"From this perspective, it's normal for this guy to suddenly come to Nanxinze." Xia Yibing looked at the man on the bed, "...They already knew the dangers here, those bastards!!!"
Haytham wrote words such as Dream Fairy and Dark Serpent in Dream City, which was published much earlier than they arrived in Nanxinze. The library's intelligence network should have known about this long ago. The Tree People knew very well that the changes here might involve the disaster in West Grant or even Casimir's life experience. In addition, Casimir happened to be their own agent, whose level and ability met the standards, so they sent him here.
What made Xia Yibing angry was that the tree people did not provide them with this information at the beginning!
This is a hidden danger that is as serious as the one in Kuroki City back then, which is enough to destroy the whole city. Why are you hiding it and not reporting it? Do you want them to die here?
"Given the previous experience of West Grant, perhaps the tree rings are afraid that the information they have will mislead us."
Hitzfeld said calmly.
"But--"
"I'm not trying to defend her, but, Xia, if we knew about Casimir's existence before coming to Nanxinze, and knew in detail that he might have an evil mother, and he himself has sealed the memory of this mother."
Hitzfeld stared straight into the woman's eyes. "Will we still choose to trust him like before and start a series of cooperation with him?"
"Definitely not." Xia Yibing reacted immediately, "The Tree People... The library really trusts this guy."
Hitzfeld's meaning was clear. The library concealed the news for two reasons. The first was that they had a premonition of the thorniness of the situation and were afraid that their previous investigation in West Grant would mislead them, so they kept the news secret for a few days. The second was purely for Casimir's integration into the team, which was enough to show that in the eyes of the library, Casimir was "a person who could be trusted no matter what."
Of course, this can be seen from the fact that he has obtained level eight authority.
It turned out that this choice was probably correct, and Casimir did play a significant role in the progress of the case.
But Xia Yibing still felt unhappy. This unhappiness, combined with her past unhappiness from the conflict with the tree rings, made her dislike those tree people even more.
Hitzfeld was fine, she was just surprised at how much trust the library had in Casimir.
and……
She thought of what Lu Xier said before he left.
Casimir's memory has been operated on. It is very likely that he has concealed some memories that would cause him extreme sadness and pain.
I didn’t understand it at the time, but looking back now, it was most likely a memory of his mother.
His mother, Izabella, was from Harry's library.
Plus the woman in the blue dress that Casimir had learned from Karl before...
(Hmm... I'm not sure yet, but I feel like it's the one I saw in the history of Laceres...)
So the organization behind the library is still the Eclipse Church.
Anyway, it must be an illegal organization. Let's assume that his mother worked for the Church of the Eclipse. They must have had some conflict in the past, which led to Casimir betraying the organization and becoming a high-level agent in the library.
The conflict was enough to turn mother and son against each other...it was indeed a very deep and painful memory.
No wonder Casimir wanted to seal this memory away.
Thinking of this, Hitzfeld couldn't help but look at the sleeping man a few more times.
This guy who is even more despicable than Darent, if I remember correctly, he just said -
"I have always felt that those who cannot face their inner nightmares are not suitable for this path. I am not mocking them as cowards, but - you understand, right? Some people are indeed not strong enough."
"Humanity is too weak. So far, we have not even been able to recover the lands swallowed by the gray fog. We can only rely on the legacy of our ancestors for passive defense. This is because we, as extraordinary beings, are too weak to confront the evil spirits head-on."
“I want to change all that.”
“But the reality is…it’s hard.”
Casimir, when you said this, did you know that your memory was sealed?
If you don't know, it would be a huge irony.
But if you knew...
His mood at that time...
"It's really difficult." Hitzfeld exhaled, "But there are some things that you have to do no matter how difficult they are."
"?" Xia Yibing was stunned and tilted her head to look at her suspiciously.
The girl is still the same girl, her appearance has not changed, yet she seems to have changed.
...How can she always gain insights from a bunch of inexplicable information?
"What do you want to do again, Hitzfeld?"
"Let's postpone the move until tomorrow." Hitzfeld folded his hands together and rubbed them while staring at Casimir.
"It's a rare Friday today, I want to try to actively communicate with them."
How did that sentence go?
Having cheats is not necessarily a sin.
But if you can’t win even with cheats, then you are a real loser.
……
Meanwhile, in Wayne Harbor, the Royal Library building was listening to the sky crying.
"heavy rain."
On the eighth floor, a figure in a black suit stood in front of the window, shaking his head and sighing.
"Rain in Wayne and sunshine in Nansinze."
"It would be perfect if we swapped."
"You wish, Asfen."
With a clang, the door opened and a masked woman with extraordinary temperament and wearing a high-slit long skirt walked in.
"Your Majesty."
Upon seeing this person, the figure called Asfen immediately bowed.
When he raised his head, the light from outside the door just happened to shine on his face, revealing a layer of waxy sheen on his skin and the deep layers of wood grain underneath.
This is actually a wooden doll.
A wooden doll that looks just like Kurumi.
"Your Majesty."
The masked woman walked straight to a row of bookshelves, searching among them with her eyes. The puppet Asfen appeared respectfully beside her, holding a book "Emotional Analysis" in his hand.
"Thank you." The woman glanced at him, took the book, leaned against the bookshelf and began to read it.
"I don't know why Mian came here to look for this book..."
"I have been trying to establish contact with the one in the White Shadow Palace recently, but the result... I can only sigh once again that the human mind is too inexplicable."
The woman responded nonchalantly.
“I have no idea what they are up to.”
"Maybe they are just scared." Asfen reminded her, "We haven't had direct contact like this for a long time. It's normal to be shocked when it happens suddenly."
"Really? But I don't think that's the reason..."
The woman snorted.
"The reincarnation of the Dead Forest is about to restart. This is a top priority! In order to prevent them from suddenly disappearing after this disaster, they should do their best to cooperate with our work! But in reality? They are still focusing on the Far North Gate and the Northwest Wasteland."
"Could it be related to Nan Xinze's prelude?"
“You said prelude…” The woman stopped flipping through the book and stared into space, as if thinking about something.
"The Eclipse Church now holds the seeds of wisdom. Judging from their actions in Nanxinze, this is indeed possible."
"But they are trying to investigate the situation in the Dead Forest... they are just overthinking it! No matter how corrupt those humans are, they would not dare to sell out this information. Unless they have found a way to coexist with the evil spirits in the gray fog, otherwise this choice is tantamount to suicide!"
"Your Majesty." Asfen called humbly.
"What?" The woman looked up at him impatiently.
"I heard from Aoerdai and other adults about the situation in Nanxinze. They don't seem to be optimistic about that city..."
"Ah, that's right."
The woman waved.
"For the sake of the overall situation, Nan Xinze's chance of survival is very low."
"But we can't just give up like this! If we give up every time we face the advance of evil, how can we survive? This is not just a matter for humanity alone!"
"Is that why you let them take Miss Hitzfeld away?"
“That’s the consideration.”
The woman narrowed her eyes.
"Didn't they speculate that she had a special talent for solving cases? The power of the Devourer has always been the most mysterious, not to mention that she came from a family of secret keepers."
"It seems you have high hopes for Miss Hitzfeld."
"I'm not the only one who has high hopes for her. There are also those..."
The woman's voice lowered.
If you listen carefully, you can vaguely sense the suppressed anger.
"Asfen."
She suddenly turned to look at the puppet.
"Your Majesty."
"I suspect someone is coveting and trying to take away her abilities."
"You go protect her."
"Going right now."
Chapter 71: Overlapping Dreams
As time passed, the sky gradually darkened.
Lu Xi'er's sweet dream was interrupted again. She was rudely dragged out of the bed by Xia Yibing and asked to prepare for the evening's activities.
Hitzfeld intends to actively enter Casimir's nightmare.
The girl only told this to herself.
When Xia Yibing first heard about it, she was surprised and uneasy. On the one hand, unless she knew the ins and outs of it, rashly exploring a person's nightmare might have very bad consequences.
This terrible consequence is not necessarily bad for the dreamer. In the most extreme case, it will cause the nightmare to get out of control, making the owner of the dream no longer able to control it. For the extraordinary person, it will directly lead to corruption.
On the other hand, Xia Yibing remembered the weird warning from the library.
Tell her to watch out for "Esun Hitzfeld" and to "be careful what she does next."
She wondered if this was also Hitzfeld's intention.
But Hitzfeld does seem confident.
"If...I mean if."
The girl's somewhat awkward words not long ago appeared in front of his eyes.
"If we can still live in peace after the trip to Nanxinze, then I might be more accepting of Xia... I will choose to tell Xia a secret."
When Xia Yibing heard the first half of the sentence, her heart skipped a beat, because she thought Hitzfeld had decided to accept her feelings.
But after hearing the whole sentence, she realized that it was not the case... But it was a good thing after all. She guessed that the secret might be related to the girl's hidden ability.
Considering that there are professionals like me who are good at dream exploration, and professionals like Lu Xier who are good at real medical treatment, this intention is not very dangerous.
The only thing to worry about was that if Hitzfeld came into her dream again tonight, would she and herself be dragged to the library again.
This is very possible.
These days, Hitzfeld didn't need to sleep, but Xia Yibing slept for six hours a day and was never dragged to the Dead City again.
She suspected that she and Hitzfeld might be bound together, and that the Dead City was only willing to take both of them at the same time - so the chances of that happening tonight were certainly high.
If he was really taken away, his plan to spy on Casimir's nightmare would undoubtedly fail.
Because Casimir will not be taken away by the City of the Dead. Even if he has a nightmare, he will only float to the Dream World and the Dream Ruins. He will not enter the City of the Dead, West Grant, which is still above the Dream Ruins.
"Catheter...water bag...needle..."
