For a day or two, Shen Miao thought she was just too tired. But after several days, she visibly lost weight and her spirits deteriorated.

She didn't tell anyone, afraid people would laugh at her. It was just a few nightmares; why was she being so dramatic?

While cooking, she tried to stay focused, nodding her head repeatedly, and almost fell into the stove.

"careful!"

Jiuying, who came in to help, reacted quickly and grabbed her.

Shen Miao rubbed her face and thanked him.

Jiuying stared at Shen Miao, her expression not good. "What's wrong with you these past few days?"

Shen Miao didn't want to talk about it and tried to gloss over it with a few vague words. But Jiu Ying was too clever to let her escape. He insisted that she give a proper explanation or he would tell the other children.

"Okay, okay, don't tell them, I'll tell."

She then told me about having a nightmare, and added at the end, "It's probably because I have too many things to do. It will be fine after this period of time. It's okay, don't worry about it. I'm fine, nothing's wrong."

Jiuying looked at her with a hint of helplessness. If this is considered nothing wrong, then what would be considered something wrong?

Shen Miao felt a chill run down her spine under Jiu Ying's gaze, as if she were about to die at any moment.

"No matter what, it's always good to have someone take a look. If you keep having nightmares and not being able to sleep well, you won't have any energy during the day, which will affect your work."

Jiuying found a plausible reason that Shen Miao couldn't refuse.

Sure enough, Shen Miao hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then go find it."

Jiuying acted quickly, returning with a person in less than an hour. Shen Miao had never seen the person before, but judging from his attire, he was from the Golden Crow Clan. The next second, Jiuying said, "This is the Golden Crow Clan's veterinarian."

Despite being called a veterinarian, this orc is actually more skilled at understanding esoteric arts and witchcraft. In comparison, Lin Shousheng is more adept at treating injuries and illnesses.

Shen Miao greeted the Jinwu ethnic veterinarian politely.

The other person nodded perfunctorily, staring intently at her face, and even circled around her. Shen Miao was horrified. What was he doing? Was he possessed by a ghost?

The veterinarian circled around for a while, then finally stopped, staring at Shen Miao, and said with certainty, "You've been having a lot of dreams these past few days, and they're all bad dreams, aren't they?"

Shen Miao looked at Jiu Ying. They had agreed to come for treatment, so why had she told him the cause of the illness beforehand?

Jiuying shook its head.

The veterinarian seemed to sense Shen Miao's confusion and added, "You're being haunted by nightmares."

"Huh?" Shen Miao looked bewildered.

Isn't nightmare something just a legend? Does it actually exist?

She was skeptical, and chuckled dryly twice: "Veterinarian, do you have a way to get rid of nightmares?"

"Of course I am, otherwise why would I be here?" the veterinarian said irritably.

Shen Miao touched her nose, thinking that this veterinarian didn't have a very good temper either. Was it true that all veterinarians were like this, with a bad temper?

However, since the person was there to help her, she didn't show any disrespect and asked in a very humble manner, "How can the veterinarian get rid of my nightmares?"

“Not difficult,” the veterinarian muttered, turning to look at Jiuying.

Jiuying then took off the bundle she had been carrying and handed it to the veterinarian, asking, "Uncle Tree, you can drive away nightmares, right?"

The veterinarian, known as Uncle Tree, glared and puffed out his beard: "Of course you can. Don't think that just because you're the clan leader you can question me, hmph."

Jiuying touched his nose, gave an awkward smile, and didn't say anything more.

Shen Miao cast a sympathetic glance at him. All veterinarians in the world are really the same. This guy's problem seems to be much bigger than Lin Shousheng's. At least after getting to know Lin Shousheng, the other guy stopped giving her a sour face so often.

Uncle Shu ignored the two exchanging glances and started rummaging through the package. Shen Miao glanced at it and saw that it was full of strange bottles, and the contents of those bottles were also strange.

The veterinarian was rummaging through things while muttering to himself, but you couldn't understand what he was saying, as if it were just an innate habit of his.

Uncle Shu used the strange things in the pile of bottles and jars to make an even stranger dish. He casually scooped half a bowl of water from the water vat, added it, stirred it with his finger, and handed it to Shen Miao.

Shen Miao took it subconsciously, and asked somewhat bewilderedly, "What are you going to do with this?"

"Drink it, what else can you do?"

Shen Miao asked firmly, "Is it enough to just drink it?"

She expressed doubt, saying that the nightmare didn't seem so stupid as to be driven away by a bowl of water.

Uncle Tree looked at her as if she were an idiot and said matter-of-factly, "Of course not. The water you drank only weakens the Nightmare's power. After you finish drinking the water, I will draw a restriction on you and capture it while it is weak."

Shen Miao felt like she was listening to gibberish. She clearly didn't understand, but she had to pretend to know a lot and nod in agreement.

"Alright, let's start after we finish drinking."

Shen Miao was dizzy and could only follow what Uncle Shu said. She thought the process would be complicated, but to her surprise, Uncle Shu just ran his finger over her body a few times and then told her that it was okay.

Shen Miao asked, "Is this all?"

"It's fine, you can sleep soundly tonight, everything will be alright." Uncle Shu said confidently.

Shen Miao smiled and said, "Then thank you very much, Uncle Shu. Thank you for your trouble."

She took out some meat and gave it to Uncle Shu, who accepted it without refusing. Then he left without saying goodbye.

Shen Miao looked at Jiu Ying, "Aren't you going to see him off?"

"Uncle Tree isn't that particular," Jiu Ying said with a smile in his eyes.

The orcs here are generally quite straightforward and don't stand on ceremony. Only Shen Miao is exceptionally polite, to the point that even Jiu Ying wonders where she learned all of that etiquette.

Jiuying comforted her, "Don't overthink it, you'll definitely sleep well tonight."

Shen Miao expressed her doubts, but she wisely kept them to herself, smiling and saying she would talk about it later that evening.

The night passed without Shen Miao having a single dream. When she opened her eyes, it was already dawn. She felt that after a good night's sleep, all her strength had returned, unlike the previous days when she felt more tired during the day than during sleep.

Shen Miao was overjoyed. She had been judging a gentleman by her own petty standards; that veterinarian was truly skilled.

Jiuying asked her about the night before, and Shen Miao kicked her hands and feet and said with a smile, "I didn't dream last night and slept very well. Uncle Tree is really capable."

"That's good. By the way, Uncle Shu also told me to tell you not to go to any unclean places or associate with any unclean people recently, otherwise you might get contaminated by other things."

Upon hearing this, Shen Miao was greatly surprised: "Uncle Shu, do you mean that this thing is man-made?"

Jiuying was also surprised: "Didn't you know that there are orcs in the tribe who know secret arts and can summon these evil creatures to harm people? You are fine now, but they will probably come up with another trick."

Shen Miao was bewildered and confused. After thinking for a while, she still couldn't figure out who wanted to harm her, and could only say, "I'll be more careful in the future."