Faced with the girl’s questioning, it became a little impatient.

“Those living people are mediocre to begin with! Isn’t it normal for some of them to have abnormal brains? The only difference is…”

Having said this, its tone suddenly slowed down.

“Oh… Now that I mention it, I remember that Bella Haytham is indeed different from ordinary people.”

“What’s the difference?”

“He disobeyed the order of the Dream Fairy.” Simon groaned a few times. “It was originally agreed that they would rest here for a while and then the Dream Fairy would lead them to the library, but Bella Haytham took advantage of this time to sneak away and stole the Dream Fairy’s wand.”

“Oh, don’t get me wrong.” It continued, “That magic wand is not a good thing… It is used by the Dream Fairy to tame the Dark Snake. It is a slightly effective tame that allows her to get close to it without being digested.”

“So you should be able to imagine… Bella Haytham, this unlucky bastard was teleported to a completely unfamiliar place in the blink of an eye. It might be darkness, or it might be shrouded in endless gray fog. A huge snake body could be vaguely seen in the endless rolling fog. He just stared at it blankly, looking at this huge monster, and was terribly shocked mentally, until the Dream Fairy rushed over and rescued him…”

“If you insist on me saying there’s something different about him, it’s only this special experience that I can talk about.” It spread its wings, “Then he was taken to the library with the others, and he stole my hat. I never saw him again.”

Hitzfeld frowned slightly.

Assuming Simon wasn’t lying at all, could it be that Haytham’s mental abnormality before he was killed was due to this experience?

Did he see the Dark Serpent? Was he so frightened that he fell into insanity… and then after returning to reality, his confused will… and remaining greed prompted him to have the urge to “record it all”, so he created “Dream City”?

If that’s the case, then his death was most likely due to leaking the secret!

Because obviously, as Simon said – a lot of people have come to West Grant, and they are probably the “reinforcements” of the newspaper war, the emerging novelists who have received the gift of wisdom.

These people were mediocre at first, and they became different because they came here and made deals with the dead spirits – and maybe the library – and thus gained that wisdom and the talent to write stories.

But among all the stories and articles written by these people until they came to Nanxinze, only “Dream City” was “real”.

Only Bella Haytham wrote the real Seagrant, only he wrote Simon, the Star Jellyfish, the Fairy Bar, the Dream Fairies and the Dark Serpent.

Oh, I might write about libraries later.

So, could it be possible that the logic is that… some people, those who are secretly planning this… or maybe other novelists… they don’t want Seagrant’s secret to be revealed like this, so they want to kill people to silence them?

“Aren’t you leaving yet?”

Simon wakes her up.

“You said you wanted to go to the library. If you don’t go now, it will be daybreak and you won’t be able to go.”

“This is really the last and final question.”

Hitzfeld took a deep breath and looked at Xia Yibing.

The woman nodded slightly at her.

“We want to know why we are here in West Grant and why the time we experience disappears by a day.”

You can’t blame them for trying to kill someone with a bird on their head.

But in this kind of environment, it is really rare to have a character like Simon to help solve the problem…

Only a fool would not do such a thing as paying a little face to get more clues.

“Oh, I happen to know that.”

Simon nodded.

“Generally speaking, the living will enter the Dream Ruins during the Eternal Night.”

Dream Ruins refers to the projection of Nan Xinze in the dream world.

“West Grant is above the Ruins of Dreams.”

“It will follow the will of the Black Snake and draw some special people here.”

“Special group of people?”

“Hmm…” Simon nodded again, “But I don’t quite understand… I don’t understand what’s so special about these people.”

“And then – a very small number of these people will spend more time in the process of being transferred from the Dream Ruins to here.”

“What’s the reason?”

“……I have no idea.”

“but!”

Simon changed the subject.

“People like this, as long as they enter the library, will most likely achieve greater success than others.”

“Let’s go to the library.”

“Perhaps all your doubts can be answered there.”

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Thanks to: Shimokitazawa Black Tea Envoy, igiguuhh… for their blades and rewards~

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ps: I’m stuck with writing, so I finished writing the detailed outline in one go before writing the update. Now I don’t have to worry about it until the end of the unit. Blah blah blah ~

Chapter 32: Feeling Lost

Walking on the dark and empty street, Hitzfeld could hear Xia Yibing breathing softly beside him.

There were two envelopes, one in each of their hands.

According to Simon, this is an invitation to enter the library. As long as they hold this thing, all the monsters in this city – except the Dark Snake – will not actively attack them.

It’s true.

When they first came out, the streets were filled with countless star jellyfish. Basically, there was one every three meters, and countless blue threads intertwined into a terrifying giant net that was suffocating just to look at.

But as they moved forward, the jellyfish took the initiative to make way.

This was definitely a fantastic encounter – numerous terrifying monsters whose heads could bring bad luck to people if they touched them were lined up on both sides, and the tentacles hanging from the sky looked like a split blue wheat field. They walked slowly in it, and the road ahead would split exactly with every step they took.

Is this different from magic?

It was just like a king inspecting his territory.

This made Hitzfeld more concerned and curious about the envelope and the “Harry Library” behind it.

She found it a little hard to understand what the library had done to the envelope to make these monsters, who Xia Yibing described as having “an IQ lower than that of a three-year-old child,” so self-aware.

By the way, Simon said “will not actively attack us”.

What I mean is, will it be different if we provoke them?

Thinking of this, Hitzfeld suddenly became a little nervous. She pinched the hem of her skirt with both hands and pulled the fabric to the front to prevent any contact with the “wheat field” while walking.

But in this way, the cloth stretched from the back to the front was tightly stretched on the surface of her body. The seductive shape like a peach… was particularly conspicuous in Xia Yibing’s eyes.

She usually dresses so conservatively, you can’t tell that she has a pretty good figure…

Xia Yibing thought she had a lot of experience and had seen all kinds of people. She could guarantee that her figure was definitely the best among Hitzfeld’s height range.

It’s true that she doesn’t look like someone from a poor family, but after searching all over Kuroki City, I couldn’t find any high-class family that had anything to do with her…

This doubt brought her back to the beginning of her meeting with the gray-haired girl, and she recalled the platform, the carriage, and the tense experience of solving the golem curse together.

But come to think of it, when did I start to like Hitzfeld?

It wasn’t that she was overthinking, nor was it that she was bragging. Rather, given Xia Yibing’s qualifications, there were many people in Wayne’s aristocratic circle who wanted to pursue her, including some of the same sex.

She politely declined the high position and generous salary promised by the young man, and she was not tempted at all by the luxurious life described by the beautiful lady.

In the latter case, she had also met women who were more beautiful and of higher status than herself. But no one had ever given her a similar feeling. She could not be moved at all when she looked at them.

Yes, she has always been like that.

Ever since she pulled the knife out of her deepest nightmare that summer night, she thought her heart was half dead.

The other half lived purely for revenge. Like countless others who had encountered them, like Lilith-Grey, she vowed to devote her entire life to fighting them.

Why would this persistence be shaken in Kuroki City?

What kind of magic does she have that makes me want to get closer to her all the time, attracting me like the sweetest nectar?

“…” Her gaze was too scorching, and Hitzfeld slowed down his pace uncomfortably.

Although her physical and mental conditions are worse than those of ordinary people, her perception is very sharp.

Being glanced at so wantonly from behind felt like being gently caressed by an invisible hand. My entire body was sending a tingling sensation to my brain.

Especially when he remembered that he had fallen asleep and the other person had grabbed his feet and put on his shoes… When Hitzfeld stepped on the ground and used it to support his body, he could feel his legs shaking.

“Xia.” She summoned up the courage to call out.

“Hitzfeld,” came the quick response.

“You… I’ve always been very confused about your attitude towards me… You should know what I want to say.” She hesitated and said, “I have always thought that we were friends and partners. I never thought it would develop into this. I… don’t quite understand.”

She may not be good at finding topics to talk about. She was obviously using it to avoid embarrassment, but she realized after she said it that it might make herself more embarrassed.

“I also want to understand why.” Xia Yibing stared at her straight, her eyes were so deep and full of passion, that Hitzfeld immediately looked away after their first eye contact, his cheeks slightly flushed.

“Superhumans are cursed by nightmares.” All they could hear was Xia Yibing continuing to talk, “This curse will not only corrupt us, but also affect every aspect of our lives at all times.”

“Through Ethan’s description and the few times I avoided you, you should be able to guess how stubborn a normal extraordinary person is.”

“That’s why I find this emotion so incredible… maybe this is really the will of the goddess.”

“It was she who sent you to me, and it was she who used her divine power to awaken me, making me realize that you are the most beautiful treasure that I should discover…”

What nonsense is she talking about!

Hitzfeld’s eyes widened and even his ears began to turn red.

If this continues, steam will come out of her forehead.

I’ve never heard her say such weird things before… where did she learn that?

Those novels?

But…wait, she said goddess?

Subconsciously, a crystal clear ink bottle appeared in front of Hitzfeld’s eyes.

He recalled how he used the “divine blood ink” to write and draw on the notebook, and finally used it to defeat the evil god and reconnect Xia Yibing’s broken arm.

There was one part of this that she had remembered before, but she didn’t take it seriously: she had used “divine blood ink” to draw a picture of Xia Yibing sitting in a car on a notebook.

And I don’t know what she was thinking at the time… The woman in the painting was blowing a kiss at her, and her expression was very ambiguous.

Judging from the result of the final battle, Ink has the power to make everything written down come true.

and many more.

No way……?

Could this be the reason…?

Emotionally, Hitzfeld wanted to deny this speculation like crazy, but her mind told her that this was most likely the truth.

Didn’t you see how difficult it was for Xia to change his attitude towards her later?

From “best friend” to “sister-like friend”.

From “sister-like friend” to now “trying to develop into lovers”.

Every change in mentality means breaking down and reorganizing the emotional logic, which is both dangerous and difficult for the spiritualist!

So, think about it –

Even this level of relationship progress has to go through such twists and turns.

The initial “ice-breaking”.

The first touch that broke through Xia Yibing’s psychological defenses, the first glance that made her look at him differently…how could it be so easy?

If we let this develop naturally, the relationship between the two will definitely be limited to “friends”!

Hitzfeld has basically determined that the reason why the woman has feelings for him… is because she was seduced by the power of the divine blood.

The shyness and timidity quickly faded away, and the watery blue eyes became firm again.

Even the steps are more powerful.

“…Hitzfeld?”