Warden Selena temporarily turned her attention to the girl sprawled on the floor of the entrance hall to the prison's Negative Fourth Floor.
Selena had never seen a situation like this before. It actually required so much magic to construct the illusion and present a dream that was destined to be impossible in reality.
Naturally, the grander the dream, the more horrifying the trauma in her heart had to be.
"Every time I see someone less fortunate than me, I experience an indescribably wonderful delight... It seems you're today's main course."
An unusual light flickered in Selena's eyes, a mixture of pleasure and obsession. The corners of her lips curved slightly, outlining a smile that was both sweet and chilling.
She walked toward the Poet of Great Love, each step filled with ceremony, every movement resembling preparations before a meal.
As Selena crouched beside the girl and closed her eyes, she gradually sank into an entirely new world. The space around her seemed to ripple with unstable waves.
At that moment, the depths of Selena's heart were completely released. She felt as if she had broken free from the restraints of her body and was directly conversing with the space of the mind.
When she opened her eyes again, the scene before her was completely different from the entrance hall of Helrom Prison's Negative Fourth Floor.
She found herself floating high in the sky. The ever-changing heavens of this world displayed constantly shifting colors, from the soft pink and blue of dawn to the golden-red of dusk. At night, the stars scattered across the sky looked like diamonds strewn over black silk, and shooting stars occasionally streaked past, as if wishes could come true at once.
Whether time flowed quickly or slowly, the climate was always mild and pleasant. Sunlight