Chapter 179: Dream and Memory, Voice (2)

I sat Epherene in the office chair and looked into her eyes. I shone a light across her pupils.

“…Hic.”

Epherene hiccupped.

“Is there a problem?”

Then she pouted her lips.

“…You are too close.”

“…”

Since the examination was over anyway, I sat back a bit.

“Epherene, I’ve detected dark energy in your pupils.”

“Yes?”

Dark Energy. It was a substance that drove me wild, even with the smallest particles. It was the biggest enemy of the constitution ability I learned before, but I didn’t worry too much about it. Deculein’s wrath – although he spoke a bit harshly, it was his nature to freeze in the end.

“Oh, um…”

Epherene hesitated, avoiding my eyes.

“Tell me.”

“…That is. My father came into my dream.”

I stared at her without a word.

“But… it wasn’t my father. I was deceived.”

I put those words together. Dream. Father. Deceit. Dark Energy.

“Did anything happen in the dream?”

“Yes? Oh, I…”

Epherene opened her eyes wide. Her face was blushing as she wriggled her hands and feet like an octopus. It was strangely disgusting.

“Keep your hands still. Before I cut them off.”

“What?! Cut them?!”

“…”

“…Something happened.”

As I continued to stare, she slowly began to explain, and I listened quietly. She met Kagan Luna in her dream, but it didn’t seem like he was her father. If she had approached him, it would have been a disaster. She lived thanks to the mental power class…

“It must have been a demon.”

“…Demon?”