This may be a cyclical nightmare that will creep the average person.

But for Annan, it aroused his interest instead-

When I first came out of the "prison" before, the "huh" I heard was the one I heard now.

But how did this nightmare know that he would just come here at this time?

Could this really be a dream of a time loop?

If it is said that this is a nightmare caused by the influence of the person in the mirror...... But it's just a pale princess's nightmare, isn't it?

The Pale Princess, who has no abilities related to time and mirror image at all......

Or is it ...... The direction of this nightmare "distortion" is time and mirroring?

Because I have been in contact with the future Benjamin...... Or is it because he has a mirror that was personally given by the person in the mirror?

Many possibilities emerged in Annan's mind at the same time.

But it also made him no longer afraid.

If this candle is lit by your future self-

Annan hurried to the end of the hallway.

His footsteps paused slightly.

In front of him was still the same long corridor as before, requiring more than ten seconds of running with all his strength to reach the end.

In the middle of the hallway, this time, was a table with a letter and a pile of white candles of coarse, uniform height. The only candle that was lit appeared to have just been lit, and only a quarter of it had been burned.

Seeing this, Annan was slightly disappointed.

In Annan's view, if this is indeed an infinite loop of nesting dolls, his future self will definitely hold a candle here, wait for him to come over and then form a team to brush it.

After all, only Annan himself knows himself best......

…… Well?

Annan frowned slightly.

Wrong.

He chose to run this way and look for the "third Evelyn", just because he was afraid that he would not be able to convince "the first Evelyn" and "I am you" without communication.

He could well have been a monster in the form of Evelyn - even before the first Evelyn, or the first Annan, saw Evelyn in the lake...... Seeing herself leaning over with scars all over her face and water all over her body and not speaking, she might really be killed as a monster.

Annan has such confidence in himself.

That's why he chose to find a third self.

If the third self exists, he should know that the second self is already able to believe that "this is a matryoshka doll".

So the second self is different from the first self, he is trustworthy.

So, why didn't he show up here?

Is it because it's unnecessary, or is it ...... No?

Annan frowned, walked over to the table, and opened the envelope.

On the envelope were just a few sentences, and with this fluent floral script alone, Annan could be sure that it was not written by himself:

"In pursuit of unwanted love,

"Imprisoned in the shell of life,

"The wandering dancer who follows beauty and freedom -

"The Pale knows where you come from,

"Through this door,

"Sacrifice the remnants of the soul to the pale."

The words in the envelope were over.

…… That is, "the successful completion of the sacrificial rite"?

Annan was in a trance.

The amount of information in this letter is too much.

Wandering Dancers, Remnant Souls......

Could it be that Evelyn is actually dead?

So Evelyn in reality...... What is the situation?

Annan also suddenly realized another very important thing:

This is...... Whose nightmare?

This quest is on Hard difficulty.

In other words, his master should be a silver-level transcendent......

Obviously, Evelyn wasn't.

At least not Evelyn now...... She hadn't even reached the path of apprenticeship, and in terms of attributes, she wasn't even level 1.

But Annan's pause here is not without value.

He clearly saw that the candle had moved down about an eighths of its height.

- This candle burns so fast, it's so unnatural.

This was Annan's first thought.

His second thought also emerged:

He paused for only half a minute, and the candle burned out an eighth.

- Understood, it should take four minutes for this candle to burn out.

In other words, the other "Annan of a certain week" has just left here for only a minute and a half!

…… But why should he hide from himself?

Without thinking, Annan removed the candle from the candlestick and fixed it on the table.

He held a sharp candelabra as a weapon and rushed to the end of the hallway—

Then, he opened the door.

But the moment he opened the door, Annan was stunned.

At the end of this basement, in the room at the end of the winding unnatural road......

But there were a dense array of seventy or eighty white candles of the same height—each burning at a different height.

In the center of the room, surrounded by candles, it is illuminated as if in the middle of the day.

— but it's a guillotine.

It is also a guillotine with a gorgeous shape built on an altar that rises layer by layer like a cake.

It has a pure white wooden exterior with white runes carved into it and inlaid with various colored gemstones. The inclined guillotine, which is dragged to the top by the rope, is crystal-colored...... On both sides of the guillotine, there is also a white light gauze like a wedding dress.

In front of the guillotine, a white lace basket sits along. It looks like a flower-packed ...... But Annan knew that this should be used to put his head on the head.

From afar, you might think it's a giraffe bride in a wedding dress.

Annan carefully searched around the room, but could not find any exit. And there was no blood on the guillotine, and no head in the basket.

- But this is clearly a dead end.

There was also nothing in the room to investigate.

Just as Annan stood in front of the guillotine, pondering whether to try to turn around......

Behind him, there was a strange and familiar whisper:

"- Annan, don't move, don't look back!"

That's Evelyn's voice!

Or rather, that's your own voice!

Annan knows it very well - but where the did you come from?

But because the other party had already spoken, Annan could only stand in silence.

What's going on?

Could it be that the task of the future self is to kill the current self?

And the "self" behind him is still making demands:

"Get on your stomach and hurry up...... Phew, you don't have to pout your ass. Well, in order for you to be able to trust me, I'll mention a keyword, players and planning. Is that okay? Hurry up and get on your stomach, don't waste time......"

Waste of time?

Annan pondered, first obeyed the voice of the man behind him, and lay down on the guillotine. He looked at the white flower basket in front of him fixedly.

…… You're not going to let me cut the rope myself, are you?

At that moment, Annan heard the clear sound of the rope being cut.

Then there was the sound of the guillotine suddenly falling—

"Oops......"

Annan heard Benjamin's cries of pain that he tried to suppress.

The next moment, Annan suddenly opened his eyes.

He noticed that both he and Benjamin had collapsed under the stairs - the lamp had fallen to the side. And he was already soaked before, and now his clothes are covered with dust...... The dust had all turned into mud, and there was a feeling of great discomfort.

Thinking so, Annan reached out and helped Benjamin up.

He subconsciously didn't touch Benjamin with his mud-stained hands.

But Benjamin grabbed Evelyn's hand and staggered up from the ground.

"Oops...... This ......"

He whispered a few words of pain, and then persuaded him gently: "It's okay, it's okay, nothing is broken......

…… What do you mean, I slipped my foot and dragged you off?

Annan quickly recognized the meaning of the young Benjamin.

Otherwise, he would definitely complain about how the ground was so slippery - he didn't dare to complain more, but comforted Evelyn in the first place, probably because the pot belonged to Evelyn.

Was it when I was just confused that my body lost control?

Annan subconsciously opened the task panel.

Sure enough, the mission changed again:

【Main Quest: Back to the Dream】

[Trusted by Benjamin]

【Successful completion of the sacrificial ceremony】

[Don't go home]

Annan subconsciously grinned, not because of the pain in his body, but because of the pain in the egg - although he may not have this function for the time being.

…… Is it really a nesting doll?

How will this nightmare end?

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