"If we judge solely by the pocket watch's timekeeping, the flow of time here seems to differ little from that of reality."
His pink eyes fixed on the pocket watch in his hand, Anvis fell silent for a moment before putting it away again.
"...Um, Your Excellency Anvis, may I ask if you've finished what you needed to do?"
Seeing that Anvis appeared to have finished the Ritual and was no longer paying attention to her, Emily hurriedly reminded him of her presence.
She knew very well how dangerous the Deep Dream World was. Precisely because she knew so much about it, she feared it all the more.
"For the time being, it's finished. You can go back now."
Anvis nodded, but before the Girl could rejoice, his tone abruptly changed.
"However, I will likely continue borrowing your strength in the time ahead. If there are no abnormalities in the flow of time in this dream world, I will summon you approximately once every seven days."
"Se-seven days!? I understand..."
After hearing Anvis's words, the Girl nearly choked on the breath she had drawn. Her entire expression visibly darkened.
She instinctively repeated Anvis's words, but judging by her dejected tone, it sounded as if he had not told her the interval between requests for help, but that she only had seven days left to live.
"A will... won't be necessary. I'll try to summon you during the safe period. Just eat something nice. And once this matter is over, I'll also increase your monthly gold coin and resource allowance."
Reading the surface thoughts spilling from the Girl's mind, Anvis felt somewhat embarrassed.
Indeed, although she was theoretically in a safe period at present, Emily was still taking considerable risks. Her complaints were understandable.
After seeing Emily off, Anvis glanced at