She floated in the air, her long, deep blue hair flowing like seaweed in streams of colorful light, her magnificent fishtail swaying gently, and her body surrounded by twinkling starlight.
With her eyes closed and a contented and peaceful smile on her lips, she seemed to be immersed in the sweetest dream, completely unaware of Lind, the "intruder."
Linde composed himself, feeling both amused and surprised as he experienced this strange spiritual world constructed purely of "appetite" and "satisfaction."
This mermaid's inner world... is truly adorably "pure".
Looking at Sirina, who was completely unguarded and fast asleep, the little bit of resentment he had felt earlier when she had flicked his mech away with her tail resurfaced, along with a mischievous thought.
"Sleeping so soundly? And you dragged me in here as an audience member?"
A mischievous smile curled at the corner of Linde's spiritual body.
With a slight thought, he attempted to "create" within this spiritual world that belonged to Sirina.
He focused his mind, imagining something—something from his past life memories that was known for its extreme stimulation, capable of instantly "blasting" people awake from their sleep.
A small, crystal-clear glass bottle, containing bright red chili sauce, appeared out of thin air in the "hand" of his spiritual body.
The bottle also has a striking label with a fire-breathing skull on it, and below it reads: "Ghost Pepper - Ultimate Challenge Edition".
Lind grinned wickedly, manipulating the mentally concentrated "chili bomb" so that it floated silently to the bottom of Sirenna's small, delicate nose.
Then, he imagined the bottle cap being suddenly ripped off—
call!
There was no real sound, but on a spiritual level, an extremely "domineering", "tyrannical", and "hot as magma" stimulating "aura" burst out from the bottle mouth like an invisible shock wave and rushed towards Sirina's delicate nose with perfect precision!
Achoo—!!!
A deafening sneeze shattered the tranquility of this culinary paradise!
As if struck by a high-voltage electric shock, Sienna's entire body jolted up! Her deep blue eyes, which had been tightly closed and seemed to contain the stars and the sea, suddenly opened, filled with bewilderment and terror as she was forcibly dragged from her blissful dream, as well as... the intense physiological reaction brought on by that terrifying "spicy" sensation that shot straight to the top of her head!
Her beautiful nose instantly turned bright red, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably like broken pearls. Her small mouth opened wide as she coughed violently, as if she were coughing up her lungs.
The magnificent fish tail frantically slapped against the invisible air, and the entire person (fish) tumbled several times in the air before barely managing to regain its balance.
"Cough! Cough cough cough! Wh...what is that?! It's choking me! My cake castle! My honey waterfall!"
She coughed violently and looked around in panic, trying to find the culprit who had ruined her dream.
Then she saw Lind (spiritual form) hovering not far away, with a half-smile on his face, looking at her with great interest.
Sirenna's tears still clung to her long eyelashes, her nose was red, and her mouth was slightly open from coughing and surprise, making her look both disheveled and adorable.
When she saw Linde's appearance clearly, especially the "despicable" smile on his face, her deep blue eyes widened instantly, burning with raging anger, mixed with a hint of grievance at being "ambushed".
"Who are you?!"
Sirena's voice, like the sound of a conch shell, carried a strange resonance and was now filled with an angry tremor. She stretched out her slender finger and pointed it angrily at Lind.
"How dare you intrude into Sirina's dream! And... and you even attacked me with something so terrifying! You ruined my beautiful dream!"
Unforgivable!
Her cheeks puffed out in anger, and her huge fish tail was raised high menacingly, flashing with a dangerous light, as if she was about to deliver a vicious blow to this annoying "intruder" at any moment, just like she had done to that unfortunate mech soldier.
Linde looked at the mermaid lady in front of him, her fur standing on end (or perhaps her scales?), and felt the raging anger churning in her mind. Far from being afraid, he found it even more interesting.
Sirona's rage was like a deep-sea whirlpool ignited, and the starlight in her deep blue eyes exploded into dangerous fragments.
With a sudden flick of her slender hand, the entire "Food Paradise" responded instantly! The flowing honey waterfall surged upwards, transforming into a roaring, viscous giant wave; the suspended lava cake burned and crashed down like a meteorite; the giant rainbow jelly castle disintegrated with a deafening roar, and countless crystalline fragments, like the sharpest icicles, rained down on Lind!
"You rascal! You'll get a taste of Serena's power!"
She screamed angrily, whipping her fishtail and stirring up colorful energy turbulence in the dreamlike space.
However, Linde simply hovered silently in place.
Faced with this ferocious attack, powerful enough to tear an ordinary spiritual being to shreds and drown them in a sweet hell, the mischievous smile on his lips even deepened slightly.
"Deconstruction".
With a slight thought, the [Deconstruction Aura], enhanced to its peak, silently unfolded.
The onrushing waves of honey instantly transformed in his eyes into countless splashing sugar and water molecules; the lava cake decomposed into the basic units of flour, cocoa, and calories; and the sharp jelly fragments were reduced to gel and water-soluble pigments.
They are no longer a threat, but a jumble of basic information waiting to be rearranged and recombined.
Linde didn't even need to "decompose" them. He simply brushed aside the spiderweb and gently touched the threads of "rules" at the very bottom of this mental space.
Buzz—
The falling cake vanished silently in mid-air, like a pencil drawing erased by an eraser; the roaring waves of honey lost all momentum when they reached within a foot of him, flowing obediently back to the "riverbed"; the jelly fragments that shot through the air seemed to have crashed into an invisible buffer layer, hovering softly around him, losing all their destructive power.
"Hmm? It tastes pretty good."
Linde even stretched out his finger, dipped it in the rainbow jelly floating in front of him, put it in his mouth and tasted it, as if he were evaluating a novel dessert.
Sirenna: "...???"
Her beautiful blue eyes widened, and her small mouth opened slightly, as if she had witnessed the most incredible magic trick.
Her proud control over her dreams, and the "cuisine rules" she could create at will, were as fragile as soap bubbles in the sunlight in the face of this intruder.
Her anger was instantly replaced by a profound sense of bewilderment and disbelief.
"What...what did you do?!"
She was filled with doubt and uncertainty, her fishtail thumping nervously in the void.
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