Victoria's gaze swept over the Palace Hall's shadowy corridors and window lattices as she stared in bewilderment at the cool moonlight spilling down.
"Where... is this...?"
She brought her legs together, stood up with her blond hair still binding her, and hopped over to the window.
Victoria looked outside.
Outside was an empty courtyard, with a stretch of grass farther away and a stream burbling out of the forest.
Her gaze rose farther, passing over the treetops toward the sky above, then froze.
That was no sky, but the endless Void.
"An... Abode?!"
Victoria was utterly stunned. Her mouth fell open as she stood rooted to the spot.
It took her quite a while to recover. Feeling the response from her Spirituality, she began trembling all over.
Then she gritted her teeth, and the Spirituality within her surged. Her golden hair spread out in an instant, quite a few strands even snapping as she forcibly broke free.
But this also freed her from her bonds, leaving her floating slightly in midair.
Spirit Power flooded her golden hair, making it as sharp as blades, and without hesitation, it shot toward-
Vanessa, who hung from the ceiling!
Countless threads sliced through her.
In mere moments, Vanessa and the cocoon trapping her were cut to pieces, her flesh and blood pattering down.
Victoria remained expressionless as she watched the surprise lingering on the girl's dismembered face.
"Victo... ria..."
Before she could finish, she fell silent.
The flesh and blood scattered downward, dissolving slowly into motes of light before reaching the ground.
Only then did Victoria breathe a sigh of relief.
Being killed by her in a Dream would cause no actual harm, merely returning the victim to the Present World.
But being targeted by Dream Creatures, or even the other beings within an