Esther dreamed again.

This is her second dream since waking up from this world.

This time the perspective of the dream was shattered and chaotic, constantly shaking, as if experiencing a huge earthquake.

Esther went back to that state of being without a body and without feelings. But she was no longer agitated, and she felt that she was full of excitement and anticipation, as if she had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

In the long rolling gray mist, a translucent substance curls up and pulls itself out of the gray mist, and its appearance is unremarkable, like a gray curtain. It drifted farther away, and Esther felt closely where its gray curtain was going.

Up the stairs were yellow cocoons of light hanging like grapes, two of which had been broken, and one on the right side was intact but without cracks, and the inside was hollowed out because it was empty.

At this time, the cracks on the third cocoon were spreading, and the black-haired youth wrapped inside wore glasses, a casual plaid shirt and a white T-shirt, and Esther felt that she had reached out some kind of "point of light" like an extension of consciousness, knocking on the cocoon, causing those cracks to completely shatter.

[XXX。 ]

Esther heard herself calling, in Chinese, without a sound, but clearly expressing such a meaning.

[The time has come.] Wake up. ]

Like an overripe apple that was about to fall to the earth, the cocoon of light shattered, and the youth inside also condensed into a shimmer of light, swept into the gray curtain, as if wrapped in a quilt through the vast gray mist.

Go to the real world.

Esther felt a heartfelt joy, like a beast that had been imprisoned for too long in a cage, smelling freedom.

Whose freedom is that?

The dream shattered, as if shattering a mirror, each fragment causing turbulent waves, and Esther caught a glimpse of some of the fragments—the beautiful gentle smile on the night goddess's lips and her slender hands raised, the tentacles rolling and waving on the huge stone chairs that were constantly shedding translucent worms, the eyes of despair printed on the layers of doors under the rich crimson surround, the startled face and reflective lenses of the black peaked wizard's hat when raised, and the lonely gray curtain that fluttered and fell from the edge of the darkness.

Then a gunshot rang out, engulfing all the wreckage of the dream.

Esther woke up from the stone bed.

She seemed to have dreamed a lot of things, and the amount of information contained in them made her sweat coldly, but the moment she opened her eyes, she was covered from her memory again.

It's like fate played a bad joke and let her figure it out for herself.

She flipped over and flipped the switch on the wall, letting the blue light illuminate everything in front of her.

Fortunately, she is still in her stone house:

On the table is the recently popular novel "Stormy Heights", and Esther feels that the author is very creative but too self-indulgent, and the plot behind it is interesting but the twists are hasty. Occult and history books were stacked on the side, some borrowed from old Neil or bought from a bookstore by Esther, who had recently been delving into the history of the Tertiary and even the Second Age.

Scattered around the stack of books was a bracelet that had been knitted last night, which she was going to take to Dalie tomorrow, and she had finally returned to Tingen on leave to see everyone, but she had not seen her for a few months, and she had no memory of Esther at all, only that Tingen had a new night watchman. Esther hopes that Dalie will not refuse a worthless blessing bracelet.

Esther poked the little bug at the head of the bed, and saw it twist impatiently, although the little bug never communicated with her in front of other night watchmen, but Esther occasionally went out to hang out or go to the library, and the little bug would talk to her a lot of things when he had the opportunity, and he was even much more knowledgeable than old Neil in occultism.

At least her landing buddy was still there, and Esther finally put her mind at ease and returned to her bed with a sigh of relief.

Why do I feel that my dreams are not quite right, and that dreaming is such a terrible thing?

She wanted to sleep a little longer, but the terrifying feeling lingered in her mind, and she couldn't regain her composure.

——

That afternoon, Esther was in the front room helping Roseanne sort out the magazines, and Roseanne had ordered quite a few newspapers and magazines, so that the magazine shelves in the living room were all available at any time, and Esther was tidying them up in the order of old and new. The ones that are too old and no one likes them will be packed together, and Cizer will help take them out when the time comes.

Dunn and Leonard were wearing police uniforms when they came out of the underground.

"Captain, are you going to the police station?"

"Well, for yesterday's case, there is still someone to investigate."

Leonard shrugged: "You also saw that weird scene at that time, old Neil's divination showed that there was an extraordinary factor in that incident, and the police just found a clue, so we have to go and see the situation of the third person." ”

Esther was also deeply impressed by the scene she saw on her mission yesterday, the scene was not bloody, but it was so weird that it made people's hearts bristle, because the deceased were self-compelled to commit suicide and died.

Esther frowned and looked at the two: "I remember that they were two very young college students...... Are there any survivors? ”

Dunn nodded, "Let's hope he's lucky enough when we get there, and don't get involved with any evil beings." ”

Leonard gave Esther a thumbs up: "Next time, I'll take you there, it's not a big case." ”

"Don't talk like you're taking me out on a mission like walking my dog!"

Esther heard Leonard's teasing tone and rolled her eyes at him. This made Roshan, who was watching the play next to her, couldn't help but "giggle" and smirk, Esther's face turned a little red, and she knocked on the bookshelf, reminding Roshan to hurry up and pick out the magazines she was going to leave behind, otherwise she would throw them all out.

Dunn shook his head at Leonard's unsteadiness and led him out in Cezel's carriage, some distance from Blackthorn Security.

Esther helped Roseanne and Bright summarize two reports on the typewriter in the afternoon, thanks to the experience of using the keyboard for various entertainment or learning, Esther's typing speed is the fastest of all, and her grammar and report content are very organized, which greatly saves others time in sorting out written documents, so Rosanne will ask Esther for help from time to time.

After Esther finished her report, she read a short story written by Siga in the lounge of the night watchmen, gave her personal impressions, and played two more chess games with Frye, which gave Frye a big victory.

She went back to the front hall and waited for dinner to arrive, so that she could help Roseanne take the lunch box and cutlery downstairs and distribute them to everyone.

Dunn and Leonard had just returned, and Leonard looked at Esther with a smug expression: "Look, I'll just tell you it's not a big deal, right?" But that young man's diary is quite weird. ”

Dunn's expression was much more serious: "I'll go to sleep tonight and investigate him again." Later, it would be better to wait for Dali to come back and let her ask about the psychic question. ”

"Captain, he has a gun hidden in his bedroom, you should be careful."

"I wouldn't be so reckless." Dunn glanced at Esther, thinking that after all, not everyone was as special as her, and would be completely dream-free.

Esther met Dunn's gaze in confusion and subconsciously asked, "Do you need me to go with you?" ”

"No, I'll let old Neil do a divination first, and just find someone on duty to join me at night."

"Ha, this is the benefit of the 'sleepless', no matter how you stay up late, you are not afraid!" Leonard crossed his arms over his chest and sat on the couch with his legs crossed.

Luo Shan curled her mouth dissatisfiedly: "It's just this kind of time to be envied." It's so easy to say......"

Esther patted Rosanne on the shoulder, not piercing her envy but more worry. Over the past few months, Esther has also learned that Roshan's father was also a night watchman and paid for his life during the mission, so Roshan's attitude towards the extraordinary and the night watchman is quite complicated.

Dunn looked at Esther, "Are you going to come with me to visit Daly?" ”

Esther's expression immediately darkened: "I...... Still not going. That's right! ”

She pulled out a braided rope bracelet from her pocket, two violet and indigo ropes intertwined and twisted, and a small auspicious knot hung from it, which at least didn't look ugly, and Esther braided many crooked knots to barely get close to the traditional knot she remembered.

"Trouble the captain to give this to Ms. Dalie, just say - it's a gift from the new team members."

Esther didn't dare to meet with Dalie, she was afraid that she would be embarrassed if she couldn't help but show her sadness.

Dunn had learned a lot about Esther from the Templars, and had noticed that Dalie had completely forgotten about Esther, so he nodded and took the bracelet, "Do you need to wrap it in something?" ”

"No, that's too formal."

Leonard looked at Esther suspiciously, "Aren't you going to meet Lady Daly?" After all, it's a handmade gift, wouldn't it be better to give it to her face-to-face? ”

Esther didn't speak, just shook her head.

Roseanne had the same question, but she tried to think about it, and couldn't remember exactly what Esther had to do with Lady Daly, and the two had not met or known each other in her memory.

Why does Esther look so low?

Leonard tilted his head, and after a few seconds, he suddenly spoke: "By the way, Roshan, what did you order for dinner tonight?" I don't remember exactly. ”

"Why are you starting to get confused? Tonight we ordered grilled steak and scallion baked bread, and you said you wanted fish cutlet, and Esther wanted it too, so I replaced it with fish steak for both of you......"

Roshan nodded her fingers and began to babble about what she had ordered for dinner today, and Leonard nodded and stiffly changed the subject.

Esther gave him an appreciative look and gave Roshan a thumbs up on Leonard's back.

Dunn sighed, pulled out an empty matchbox from the cupboard, coiled the bracelet inside, and stuffed it into the inside pocket of his trench coat.

Esther's abilities are indeed special, but they also reveal the cruelty of the nature of the extraordinary world. She has no control over her forgotten nature, and once contact is stopped, her connection with others is erased by an inexplicable force. In other words, Esther can't leave a trace, can't exist in the hearts of others for a long time, at least to ordinary people, she is an "eternal passerby", and the extraordinary seem to be able to remember her for a longer time, but looking at Dalie's situation, this memory also has a limit.

It's sad.

Dunn thought as he touched another knot on the inside of his trench coat.

Esther gave everyone a little bit, the women received bracelets, old Neil received bookmarks with charms, and men received knots to string keys.

From these small handicrafts, Dunn could feel Esther's blessing.

Perhaps Esther knew in her heart that one day in the future, the night watchmen in Tingen would forget about her.

She was trying to leave a little trace of what she had ever been here.