[I'm Shinji dream Òctober, and right now I'm in ... water? What the fuck?].

After these thoughts, I started to gasp, the feeling of being strangled. Before long, I lost consciousness.

Opening my eyes I woke up in a white room, there was absolutely nothing but a lone table standing in the middle of the room. Looking at the table, I could see a quill dipped in ink, the pages of a thick book. All of which hinted that a scribe was sitting here.

{ Hey, young man, weren't you taught to mind your own business? }

A crushing, quivering voice was heard. Goosebumps ran down my back. Turning around, I realized who the voice was coming from.

It was an all-white man. Was it a man? He had no face, no genitalia. Nothing. There was only a mouth and eyes as red as rubies that made me dizzy.

I was terrified by the sight and voice of this creature. But suddenly it began to speak.

{Ha-ha. I'm sorry for scaring you, I'm the one who called you here. } he said, baring his teeth.

[ Fuck, what the hell is going on here? This is all a dream, isn't it? Yeah, it's got to be a dream.]

I was terrified, what's going on, I don't understand anything. Usually people in these situations try to kick themselves to wake up. But I couldn't move. I couldn't move a finger.

{Oh, my friend, don't worry so much, I'll let you go soon. We don't have much time, so I'll be brief. I just wanted to ask one small favor. }

If I was in a sane state, I would never have listened to that monster. He made it clear in every way that he was not to be trusted.

I was scared, I didn't understand anything. I was trembling with terror and anxiety. Suddenly the creature opened its mouth again.

{Meet □□□□□□} - After saying that, he looked at me with a demonic smile and narrowed his eyes - {I'll be waiting for you again, Shinji. }

~~~

I jumped up abruptly from the bed in a cold sweat, I rarely had dreams, much less nightmares. But this one was truly horrible. I looked at the time, it was 4:57 in the morning.

I got up and went to get a drink of water, my throat was dry. Walking back into the room, I saw a note lying neatly on the table.

"Shin, it's Arthur, I flew to Korea on business, I have an important conference there. Take care of Celestia. I'll be gone for a week, drop off and pick her up from school during that time, I'll be eternally grateful."

- He's always busy. - I said with a bitter smile.

It was hard for me to come away from the situation that happened the night before, but I drank a sedative and going outside, all that anxiety faded away.

I shouldn't have put it in my head since I was about to enter Casador. Nightmares shouldn't bother me so much. But who knew it wasn't a dream.