Diary of Guarding Monster Girls-Chapter 633 - 360 Dream, time to wake up (6K, please subscribe!)_4
"My dear Ashen Bishop."
Bishop?
"Ashen? What are you talking about!?"
Ophidia was exceptionally puzzled upon hearing these words; she stared blankly at the young man standing close in front of her.
Halfway through her speech, she suddenly widened her eyes as if waking from a dream.
"Hmm!!?"
Memories from over a thousand years surged into her mind like a tide—Ophidia remembered.
She remembered everything!
And upon recalling everything, Ophidia also remembered what she thought of him just now.
Do I owe him?
Did I hurt him!!?
Ah???
"Herbert! You—"
But just before she could shout, the illusion at that moment shattered first.
Just as Herbert had said.
The dream had awakened.
A conscious person should not continue to sink into a dream.
"Her dream has awakened."
After making contact with Ophidia, Herbert finally fully grasped his own dream.
He was the master of this dream.
Before a new illusion appeared, Herbert, who hadn't really fallen asleep, closed his eyes and whispered, "My dream should also awaken."
There was no change around him, nor the feeling of awakening from a dream.
But when Herbert slowly opened his eyes, he had already left the illusion realm of the Spirit World and returned to the real world.
And the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a pair of large eyes peering into his face.
The petite Mirror Elf was curiously staring at him, observing closely, muttering to herself.
Hmm?
"...What are you doing?" Herbert couldn't help but ask.
Friend, what are you doing?
"Me? I'm observing you!"
Lukalia looked at Herbert without fear, and even after realizing he was awake, she did not leave.
She touched her chin, tilted her head, and said, "Did you actually succeed? You seem to have passed with much ease? Really strange, didn't you encounter any tests?"
Lukalia's mouth shot out five or six questions rapidly like a machine gun, her face full of curiosity.
Herbert shrugged and said with a smile: "Easy? Actually, it wasn't that easy, and besides, isn't it only natural that I can pass the test? What's so strange about that?"
"That's not the same!"
Lukalia shook her head, insisting, "Someone like you with such complex thoughts should have a lot of ideas in your mind! How could it be so easy for you to pass? Didn't you feel the illusion's erosion on you?"
Was it really that easy?
I don't believe it!
"What exactly are you... uh? What's wrong?"
Lukalia prattled on, questioning persistently, but the young man, who was about to respond, suddenly fell silent.
"..."
Herbert's gaze crossed over Lukalia, looking towards the Ancient Mirror behind her, quietly observing his own reflection within it.
"So, the real test is waiting for me here..."
His mouth drew a bitter smile as he shook his head.
"To guard one's real secret?"
Lukalia: ?
She looked curiously at Herbert's sudden change of emotion, tilting her head in confusion, she exclaimed: "Hey! Speak up! Also, what is that look on your face? Did you see a ghost?"
In a certain sense, Lukalia wasn't wrong at all.
Herbert did see a ghost.
"Herbert, what did you see?" The Mirror Demon also sensed something was off and asked quietly.
What did I see?
"I..."
What did Herbert see?
It was a face both familiar and a bit unfamiliar.
Black hair, black eyes, dark circles.
A face showing signs of excessive toil, a disdainful curve on the lips, with an underlying deep longing for love in the eyes.
An ordinary, proud, humble, complex amalgam.
That was...
His past self.
