Terrifyingly, she could see nothing before her eyes. Even Sicar’s hand that was holding hers was gone.

“Sicar! Where are you?!”

“Don’t worry. I’m here.”

“Where?!”

“I am only peering into Kian’s dream through you. I can’t go in with you. So, listen to my voice and follow Kian’s dream.”

“Where should I follow?”

“Look ahead. You should see things faintly moving. Follow them.”

As she walked a little further, indeed, something was faintly moving.

“What, what are these?”

“I’m not sure. They seem to be small fragments of memories that Kian is afraid of, go in further. Don’t be scared. I’m watching. If anything, I’ll pull you out. Keep going. Otherwise, you won’t be able to figure out what Kian is thinking in his situation.”

Even though she was an adult, there were things she was scared of. Especially such a dark path was too scary.

Because of this, her steps faltered.

“Just a little more. Walk a bit further.”

“Hohow much further do I have to go?”

“You’re almost there.”

As she approached a little more, this time, something white appeared before her eyes. As she got closer, they were all wolves.

“Wolves in the snowy mountains. But, they won’t harm you, so just ignore them and move on.”

“They, they won’t harm me?”

“Yes. Because Kian doesn’t consider you an enemy.”

“But, they’re all staring at me……?”

They were all staring at her, without taking their eyes off her. Her steps became even heavier at the gaze of the white wolves right before her eyes.

She was about to step forward with her shaky legs when she felt someone gently take her hand. Startled, she turned to see Sicar by her side.

“I thought you couldn’t come here?”

“These seem to be one of the beings that Kian fears and dreads. So, they would attack you. Even if this place is a dream, if you get hurt, the mental damage would be great. Because this is not your dream.”

Swoosh. The metallic sound that stimulated the nerves was Sicar drawing his sword.

The moment he drew his sword, the white wolves charged at us. Sicar hid her behind him and cut down the charging spirits. The wolves cut by the sword all disappeared like smoke.

“Don’t lift your head! Bury your face in my back and stay still until it’s over!”

Sicar’s roaring voice was as irresistible as thunder. She buried her face in his back, grabbed his coat, and held her breath until everything was over.

Her arms and legs were trembling at the vibrant movement of him in front.

Soon everything became quiet and only Sicar’s heavy breathing could be heard.

“Haa…haa….”

When she opened her eyes, blood was dripping from Sicar’s arm.

“Are, are you okay…?”

“I’m fine. This much is…”

However, Sicar’s face was not fine at all. The bright red blood flowing from his forehead, where a wolf’s claw had scraped past, was dripping down above his eyes.

“Are… are you really okay?”

“Yes. It’s okay because this is a dream. It won’t affect me when I get out.”

“Really?”

“Yes. So don’t be scared and follow me.”

She held Sicar’s arm with her trembling hand and followed him.

“The wolves of the snowy mountains don’t threaten the fire spirit user, but it seems Kian’s fear of the wolves of the snowy mountains was due to a vague fear of being trapped in the snowy mountains.”

“Where, where is Kian? Is he on the cliff again?”

“He’s over there today.”

Kian….?

Where Kian was, it was a snowy mountain. Kian seemed to be looking for Valize in the middle of the snowy mountains.

“Why is Kian looking for Valize over there… there was nothing like this in the original…”

“It just mentioned that he had a nightmare, it didn’t describe the content of the dream in detail.”

“Do you think he misses Valize?”

“It’s more likely due to guilt towards Valize. Even if he’s just a sevenyearold boy, his father died protecting him, he must have been slowly despising himself for being happy with us lately.”

Sicar stopped there and turned around to hug her tightly.

“What are you doing, Sicar?”

“So it seems that today, here, Kian’s fears and despise are bubbling up.”

“What do you mean? What’s that?”

When she turned her head, she saw some black forms of something that she couldn’t identify.

“What, what are all these?!”

“Don’t look! If they know what you’re afraid of, they’ll charge at you! Bury your face in my chest and stay still!”

So that’s why I told you to keep your head down and stay still a while ago. If our eyes meet, they’ll rush at me!

I covered my ears with my hands and tightly closed my eyes. Sicar held me tightly in one arm so I couldn’t move, fighting against the formless entities rushing at us.

The arm of Sicar moved dynamically, the sounds of countless metal friction, sharp sounds of skin being scratched, and clothes tearing loudly filled the air.

And then, after a while, when it seemed to quiet down, Sicar, swaying, propped his knife on the ground.

When I opened my eyes, the black figures had all disappeared and blood was flowing from Sicar’s abdomen, arm, and neck.

“Si! Sicar! Are you okay?! They’re not even afraid of you, why are they rushing at you?!”