Strange

Boom!

As Han Dong was dragged out of the study, the door slammed shut behind him.

It seems that some kind of change is taking place inside because of Han Dong's 'spying'.

Shivering.

Indeed, Han Dong, who had once experienced death, was trembling uncontrollably.

It's different... it's distinctly different from the feeling of death.

In that instant, if he had actually faced that uninvited guest face to face, Han Dong felt he might have fallen into a state more terrifying than death.

Han Dong's body was trembling at this moment, due to his biological instinct to fear and be afraid of the 'absolute unknown'.

Ignorance breeds fear.

What did you see?

"The room was crammed with white tentacles, Viscount Alex was creating in a strange state... with a Mysterious Person overseeing it all."

"Mysterious Person!"

When Sylest heard this news, she prepared to force her way in and arrest the 'suspect' who was controlling Viscount Alex.

Snap!

Han Dong stretched out his right arm and used all his strength to grab Sylest's arm.

Don't go...

I once saw [The Fallen Beck] and he didn't react at all. But seeing this person gave me a sense of despair, like falling into an endless abyss... I might die... Please, please don't go!"

Han Dong's gaze was quite serious, and he forcefully pulled Sylest back.

What does the other person look like?

"A long yellow robe covered his entire body, making it impossible to see any features..."

"Yellow robe?"

Sylest seemed to have thought of something terrible, and decisively abandoned her plan to rush into the study. She immediately helped Han Dong up and they retreated together.

It was at this moment that...

The mist that had been permeating the house all sank to the ground and disappeared completely, so much so that even the Lesser Demon Eye could not detect it... The house seemed to have returned to normal.

The feeling of pollution disappeared completely.

Click!

The Main Creation Room is open again.

No more white mist or tendrils appeared from the cracks in the door.

Instead, a trembling arm grabbed the side of the door and dragged the body out.

Viscount Alex slowly crawled out.

He had snapped out of his sleepwalking state, his face showing utter terror.

Thick traces of oil remained near his eye socket.

He said in a hoarse voice:

"Save me! Please, please save me!"

Why can't I get rid of the dream even after receiving the Holy Light Baptism?

Instead, it made the person in my dream Movement Speed faster and get closer and closer to me!

If I sleep like that again, I might be killed... I don't want to become its slave, I don't want to lose my right to be a human being!

It was at this moment that...

More than ten Holy Knight Order support troops arrived and immediately sealed off the scene.

First, Viscount Alex's physical condition was stabilized through hypnosis, and then he was taken away from the mansion in chains.

Strangely enough.

During the subsequent search of Maldini's mansion.

The pollution that once permeated this place has completely disappeared.

Later members of the Knight Order, Even Though using their sensors, could not detect any trace of pollution.

It was as if the white mist and the tentacles that filled the study had disappeared along with that ' Mysterious Person '.

1. A search of Alex's study revealed no works containing knowledge of life outside the city or of evil formations. Only some ordinary scripts and communication documents concerning the Destiny Space were found.

2. In addition, according to the housekeeper's information about 'sleepwalking and digging holes'.

There are no traces of the pits that were once dug in the Backyard... Every time the sleepwalker dug a pit, the servant in charge of the Backyard would fill it in in time.

However, there are also some strange aspects.

Apart from the mother who was taken away by Cas.

After tonight's events, all thirty-odd servants of the House of Martini disappeared along with the white mist that filled the mansion.

Holy Knight Order - Radiant Courtyard

Viscount Alex Maldini was interrogated while fully exposed to the light.

After confirming that he was not infected, Han Dong, as an 'insider', stayed by Knight Sylest's side throughout the interrogation, acting as her assistant and an observer.

The interrogation was conducted by Kovi Elliott, the second sergeant of the Holy Knight Order and a specialist in the [Library-Divine Realm].

Based on the clues, the interrogation focused on two aspects.

[Dream] and [Opera House]

What did you dream about?

"The scene in the dream was exactly the same as my home. It was only because I have a unique understanding of dreams that I was able to recognize it as a dream... I was sleeping on the bed in the master bedroom, unable to move my body."

On the wall directly in front of me hangs a painting.

A painting that doesn't belong in my home.

It was an indescribable, terrifying painting, filled with content beyond my comprehension, an abstract work constructed through the distortion and deformation of different characters.

Then, in front of the painting... stood a 'person'.

I only consider it a person because it is the same height as a human.

In every dream, it stands beside the painting.

"Appearance, features?"

"I couldn't see clearly; darkness was his refuge... I could only feel it staring at me, a stare that sent chills down my spine and made me restless."

"Do my dreams always look the same?"

"The scene is the same, but this person keeps getting closer."

Yesterday! It was already standing at the foot of the bed. If I dream of it again, I will fall into the Dark Abyss and lose the chance to be human... Please, you must save me.

With a wave of her hand, Kovi Elliott's warm holy light immediately soothed Alex's emotions.

"The second question I heard from the butler."

Did you go to the opera house a few days before the strange dreams started affecting you?

Alex nodded quickly:

"Writers often get together to discuss ways to find inspiration."

About two weeks ago, someone mentioned that the [Holy Soul Opera House] on the second floor would be hosting the most lavish Stage Play performance in history. Everyone agreed, and the next day they went to see this 'lavish' performance, which told the story of...

At this point, Alex suddenly felt that the 'memories' that should have been stored in his head had disappeared.

He only remembers watching a magnificent performance, a performance that was breathtaking and brought him new inspiration for his creative work.

But all the information in my memory about this 'opera' has vanished.

"Which writers did you meet at the opera house with?" Cove Eliot continued to ask.

"Baron Simon, Viscount Wadsworth, Master Louis..."

Covi Elliott temporarily left the room and, after discussing the matter with the outside personnel, returned to the interrogation room with the relevant documents.

"These are the relevant materials about fellow writers that you just described."

As Viscount Alex opened the documents, he trembled, his eyes filled with terror, and he kept repeating, "Impossible... impossible..."

Kovi Elliott said calmly, "The ' Holy Soul Opera House ' you mentioned, let alone the second floor, has never existed in the entire Holy City."

Furthermore, the fellow writers you mentioned, if not Residents of the cemetery's skeletons, have been missing for over ten years.

The documents handed to Alex were all death records of personnel backed up by the local Police Bureau.

In other words...

Viscount Alex followed a group of dead men to a 'non-existent' opera house to watch a 'magnificent' performance that was 'unforgettable'.