Chapter 412: Dream Sharing

As night deepened, Anunu and the others drifted off to sleep, enjoying a deep and peaceful dream.

Outside, the wind and snow howled, but inside, a warm fireplace burned, and the three children slept huddled together.

Ah Xun stood guard at the door, while Jiang Fan transformed into his beast form and lay down beside them, fast asleep.

At this moment, Anunu and the other two are having the same dream, because the cores of the three little queen insects are now locked together, and the three of them even share their dreams.

In her dream, Anunu wanders alone through a vast palace, with Sitar and Caesar relentlessly chasing after her.

"Anunu!"

"Your Highness, wait for me!"

Anunu glanced back at them, then suddenly turned and ran, shouting, "I'm looking for my mother and father!"

She ran while calling out "Mother" and "Father," her voice tinged with fear; the empty palace terrified her.

Just like many years ago, she walked alone on the empty wilderness, constantly calling out for her father, mother, and her family.

She doesn't like being alone; she's afraid of being alone.

She ran faster and faster, then suddenly collapsed to the ground and began to wail loudly.

Sitar and Caesar caught up and quickly helped her up.

Seeing her crying so hard, the two of them felt heartbroken. "Anunu, don't be afraid. We're here for you and will never leave you."

Anunu shook her head, crying, "No, you'll all leave me!"

She shoved Sitar and Caesar aside with such force that they both fell to the ground.

She got up from the ground and kept running forward, crying, "Waaah, I want my mom and dad!"

The sight of her crying and being afraid awakened Fei Xing's dormant consciousness.

He materialized into human form in Anunu's dream, knelt down in front of the bewildered Anunu, gently wiped away her tears, and hugged her in his arms: "Poor little thing, why are you crying like this? Who bullied you? Tell me, and I'll help you get revenge, okay?"

Anunu sobbed, "No...no one bullied Anunu, Anunu just misses her mom and dad."

Fei Xing felt heartbroken. When Anunu was awake after shrinking, she only thought about eating and her emotions were incredibly stable, as if the changes in Sitar and Caesar had not affected her mood.

Unexpectedly, all her emotions, which had been suppressed deep within her consciousness, erupted in her dream.

Fei Xing hugged her and kept comforting her, saying, "Anunu, don't be afraid. Sitar, Caesar, and the others are with you."

Anunu shook her head and cried, "No, they won't stay with Anunu forever. They don't care whether Anunu is happy or not. Anunu wants them to be well, Anunu doesn't want them to get hurt, but they don't listen to Anunu at all. Mingxiao was injured, Mingxiao almost died. Anunu is so scared. Anunu doesn't like them anymore. Anunu doesn't want them anymore!"

Anunu cried bitterly, sobbing out all the words in her heart.

Upon hearing Anunu's words, the two people behind her unconsciously rose in height, their memories gradually returning, and they returned to their adult forms.

Anunu cried and said she didn't want them, leaving them stunned and at a loss.

This dream belongs to Anunu and reveals her deepest subconscious.

Although the two of them were always by her side, they still made her afraid, uneasy, and terrified.

The reason is that the two of them are fighting each other and cannot tolerate each other. No matter what they do, they will only hurt each other.

Although Anunu has shrunk in size these past few days and her memories are confused, making her feel like a child, deep down she is aware of their changes. She is also intentionally suppressing her memories of growing up, thinking that if they stay like this, there will be no trouble.

As long as their cores are locked, Sitar and Caesar will no longer be able to harm each other.

Looking at Anunu, who was crying uncontrollably, the two suddenly felt that they deserved to die.

Sitar's eyes were filled with heartache and self-blame. He felt guilty because, although he existed for Anunu and told himself that everything should be based on Anunu's happiness, he still couldn't control his possessiveness and jealousy towards Caesar.

Yes, he was jealous of Caesar because he knew that Anunu had a special place in Caesar's heart and that she liked him.

This liking that went beyond genetics made him jealous and confused.

For a moment, he wondered if his arrival was a mistake, if he should have perished in his own era long ago. He didn't belong to this era; he was a remnant of that ancient time and should have died out with it.

He never felt that his waiting was meaningless or wrong. When he finally saw Anunu, he felt that he could wait for Anunu, even if it took tens of thousands of years.

But Anunu was unhappy.

Perhaps, if he had never appeared before Anunu, Anunu wouldn't have been so sad, and wouldn't have had to choose between him and Caesar.

At that moment, he was thinking, "Why should I?"

He wasn't there when Anunu was stolen from, he wasn't there when Anunu suffered hardships outside, he wasn't there when everyone was searching for Anunu, he wasn't there when Anunu needed him the most. He spent less time with her than Caesar, or anyone else in her life. He was absent during the most important moments of her life. What right does he have to use genetic matching to suppress her true inner desires?

He understood her, but he was unwilling to let her have her way, so he hurt her in the name of love and responsibility.