The instant the charm left her fingers, Angel sensed a dangerous aura that made her tremble coming from in front of her. It came from the Calamity Charm made with her blood.
But in the next moment, that aura vanished completely. The dark cave around her seemed to take on a soothing hue, giving off a faint glow.
Feeling the icy touch from the Hidden Holy Emblem on her right wrist, Angel knew that "Pierce Turner" had pulled her into a nightmare hidden on Para Island and maintained jointly by several residents.
Before her, the trench-coated man who had appeared in Layton's dream of diligently mining gold emerged once more. His face remained blurry, but his tone was completely different from the night before, carrying a metallic quality.
"After leaving the dream, you will remove all the Mystical Items on you, enter my body, merge with me, then leave Para Island with my dream and return to..."
He spoke calmly, as though issuing orders to a subordinate.
"Will I?"
A cold smile appeared on Angel's lips as she interrupted Pierce.
"...Wait, you can still remain lucid?"
The latter asked in astonishment, his harsh voice like scraping metal. He instinctively stepped back, moving away from the smirking Angel.
"Perhaps it's because my Hidden Holy Emblem came from an Angel rather than being bestowed by a Saint. Besides, the third charm I threw just now wasn't Slumber."
Angel raised her right hand and once again displayed the holy emblem that allowed her to remain lucid in dreams, rather than rejecting all dream-related abilities, to this out-of-control Nightwatcher.
This was also the fundamental reason she had doubted his identity.
In Backlund, she had accepted Dream Invasion and Spirit Channeling interrogations from the Nighthawks several times. Each time, this Hidden Holy Emblem had allowed