"Doctor, was that hypnotic smoke you used?"
As Shade pushed open the door and entered the bedroom, he asked curiously. What actually intrigued him more was that the doctor who had exhaled all that smoke was completely unaffected.
"No, this is my thaumaturgy, Slumbering Dragon Mist. Sometimes I use it to assist with patients' 'hypnotic' treatment. Don't worry, he's just an ordinary person. Unless we make a racket right beside his ear, he won't be waking up tonight."
The doctor spoke with great confidence.
Although Doctor Schneider had terrible luck, his professional skills were still trustworthy.
After entering the somewhat cramped bedroom, the two of them inspected it separately to make sure there would be no other dangers when they entered the dream. Throughout this, Luther Kinwise lying on the bed showed no sign of waking. Even when they finished searching the room and each placed a hand on his head in the darkness, the sleeping man remained asleep.
His eyes were closed, yet beneath the Silver Moon's light, his face wore a rather savage expression. Combined with the horribly red and swollen burn scars on his face, as well as the large shadow cast by his head against the pillow, the scene was genuinely frightening.
Doctor Schneider believed the man was having a nightmare, making this the perfect opportunity to enter his dream.
"These burn scars are really serious."
The doctor murmured. Both he and Shade had pulled over chairs and sat on opposite sides of the single bed.
Shade extinguished the light at his fingertip and drank the Dream Potion the doctor handed him. The doctor then used a silver Rune Chains that resembled a lady's bracelet to bind Shade's right hand to his own left. Three runes—sleep, Peaceful Slumber, and Dream—repeatedly cycled along the chain. It was