Just looking at the stone-like pages, Annan was sure that this should be an original text.

Just by glancing at its cover, Annan felt a heavy sense of weight coming from his brain. It's like sore muscles after a workout......

Of course, Annan has also felt this feeling.

Some time after he read the original texts, he would have felt similarly.

It's like even a little nauseous when you see the food again after you've eaten it. This is actually a warning from the brain to the body, signaling that "you can't eat anymore...... Otherwise, you will be like a goldfish and be killed by food.

This can also be understood as the "cooldown" of the original canon.

Before Frederick, he should have read the book "The Law of Similarity and Prophetic Dreams", and then passed out and entered a nightmare?

Could it be that the previous one was his prophetic dream?

Annan pondered.

At this moment, Annan's eyes crossed over with a new introduction plot:

[Frederick fell into a nightmare after reading the original text "The Law of Similarity and the Prophetic Dream"]

[——Uninhabited streets]

[-Broken Friendship]

[-Conspiracy of the gods]

[——Deceased Lovers]

[Was it the past that foresaw the future? 】

[Or is it the memory of the past before death in the future?] 】

[Frederick knows only one thing......]

[According to the development in the "prophecy", Ingrid is about to face misfortune]

And he will do everything in his power to prevent the unfortunate future from coming]

After watching the introduction plot in front of him, Annan finally launched a blockbuster data stream in front of him:

【Main Quest: Change Your Destiny】

[Stop Ingrid from acting alone]

Below a main quest, there is a side quest that serves as a hint.

Annan finally remembered.

Why did he feel an inexplicable sense of disobedience before......

Not because of the empty streets.

It's not because there's something foreign around it, either.

Or is he aware that he is in a dream......

Simply because he has come into contact with the most crucial character "Justes...... But what about his main quest?

Why didn't it brush out?

Annan has indeed seen this situation before, and that is in "Nightmare: The Gallery". The part of the outside world is just the position of the pass.

Now it seems that maybe it was just Frederick's prophetic dream—probably.

But if it was just his prophetic dream, it doesn't seem to explain why the hints for entry were both Frederick and Justes......

"Ahem."

At this moment, Annan heard a light cough.

He noticed that Justes and Ingrid's expressions suddenly became serious and nervous. Then he immediately stood up and looked in the direction from which the voice had come.

Greeted by an old man with light steps.

His long, gray hair was scattered to his shoulders, and he wore a purple garment similar to the toga of the ancient Romans, and his gray pupils were as calm as water. He wore gray cloth shoes, a dark gray lace drape from his left shoulder to his right waist, a smile on his face, and a faint smell of wine on his body.

"—Professor."

The three of them answered in unison.

And when the old man saw the three of them, he couldn't help but smile.

The moment he laughed, Annan smelled a hint of intoxicating alcohol. It wasn't a stench of wine, it was pouring out of the mouth, but it was so intoxicating...... So much so that as long as he smelled the slightest bit, Annan's mind was a little chaotic and his cheeks were a little hot.

I said, how do you feel that the spinning thread is touched. It's a distinguished guest......"

Like a drunken old man, he smiled genuinely at the three of them, leaning forward slightly with the middle and ring fingers of his right hand against his chest like an exaggerated theatrician.

Seeing this, Justes and Ingrid were a little overwhelmed.

But Annan's heart suddenly tightened.

For he saw the golden ring that was full of the old man's ten fingers.

He realized the true identity of the drunken old man in front of him.

- Professor Ash, Seti.

In this era, it should be the second idol wizard in the world.

He seemed to see Annan's true identity as well...... That's why they call him "distinguished guest" and salute him like a clown.

"It's wonderful."

Old Seti circled around them, sniffing their scents, and narrowed his eyes as if he were savoring food: "It's the scent of worms escaping from the cobwebs."

"A fugitive? Savior? Defector? Or a 'saint' who is paralyzed by himself? ”

The old man meant something.

Annan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Justes they could not fully understand and could only understand a small part.

Ingrid explained in a bit of a panic: "Professor! Frederick is really into the nightmare...... It's true! It's just that he's awakened again—"

When she said this, she gently pulled the little finger of Annan's right hand, and whispered like a begging: "You can also talk about it......

"That's right, Professor!"

Justes' voice was loud and immediately overshadowed Ingrid.

He exclaimed, "Frey really fell asleep!" It's dangerous! ”

Hearing this, Professor Gray only smiled slightly.

He looked at Annan with a smile: "It's a dream...... Or did you wake up from a dream? ”

"I had a nightmare and woke up from a nightmare."

Ingrid, who was on the side, hurriedly waved her hand and explained.

Annan was silent for a while.

He tentatively asked, "What do you think?" ”

"I don't feel it, I want you to feel."

Professor Ash said slowly.

He looked into Annan's pupils: "You want to block hatred, block misfortune. But that's wrong.

"You think that because you have the heart of a dragon. The heart of the dragon is stronger, stronger than the heart of a jackal, stronger than the heart of a man, and stronger than the heart of a lion. But humans don't have that strong heart...... Only hatred can give people lasting strength.

"We are mortals, not born dragons."

Annan was silent.

He slowly raised his head and looked at Professor Gray.

He became more and more sure ...... gray pupils of "Professor Gray" had passed through Frederick's body and seen his inner nature.

But the two of them obviously didn't understand.

Instead, Justes looked at Professor Gray with sparkling eyes - the surface of Professor Gray's views did sound "cool" to young people. But he apparently didn't understand what Professor Ash was implying exactly.

This is a cross-border dialogue that transcends the separation between dream and reality, and spans decades.

"What do you think?"

After a moment of silence, Annan asked.

Due to the constraint that "the person in the dream cannot show that he has found out that it is a nightmare", Professor Gray could not speak directly to Annan. can only use the method of "not speaking human words" in circles to convey an ambiguous will to Annan.

In other words, it is up to Annan himself to understand.

…… The last person who saw through himself as a dream man seems to be the person in the mirror today.

In this way, Professor Gray and Michelangelo do not seem to be much different......

The corners of Professor Gray's mouth rose slightly.

His gray pupils were full of smiles, but there was not the slightest figure in them.

He said to himself, "Let me go into the grave in peace—all you have to do is pray."

"The unfortunate will devote themselves to the furnace of misfortune. My hands will be burned, and they will be strengthened; My feet will be burned, and I will be strengthened. My pupils will be burned like glass, so that I will be able to gaze upon the heavenly cranes. ”

“…… This seems to be a poem of Winter? ”

In the silence, Ingrid guessed.

Seti looked at her with a smile.

"And what about the back? Do you remember, Ingrid? ”

"—I gaze at the sun, seeking the light sealed in my pupils."

Instead, Annan opened his mouth and said in a cold voice: "But when I look at the sun, all I shed is tears...... I know that my body is just a mortal thing.

"In the crucible of the Realm of Light, my body was burned to the ground, my teeth rotted, and my flesh dissolved—

"I weep bitterly over this—I am mortal!"

In "Nightmare: Wolf's Kiss", he hears fragments of the poem.

Later, with the help of Paper Hime, he found the full text of this long poem.

It tells the story of a madman who fanatically pursues the "heavenly chariot", deliberately torments himself with the pain of the mortal world, wants to make himself otherworldly, and ascends to the world of light with the heavenly chariot.

This knowledge has weight. Therefore, many believe that this is an allusion to transcendent beings who have no talent but pursue the path to godhood.

- Because the sublimation ceremony itself is often compared to a "heavenly train". The process of the ascension of the gods is likened to "being sent into the realm of light by the heavenly chariot".

What Professor Ash is reciting is the beginning of the poem.

Madman says goodbye to his parents...... Confident and ready to embark on a journey in pursuit of pain.

And what Annan responded to was close to two-thirds of the content. It is about a madman who has gone through many hardships and realizes that he is still a mortal who cannot ride the heavenly train, so all thoughts are lost.

This is often believed by ritual masters, and it implies that even if you have a strong desire, if you do not step into the Golden Rank, you will not be able to ascend and will destroy yourself.

Annan would remember the content of the poem because of its name.

The name of the book is ......

- "In Praise of the Name of the Sky Crane".

These two chapters are more critical, so I will update them cautiously...... Today, I will change my schedule first, and by the way, I will adjust my schedule.

Tomorrow's double watch, ask for votes~

(End of chapter)