After leaving Sarah Meier's mansion, Lucrecia did not immediately return to her residence in the city-state, but returned to the Brilliant Star which was docked at the port.

Flying colorful pieces of paper swirled across the deck, through the corridor, across the bridge, and into the captain's bedroom. Lucrecia walked out of the phantom wind. She casually placed the spiced wine in her hand on a low cabinet beside her, and then walked towards the dressing table with a crystal ball on it.

In the corner of the room, the large rabbit doll lying on the bed immediately moved, then jumped up from the bed and skipped towards this side: "Mistress! You are finally back. Rabbi is so bored on the boat..."

"I just came back temporarily. I have to go back to the city later." Lucrecia looked at the scary-looking rabbit doll and asked casually, "Is there anything unusual on the ship?"

"There's nothing unusual on the ship, everything is ~fine!" The naughty girl's voice came from the rabbit's body, with a tone of seeking credit, "Rabbi takes good care of this place, just like when the mistress was here!"

"What about last night?" Lucrecia asked again, "When we were docked at the port, did you see anything wrong on the shore?"

"On the shore?" Rabbi was stunned for a moment. It seemed that it finally noticed the serious expression on the mistress's face. Its lively and enthusiastic attitude towards seeking credit suddenly subsided. "On the shore... there's nothing wrong, but Rabbi didn't pay much attention to the movements on the shore..."

Lucrecia slowly frowned, and after asking the bunny doll a few simple questions, she waved her hand and said, "There's nothing for you to do for now. Go wait aside first. Then you and Luni will come with me to the city."

"Going to the city?!" The rabbi gave a short exclamation, which seemed to be a bit surprised and pleasantly surprised. "You are taking the rabbi into the city? Are we going to play?"

Lucrecia reached out her hand to the crystal ball in front of her. After hearing what the rabbit doll said, she was silent for a second or two. Then, she touched the crystal and said lightly: "It might be fun for you."

The rabbi jumped up happily on the spot, then skipped back to the bed, lay down in the same place with a plop, and waited patiently.

The crystal ball gradually glowed and hummed. After waiting for a while, there was finally a response in the glow. Tirian's figure hurriedly appeared in the light and shadow, and gradually became clear.

"Lucy?" a voice came from the crystal ball. "Ah, I was meeting with some business representatives just now and didn't notice the movement of the crystal ball. Are you okay over there?"

"I'm fine," Lucrecia looked at her brother in the crystal. After noticing the fatigue in his expression, she quietly put away her impatient expression due to waiting for a long time. "It seems that you are very busy over there. Have you not had much rest recently?"

"To be honest, the situation is much better now than before. At least I have a chance to eat my lunch at the table," Tirian shrugged, and then he couldn't help but look at the situation behind Lucrecia, as if to confirm whether there was someone in the picture. Then he hesitated for a moment, and then hesitantly said, "Is my father... over there?"

"Not now, he's busy with other things," Lucrecia replied, and then added, "Don't be so nervous, Dad is very busy now."

"Oh," Tirian replied, then hesitated and asked cautiously, "You've been getting along well with him these past two days? Nothing went wrong, right? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Everything is fine," Lucrecia said casually. Then she thought for a moment and turned her head calmly, allowing the silver-white waves and feather hair accessories to appear in the picture. "He finally gave me this hairpin that was a hundred years late. Incredibly, it still looks like new."

Tirian in the crystal ball was stunned. The worried expression on his face just a moment ago suddenly froze. He stared at this side blankly, and after a long time, the corners of his mouth finally trembled: "...Ah?"

"Didn't he bring you a gift?" Lucrezia turned and asked very seriously.

Tirian thought for a moment, put his hand to his forehead, and said in a tone of despair: "Sixteen rounds of 24 pounds, three rounds of 32 pounds, and countless rounds of 12 pounds..."

Lucrecia looked at the other side silently, and after a long while she spoke softly: "You fired first."

"...You suddenly came to me just to talk about this?"

"Of course not," Lucrecia shook her head and said seriously, "I just want you to pay attention to some... things recently. If there is any situation, please contact me as soon as possible."

Tirian immediately became serious: "Pay attention to something?"

"Elf, if I remember correctly, there should be quite a few elves who have settled in Frost for a long time," Lucrecia said calmly, "The 'cooperative monitoring system' between the church, the Adventurer's Association and the city-state has just been established, and it seems that they haven't reacted yet, so I contacted you directly..."

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At 99 Crown Street, in the back garden that was surrounded by trees, green plants and walls and thus looked quite eerie, a ray of fire suddenly expanded into a blazing door, and the figures of Duncan and Alice walked out of the door.

Shirley, who was basking in the sun in the backyard, suddenly jumped up, turned around and ran towards the house - but after running just two steps, Duncan stopped her: "Why are you running?"

Shirley quickly stopped, she was stunned for a moment, turned her head and scratched her hair: "Yeah, why would I run... Sorry, Captain, it was a conditioned reflex..."

"You look so surprised," Duncan frowned and looked at the girl. "Is Lucretia back?"

"Not yet," Shirley shook her head, "but Vanna and the old man are back, they are in the living room."

Duncan nodded: "Well, that's fine, come in with me and see what they have gained."

"Then I'll go to the kitchen and put the food away," Alice said as she walked, holding the large wooden basin filled with food that she had brought from the Lost Homeland. "We can have fish soup tonight!"

Duncan glanced at the puppet with a subtle expression. In Alice's head, there seemed to be a stable logic tree. Even if something terrible happened around her, as long as the Lost Homeland did not explode on the spot, she could calmly and naturally act at her own pace, such as going back to the Lost Homeland to get fish, or going to the kitchen to cook...

Duncan even suddenly had some doubts. Even if the Lost Homeland really exploded on the spot, as long as he was still in front of this doll, she would be able to ask him stupidly what he wanted to eat tonight after she reacted...

But there's nothing wrong with that - in this restless world, Duncan thinks it's good to have a puppet around him who only cares about what soup to make tonight.

A moment later, Duncan came to the living room. Vanna and Morris, who had just finished a day's work in the city, reported to him the current situation.

"...From what we can see so far, it seems that the entire city-state was affected last night, including the local elves and other races living in the city. No one noticed the change. As for those who work at night, there seems to be a certain degree of 'cognitive confusion'..."

Fanna sat on the sofa and narrated her investigation intelligence from the perspective of a professional judge.

"In the morning, I met a few mechanics who had just returned home from their shift at the steam pump room. During the conversation, I found that they did not remember their specific night watch work last night, but they felt that everything was normal last night and nothing happened the whole night. They were conscious, but they were completely unaware of the contradictions in their words, as if..."

Vanna hesitated, as if looking for a more appropriate word, and continued after a moment: "It's like still immersed in a 'lucid dream'."

"In other words, those who slept at night collectively experienced a dreamless night, while those who worked at night were 'lost' for a period of time, but at the same time felt that everything was normal?" Duncan listened to Vanna's report and couldn't help but ask, "Have you tried to confirm the deeper mental state of those people? Are there any signs of mental pollution?"

"I used some of the Deep Sea Church's divine methods, but I didn't go too far," Vanna nodded. "After a preliminary examination, there were no signs of contamination on those people. They just... 'naturally developed wrong cognition and memory'."

Duncan stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Morris who was sitting on the other sofa.

"I went to see a few old friends and informed them of last night's incident. The academy is now investigating and formulating countermeasures. If everything goes well with Miss Lucrecia, the entire official response system of Breeze Harbor will be activated," Morris nodded. "But based on the current situation, when the influence of the 'Dream of the Nameless' increases, everyone in the city-state will inevitably be affected. The only ones who can stay awake and move around inside or outside the dream are you and those of us who follow you. The actions of the academy and the city-state authorities will not be so smooth.

"In addition, I also found several scholars who are familiar with the traditional culture and legends of the elves. I learned more about the Great Demon God Sasloka, the World Giant Tree Silandis, and the 'Dream of Creation' from them. During this time, I discovered a... rather interesting place."

Duncan immediately became curious: "A more interesting place?"

"Yes," Morris nodded. "In some little-known narrative poem, there are these few lines describing..."

〖Sasloka created the world’s first dream, but He did not know what dreams were.

Mortals call it a dream, and He becomes confused because of it.

Then, the Dreamless One was born in His trance...〗