100CIM - Chapter 108




The monster grinned with its torn mouth as if it had been caught.

Anasis.

The person Simone fears the most.

“...”

‘Ah, my body again...

Simone's body froze and she couldn't move. It was the same feeling she had when she had seen Anasis, who had been imperfectly summoned before.

'We're in big trouble.'

The thing with Anasis's face opened its mouth wide. Then it slowly approached Simone's head as if it were going to swallow it all at once. When Simone was sweating coldly and trying to move her stiff body somehow.

“What are you doing!”

The Emperor ran from behind and cut down the monster with his dull sword.

Teeing!

Although it bounced off the thick black monster's skin without being able to cut through it, Anasis's form was momentarily disrupted, and at the same time, Simone's stiff body gradually loosened.

“Hey, you! Be careful!”

Simone smiled faintly at the Emperor who was shouting with a pale face.

"Thank you."

Thanks to you, I survived.

Simone, who had regained her composure, unleashed all the power she had used to defeat Osasanisasao on the monster. Of course, the irritation she felt at that time was also included.

Simone's energy grew rapidly.

Phew!

The monster couldn't handle the force and just burst.

The whole situation is over.

The burst monster's flesh splattered everywhere.

“It's over.”

Simone now approached the Emperor as if to reassure him.

'If I did something wrong, I could have died again-'

If the Emperor had not been able to stand watching and rushed at the monster, Simone would have died again and returned home.

Simone was secretly making a fuss, but outwardly she told the Emperor that it was no big deal.

“If my predictions are correct, time will pass and we will naturally wake up from our slumber.”

The Emperor, who had a tense expression on his face the whole time, finally smiled again.

“If that’s true, then thank you. I will never forget this favor. When I return to reality, I will ask for your name first.”

And after a while, as she had expected, Simone slowly returned to reality and woke up.

***

Simone slowly opened her eyes.

Her body felt heavy as if she had slept for a long time, but her mind felt the opposite as if she had not slept for a long time and was extremely tired.

Simone frowned in disgust and sat up.

“Simone!”

“Simone, are you awake?”

“What is going on!”

The voices of the group were screaming. They were surrounding Simone, noisily worrying about her.

"Are you okay?"

“I’m glad you woke up.”

The group told Simone, who had just woken up, what had happened.

“No, I was coming to you because you found something like a jewel, but then you suddenly collapsed!”

“So, while looking for the cause, Orkan realized that you were trapped in a dream and went to ask El for help.”

“Lord El?”

Why is that person's name here?

As Simone frowned as if she didn't understand, the group looked at each other and smiled happily.

...It seems like you’ve been very busy?

“Did you see the signal we sent?”

"Signal?"

“Lord El helped us. He said that we had to somehow let you know that it was a dream.”

While Simone was rolling around in her dream, the situation outside was not chaotic.

The necromancer who came to help suddenly collapsed, causing chaos, and the group was running around trying to find the cause of her collapse.

In the meantime, Orkan realized that Simone had not collapsed but was asleep, but was worried that her soul was strangely not being detected, so he asked for help from El, who was an expert in this field.

Since El really hates being around people, he thought he would listen to his request, but surprisingly, El willingly came into the castle and told the group about Simone's condition.

'The soul is trapped somewhere else. Unless she realizes that it is a dream, she will never be able to escape.'

'Oh, what should we do? Is there any way we can help?'


El hesitated for a while before nodding to the group that was hanging on with pale faces.

'I'll help you just this once. I know how to interfere with dreams. Well, for research purposes. It won't be easy, but I think I can interfere with simple phenomena.'

'Thank you! But how can I help you by interfering with her dreams?'

'You just have to show her things that are clearly different from reality. Like pictures or numbers. In the case of shapes of objects that you don't usually pay attention to or numbers that are difficult to recognize accurately while sleeping, they will show you images that are far removed from reality in your dreams.'

'Then, can we somehow make Simone see the pictures or numbers? Is that possible, El?'

'Let me give it a try.'

So, El interfered with Simone's dream and gave her a hint, and thanks to that, Simone realized that it was a dream and was able to come back to reality. That was the story.

“Lord El confirmed that Simone’s soul had returned and hurried back home.”

“Thank you.”

Simone smiled faintly. It is said that mischievous fairies interfere with the dreams of living things and play pranks.

It was not the research but the fairy's power that allowed El to interfere.

Perhaps Orkan learned of El's true identity through this incident.

“Anyway, I’m fine now. What happened to His Majesty the Emperor?”

"His Majesty?"

“You’re not awake?”

“Huh? What is he waking up for?”

“...”

What is this atmosphere?

Why does everyone seem clueless? Could it be that the Emperor hasn't returned yet?

There's no way that's possible?

When Simone was embarrassed by the unexpected reactions of the group, the door suddenly burst open and Viscount Rangel came in, urgently looking for Louis.

“His Majesty! His Majesty, His Majesty, your condition has suddenly become...!”

“What? What’s going on?”

“I think you should come quickly!”

Louis jumped up and followed Count Rangel. Count Rangel was about to leave the room in a hurry, but then he checked that Simone was awake and spoke to her as well.

“You come too! It seems like there’s something you need to see too!”

Simone quickly kicked the covers off and got out of bed.

“Oh my! Be careful, Simone! If you get up so hastily, you’ll get dizzy.”

Orkan nagged at Simone, but she had already followed Count Rangel out of the room.

“What is His Majesty the Emperor like?”

Louis flinched and looked at her at Simone's sharp voice that seemed to ask her something.

Simone looks so carefree. Did something happen while she was trapped in her dream?

'That's strange. It was definitely dealt with back then?'

I'm sure I tore the monster to pieces?

If Simone had returned to reality, the Emperor should have returned quickly as well.

But why is the Emperor in such a state?

"...Ah!"

Simone stopped dead in her tracks and grabbed Louis' wrist.

“Ouch! Why, what’s going on?”

Louis looked at his wrist with a frown, but Simone, paying no attention to Louis' reaction, pointed urgently to the Emperor's bedroom.

“Jewel! Break the jewel and come! Don’t touch it directly, but use your sword or hammer, quickly!”

Louis was taken aback by Simone's urging, but soon lowered his head and hurried to the bedroom.

And Simone ran again with Count Rangel to the throne room where the Emperor was.

The largest space in the castle. A long red carpet with gold leaf patterns was laid out, and at the end of it sat the throne.

Simone took in the sight of the throne room, visible right at the entrance to the audience hall, and the Emperor sitting there.

Something disguised as the Emperor was lying on the throne, eyes rolled back, in agony.

He was struggling so much that his hands and feet were flailing around, and it seemed as if he would soon roll off the throne.

“Oh, is it okay! Your Majesty! Oh, what should I do?”

“...First, it would be best to move His Majesty to a place where no one can see him. Let’s call the servants and move His Majesty to the bedroom.”

Simone, who saw the Emperor's appearance, became calmer.

'It's working out well.'

The Emperor is fighting.

He has one and only body, and he is with the monster that has taken possession of his body.

It is evidence that the soul is leaving the dream and returning to reality.

The Emperor is an extraordinary person, so there is no doubt that he will safely regain his body, but since his body is empty, unlike Simone who returned right away, the Emperor's soul, who had his body taken away, is still confused and seems to be wandering between the dream space connected to the jewel and his own body.

Simone thought it would be better to limit the soul's dwelling place to his own body, so she had Louis destroy the jewel.

Seeing Simone running all the way here but not doing anything, Count Rangel became anxious.

“Can we just leave him like that? Shouldn’t we do something? If we continue like this, His Majesty’s body will be injured...”

“It’s much better for His Majesty to fight and win on his own than for me to do anything about it. I said it’s okay. The Holy Emperor will probably return in a few days.”


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