"All right, human named Ye Qiyan. Hmm, ask me one last question. For instance, the birth of the Train System, whether humans truly had an original world, or perhaps..."
She looked forward to Ye Qiyan's question so eagerly, yet what he asked was unlike anything she had imagined.
"Then tell me about yourself."
"Me?"
[Dream Eater]'s eyes widened a little.
"Yes, you. You're the one who entrusted this little fellow to me, aren't you?"
Soft, cool tentacles clung to his fingertips. The little Dream Eater had long since begun to show signs of differing from its kin.
"...Heh..."
[Dream Eater] gave a soft laugh.
"You're really special."
She was special, too.
Compared with Transcenders who barely understood humans at all, such as Abyss and Colorless, talking to Dream Eater gave Ye Qiyan the feeling that the one before him was a real human.
"Yes, it was me."
Dream Eater waved her fingers, and countless Dream Eaters gathered toward her like children rushing into their mother's embrace.
"Why?"
"Because there is a possibility within you, one that could allow these little fellows, who have followed me for countless years, to leave me.
Come to think of it, you haven't called me a True God, have you?~
Actually, beings like me... Transcenders, all have our differences. Some have stayed in their own worlds since the moment they were born, refusing to come out.
Some are immensely powerful and love to compete and win.
Others only like doing what they enjoy. Unless something happens, they won't even let anyone know they exist.
Many of these Transcenders actually have something in common."
Dream Eater paused. With a loving glow in those eyes filled with the colors of Illusory Dream, she sprouted countless tentacles and gently stroked the other Dream Eaters.
"Those fellows never care