Mystery: Start with the Reader

Abner looked at the mirror that kept rubbing against his feet, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, feeling deeply that the terrifying scene he saw when he first entered this dream might be an illusion.

"What on earth is going on? Isn't this mirror something that appears in the nightmare of Miss Nathalie of the Duke's family? Why is it like a little animal that is afraid of being abandoned by me... and still acting cute?

“Is ‘Nightmare’s’ desire to survive so strong these days?”

Inwardly complaining, Abner ignored the mirror's "coquettishness" and "mercilessly" simulated "divine light" to "purify" it.

Who would have thought that when the magnificent and pure blazing light pillar shrouded the mirror, it would actually show a simple expression symbolizing "comfort" on the mirror, but it quickly reacted, eliminated that expression, and fell to the ground on its own. Becoming torn apart...

What's happening here? Comfortable enough to commit suicide? Is this guy still acting? But with its "death", this nightmare seems to be over...

Abner was a little confused by the performance of the mirror, and was not in the mood to "perform" in front of Nathalie anymore. When the dream was broken, he sent her back to reality.

At the same time, Dunn looked at the empty dream of Sirtana, a member of the "Witcher" team, and was a little confused. As a nightmare, it was the first time for him to enter someone else's dream without finding the real owner...

…

In the castle illuminated at dusk, Sirtana, who was wearing a long sword on her waist and holding a wine bottle in her hand, followed a "real" giant who was half a body taller than her captain and senior deacon across the hall and across the corridor. , finally walked into a living room, and then she saw a man wearing a silk top hat and a black dress, with a medium build, bronze complexion, and weathered eyes.

Her eyes couldn't help but widen, because Sirtana recognized the man in front of her. He always appeared in her drunken dreams to help her dispel a nightmare in her girlhood...

She always joked that the other person was the one she liked, so that's why as Emperor Russell famously said: What you think about during the day will be what you dream about at night.

But now it seems that is obviously not the case... Could it be that this man has been living in this dream ruin? Was it really him that I dreamed about in the past...?

Just when Sirtana was thinking wildly, the giant bowed respectfully to the man and then exited the living room. Suddenly, they were the only two people left in the room.

"Then... um, what's your name?" Sirtana asked first.

The man did not answer immediately. He looked at Sirtana carefully, with a dazed look on his face. After a long while, he said in a low voice: "You can call me Mr. Azik."

Azik...Sirtana chewed on this word, but did not think of any existence who had used this name, so after thinking about it, she asked carefully again: "Mr. Azik, you came to me, is it? What's matter?"

"A friend told me that there is a lady who looks a bit similar to me, so I made a temporary decision and wanted to meet you..." Mr. Azik laughed and continued, "I know you My name is Sirtana, but I don’t know what your last name is yet.”

Looks like you? Could it be that you have lost your daughter, so you are looking for her? But I am definitely the biological daughter of my parents, and my parents are also the biological daughters of my grandparents... You may have found the wrong person...

However, maybe this Mr. Azik and I have some occult connection somewhere else? Otherwise I wouldn’t always dream about him.

After Siltana cursed a few times, she still replied: "My last name is Sterling..." At this point, she tactfully reminded, "Although my parents have passed away, I clearly understand Remember who they are."

Sterling... I remember I had this last name at a certain time in my life... And, if what I recall is correct, Silica... her last name should be Sterling too!

As for the meaning behind Sirtana's words, Mr. Azik naturally understood, so he smiled and asked again: "Did your family move from Constant in Loen to Port Indo? "

"How do you know?" Sirtana looked surprised, and her mind began to spin rapidly, thinking: Could this gentleman be a relative of her family in Loen?

"Why do you want to move away from Loen?"

Mr. Azik's question interrupted Sirtana's thoughts. She recalled for a moment and said uncertainly:

"My family moved to Indo more than 400 years ago... It seems that they wanted to avoid enemies, so they moved to Indo and bought many properties..."

As she spoke, she sighed again and continued as if she was lost in memories: "It's a pity that even so, the family failed to develop. When it was passed down to my father, there was no more property left in the family, so he had to go to sea to fight. Fish, as a result, witnessed a skeleton in this ruins twelve years ago, and finally died madly...

"My mother also suffered from mental illness and died soon after. Only when I was only twelve or thirteen years old, I was taken away and protected by the captain who was investigating my father's madness. Later, I became an extraordinary person and joined the 'Demon Hunter' team. …

"Haha, I always thought that when I was my father, I saw the battle between Lord Panin and a high-sequence strongman of the 'Corpse Collector' path... But I just learned this morning that Panin had never fought against that strongman. ...Father really stumbled into this dream ruin."

At this point, Sirtana, who realized that she seemed to have talked too much, suddenly woke up, then looked at Mr. Azik warily, and asked in surprise: "Did you just... induce my spirit? ?”

"I see..." Mr. Azik nodded first, then shook his head and said, "I have never induced you...but your spirit is indeed entangled with my power, and it makes you somewhat close to me. I would say so many things unconsciously.”

"Your power?" Sirtana did not doubt the other party's words. Firstly, with the ability shown by the other party, there was no need to lie to herself; secondly, in the past drunken dreams, there was indeed a man in the image of the other party protecting her... Maybe it's because of the opponent's strength that this situation occurs.

"Yes... your father and mother probably died of the 'spiritual plague' left by the spiritual dragon. After all, it just died 12 years ago and its characteristics have not been taken away.

"And I killed that giant dragon, and it was originally stained with my power.

"I guess it's also because of this reason that your father didn't change on the spot after seeing the dragon skeleton...

"It's a pity that he was too close to the mythical creature...even if the dragon only had a skeleton left!

"And you are lucky...the 'pollution' your father brought to you is not only weak, but it also contains my power."

Mr. Azik glanced at Sirtana with pity and analyzed.

"So that's it... But why did my mother..." Sirtana stopped here because she had already guessed the reason from the other party's series of questions.

"Because she is not my blood descendant...my power cannot protect her..." Mr. Azik said what she had not said.

Sirtana was silent for a while and then said: "Mr. Azik, do you have any wine?"

"This is still a dream, and there is no shortage of such things in dreams." Mr. Azik nodded, and with just a wave of his hand, a barrel of Sunia blood wine was created.

"This thing is not cheap... I have never dreamed of it before!" Sirtana's eyes lit up, she quickly poured a cup from the bucket and drank it by herself.

Since this wine is brewed with golden spring water from Sonia, it is very expensive and cannot be afforded by Sirtana's salary...

To be honest, this was the first time she tasted the taste of Sunia's blood wine.

Too bad I'm not in the right mood.

"Are you drunk in your dreams?" When she was drunk, she suddenly heard Mr. Azik's question again: "Who is the enemy your family wants to avoid?"

"I don't know... but I secretly read some of the notes of my ancestors collected by my grandfather... The records say that you can't plot against your enemies, and it's even better not to think about them... otherwise they may know the location of my home..."

As she spoke, Sirtana completely lost consciousness, and her last look before she fell asleep was when she saw a little bird with silver wings jumping on her head.

Mr. Azik pondered for a long time, then touched Silica's little head and seemed to ask:

“Is it the ‘audience’ or the ‘demon’?

"Silica, do you think the enemies of the Sirtana family may have something to do with your death?"

Silica tilted her head when she heard this, but her eyes were full of confusion...

Mr. Azik did not intend to get an answer from him. He glanced at the collective dream in the courtyard along the window of the castle, and said to himself: "It seems that Abner's friend has succeeded... Well, It’s time to clear the place and completely close the loopholes in the dream!”

…

Induo Port, in a villa in the dock area.

Abner, Dunn, Jane, and Crossfia all unknowingly escaped from the dream ruins and suddenly returned to the place where they were before setting off.

Crossfia glanced at Abner and Dunn and praised: "You did a good job, I will give you another reward later!"

Then, without waiting for the two Dunns to refuse, she added, "But I have some things to deal with now. I will talk about the details tomorrow morning...

"Abner and Jane, you can stay here today... Dunn, please help make arrangements."

After saying that, Crossfia hurried back to her room.

Miss "Lazy" seems really anxious... Could it be that something went wrong with the ceremony?

Abner just wanted to open his Pure White Eyes to take a look, but he felt that this might lead to bad development, so he gave up.

Afterwards, under Dunn's guidance, he went to the room assigned to him. Just as he was about to take a rest, he suddenly heard a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, Miss Plant appeared in front of him holding a mirror that looked familiar to Abner.

"Sir... I have something to do with this mirror..."