East Chester County, at the Hall family estate.
Audrey sat at her dressing table and lit a candle.
Then, she looked at herself in the mirror through the flickering firelight. Her emerald eyes gradually became so deep that one could not look away, and it seemed as if even one's soul wanted to sink into them.
"Audrey, stay awake in your dreams tonight," she said to herself in a soft voice.
This is simple "psychological suggestion".
The ancient ballad she heard at dusk gave her inspiration to explore her own dreams to see if she could use them to enter the subconscious sea and spiritual sky of all living beings.
This is an attempt that other "psychologists" have never thought of. At least there is no similar thing in the reference experience provided by the "Psychological Alchemy Society" - giving yourself suggestions and exploring your own dreams.
Perhaps she could find traces of the Mind Dragon or even the "City of Miracles" Liveseyd there... Audrey retracted her gaze, took off the "lie" that had turned into a ruby necklace, and put it into the jewelry box.
She was afraid that this magical item that could amplify emotions would affect her in her dreams and cause unnecessary harm, so she handled it carefully in advance.
After doing all this, Audrey subconsciously looked at herself in the glasses and found that her appearance had some minor flaws again.
When she was wearing "Lies", she felt that her own beauty made her addicted.
"Wake up, Audrey, that's just a lie!" She raised her right palm and gently stroked her cheek.
At this moment, she was extremely glad that she named the magical item "Lie" so that she would always be alert. Otherwise, one day she would become completely dependent on it and refuse to face her true self. Once she lost it, she would most likely lose control.
“Those girls who look relatively ordinary, after wearing ‘Lies’ to modify their appearance and achieve near-perfect changes, may never take them off again and would rather die than not take them off… The corresponding ‘Extraordinary People’ should not have a similar mentality…” Audrey sighed and stood up.
Wearing a slippery silk nightgown, she walked briskly and expectantly in the warm room, returned to her soft, comfortable and elastic bed, and pulled a rope at the head of the bed.
Anne, the personal maid, opened the door and went in, gently turning off the lights.
It didn't take long for Audrey to actually fall asleep.
In the hazy world, she suddenly shuddered and realized that she was dreaming.
She looked around with interest and said to herself silently:
"Is this what 'lucid dreaming' means in psychology?
“In mysticism, there is a similar concept.
"It really works. I relied on simple self-psychological suggestion to successfully have a lucid dream. Audrey, you are really a genius. No, no, no, no, this is mainly the application of extraordinary abilities. Don't be proud."
At this time, Audrey had figured out what her current dream was.
She was walking on a gloomy and narrow road, surrounded by a dark forest and with a castle with towering spires in front of her.
The whimpering and prolonged wolf howls, the slow and terrifying gasps, and the shrill and intermittent screams came from all directions, brewing a dangerous and depressing atmosphere.
I was still feeling scared after the assassination of Duke Negan. I was afraid that one day, many extraordinary people would come to attack my father, mother, brother and others... Audrey analyzed her dreams from the perspective of a "psychologist".
She walked slowly forward, in this extremely real dream, towards the castle that was almost identical to the ancestral home of the Hall family.
As they were walking, a figure suddenly jumped out of the black forest. It was a giant dragon with golden scales all over its body, pale golden eyes standing upright, and a thick sweeping tail.
The dragon's facial features are exactly the same as Audrey's, and combined with its body, there's an indescribable sense of awkwardness and horror!
Audrey was startled and almost woke up from her dream. Fortunately, as a "spectator", she calmed down in time.
This made her realize that she had never truly forgotten the incident in which she almost lost control when she took the "Psychologist" potion. The self-comfort, self-motivation and improved mood at that time were only superficial. The shadow had been rooted deep in her subconscious, and would be reflected in her dreams from time to time.
Fortunately, I discovered it today. I can try to treat it subconsciously. I am a "psychologist"! If I continue to ignore this problem, I might become frightened and lose control when I advance to Sequence 6... Audrey carefully examined herself.
Audrey's dream changes discontinuously, with stops and starts, which is not up to standard as a story.
Finally, she walked to the front of the castle and saw a magic wand as long as an arm sweeping through the air, scattering bits of bright starlight.
The castle shrouded in light suddenly became magnificent, and all the gloom and darkness completely disappeared.
The music of a band could be heard from inside, and gas wall lamps lit up one after another.
"This is my first and most beautiful expectation for extraordinary powers... It's really a little girl's fantasy..." Audrey's mouth curled up, and her mood suddenly improved.
She did not stop, but walked past the castle and towards the edge of the dream, not caring about how the scene behind her changed or how the story unfolded.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, she crossed the desolate wilderness and arrived at the top of the cliff.
Looking outside, the gray void spread out, and it was so deep that it seemed to have no bottom.
Audrey clearly realized that this was the boundary of her dream, and she didn't know what would happen if she left.
"And how should I leave? Jump down? Will I die from the fall..." Audrey thought in embarrassment, not daring to take the risk.
After thinking for dozens of seconds, she slowly came up with an idea:
This is a dream, which comes from the spiritual world. As the master, I can use my will to pave a path for myself!
With the intention of trying, she tried to manifest what she had in mind, just like she did above the gray fog. The only difference was that in the past, she needed the help of Mr. Fool, but now she had to rely on herself.
Audrey stretched out her right hand, spread it downward, and pointed it at the gray abyss.
In front of her, the gray mist suddenly surged, revealing layers of stairs that stretched downwards with no end in sight.
Audrey took a slow breath, lifted her skirt slightly, took a step forward, and stepped onto the first step.
She went down step by step, and the surroundings became quieter and quieter, so quiet that it made people hear auditory hallucinations.
There is nothing but gray here. You can't see anything. It's lonely and unknown.
The howling wind changed direction all the time, causing Audrey's body to sway and her fear to slowly deepen.
Before her emotions got out of control, a deep yet warm light flashed in her emerald green eyes, as if she could see through people's hearts.
Audrey comforted herself with the power of "psychoanalysis"!
She continued to explore, and after dozens of seconds, a spot of light suddenly appeared in the gray surroundings.
Audrey looked over warily, and saw that the light spot contained a person who had just taken the potion and almost turned into a giant dragon monster. She was on the verge of losing control, and her worry, panic, fear, and tension were all over her face.
"…This is my subconscious, this is my shadow?" Audrey vaguely understood where she had gone after leaving the dream.
She was not in a hurry to resolve this shadow, but continued to move forward step by step with full anticipation.
According to the theory of "Psychological Alchemy", the bottom of the subconscious mind is her destination - the collective subconscious ocean of all living things!
As she went down, Audrey saw herself as a child listening to her parents telling her stories, herself who valued her image but was not so elegant, and herself who attended the Tarot Club. However, the light spots similar to the latter were all tightly wrapped in gray mist.
These are all things in my subconscious mind... affecting my personality and behavior? Audrey instinctively used her knowledge of psychology to analyze.
As different points of light flickered, she was on the verge of emotional breakdown many times due to this long, lonely and aimless exploration, but she always used her extraordinary abilities to "comfort" herself in time.
Just as she was about to lose track of time, she saw the last flight of stairs.
In front of the steps was a solid, fuzzy, grey "ground", with rays of light swaying and swimming above it. They were dense and overlapping, like an illusory sea.
The ocean of collective subconsciousness... Audrey took a few steps forward and looked up. She was surprised to find that the "gray haze" no longer blocked her vision, and the sky was clearly visible.
There are countless indescribable figures there, with seven different colors, bright lights containing endless knowledge.
Audrey pursed her lips and said to herself happily:
“The spiritual sky.”
Then, she walked forward carefully and started her own adventure.
The light and shadows that made up the sea passed by her eyes from time to time. Some contained ancient memories of being burned by fire, while others carried the extreme pain of looking directly at unspeakable things...
In addition to the marks from ancient times and ancestors, Audrey also saw admiring gazes looking at her and folk activities of worshiping dragons.
As she walked, she noticed a gray-white mountain in the distance on the left. It stretched upward and emerged from the ocean of light and shadow. The top was shrouded in mist, clear and blurry.
Is that another person's consciousness? The one in the "ocean" is the subconscious, and the one above the surface is the normal consciousness? Well, he is dreaming... Audrey suddenly thought of a possible "psychologist" application technique, which is to get closer, climb up, and directly influence the other person's subconscious thoughts, so that he will naturally act according to his own arrangements.
But this should be difficult and very dangerous... Audrey looked away and did not try it rashly.
She clearly remembered that she came here to find the traces of the Mind Dragon and the "City of Miracles" Liveseyde.
Audrey passed by dozens or even hundreds of other people's consciousnesses, and gradually, she felt tired.
"It's time to go back." She instinctively looked up, gazed into the distance, and made a decision rationally.
She stood there for a long time, unwilling to leave.
When Audrey was about to turn around, a shadow suddenly appeared in the air.
Those were two huge, gray wings!
Under the wings, there is a slender lizard-like monster.
Its entire body is covered with huge gray-white stone-like scales and it has four thick and powerful legs. It seems to be bathing in non-existent sunlight, gleaming with a light like the afterglow of the sunset.
The monster flew over, its eyes were pale gold, its pupils were vertical, cold and arrogant.
Its grand and epic figure quickly faded away and disappeared into the subconscious ocean of all living things.
A dragon... a dragon of the mind! Audrey jumped on the spot and looked around, afraid that someone would see her ungraceful and impolite behavior.
She paced excitedly and turned around in a circle, very satisfied with her adventure.
Sure enough, the dragon worship custom here is not without origin. There lives a spiritual dragon in their subconscious ocean... Audrey resisted the urge to praise herself and decided to return immediately and wake up from the dream.
She had no urge to continue exploring because she was totally unprepared for it. She planned to consult Mr. Fool and Mr. Hanged Man at the Tarot Club next week, hoping to get some advice.
Audrey returned the same way and entered the "mountain" formed by her own consciousness. Then, she woke herself up and successfully escaped from the dream.
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At this time, Danitz was also allowed to return to the room.
He glanced at Gehrman Sparrow and said with a wry smile:
"You're definitely not going to tell anyone what you just saw, are you?"
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