Chapter 117: Consultation Fee

Chapter 117: Consultation Fee

Nightmares?

Klein considered for two seconds before saying, “Yes.

“I dream of a small town shrouded in mist, with the red moon hanging in the sky, sometimes clear, sometimes blurred.

“At the center of this town, there is a black church filled with hanging corpses. They wear clothes from different eras, swaying gently in the wind and making strange sounds.

“Besides those, there is a beautiful woman with bloody human flesh caught between her teeth, and a mushroom-man made from countless little mushrooms…”

In order to treat his psychological problem, Klein restored the dream in fairly complete detail. However, he did not explain that these were things he had truly experienced, nor did he reveal that he knew the beautiful woman’s identity and the origin of that bizarre mushroom. At the same time, he concealed the existence of the cluster of transparent worms and Zaratul.

Audrey listened earnestly and attentively. Combining her Beyonder intuition with her dual knowledge of mysticism and psychology, she pondered while saying, “Mr. World, I can imagine how frightening and sinister those scenes in your dreams are. I can also feel the tremendous terror that would make you wake with a start.”

Seeing that the person beyond the wooden partition did not refute her, Audrey became more confident. She quietly performed another round of Soothe and began guiding him.

“The fear inside dreams often originates from emotions hidden in the depths of the heart. And most of the time, fear hidden in the depths of the heart has only two sources: the unknown, and the irresistible.

“The terrible things you saw in your dreams are only appearances. What you truly fear is what they represent, what they symbolize, and what they hide behind the curtain.”

As she spoke, Audrey suddenly asked, “What is that?”

Klein was following Miss Justice’s soft, sweet voice, relaxing little by little and examining his own heart, when he suddenly heard such a question. Almost subconsciously, he answered, “The existence that created all of this.”

He paused for a second, then added with hesitation, “They are both unknown and irresistible.”

At that moment, Klein already understood the true reason he had been having nightmares and why his mental state had been poor.

Instinctively, he was fearing certain matters. Instinctively, hidden negative emotions had formed within him.

The former included the terrifying performances of that cluster of transparent worms and Zaratul, as well as the inexplicable actions of the eraser angel and the fact that using the Dark Sacred Emblem had successfully “opened the door.” Each respectively produced an emotion of despair before a path that seemed impossible to resist, and a feeling of uncertainty about who was friend, who was foe, and who was plotting what.

Yes. I am afraid of that cluster of transparent worms suspected to be Sequence 1 Attendant of Mysteries of the Seer pathway. I am afraid of Zaratul, who achieved some unknown purpose through “opening the door.” I am afraid of the Goddess, whose thoughts are unknown, and of the eraser angel…

Klein slowly breathed out, inwardly admitting his own fear.

Audrey used Soothe again and discovered that Mr. World’s mental tension had essentially eased. Delighted, she grew bolder and said, “A major root of fear is insufficient confidence. Think back. Did you perhaps overlook something or make a mistake in the relevant matter? This caused your spirituality to keep reminding you, hinting to you, and gradually evolve into part of the nightmare.”

Overlooked something, made a mistake, reminder from spirituality…

Klein pondered Miss Justice’s words, earnestly combing through the details of the matters he feared.

Soon, his expression sank little by little. He discovered a problem.

When I swore an oath through the sacred sword under the Goddess’s witness, I had not yet become a Clown. The power of the gray fog had not yet entered the real world, so it could…