Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 143 Mission: 08-6 Dream Wandering
Or, in other words, they knew it but pretended not to know it.

Chuhua was originally just an ordinary "wild child" born on a small island. But in a way, she was not ordinary - because her best friend was a wealthy heiress from a big city whom she only saw once a year.

To Chuhua, Toyokawa Shoko was like a fairy from heaven. She was so beautiful, so noble, so considerate, and full of curiosity about everything in the world. Her eyes, like Chuhua's own, always sparkled.

However, none of this constitutes a reason for Chuhua to want to get Toyokawa Shoko.

Yes, let's be frank here. Chuhua wanted Toyokawa Shoko, and he wouldn't give her to anyone else; he wanted her to be his own. That's why Chuhua really liked the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

How nice it would be if I could just steal the fairy's clothes and keep her in the human world.

But is it really Toyokawa Shoko that Chuhua wants?
How much can you really understand someone you only see once a year?

Xiangzi would indeed put aside his airs as a rich daughter and get along with Chuhua as an equal, playing and chatting, but she would never tell Chuhua anything about "heaven". They were just ordinary friends, and they had very few common topics.

It was Chuhua who arbitrarily mistook Xiangzi for her Weaver Girl, and Chuhua was not the Cowherd. So even though Chuhua tried hard to communicate with her parents, to decorate herself, and to become an idol in order to come to the new city, she ultimately could not get the person she wanted.

She failed to enter the "heavenly realm" and was instead stained with dust. As a result, she naturally drifted further and further away from Xiangzi.

However, the further away they were, the more the desire in Chu Hua's heart grew. It filled Chu Hua's heart and gradually became distorted.

Maybe, just maybe—maybe Chuhua had once truly hoped to marry Toyokawa Shoko, but by now, the "Shoko" in her heart, the "Shoko" in her memory, had long since been obscured by the dust. The real Shoko had vanished without a trace.

In the final analysis, Chu Hua was just trying to catch the moon in the water, searching in vain for the illusion of the past.

The moon is out of reach and the illusion is shattered.

As Hai Ling said: What Chu Hua was gazing at was a fake starry sky. The real night sky of the new city is always lit up by neon lights.

There are no stars.

In the dream, Chu Hua reached out his hand and gently touched the sleeping Xiangzi. Finally, he raised his head and said to the people waiting in the hall outside: "Then... let's do it."

Her voice was full of fatigue and helplessness.

Hai Ling's blunt words pierced the veil of the dream, revealing the ugly and sad reality to Chu Hua without reservation. Chu Hua felt that he should be angry, but he felt that he no longer had the energy to do so.

"……Feel sorry."

Hai Ling's slightly tangled apology made Chu Hua smile bitterly:
"I know you do it for my own good."

Perhaps it was because he was too familiar with the hypocritical flattery and whitewashing in the entertainment industry, and it could be said that he knew it by heart. In Chu Hua's eyes, this kind of criticism and accusation without caring about the other person's feelings and speaking frankly seemed cute.

After this, Chu Hua began to describe the current situation: "Xiao Xiang is currently recuperating in her own dream. I don't know if she can sense what's happening in the outside world. I've tried to enter her dream-within-a-dream, but it's filled with dangers, so even I don't dare stay there for long. Therefore, I have no idea what's happening to Xiao Xiang in her dream-within-a-dream."

Listening to Chu Hua's words, Nero calculated with his fingers that this should be the third level of dreams. If we borrow the term from Inception, this level of dreams is extremely close to the dreamer's subconscious ocean, only one step away from the lost realm composed of the collective subconscious.

So Nero asked, "Danger?"

"It's filled with all kinds of monsters," Chu Hua replied, "and they will attack any outsiders they see."

"A protector formed by the subconscious? Or is it the embodiment of Nanna's invasion of will?"

Nero demanded.

"I suspect it was both, since there were so many monsters fighting each other."

Nero heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this answer, because at least the difficult question of "how to help Xiangzi" was answered: as long as all the monsters that invaded her consciousness were killed, she would be able to gain an advantage in the fight against Nanna.

From this perspective, only Nero is needed to enter this time.

"Then without further ado, let's get started now."

Time is running out and Nero must race against time.

"I need to bring you to the same dream level as me first."

Facing the eager Nero, Chu Hua replied: "If you are ready, please choose a seat and lie down. Don't resist. I will use my power to put you into a deep sleep and bring you to Xiao Xiang."

Nero looked at Hai Ling and said, "Can't we bring our body with us?"

She thought that the reason Hai Ling didn't bring her into the dream directly was because she needed Chu Hua to remove the barrier first.

But Hai Ling replied: "I don't recommend you do that either."

Her reason was, "I will use shadows to protect your body after you enter the dream, and Chuhua can bring you out of the dream at any time, so you have two layers of insurance. And if you go in alone, I can't just leave Lixi alone. If something happens to you, I may not be able to save you in time."

"alright."

It was just that some methods that relied on magic tools might not be usable, which wasn't a big problem for her. Nero found a seat, lay down, and relaxed.

"Let's get started," she said.

"Only you?"

Nero glanced to the side and said, "Others can't help if they go in."

"Then relax. Don't resist—"

In Nero's ears, Chu Hua's voice suddenly seemed to be stretched out, as if someone had pressed the slowdown button. A gentle force enveloped her body, and sleepiness gradually surged over her.

Then the next moment, everything returned to normal.

"How are you feeling?"

Nero slowly opened his eyes and found himself still in the planetarium, even his seat hadn't changed. But both Hailing and the others, as well as Aine and the others, had disappeared from the place.

Chu Hua was not asleep, but standing in front of Nero. Her short golden hair swayed, and her violet eyes were like deep whirlpools.

"There is no problem."

Nero said, looking at Toyokawa Shoko who was as quiet as a doll not far away, then turned and said: "Let's continue--"

A strange feeling of detachment interrupted Nero's subsequent words. At this moment, Chu Hua's expression changed.

"No, that's not right!" she screamed. "Someone has severed your connection to this dream!"

what? !

Before she could ask what was going on, the seat behind Nero was instantly torn into a crack, and the huge suction force from outside the dream immediately sucked her into the crack.

(End of this chapter)