It was like a beautiful dream with a thin layer of sugar coating, which instantly shattered and fell in front of the eyes of the people immersed in it, leaving only a dark space...
At this moment, the memory of reality invaded. W covered her face in pain and fell into the dark space, her golden eyes filled with complexity, pain, and madness.
Just then, the scene in the dream changed again, and the dark space was dyed with color once more.
"!"
After noticing the change of the scene, W slowly raised her head and swept it with her crazed eyes. However, the scenery in front of her made her pupils shrink again.
On the barren land, the flames burned... The kind princess fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string.
The scarlet blood slowly flowed out, staining her snow-white clothes... It stung W's eyes severely.
"Theresia... Your Highness...!"
Seeing this scene, even though W knew it was fake and a dream, she still struggled to get up and stumbled toward the place where Theresia had fallen.
"Theresia, hold on..."
After W rushed to Theresia's side, she covered her wound with her hands, trying to stop the gushing blood.
But no matter how W tried, there was no way to stop the gushing blood. The blood dyed the earth red and her hands scarlet.
"..."
During the whole process, Theresia, who was lying on the ground weakly, said nothing, only looking at W with gentle and apologetic eyes, watching her movements.
At this moment, whether it was the wound that couldn't stop bleeding or Theresia's gentle eyes, they were telling W the inevitable ending.
But she was unwilling, very unwilling... but she was powerless and had no way to do anything.
"Theresia, this time... wait for me for a while, okay? I will definitely find a way..."
Accompanied by W's trembling and anxious voice, a crystal teardrop slowly slid down from her eye socket and silently dripped on Theresia's face.
Looking at W like this, Theresia's eyes full of tenderness flashed a trace of helplessness and apology. She slowly stretched out her hand, gently stroked the face of her follower, and whispered softly: "... Sorry, W."
"Hehe, this is... the first time I see you cry. Don't be so sad, I've always been... here."
As she spoke, Theresia moved her arm with difficulty and kept her fingers on W's chest. The meaning was self-evident.
"Besides, we said goodbye properly this time... didn't we?"
"I believe we will see each other again one day..."
As the last sentence fell, Theresia smiled and closed her eyes. Finally, her breath weakened, and her hands slowly slid to the ground...
"Theresia!"
W, who noticed that Theresia had lost her vitality, looked at the gentle face and couldn't help shouting. The sadness in her eyes was so strong that it almost overflowed...
"Click——"
Obviously, this dream didn't want to give W time to react. With the familiar sound, everything around her cracked again... shattered into pieces all over the sky.
Theresia in her arms also turned into stars in the sky under the breeze and disappeared silently in the darkness.
"!"
However, just as W reached out her hand to keep her, the darkness in front of her eyes also shattered, and then she opened her eyes...
"Huh——"
W, who was awakened, sat up with heavy breaths and opened her eyes to look at the dim firelight flickering in the tent... The whole person was extremely confused for a while, and her eyes were a little empty.
"...!"
Just then, W suddenly felt a pocket on her body getting hot, and she quickly reached out and took out the things inside. And the moment she saw the things in her hand, the confusion in her eyes was instantly replaced by surprise.
Because what she was holding in her hand was the image of Theresia cut from the painting of Griseo...
"Boom..."
Then, accompanied by a small sound, the remaining painting in W's hand suddenly ignited a flame and then turned into ashes in front of her.
"..."
W looked down at the remaining residue in her hand, the light flickered slightly in her golden eyes, and her expressionless face made it impossible to see what she was thinking.
If W didn't know what the dream was about at this time, then she would have been a mercenary for nothing.
Although she knew who was behind it, W was surprisingly not angry. As she calmed down, her expression became thoughtful.
Especially now that she thought about it carefully, the last few words of Theresia in the dream just now gave W a very strange feeling.
It was as if... it was not a dream, and the people in it were not fake.
In addition to this aspect, W also had many doubts about Theresia's words and was very concerned, especially the last sentence.
But no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't get a reasonable answer.
Even W guessed that her Highness might have just faked her death and was actually still alive. However, this idea was ruled out by her not long after it came out.
But at the same time, she also buried a small hope deep in her heart, maybe?
Finally, W stopped her chaotic thoughts, looked up at the sky that was about to get bright outside, and silently thought when to go to find Griseo.
After all, if she couldn't figure out something, she had to go and ask the "culprit."
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"Hmm..."
Griseo woke up naturally in the morning and slowly opened her confused eyes.
Last night, because she didn't receive any pranks from someone, the little Loli went to bed early and had very good sleep quality. So she woke up earlier than usual this morning.
"..."
After being in a daze for a while, Griseo lost the confusion in her eyes and quickly woke up. At the same time, she remembered what happened yesterday.
Speaking of which, after she asked Mr. Knight to "give" the painting to W yesterday, she almost didn't pay attention to the follow-up. She only knew that her partner came back last night after completing the task.
She doesn't know what the situation is with W now.