124 – 25. Dream in a dream
…… My body is heavy.
I feel drowsy, tired, and sinking.
Entrusting myself to that strange and comfortable feeling, as if I were sinking in water.
At some point.
She could sense that her back was touching something.
“……Ah.”
And then I open my eyes.
What catches your eye is an ordinary, ordinary room.
She, Eunha Kim, was lying on the bed there.
“I…I was sleeping.”
My memories are blurry.
I definitely remembered that we all went into Together.
Because Namgoong Min fell asleep faster than expected, he leaned on her and her hero instead of her superpowers and super-rich person.
So, each other’s lucid dreams must have been connected……
“……………….”
…… I remember very little.
No matter how vivid your memories are in your dreams, you forget them all when you wake up.
I felt like we talked about something and said something important, but I couldn’t remember it.
“Ha…”
You didn’t say something strange in your lucid dream for no reason, right?
Just like a person who is drunk and the film cuts out is worried that he may have done something while drunk.
I was also worried that Kim Eun-ha would cause trouble to Namgoong Min or do something strange.
‘What a hero…… ….’
He’s not that close to begin with, and he’s someone I wouldn’t even talk to even if I was in a lucid dream.
So, the princess’s worries were focused solely on the fortuneteller.
But she wasn’t too worried.
Because there was a feeling that remained subconsciously.
‘Very…… It was refreshing.’
In a faint memory, the feeling of being completely empty and happy remains.
She seems to have had quite a bit of fun in the lucid dream, so she couldn’t have done anything strange to Namgoong Min.
…… Still, if she stays still, it will only make her head cluttered, so she would rather ask Namgoong Min directly ──
“Princess? Are you awake?”
“──Kyaaa!?”
“…Kyaaa?”
“W-what’s going on?”
It is said that even a tiger will come if I tell it to, and as soon as she decided to go look for Namgoong Min herself, the princess let out a small scream at him who opened her door and came in.
She has made up her mind, but she feels nervous when Namgoong Min comes to visit her in person.
‘You really didn’t do anything, did you?’
But if nothing happened, would there be any need for her Namgoong Min to come to her first?
Unlike people with superpowers and great wealth, I have never been approached first?
What on earth is this for? … ?
“Princess, I’m sorry for saying this when you just woke up…”
“Uh, yes? What’s going on?”
“Would you like to come with me often?”
“……Yes?”
Excited.
Is it because of my mood?
Namgoong Min’s words.
Because of feelings that are still unknown.
The heart…… It felt like it was throbbing.
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Permission was received from Scarlett Redfield.
After explaining everything that had happened inside , I said I would go back in to investigate, and he coolly allowed me to do so.
Still, risk factors remain, so only 10 minutes are allowed. They said that after some time, they would forcibly wake me up and take me away like last time.
‘I left out the story about the princess, but…….’
Once I explained that a fake person who appeared in my guise had done this, he seemed to understand.
I have no idea why he nodded while staring intently at my face.
I was told to say what I would do from now on and get it done!
Anyway, there were no victims, and others entered after we left, but nothing unusual was found.
I told the academy it was fake, but I also have to think about other things about myself……
…… And Kim Eun-ha’s matter must be resolved as quickly as possible.
[Character Event: – Kim Eun-ha
Princess Kim Eun-ha was born blessed, but she drove her mother to her death because of her
.
That fact is a shackle that will follow her for the rest of her life, and Eunha Kim is desperately trying to forget it.
If you don’t forget, it will only be painful.
But she doesn’t know. That neither her “Life” Nor her mother’s death were entirely her fault.
Even though she killed someone with her own violence, she is a contradictory princess who does not mind using violence.
The princess does not hesitate to swing her fists, knowing that if she does not regularly use violence, she may go crazy. But what about her inside?
There is something dark about her that made her that way. She is intentionally putting a person’s life into a pit.
Only you can figure it out.
Event Goal: Enter the Princess Palace Dungeon (Once you achieve the goal, the next goal will be unlocked!)
Remaining period: ???
Caution!: This event requires high combat power. The fortune teller can’t do it alone, so gather some friends!
Achievement reward: Achieve maximum affinity with Kim Eun-ha, achieve maximum friendship with the imperial family, acquire general skill ]
The first character event I received, .
It was an event that was initially put on hold due to difficulty, but now there is a reason to clear it.
There is no need to mess around, so it would be right to move quickly.
Part of that was this.
“…Hey, fortune teller. Are you really going to go in?”
“Of course, Mr. Liu.”
“I heard that a fake you came out inside, so you’re very reluctant. But you still want to go in? And that’s just the two of you with the princess?”
“I won’t do anything as harsh as Mr. Liu thinks.”
“That’s not what you said!”
“…Please come back, Namgoong Min.”
“Evil b*tch! You…!!”
“Have you forgotten the promise we made? Mr. Liu.”
“……Damn it. Do we really have to go alone, just the two of us?”
“Yes.”
“Be sure to come back, because I don’t want to be a widow.”
Liu handed me various artifacts while grumbling, and Lane smiled with an expression of trust.
After seeing them off, he enters With the princess.
Of course, she was still dazed.
“…Namgoong Min, what happened in your lucid dream?”
“I have a long thing to say. Let’s sleep together, and once we’re done, I’ll tell you everything.”
He calms Eunha Kim, who is anxious about forgetting, and closes her eyes in a dream.
A space where rainbow lights flicker and there is no concept of up, down, left, or right.
I pulled the princess into my arms and sat inside.
‘This should be enough.’
I don’t know why, but I just pray that she doesn’t start throwing her fists at me as she starts to tremble a little.
You really don’t die.
Eunha Kim, even her face turned bright red, let out a quiet breathing sound and leaned her face against my chest.
“…What could this be?”
“It’s right here this time.”
When I opened my eyes, I was in a dungeon.
And standing before my eyes was Kim Eun-ha, wearing a blood-red crown and black robes.
It’s the same face and the same voice as before I fell asleep.
As if to prove that it was her dream, the clothes she wore and her bloody tears were still there.
“The princess’s palace and young me… It’s a kind of defense mechanism.”
“It’s a defense mechanism.”
“This dungeon is the truth located deep in my heart. That’s why I prevent anyone from entering here. Of course, I only want to show my sincerity to you, so I came right here.”
“It’s an honor.”
“…So, why did you fall into a lucid dream again? I thought you would naturally avoid it.”
Kim Eun-ha was embarrassed, but then smiled sadly again.
I didn’t say much the last time we met.
After seeing it twice, I got used to the change in personality.
It’s a little different, but it’s what you see in the game.
“You said you wanted to kill me.”
“That’s right, that’s my truth.”
“Then why not give it a try?”
“…Are you kidding me? Anyway, I can’t kill you because of my contract with . And the answer is that I will give it based on reality…”
“It’s not right.”
“……Yes?”
“Aren’t you afraid?”
Tap.
I took a step closer to Kim Eun-ha, who was shedding bloody tears.
She smiled as if asking what she was saying.
“Are you afraid? Of me? What?”
“It’s a loss.”
“……….”
“Even though the death row inmates are already considered dead, you realized it after killing her mother, right?”
When a person dies, they don’t come back.
Therefore, Eunha Kim accepted the shackles and seals placed on herself.
She knew that she could no longer see her mother, and that she was the cause.
“And there’s one more thing you were afraid of.”
“…There’s more?”
“The princess herself.”
“……………….”
Yesterday, I thought of her
Life as being similar to her disability of being born without limbs.
However, there was one thing that was overlooked.
Disability means that you become aware of your own disability through the eyes of others.
It would be normal if everyone in the world were born without limbs, but that’s not the case.
As the princess naturally grew up, she must have realized that she was abnormal.
That’s why she was happy even though the only people around her were her parents and the prisoner.
Even though she was abnormal, there was someone who loved her.
Just………
It was only painful that she had destroyed her love herself.
“Fear of loss and of oneself.”
“……….”
“Violence is the basis of being a princess, but it is also an object of fear.”
That’s why Kim Eun-ha lives a contradictory life.
Although she uses violence without hesitation, she is afraid of it.
It reminded me of the day of her entrance ceremony.
‘The princess stayed away from those who broke the wall.’
It was an action accompanied by fear. Fear of violence stemming from the loss of her mother.
But at the same time, she approached me.
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It was because of her roots of violence. Because I sensed that she wanted violence to break down the walls of the maze.
In some ways, he is a much more difficult and duplicitous being than Rio or Lane.
That was her Kim Eun-ha, and that’s why I maintained my friendship with her but didn’t look for her first.
It’s just that it’s time to face what she has been ignoring until now.
“…So?”
“Princess.”
“Are you here to tell me that you know my contradictions and my inner thoughts so well? Are you here to criticize me, who has been a bundle of contradictions since birth?”
Suddenly.
Tears of blood are falling.
Whose are those bloody tears, the bloody crown, and the blood that looks like a cloak?
At least it won’t be hers.
Probably, it was a feeling of guilt towards her mother.
Wearing black robes like her mourning clothes, she carries her mother’s blood.
That was the woman deep inside Eunha Kim, and the image of her embodied in a lucid dream.
The princess was smiling.
However, at the same time, it was becoming more intense.
“In the end, you too.”
“……….”
“You can’t accept my sincerity…?”
Receiving her sincerity means dying to her.
Is there anyone in the world who wants to die?
Kim Eun-ha, of course, knows that well.
Nevertheless, she longs for affection. She covets her affections, which she kills with her own hands.
Lack (缺乏), and possessiveness (所有慾).
Lack of affection and a possessive desire to have affection even if it means killing the other person.
Kim Eunha was a person who had both of those things at the same time.
“When the assassination commotion was over, you told me to trust only you.”
“……….”
“When you said that even though you knew everything about me, didn’t you mean that you would accept me?”
“……….”
“That’s why I held back. I wanted your affection, I wanted it, but I held back. Because that would kill you. Because once you gain affection, loss comes soon after.”
“……………….”
“And… Just saying that you would accept me was enough. But, but…”
──You, too, are leaving me in the end.
Like that.
Just before Eunha Kim lowered her head with an ambiguous expression, whether she was laughing or crying.
I opened my mouth.
“Princess, you must listen to Korean until the end.”
“……Yes?”
“Why am I leaving the princess? Didn’t I tell you, just trust me?”
Yes, Princess Kim Eun-ha is a contradictory being. I am the one who knows that best.
However, she did not intend her contradictions.
Rather, it was closer to a wicked prank.
‘The real culprit who gave Kim Eun-ha the will to kill and led her to kill her mother.’
Her past has changed, so of course the real culprit may be different from what I know.
Still, there were people who could guess.
It wasn’t even that important right now.
“You didn’t think I’d come back again, did you?”
“……Yes.”
“I would have thought that you would naturally avoid the princess. That’s why I asked you to remember that, wasn’t it?”
“…Yes.”
Actually, if I stay like this, the princess will never kill me.
Her true feelings were revealed thanks to the special environment of a lucid dream, but the seal of
Salm still remains.
I was able to just go back to normal as if nothing had happened, deal with the princess as usual, and postpone her character events as much as possible.
Of course, I just didn’t want to do that.
“I will save you.”
“………Yes?”
“So, let me say it again.”
I look clearly into Eunha Kim’s eyes.
She sheds tears of blood because of her guilt, and carries her mother’s blood and death.
“Only trust me.”
“……………….”
“I will solve everything, whether it’s life, loss, fear, death, or love.”
Guggggg–
I heard a familiar sound. It was said that the promised 10 minutes had passed.
Although I surrender myself to the crack that pulls me in.
I looked straight at Kim Eun-ha, who seemed dumbfounded until the end.
Without ignoring her or avoiding her.
He declared that he would resolve all of her contradictions.
“Please wait a moment.”
“……………….”
For a moment, there was no answer.
Then, Eunha Kim, whose noble appearance disappeared, wiggled her fingers, caressed her hair, and her body trembled a little.
Within.
I waved her hand slightly with a smile.
“……Yes, I will trust you and wait.”
That was her sendoff.