Chapter 90 – Violet’s Unconsciousness

Violet jumped up in surprise, as if she had woken up from dozing off in class.

‘My, am I asleep?! How much do you sleep? Artin is…?!’

Falling asleep after hearing that the enemy is a dreamer! Violet blamed herself and hurriedly looked around him to confirm her condition.

‘…What?’

But something was strange. He himself was not in the basement of the Rose Pavilion, he was sitting on one of the outdoor terraces made for tea parties, and Xiao Mei, who was sipping Republic Green Tea opposite him, looked startled.

“..Go, why are you like this all of a sudden? You woke up and I was surprised too.”
“Uh..? Shao Mei? Here is..? What about Artin? What is the rose garden? Why is the tone so old?”
“… Did you have a dream? You’ve been busy preparing for the midterm exams these days, so you must be very tired.”

A midterm exam? Midterm exams were about a month away, but lately he had only focused on using magic with Al’Miraj. Besides, that tone was a friendly tone unique to Xiaomei, but lately he had refrained from studying the aristocratic tone, saying he was cool after seeing Princess Agnes.

“And Artin-hyung didn’t say Master Zorba would bring him! It’s the first time I’m introducing you today, so are you that nervous?”
“…Is today the first introduction to Artin?”
“It looks like you had a bad dream! Artin hyung-nim finally decided to come out of the room, so I decided to introduce him! Ah! It looks like he’s bringing you over there!”

Violet, who did n’t know what the hell this meant, turned her head in the direction that Xiao Mei was waving her hand. Only then did Violet realize what situation she was going through.

‘… Ah, this is a dream too. A dream of the past.’

A splendid handsome man who stands out like a jewel anytime, anywhere, Zorba Pelkas proudly walks towards this direction. Violet had never forgotten this moment.

No, to be exact, I couldn’t forget my first meeting with the gloomy, dark, red-haired boy who contrasted with Zorba. He was a child who made me feel sorry for him the first time I saw him.

“Howdy! Did you keep the two beauties waiting too long? Maybe it’s because Artin has been out for a long time, so he’s having a hard time.”
“That’s why I didn’t tell you to exercise with me on a regular basis! If Artin-nim builds up his muscles his, that Wise idiot won’t be able to touch Artin-nim!”

Xiao-Mei and Zorba started talking happily, but Violet couldn’t hear their voices, as if they had been muted.

“…Hi. My name is Artin.”

Yes, the eyes of Artin looking at himself at first were like this. His eyes were wary, like those of a wounded and abandoned stray cat, but strangely, there was an unknown feeling about himself in that gaze.

Hearing the explanations of Xiaomei and Zorba, he felt something different from the eerie reclusive loner he had imagined. I didn’t know it then, but now I feel like I know what those eyes mean.

That was a pleasure obviously, Artin’s gaze toward him, whom he had just met for the first time, was full of joy, as if meeting a person he had admired for a long time.

Ugh, Artin waved his hand lightly. Yes, that’s how I greeted you. At first, Artin was very timid. He is timid and wary to the point of unimaginable from the life he calls the 3rd round, and I remember that he only regained his vitality after signing with Unikor later.

How did I greet you? Suddenly, Violet tried to remember how he had greeted him, but he couldn’t remember as if in a fog.

Did you wave your hand and say hello? Or did he shake hands? What expression did you have on your face his?

“..Violet? Didn’t Artin say hello? I will be ashamed of myself.”
“Right! Because of Violet, Artin-hyung might get hurt again!”

When Zorba and Xiaomei, who were standing next to Violet, whispered to Violet who was silently thinking about it, Violet forgot that it was a dream for a moment and waved her hand urgently in surprise and turned her head toward Artine.

“Oh, sorry! Well, nice to meet you, Artin, how are you…Let’s do it…?”

-Tap! Tadak!

The sound of burning firewood began to linger intensely in my ears. Violet hurriedly covered her mouth at the sight of the unpleasant smell of oil and the sight of vomiting.

“What’s wrong, Violet? I have to say hello Shouldn’t we say goodbye to Artin before he’s completely burned to death?”
“That’s right. Are you saying that you’re a stupid woman who can’t do anything until your older brother dies and can’t even say goodbye?”

Artyn, with a wary and shy face, was not there.

What was there was a sight that became a lifelong trauma she would never forget until the moment she died in her third playthrough. It was a hellish nightmare scene that I still have every now and then when I fall asleep.

“Ah..! Ah…!! Artin!!!”

The sight of Artin hanging on the cross, the symbol of the church, was so terrifying. The skin all over his body his had been hacked to pieces, and the marks on the skin were clearly visible as to what had been done to the knife marks, and half of the skin on his face his had melted from the torture, making Artin ‘s face look like a half-monster.

“Hi, Violet? I really hate you for not doing anything until I die. Enough to want to kill. If I had known it would be like this, I would have left you as a worthless piece of trash.”

Seeing Artine burn to death while spouting vicious words tearing at her heart her with a kind expression on her face her, Violet eventually could n’t stand it and vomited something inside her.

“Oooh, ooh…!!”
“Look at me! When all my fingernails are pulled out and all my teeth are pulled out, the woman who was eating like a sow is spitting up what she ate!”

Haha!

As Artin left those words and was engulfed in flames, incomprehensible laughter began to erupt around him. Violet covered his ears with her palms at the sound of laughter that mocked and scorned her, but the laughter continued to ring in his ears without stopping her.

“I, I wanted to save Artin…!! So it’ll be fine! I told you to wait..!!!”

Even when Violet, with her eyes tightly closed, cried out with a feeling of vomiting blood, the only one who heard it was herself. And he himself could not accept such an excuse.

He had the ability, he had the strength, and there were colleagues who could move together to rescue Artin. Xiao Mei insisted on saving Artin several times, and he said that even the cautious Cayenne or Zorba should be calm, but he did not dissuade Xiao Mei.

Himself? How did you do yourself? What did she do when the damn saint convinced the zealots of the Church of the North to solve it herself?

—Nothing. I couldn’t do anything. No, I didn’t do it, is it right?
“No..! I always wanted to go rescue Artin..!!”
-But it wasn’t like that. Didn’t you really do nothing after listening to Artin’s words to believe in yourself?
“No! No!! I just trusted Artin and waited for him to not worry..!!”

The unpleasant voice of her, as if scratching a blackboard with a piece of metal, continued to pierce through Violet’s guilt like a knife. Why do I still hear voices even when I cover my ears? Violet’s voice was hers, which had grown louder rather than diminished, was so painful.

However, no matter how much I blocked my ears, I could still hear the voices blaming me bitterly. It was natural. Because the voice in my heart is something I can’t help but listen to no matter how much I block my ears.

***

“Okay, that’s it. Now you and I are temporarily bound by a contract like Unicor.”

I signed a temporary contract with Al’Miraj. It was more like insurance in case something happened in the dream world.

“To conclude a contract so easily… “
“I gave you a blood stone in return, but even if you are Mephisto’s executive, you should be able to sign a temporary contract.”
“I don’t like it… That you, the contractor of the unicorn, made a contract with a devil like that… It would be nice if I could follow you and protect you…”

When I showed the rabbit-shaped tattoo on the back of my hand, a token of the family contract, Unicor held my hand tightly with an anxious expression and looked at me with eyes asking if it would be okay.

“Don’t shake your head. Unibicorn, a character who enters the half-penny witch’s dream must have the purpose of waking the half-penny witch. If you go in together, your subconscious mind, which is as delicate as a dream, will be destroyed.”
“It’s an infusion! I wonder if a demon that can’t use magic properly like that can properly protect Artin!”
“Eh, it doesn’t mean that you can’t use any magic! If it’s Hell, I’m a high-level demon that’s powerful enough!”

I let the three of them start talking nonsense again, and I pulled a thin thread of mana and wrapped it around Violet-Mephisto’s wrists, mine, and Al’Miraj’s wrists. Then, when I connected mana to the magic circle I drew with my own blood on the floor, the magic circle started emitting weak red light.

“Now, preparations for necromancy to interfere with dreams are complete. All I need is for me and Al’Miraz to go to sleep.”
“Look, even if Jim doesn’t teach you, doesn’t Artyn know how to do necromancy on his own? Compared to you, who has just awakened to magic, Artin’s skill at manipulating magic is first-class.”
“…That, that’s because the principal’s companion is proud, doesn’t that mean that demon is useful…”

I let out a small sigh and hugged Unicor, who was pouting his lips his, and patted him. It’s not that Unicor’s concerns are incomprehensible. It’s harder than you think to just interfere with your dreams. Even more so, rescuing someone who has fallen into the power of the dreamer is a job that is accompanied by unbelievable risks.

In one of the countries that existed in the desert in the past, there is a story that all citizens fell asleep due to a curse placed by a witch, and no wizard or witch was able to lift the curse and perished.

“Don’t worry too much, how much I suffered from the dreamers in the 3rd and 4th innings, the world in my dreams is only in the front yard.”
“…Are you sure? Can I do well even if I don’t go with me? You’re not coming from somewhere, are you?”
“Yes, trust me Unicor.”

As I gently soothed Unikor, Violet-Mephisto clicked her tongue and pulled the mana strings that bound me and Al’Miraj, dragging us to her side of her.

“Go there, didn’t you say that you guys from Unibicon only have to wait 5 to 10 minutes anyway? In the dream world, time is the relative realm of the unconscious. It is Jim’s rabbit and Artin who take on the challenge of not knowing how long it will take.”
“I-I don’t know if I can do well. To think that I might have to spend a long time assisting Artin..”

Al’Miraj said, I was a little worried. That demon guy, strangely, had a strong baseless confidence, but he knew little about what to do, and he seemed to be lacking in combat experience and other things.

‘But, I can’t leave Violet alone like this.’

One of my first friends in this world, a best friend I never made in real life, and my beloved lover. To put up with such suffering for the sake of efficiency? I can’t even imagine how long and painful 30 minutes in real life will be for Violet.

‘Fuck it. I’d rather go save Violet even if I have to cut the head of the priest and kill Lilith in five minutes.’
“Well then, let’s get into a posture. In any case, Jim has to help that mongrel with magic, so posture is very important, Artin.”
“Ah… Yes, I guess so.”

The thing we need to be most wary of is the situation where the dream ma Shirka and Lilith are attacking once again. If we become an obstacle while sleeping in such a situation, Unicor, Mephisto, Violet and I, and even Al’Miraj could all be in danger.

“But do you really have to lie down in this position?”
“Trust me, this is the best posture for casting magic.”

However, the problem was that the attitude Mephisto insisted on was very strict. It’s because I’m lying on my back with my arms around Al’Miraj and Violet-Mephisto, and I’m in a position to hold on to them.

“Ooh, my lord..! It seems that this posture is too shameless! Stock up..!”
“Right! Did you mean to bewitch the companion of the main throne! Stop doing nonsense, bullying devil!”
“Noisy! Time is running out right now, so are you going to fight with an attitude! Keep an eye on the front, mongrel!”

As Violet-Mephisto spoke of time, Al’Miraz, who had been muttering embarrassingly, and Unicor, who was heartbroken, couldn’t say anything more. Looking at those two, Violet-Mephisto looked at me with a satisfied face and smiled playfully.

“Now then, kiss Violet’s body her. Then you will be able to sleep in the world of dreams!”
“It sounds like a lot of gimmick. Mephisto.”

I no longer fit in with Mephisto’s pranks and flicked the previously drawn magic circle with my hand, and the magic circle glowed brightly in red and the hanging necromancy began.

Ah, maybe because of the sleep magic inserted at the same time, sleep began to come heavily.

“Huh, Angtal until the end, have a good trip, dear.”

As I slowly drifted off to sleep, the last sensation I felt was the soft touch of Violet’s lips on her.

Before I could think deeply about what it was, I fell completely asleep and began to sink slowly into a world of dreams.