After a moment of disorientation, Sifa realized he was in a dream. He came fully awake and habitually surveyed his surroundings, only to find that he had not appeared beside the Admiral of Stars.
He remembered that on the previous two occasions he had awakened beside Cattleya, but this time, he seemed to have appeared somewhere else at random.
He seemed to be in the passageway of some building. The structure should have been enormous; though this was merely a corridor, it gave Sifa a sense of emptiness and unfathomable depth.
Ahead in the passageway, heavy footsteps sounded faintly. They gradually receded, making Sifa's scalp tingle.
He did not know whose dream he was in, nor did he know whether the owner of this dream was even human.
"Ms. Kardashian?" Sifa called.
When he had boarded the Future, he had naturally let Kardashian attach herself to his clothes. But she gave no response now, which meant she was elsewhere.
Since Kardashian was not here, he could only rely on himself. Sifa quickly checked himself and found that all his belongings were present.
Especially Ghost Scream. This Demigod item of the Sun Pathway made him feel much safer in this gloomy place.
Previously, he and Cattleya had discussed this shared dream. The Admiral of Stars had said that although their items could not truly be brought into the dream, here, as long as one believed, one could use an item's abilities.
By the same logic, as long as one believed, one could also use the abilities of one's own Sequence.
But Cattleya was always half-awake and half-asleep in this dream. Her theory might have come from Queen Mystic, which gave Sifa even greater confidence in it.
As long as he believed, he could wield the powers of mystical items and his