Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

The frequency went from slow to fast, and finally, as if it was crazy, after a burst of extremely rapid flashes, the lantern went out.

Darkness and thick fog enveloped the two.

Lacie almost didn't react, and she subconsciously wanted to call out Charles' name to confirm that he was still by her side.

But before she could open her mouth, a hand reached out to her from the thick fog.

Then, the hero's reassuring deep voice came:

"catch me."

Lacey thought to herself, haha.

"You ignored me yesterday, so today I will make you out of reach!"

——She originally wanted to taunt Charles loudly like this, but the sky was too dark and the fog was too thick, so she backed off.

So she obediently took Charles' hand.

But holding hands does not mean she is giving in.

talk about it later!

Just as she was thinking this, a faint light suddenly appeared in the darkness.

At first it was like a firefly, then it quickly expanded and became dazzling, even like a small sun.

That was Ciel using the light spell.

The thick fog had not yet been dispelled and the surroundings were still pitch black, but for some reason, Lacie was no longer afraid.

Perhaps it was because she could still see Charles' face clearly, which was so close to her.

But Charles did not look at her.

Charles's gaze fell on the light in his palm, his eyes were gentle and his expression was trance.

In front of Laciel, he was thinking about another woman——

He was missing his pastor lady.

Lacey suddenly didn't know what to say or do.

She even felt as if thorns had grown on Charles' hands for no apparent reason, so she could no longer hold Charles' hand with peace of mind.

A vague feeling of guilt crept into her heart little by little, and she gradually began to wonder if she had gone a little too far.

It seemed that she shouldn't have deliberately teased Charles like that.

Besides, it doesn't seem to be any good for her, right? She obviously doesn't like men, but she deliberately pretends to be a bad woman to seduce Charles. You know, the effect of the contract is still affecting both of them. Although I don't know why Charles doesn't seem to be affected, what about her?

Just don't lose yourself while playing.

After realizing this, Lacie decided decisively not to deliberately flirt with Charles anymore.

Not only is it easy to go too far, but it is also easy to expose your identity.

After convincing herself with this reason, she suddenly let go of Charles' hand and took out her wand.

"You..." She turned her eyes away, "Just hold on to this."

Charles was stunned.

He seemed a little surprised, and didn't understand why Rachel let go of his hand and let him hold the wand instead.

But he still gave her a grateful look and then grabbed the wand that Rachel handed to him.

"Ah."

He whispered back.

Then all sounds disappeared again, and they fell into extreme silence again.

Falling, falling, seemingly falling endlessly.

Until one moment, a noisy sound suddenly reached their ears.

Laceier, who was concentrating on searching for her mistress in the thick fog, was startled and subconsciously turned to look at Charles.

Then, she discovered that the thick fog surrounding them had quietly disappeared since she didn't know when.

Not even just the mist, but the darkness in the huge hollows of the great tree trunks—the light was coming back, and they were not falling—they were suddenly on solid ground again.

They appeared in Lentiheim.

But just like the last Matron's dream they had experienced, the Lentiheim before them was not shrouded in thick fog.

So, this is another Madam’s dream?

Lacie guessed and glanced secretly to her side.

Just like in the real world, Charles was still standing beside her, she was holding one end of the wand, while Charles was holding the other end.

Lacee couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But she did not show this emotion obviously, so she could still be the elegant and calm witch of dawn and dusk.

Then, the elegant and calm Witch of Twilight glanced at the hero beside her and asked:

"Is this what Fuwenna said, the reason why it is difficult for the elves to approach the Mistress's true form?"

“No wonder,” she sighed, “Once we reach a certain depth, the lantern will stop working, and then we will be forced to enter the Madam’s Dream. But if we want to leave the Madam’s Dream, we must have a lantern…”

"——This is an almost unsolvable vicious cycle."

Charles was silent for a moment, then asked:

"Is there no other way?"

Lacey thought about it and shook her head:

"Probably not. My spells have no effect on thick fog, and the same goes for your forbidden spells. So this strange thick fog is most likely not a magical creation."

At this point, her tone suddenly became meaningful:

"In that case, what could it be?"

Charles heard her strange tone and subconsciously wanted to ask her what she meant, but before he could open his mouth, Lacie suddenly seemed to have discovered something.

"Shh-"

She raised her index finger and put it to her lips, signaling Charles to be quiet, then she pulled Charles to a wooden house and hid behind it.

Charles didn't know what was going on, but he kept his mouth shut and followed Laci's gaze to look not far away.

Logically speaking, only elves live in Lentiheim.

Very few outsiders can enter Lentiheim. Rachel even specifically asked Fuvenna how many outsiders have entered Lentiheim over the years.

The answer I got was "Even if you two are included, there probably won't be more than twenty."

So the streets of Lentiheim are full of handsome people with pointed ears.

But now, the Lentiheim in front of the witch and the hero does not seem to be like this.

In this Lentiheim that originated from the mistress's dream, another outsider appeared besides them.

No, that thing doesn't seem to be able to be called a human being.

It was just a shadow—

A tall and thin ghost with extremely slender limbs, stiff movements, and twice as tall as Lacie.

[To be continued]

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26. Continuing Dreams

Since Fuvenna was not around, Laciel was not afraid of her voice transmission being eavesdropped, so she confidently transmitted the message to Charles:

"What the hell is that?"

But Charles didn't seem to know either:

"I have never seen anything like it."

After answering, he hesitated for a moment and then said:

"And I can't smell it."

"what?"

Although the nature of the thick fog... or the Madam's dream is still unclear, Laciel knows that in a sense, the Madam's dream is no different from reality.

She can use spells in reality and in the mistress's dream.

The same is true for Charles.

His forbidden spells did not affect the normal operation of the Mistress's Dream, and in addition to the forbidden spells, his keen insight could also be effective in the Mistress's Dream.

But now he told Laciel that he couldn't sense the breath of the thin ghost?

Could it be that the tall and thin shadow is really a ghost, and not a living creature?

But why?

Although the previous mistress's dream was full of loopholes, it had an internal logic. However, in the new mistress's dream in front of the two of them, a strange thing like a slender ghost appeared...

Lacey frowned.

She was wondering what this dream of the mistress meant.

But at this moment, Charles suddenly pulled at his wand.

Rachel was awakened from her thoughts and was naturally a little annoyed, but she quickly realized that Charles would not wake her up for no reason.

So she raised her head and asked in a low voice:

"what happened?"

But what she saw was Charles's dazed expression - he seemed to have discovered something unbelievable.

Lacie subconsciously followed his gaze and was also stunned.

At some point, the tall and thin ghost figure turned into two.

They are exactly the same shape, height and even fatness, as if they were carved from the same mold.

They stood there, very close to each other, seemingly talking about something.

But do they really have vocal organs?

Okay, even if we take a step back and assume that they have vocal organs, what can they talk about?

Lacee didn't know, but compared to what the two tall and thin ghosts would talk about when they got together, she was more curious about how the other tall and thin ghost appeared.

So she asked Charles:

"What's going on? When did the second Slender Man come?"

And Charles suddenly placed his hand on the hilt of the holy sword.

"That's not a Slender Man at all," he said in a dry, hair-raising voice. "That's an elf!"

Lacey was stunned.

She didn't understand why Ciel said the slender figures were elves... How could it be possible? The two slender figures didn't even have the pointed ears that were the most obvious to elves.

But soon, she knew why Charles called the two tall and thin ghosts elves.

Because a real elf came over.

It is Mula - the Mula in the dream of this mistress.

He seemed to be on patrol duty, but after seeing the two tall and thin figures, he did not feel the slightest strange emotion.

As if meeting compatriots, Mla even took the initiative to greet the two thin ghosts.

The two tall and thin ghosts looked at each other in a very human way, and then one of them approached Mla.