A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

Logan knew very well that Irving's "mind's eye" could easily recognize him.

Logan also altered his appearance and even created an additional personality.

This personality is the "surface personality" I just mentioned, which is William, who handles the town's daily affairs.

William knew nothing about Logan, while Logan knew everything about William and could give him hints.

Strictly speaking, William and Logan are not the same person.

Therefore, even Irving would have difficulty recognizing Logan unless they had multiple encounters.

Logan also tried his best to avoid contact with Irving.

Logan has had no contact with Irving over the years.

The only place we can meet is in nightmares.

Logan's persona had lived in Knighttown for over a decade, and no one would have thought William was strange.

"Wait quietly, wait quietly. The nightmare can go on indefinitely. All I need is patience," Logan whispered.

Logan closed his eyes.

After a long while, William shuddered.

"Why did I come back to sleep?" William said, rubbing his forehead.

It's a serious dereliction of duty to go home and sleep when you clearly have something to deal with.

"We need to find some capable people to help the town as soon as possible." William stood up and hurried outside.

Bray stayed in Knight for a few more days.

"Brave, have you been looking better lately?" Naruko suddenly said to Bray one day.

"Huh?" A question mark appeared in Bray's right eye.

“The other day, I felt that your dead fish eyes were getting worse.”

"Now you seem to be much more energetic."

"Is that so?" Bray touched his right eye, a little uncertainly.

For the past few days, Bray hasn't been dragged into nightmares.

It should be said that Knight Town was no longer plagued by nightmares at night.

Logan seemed to be afraid of Bray and was determined to get Bray out of Knight Town before continuing.

There was nothing Bray could do about it.

He couldn't stay in Knighttown forever; Bray wasn't a resident of Knighttown.

"Maybe it's because I haven't been staying up late these past few days," Bray said casually.

Without nightmares, Bray was able to get a good night's sleep.

"Bray, Bray," Levy called Bray a few times.

"What's wrong?" Bray looked down at Levy.

Levy's tail was wagging excitedly.

"Let's go find that teacher and play," Levy thought, recalling the teacher she had met shortly after entering Knight Town.

The teacher gave Levy a small amulet.

Levy was super happy.

“Kaima…” Bray’s gaze drifted to the left.

“She’s probably very busy, let’s not bother her,” Bray said earnestly to Levy.

"Oh..." Levy was taken aback and felt a little disappointed.

“If we don’t go looking for that teacher, we can take a walk around the town,” Naruko suggested.

"Look, we always sleep during the day and stay up all night, we don't really have any fun in Knight Town, do we?"

"!" Bray was absolutely right.

This was the first time Bray had worked in one place without ever wandering around.

Then Naruko winked at Bree.

Bray saw Naruko's expression and realized she was trying to help him out of a tight spot.

Naruko seemed to sense that Bray was in trouble.

---

When it comes to having fun, Naruko is always ready to go at a moment's notice.

I just gave Bray a suggestion, and in the blink of an eye, I dragged Bray and Levy out the door.

The buildings in Knight have an old-fashioned feel.

It has a bit of the architectural style of the previous Federal Republic.

Such an architectural layout is quite rare within the empire.

Crows can be seen everywhere in Knight Town.

The crows perched on the birch branches on both sides of the road, preening their black feathers.

Come to think of it, these crows aren't noisy; they just stay quietly in the trees.

Another very noticeable characteristic of Knight Town is that the town always has a sense of oppression.

The sky was always overcast, and even when the weather was fine, the clouds were very thick.

This directly resulted in relatively low light levels around Knight Town.

Unless the sun is shining brightly, the whole town feels oppressive.

Of course, the townspeople in this oppressive town are not indifferent; on the contrary, they are quite enthusiastic.

"Hey, aren't you the few people who've been busy keeping watch in town all night?" A woman carrying a basket looked at Bre and the others in surprise.

"Yes!" Naruko answered enthusiastically, without any hint of ambiguity.

"Oh!!!!" Levy replied as well.

Although Levy doesn't seem to have kept watch many times.

"Meow!!!!!!!!!" Fireball also meowed along with Levy.

"Fireball, have some orange." Levy gave Fireball a segment of orange.

Fireball hooked the orange with its little claw and put it in its mouth.

Why do cats... no, why do lions like to eat oranges?

"You guys are really funny." The woman covered her mouth and chuckled a few times.

"..." Bray remained expressionless; he was also known as an interesting person.

"The town seems to have been peaceful for quite some time now, thanks to you all," the woman remarked.

"Although I can't hear those strange noises at night, the people around me keep talking about it, and it's making me a little uneasy," the woman said, patting her chest.

These are typical townspeople who have been terrified.

"Everyone says there haven't been any strange noises in town lately, so we can finally sleep peacefully."

"Oh, right, here's some fruit for you." The woman took some fruit from the basket and handed it to Bre and the others.

"It's already washed, so you can eat it right away."

"Thank you!" Levy took the fruit with both hands and started eating it, her long ears twitching.

"Delicious~" Levy smiled cutely 0V0, food is definitely what attracts Levy.

"I'll have a bite too." Naruko licked her lips.

However, before Naruko could even eat the fruit, someone nearly bumped into her.

But Naruko is definitely not so easy to bump into.

Naruko turned around, shifting her position away from the person.

The guy who almost bumped into Naruko left without looking back.

They wouldn't even say thank you.

"Whoa! This person is so rude!" Naruko exclaimed.

"At least apologize."

"Naruko, don't be angry." Levy comforted Naruko, and even jumped up to pat Naruko's head.

“Levy is the best.” Naruko picked up Levy and rubbed her face against Levy’s.

"Ah, don't blame that person, he's probably sick," the woman sighed.

"Sick? The plague William mentioned?" Bray finally spoke.

The woman mentioned something that Bray was interested in.

"Oh, so Mr. William already told you." The woman rested her chin on her hand, looking troubled.

"There are really a lot of people with town sickness."

"But it doesn't seem to be an infectious disease," the woman continued.

Many of my neighbors who got sick are still doing just fine.

Even those who live alone still got sick.

People who are sick always seem absent-minded, as if they have lost their soul.

He also looked very weak.

However, the specific symptoms could not be described.

"I really hope everyone can recover soon."

"Mr. William is also contacting some church members to come and help."

This church does not refer to a specific religion, but rather to churches from many different religions.

Every church is happy to promote the good things about its own church.

Moreover, it's not free; Knight Town intends to offer compensation.

“The plague,” Bray muttered to himself.

Only Bray knew that this was not an illness at all.

But what's strange is, who said this state is a disease?

"Bray?" Naruko nudged Bray's side with her elbow.

"what?"

"Are you distracted again?"

"No." Bray would never admit it, no matter what.

"Haha, you guys are really interesting," the woman laughed.

“If there weren’t so many problems in town, you could really stay a few more days.”

"Goodbye, I have to go home and cook." The woman waved gently to the group and left.

---

"There are quite a few sick people in the town." Then, Naruko saw several more people who looked like they had lost their souls along the way.

One in dozens of people gets sick.

Such a disease rate is by no means low.

“Sickness, huh? Quite a few people are sick,” Bray said casually. In a place similar in layout to Knight Town, Logan stood beneath the clock tower.

The entire world had such an eerie color scheme.

Dark red is the keynote of everything.