In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

Therefore, the void is currently operating normally.

This void system harvests dreams not simply because it needs the energy to keep running.

While most of the explanations given by the sages of the Church of Christ regarding the fact that the Sumerian beings do not dream are nonsense, there is still a grain of truth to them.

Dreams are indeed irrational and uncontrollable.

Therefore, as forbidden knowledge increasingly pollutes the World Tree, harvesting uncontrollable dreams can prevent some of the possibilities that would amplify the pollution.

It is a behavior that addresses the problem at its root.

No wonder.

No wonder the experimental report that interpreted dreams as wisdom was kept in such a tattered state, like trash, among the pile of old books from the ecclesiastical academy that Ashel sold to himself.

Such an unorthodox paper would not have been taken seriously in the Academy of Educational Sciences; it would have been considered merciful by the great sages not to expel the student.

Seeing Rhodes, who seemed to be deep in thought, Desia asked with a puzzled look, "Why are you suddenly asking this? Did you have a nightmare last night?"

Rhodes is not a Sumeru being, so he can naturally dream, a fact that Desia knows.

"hold head high."

"It wasn't exactly a nightmare, it was just dreaming about someone else's dream."

Rod swallowed a bite of meat pie and didn't elaborate further.

"Dreaming about someone else's dream?"

Dixia asked with curiosity, "What kind of dream was it? Tell me about it. Hehe, don't laugh at me, I haven't dreamed in so long, I've almost forgotten what it feels like to dream."

"I've forgotten the specifics."

"I knew it was a dream within a dream. After waking up, my head was throbbing and I felt a bit uncomfortable. It took me a long time to recover. In my hometown, we call this a nightmare, which is not a good thing."

It's not the right time to talk about Nasita, and this isn't the right place to discuss it, so Rhodes simply made up an excuse to brush it off.

Dixia had no suspicions.

Back when she could still dream, she had experienced the nightmare that Rod described.

The only difference is that the people of Sumeru have a different name for this nightmare that leaves them feeling unwell after waking up.

"I'll go to the Grand Bazaar later to see if Nilu is performing today."

"Watching something uplifting is a very effective way to relieve stress after a nightmare."

At this point, Dixia paused slightly, her expression enigmatic, and said, "This is what my father taught me."

"Your father?"

Upon hearing the name, Rod frowned slightly.

He remembered something.

At this point in time, shouldn't Dixia's father still be alive?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 74 The Debate in the Grand Bazaar

Kucera.

This is the name of Dixia's adoptive father.

The leader of the mercenary group Ahmar's Mustache.

They are also among the very few desert mercenaries who still have some conscience.

He was the one who took in the helpless, hungry Dixia who had been abandoned in the desert years ago, and he has tirelessly protected her from the darkness of the mercenary world.

Needless to say, what followed was even more disastrous.

After learning about the various heinous acts committed by Ahmar's Mustache, Dixia had a big argument with Kusela and eventually left in a huff, venturing into the desert alone.

Kusera, who seemed to have aged more than ten years overnight, did not hold a grudge against Dishia because of the dispute. Instead, he approached the Blazing Light Hunters, who had a decent reputation, and asked them to take in Dishia, who was almost scorched to death in the desert. After Dishia made a name for herself as the Blazing Mane Lion, he approached Dinazede's father and asked him to hire Dishia as Dinazede's bodyguard.

It can be said that he has arranged all of Dixia's future, fulfilling his responsibilities as a father to the fullest extent.

"Dishia said she only started working as Dina Zede's bodyguard two years ago."

"Based on this timeline..."

"Kusela should still be here."

Rhodes knew very well what would become of Kousela.

To protect his old comrades from the control of the God-King's Legacy, another large mercenary group that controlled the Mustache of Ahmar, he single-handedly dragged his broken body into the God-King's Legacy's archives, burning all the evidence they had against his brothers, thus freeing them all.

He ultimately failed to escape the raging fire that consumed everything.

"As long as you're not dead yet, there's still a chance."

After a moment's thought, Rod came up with a solution.

I want to contact Kucera.

Right now, there is someone who can do it.

Dina Zede's father.

Shazaman Humayi.

Kucera may not be a good person, but to Dixia, he was definitely a good father.

not to mention.

Rhodes always believed that the debt of nurturing was greater than the debt of raising.

Logically and emotionally, Dixia shouldn't have maintained an unresolved misunderstanding with the father who raised her from childhood, only to regret it after his death.

"Well, let's find an opportunity to meet that Mr. Shazaman."

Having made up his mind, Rhode quickly finished the meat pie on his plate in a few bites, then called to Dixia, who hadn't finished eating, "Eat up, then we'll go find Dinazede."

"?"

Desia was slightly taken aback by Rhodes's urging, and then said, "When did you become so enthusiastic?"

She remembered it very clearly.

Yesterday, Rhodes' attitude towards the Flora Festival was lukewarm; he wasn't exactly averse to it, but he certainly didn't have much enthusiasm for it.

"what--"

"Oh, wasn't it you who said yesterday that the decorations at the Grand Bazaar would be very interesting?"

"After being cooped up in Aru Village for so long, I finally got a chance to have some fun."

Lost in thought, Rod almost gave himself away without realizing it, and quickly made up an excuse for what he had just said.

This cannot be discussed with Dixia for the time being.

You should know that the father and daughter used to have a lot of arguments.

After leaving in a huff, Dixia never contacted Kuseira again, and she didn't even know when Kuseira died.

The reason why things have turned out this way.

Ultimately, it all comes down to Kucera's education of Dixia.

so.

Although Dixia lived in a desert mercenary group that was like a black dye vat, she eventually grew into a desert flower that remained pure despite the mud.

This is quite different from the education and adherence to the principles of justice of the desert people.

Can be imagined.

The moment he learned that his father, whom he had once considered a great hero, and his uncles and elders were actually villains who made a living through evil acts such as kidnapping, threats, violence, and fraud.

The worldview that Desia had already established was on the verge of collapse.

Even if Kousela was forced into it.

However, he couldn't explain those past events to himself, so Dixia naturally couldn't understand her father's actions, which eventually led to their current state of complete estrangement.

'Tsk, this is the trouble of knowing too much.'

Rhodes muttered to himself.

As a stranger in a foreign land, or even a stranger from another world.

In many situations, he couldn't openly reveal what he knew.

Like now.

If he were to say something like, "Kusera was forced into this situation, and your father was a good father,"...

Dixia's first reaction was definitely not, "Oh, I misunderstood my dad," followed by tears of emotion.

Quite the opposite.

If Rhodes were to reveal these facts.

Dixia's first reaction was definitely 'How do you know these things?' and she kept asking until she got an answer that satisfied her.

The problem is that Rod simply can't explain these issues.

Such as now.

In response to his flimsy explanation, Dixia asked in a clearly questioning tone, "Really?"

"real."

"That's it."

"When have I ever lied to you?"

Rhodes' attitude was very sincere.

After much persuasion and explanation, Dixia finally believed that he was indeed so eager to go to the Grand Bazaar because he was bored in Aru Village.

That statement came first.

After breakfast.