she say quietly: "You fired first." ”

“…… You suddenly came to me just to say this? ”

"Of course not," Lucretia said, shaking her head, "I wanted you to pay attention lately...... things, if there is a situation, contact me as soon as possible. ”

Tirion immediately became serious: "Concerned about something? ”

"Elves, if I'm not mistaken, Frost should also have a lot of long-term settled elves," Lucrecia said lightly, "The 'collaborative monitoring system' between the church, the Adventurers' Guild and the city-state has just been established, and it doesn't seem to have reacted yet, so I'll contact you directly......"

……

At 99 Crown Street, in the back garden surrounded by trees, greenery, and walls, a fire suddenly expanded into a burning door, through which the figures of Duncan and Alice stepped out.

Shirley, who was basking in the sun in the backyard, jumped up, turned around and ran into the house—but only two steps before Duncan stopped her: "What are you running?" ”

Shirley quickly stopped, she was stunned in place for a moment, turned her head and scratched her hair: "yes, what am I running...... I'm sorry Captain, I reflex ......"

"Surprised," Duncan frowned at the girl, "is Lucrecia back?" ”

"Not yet," Shirley shook her head, "but Vana and the old man are back, and they're in the living room." ”

Duncan nodded: "Well, it's okay, come in with me and see what they get." ”

"Then I'll go to the kitchen and put things away," Alice said as she walked, holding the large wooden tub full of ingredients she had brought from the Lost Country, "and you can have fish soup tonight!" ”

Duncan glanced at the puppet with a subtle expression - in Alice's head, there seemed to be a set of stable logic trees, even if there was a big thing around her, as long as it wasn't for the Lost Country to explode on the spot, she could calmly and naturally act at her own pace, such as going back to the Lost Country to get fish, such as going to the kitchen to cook......

Duncan was even suddenly a little suspicious, even if the Lost Country really exploded on the spot suddenly, as long as she was still in front of this puppet, she could be stunned and ask herself what she wanted to eat tonight after reacting......

But there's nothing wrong with that – in this turbulent world, Duncan feels like it's nice to have a puppet around him who always cares about what soup to cook tonight.

Moments later, Duncan was already in the living room, and Vanna and Maurice, who had just finished a day in the city, reported to him what they had so far.

“…… For now, it seems that the entire city-state was affected last night, including the local elven inhabitants, as well as the other races living in the city - no one was aware of the mutation, and there seems to be a degree of 'cognitive confusion' among those who work at night......"

Vanna sat on the couch and told her investigative intelligence from the perspective of a professional judge.

"In the morning, I came into contact with a few mechanics who had just returned home from a shift in the steam pump room, and during the conversation, I found that they did not remember their specific vigil last night, but they felt that everything was normal last night, that nothing happened all night, that they were in a clear state of mind, but they did not recognize the contradictions in their words, as if they were ......"

Vana hesitated, as if searching for a more appropriate word, before continuing, "It's as if you're still immersed in a 'lucid dream'. ”

"That is, people who sleep at night collectively experience a dreamless night, while people who work at night 'lose' for a while, and at the same time feel normal about it?" Duncan listened to Vanna's report and couldn't help but ask, "Have you tried to confirm the deeper mental state of those people?" Are there any signs of mental pollution? ”

"I used some of the Deep-Sea Church's magic methods, but I didn't go too far," Vana nodded, "After preliminary examination, there was no sign of contamination on those people, they just ...... 'naturally developed false perceptions and memories'. ”

Duncan rubbed his chin and groaned for a moment before looking up at Morris sitting on the other couch.

"I went to meet with a few old friends and informed them about the changes last night, the academy is now investigating and formulating countermeasures, if everything goes well with Miss Lucrecia, then the entire official response system of Brewind will be active," Morris nodded, "but as far as the current situation is known, when" When the Nameless Night's Dream grows stronger, everyone in the entire city-state will inevitably be affected, and the only ones who can stay awake and move within or outside the dream are you, and those of us who follow you, the Academy and the city-state authorities should not be able to move so well.

"In addition, I found several scholars who were familiar with the traditional legends of the elves, and learned more about the Great Demon God Sasloka, the World Giant Tree Sirantis, and the 'Dream of Creation', during which I discovered a ...... More interesting places. ”

Duncan immediately became curious: "What's more interesting?" ”

"Yes," Morris nodded, "and in some little-known narrative poems, there are these descriptions—

"Sasslora created the world's first dreams, but He did not know what dreams were;

"When a mortal calls it a dream, he is in a trance;

"Then the dreamless one was born in his trance......"

(End of chapter)