Chapter 180: Dreams, Memories, and the Voice (2) (Teaser)
I settled Epherene into the chair in my office, leaning in close as I shone a light in her eyes to check the pupillary response.
"... Hic," Epherene muttered, suddenly hiccuping.
"Is there a problem?" I inquired, glancing up at her face.
"... I think you are too close, Professor," Epherene muttered, pouting.
"Epherene, remnants of demonic energy were detected in your pupils," I said, stepping back and seating myself as the examination came to a close.
“Sorry?”
Demonic energy, even in the tiniest particles, was a turbulent force that could stir a tempest within me. It stood as the greatest adversary of the Characteristic I had acquired not long ago. However, I felt no pressing concern, as the nature of Deculein’s wrath—although his words and actions grew more abrasive—always settled into a frostbound tranquility.
"What has led you to this?"
"Ah, um…" Epherene mumbled, her eyes darting away from mine as if searching for an escape.
“Speak.”
"... Umm, my dad came to me in my dream."
I watched her in silence, saying more than words ever could.
Epherene lowered her head and added, "But… it wasn’t him. It felt like I had been deceived in some way, or something like that."
I pieced the words together in my mind—dream, father, deception, and demonic energy.
"Did nothing else occur in the dream?"
"Sorry? Oh, well..." Epherene stammered, her eyes wide, her fingers fiddling and her feet shuffling like a squid, her cheeks flushing bright red.
A strange sense of discomfort stirred within me.
"Still your hands and legs, or I will have no choice but to cut them off."
"What?! Cut them off? ... Something did happen, actually."
As I continued to press my glare into her, Epherene finally began to speak, her words cutting through the stillness as I listened in silence. She had met Kagan Luna in her dream, but it wasn’t really her father. Had she approached him, it could have been disastrous, but she explained that she had survived thanks to a recent mental training session…
"It could only have been a demon."
“... A demon?” Epherene asked, blinkin...
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