Chapter 179 A good dream

Finally, only Gawain, Amber, and Viscount Kant were left in the study. Knight Philip was guarding the door, and the room seemed extremely quiet for a while.

Viscount Kant exhaled slowly, feeling that his physical strength was gradually recovering, and he showed a wry smile: "It is simply a nightmare."

"Yes, it is simply. A nightmare." Gawain glanced down at the old viscount, "I don't think you know the reason for your butler's sudden change of temperament, right?"

"Just like I just did. As you said, I really have no clue." Viscount Kant seemed to be lost for a moment, and then shook his head bitterly, "He has been taking care of me for decades and has been serving the Kant family loyally, but just now he He seems to have changed..."

"Have you ever heard of the Eversleeper?" Gawain suddenly interrupted Viscount Kant and asked directly, staring into the latter's eyes.

Amber next to her could not help but quietly reach for the dagger at her waist, and at the same time shrank into Gawain's shadow.

"The Eternal Sleepers?" Viscount Kant frowned, then nodded slowly, "Yes, I have heard that they are fallen believers of the God of Dreams. It is said that they will sneak in when people have nightmares. The victim's consciousness controlled or even replaced the latter's mind. Could it be said that Carter was controlled by the Eternal Sleeper?"

Seeing Viscount Kant's reaction, Gawain showed no emotion at all. Fluctuating, then he shook his head: "Anyway, what you need most now is to rest - have a good sleep and let your strength recover. And I suggest you call a few more servants to accompany you. Your I am getting older and have lost too much strength this time, so I need someone to look after me to be safe."

Viscount Kande lowered his head sincerely: "Thank you for your concern."

Gawain and Amber left the study, and Knight Philip who was waiting at the door immediately came forward: "My lord, how is the situation inside?"

"Viscount Kant has recovered to health - except for being a little weak," Gawain whispered as he walked forward quickly, "The current clues all point to the old butler - at least that's what it seems on the surface."

Knight Philip was stunned for a moment: "On the surface It seems? Sir, do you have any other suspicions?"

"The timing of Butler Carter's change of temperament is just perfect," Gawain frowned, "If he is the Eternal Sleeper cultist, Or a transcendent person who is bewitched by the Eternal Sleeper, then he should prepare all responses before we arrive at the castle. If he is not prepared, then simply do not take any action, because all slave-catching plans are signed by Viscount Kant. In the name of the Viscountess, the 'resurrection' will also lead to suspicion towards Victor Kant. Butler Carter can naturally avoid any suspicion by doing nothing - the suspicion has already been on Viscount Kant. "< /p>

Amber blinked and slowly came back to his senses: "I remember that when we were discussing the suspicion of Viscount Kant, Butler Carter suddenlyHowever, the person who committed the assassination...did he actively transfer the suspicion to himself? So the real purpose of the butler is to protect his master? "

Then she suddenly realized: "No wonder! No wonder the dagger avoided vital points! "

"In this way, we can be more certain that Viscount Kant is the main messenger of all this! "There was a hint of enthusiasm on Philip's face, and the sense of justice began to beat in the young knight's chest, "My lord, the time has come to destroy the cultists' plan! "

Gawain's face was serious. He still felt that he had missed something, but in the end he had to nod: "We really can't delay it any longer." But before alerting Viscount Kant, we must first find the core that maintains the 'illusion space', terminate the ritual magic and isolate Viscount Kant from the magic core. If my judgment is correct, the thing that maintains this magic should be a lantern. ”

“A lantern? Does the Viscountess always carry a lantern in her hand? Amber suddenly thought about it - she was very sensitive to anything that looked valuable, and that lantern looked very valuable, "Is that the one?" Then can I just steal it? "

"The appearance is indeed the same, but the lantern in Lilith Kant's hand is probably just a replica," Gawain shook his head, "The real lantern has a very obvious magical response. It should be placed in Near where Lilith Kant usually stays. "

The three of them had returned to the guest room at this time. Gawain poured himself a glass of water, but he did not drink it. Instead, after thinking briefly, he looked at Amber: "I need you to do something. Things - do your job. "

"No problem, I'm good at this kind of thing," Amber suddenly patted her chest with a proud look on her face, "Tell me, where is the ancestral grave of the Kande family? "

"...I'm not asking you to dig up people's ancestral graves! "Gawain almost couldn't take a breath. He said to himself that he was lucky that he hadn't drank water yet, otherwise he would have choked to death from this shame of all things. "I want you to find the real lantern - if you can, steal it. come out! "

"So we still have to steal the lamp in the end," Amber rolled her eyes, "We have to give a rough range for that, right? This castle is huge! "

"North Tower, Lilith Kant lives in the North Tower all year round. If I guess correctly, it is in the cellar," Gawain said. "Nominally, she lives in the North Tower because of her weak constitution and fear. Staying there for the light disease, but it was more like some kind of house arrest. "

Amber raised her eyebrows: "Cellar? The power of shadow in that kind of place is very strong, it is the place where I exert it! ”

After Amber set off, only Gawain and Knight Philip were left in the room. The latter stood quietly near the door and was on guard, while Gawain was holding a glass of water and thinking carefully in his heart. The source of that sense of dissonance.

Knight Philip broke the silence: "Sir, is it really okay to let Amber steal the core of the ritual? Just based on her fighting ability..."

"If everything goes well, she won't need to fight at all. If she really encounters an enemy and it's hard to win, then she will definitely run back as soon as possible." Gawain shook his head and said, his eyes falling on the water glass in his hand. There, his face was reflected on the slightly rippling water, while his thoughts were floating further away. As his thoughts were wandering, the lantern in Lilith Kant's hand suddenly appeared in his mind.

He vaguely remembered that after he gave the lantern to Selina seven hundred years ago, the latter integrated the power of the lantern with his dream magic, but the specific usage was What's coming?

Selena seems to have mentioned... She wanders into the warrior's nightmare, which is often filled with twisted roads and layers of fog, and the lantern can guide her to the right path. , so that she would not get lost in the dream world, and allow her to see the true appearance of the dream...

The lantern that guides the way... the lantern? !

Gawain suddenly realized where his biggest blind spot was.

While realizing this blind spot in his thinking, a bizarre and unbelievable truth also quickly took shape in his guess. This truth is so contrary to common sense and so unbelievable, but I'm afraid it's just... That's what's really happening in this castle!

Gawain suddenly stood up and put the water glass in his hand on the table. Knight Philip standing at the door was startled: "My lord?"

"We made a mistake!" Gawain quickly walked to the door, "It was a mistake from the beginning!"

Knight Philip was confused by Gawain's confusing words: "A mistake? What was wrong? "?"

Gawain put his hand on the door handle, turned and frowned and stared into the young knight's eyes: "This is not Viscount Kant's dream! Come with me!"

The two left the room, and while walking quickly through the entire corridor, Gawain quickly told the knight beside him his conjectures and findings.

Phillip's eyes opened wider and wider, and in the end he was completely stunned: "How...can such a thing happen?"

Then he reacted: "Then Isn’t Amber really in danger?”

“No, according to my judgment, she will not be in danger at this stage, because the dreamer has not yet woken up,” Gawain said quickly. Said, "It's just that now we have to split up... Philip, I have a task for you."

"Please give me your instructions!"

"Go to the main building of the castle Behind, find an abandoned stable and use your ability to detect evil to search for it..."

Knight Philip followed the order, while Gawain quickly walked through the corridor, walked up the stairs, and came to In front of Victor Kant's study.

The study was still shrouded in a strange dark atmosphere as before. Viscount Victor Conde sat quietly behind the heavy desk, as motionless as a sculpture.

This old manDuke's eyes fell on the pieces of paper in front of him. It wasn't until Gawain walked up to him that he slowly raised his head and said in a calm tone: "You are here, Duke."

"You seem...to know that I'm coming."

"It's just a premonition," Viscount Kant showed a stiff smile, "You can do what you want to do now. "

"I came here just to tell you a story," Gawain himself brought a chair from the corner and sat opposite Viscount Kant. He looked at the other person's old face. Face, tone calm and gentle, "This story begins more than thirty years ago, on a rainy night..." On that night, Kant led the young Viscount, that is, you, on a ride A carriage is speeding through the rainy night, with your wife and son sitting in it.

"Because of a slippery piece of mud or stone, the carriage slipped into a mountain stream, and unfortunately, you were thrown out of the carriage.

"Mr. Victor Kant, You were killed instantly—and your son.

"And your even more unfortunate wife, Mrs. Lilith Kant, obviously cannot bear such a blow and pressure...

"So, she chose to let herself 'die' , and let her husband and son 'survive' - at least in her dreams, this is how things developed.

"That's all, Mr. Viscount."

Victor Kant sat quietly on his chair and suddenly sighed, his voice seemed to come from another place. One World: "It's a nightmare, isn't it?"

"Yes, it's a nightmare."