Traps Within the Mind
In the station's barbecue buffet restaurant, Fanil Fox, the Fox Girl who looked entirely like a little girl, was furiously roasting Frost-Wolf Totapara's dream. "I don't even know what's gotten into that wolf lately. Every day when she dreams, all she wants is for a crowd of people to go lick her boots!"
"Hahaha!" Beside her, Sophia was so delighted she slapped the table. "See? You're still better off with me, right? If you go looking for a wolf, even in your dreams you have to be a bootlicker!"
Landen drank his carbonated beverage, grinning as he listened to the two girls talk, feeling that his family dog had far too much inner drama.
"Fanil?" Amid the girls' laughter, a slightly calmer voice stopped her. "Let me ask you, in her dream, aside from you, were there any other people constantly flattering her and currying favor with her?"
"Hm?" The Fox Girl thought for a moment. "Her dream was full of those people. She was even handing out Magic Beast meat to those so-called clan members in the dream!"
Hearing this, Lily immediately pressed her. "Then could you sense whether those clan members of hers were dreamed up by her herself, or whether there were outside nightmares?"
"Um..." Fanil tried to recall everything from Totapara's dream over the past few days. "It seemed like a few people looked off. Huh? Why can't I remember?"
Hearing this, Lily grew even more urgent. "Think carefully. Aren't you about to become a five-tailed Fox Clan Master?"
Sophia was still smiling as she hugged Fanil, not noticing that the Fox Girl's face had already turned somewhat wrong.
Looking at Lily's and Fanil's expressions, Landen asked with some curiosity, "Lily? Is there something particular about this?"
"If it was an ordinary