This Book Needs to Go on the Second Shelf or Higher

"So how do we find the owner of this dream?"

The clamor of the Sabzeruz Festival filled the entire long street. Paimon hovered beside Ying, watching the bustling crowd and asking a question in a low voice.

"If the person experiencing a dream can do anything within it, then all we need to do is find someone in our dreams who can make anything they think of appear."

"Um... isn't this talking about Xingsu?" Ying suddenly realized the problem.

"Okay, okay, let's rule him out for now. Who else could do it besides him?"

"Then we'll just have to search slowly."

"But with so many people in the dream, where should we even begin?"

"Since the theme of this dream is the Sabzeruz Festival, then the owner of this dream must be closely related to the Sabzeruz Festival. I think we should start by investigating the people who are most related to the Sabzeruz Festival?"

"Most relevant? What constitutes 'relevant'?"

"Hmm... like that 'Knight of Flowers' Faris? The owner of the Zubayr Theater who was involved in planning the entire Sabzeruz Festival? That fortune teller is also suspicious, Nilou's always wanted to dance the Dance of Sabzeruz, could also be a suspect."

"Alright then, let's investigate these suspicious individuals one by one."

"Offer your heart to the Lesser Lord Kusanali!" Lyney, dressed as the Flower Knight, placed her right fist on her chest and stood in front of a group of children, mimicking the knight's appearance.

"Loyalty!"

"Alright, children, with your faith in the Lesser Lord Kusanali still intact, disperse!"

"Yes, Sir Fadons!"

"Hmm... why does the name seem a little different again? Oh well, never mind." Paimon and the Traveler approached him.

"Hello, would you like some candy? We have borscht, lumpy candy, seafood candy, lamb offal candy, and seaweed and egg drop candy."

"Number four!"

Wow, congratulations...

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Paimon abruptly interrupted the plot, "We didn't come here for candy!"

"Oh? So you weren't satisfied with my performance?" Lyney replied, "I can now improvise a magic trick for you two."

"No, it's just that... could you please cooperate with us a little?"

"Hmm?" Lyney became alert. "I've had audience members cooperate with my performances many times, but this is the first time I'm cooperating with them. Okay then, what do you need me to do?"

What is your wish?

"A wish? Could it be some kind of mind-reading magic trick?"

"Um, no, it's just that, do you have any wishes in your heart? Try to think about it, like how a million Mora suddenly appeared out of nowhere."

"Well, my wish is that I can always protect my family..."

"Silly brother."

A voice suddenly rang in Lyney's ear.

"Lin... little sister." Lyney was momentarily stunned, unsure whether to be surprised or shocked, and almost blurted out Lynette's real name. "What are you doing here?! And you've even changed your clothes!"

"There was some trouble over there just now, and I dealt with it a bit. While cleaning up, I picked up some... unpleasant smells."

"Then what about your 'job'?!" Lyney winked at Lynette, then glanced at Ying and Paimon beside her.

"I couldn't continue working in that situation, brother, you know I have a very keen sense of smell, right?" Lynette understood perfectly. "Besides, brother, you weren't working properly either, were you just slacking off and chatting here?"

Then, Lynette turned to look at Bright and Paimon, "I'm so sorry to have interrupted your conversation, but I have something important to tell him."

"Um, okay then, let's leave for a bit." Ying and Paimon turned their heads away.

"The Traveler!" Paimon whispered excitedly in her ear, "Could it be! We found the right person from the very first step! He just mentioned family, and his sister immediately appeared!"

"I think it's very likely, but I can't be completely sure yet. Let's keep an eye on him for now and confirm it when we have the chance."

"Okay, sure!"

The two turned around, but the brother and sister who had been talking just moments before had disappeared into the crowd.

"Huh?!" Paimon exclaimed, quickly leaping into the air above the crowd and scanning back and forth, but no matter how he looked, he couldn't find a trace of them. "What happened? They just vanished!"

"It can't be that he realized he was dreaming and returned to reality! But the dream hasn't disappeared! Traveler, what do we do now?"

"Let's go back and find Nahida and Xingsu first."

"Alright then, we can consider our task of finding them complete!"

"The mission was completed well." Xingsu looked at Lyney in front of him and sighed helplessly.

Oh no! I told the kids to look for the Lesser Lord Kusanali when they were looking for anomalies, but they mistook the Traveler for the anomaly.

And he can't say the children did anything wrong!

It's like someone from Aedes Elysiae went to Okhema to find Tirispyos, only to be told: Tirispyos has divided herself into 100,000 parts, just go in and find the smallest one.

It turned out that the person who went inside found Chlothar.

Is this correct?

"I understand about the Traveler's unusual behavior. You all go back and keep an eye on the other anomalies."

"Yes! Should we continue to have Freminet keep an eye on the Traveler?"

Meanwhile, on the other side...

"Hello, are you staring at us?" Paimon asked, looking at the boy wearing the strange helmet.

"... I didn't." The boy's voice was muffled and somewhat indistinct.

"You can see us from the front while you're wearing this, right?"

Freminet quietly turned his helmet around, blocking his view. "You can't see me now. I wasn't watching you."

"Um... then why did you follow us here?"

"I, I... I sell toys." With that, Freminet pulled a small wind-up penguin from her pocket. "Excuse me, would you like to buy one?"

"Okay, how many Mora per one?"

"... Um, how many Mora do you think this should cost?"

You've been following us, haven't you!

"Forget it, I'll go find the Traveler myself."

"I'm sorry, you can't come any closer to this house." Freminet's voice came from outside.

"Hmm?" Xingsu stopped what she was doing and started looking outside the door.

"What exactly do you want? We have important matters to attend to, please don't stop us."

"Huff..." Freminet picked up her greatsword and held it horizontally in front of her. "I'm sorry, but my family is still behind me! I..."

Seeing that the other party had picked up a weapon, Ying also drew her own Dull Blade, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

Just then, the door slowly opened inwards.

A warm hand gently landed on Freminet's tense shoulder.

"Put down your weapons, everyone. Let's talk inside."