My Illusion Is Survival - Chapter 68

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Chapter 68

 

“Better than I expected.”

 

True to his nickname as the Golden Lion, Shane was a man who could twist the weight of a space with his presence alone.

 

In other words, he was extremely irritating.

 

“More importantly, how did you find me? We’re supposedly meeting for the first time.”

 

“It’s not our first time? We’ve met before.”

 

I looked at Shane thoughtfully for a brief moment. Could it be that the original owner of this body had met Shane in the past?

 

Indeed, Shane’s gaze as he looked at me was confident.

 

However.

 

“You can’t call briefly glimpsing each other in the square a meeting.”

 

That couldn’t be it.

 

‘If he had met this body’s owner before, it would have been obvious when we encountered each other in the square.’

 

At that time, among the male protagonists who came rushing over with Yulia, no one recognized who I was.

 

“You really are quite perceptive.”

 

As expected, it was the right answer, and soon a playful response came back.

 

That tone sounded like he was confident he could toy with me like a plaything, which made me feel even more disgusted.

 

“I thought this even when I first glimpsed you. The portrait the Imperial Court released couldn’t fully capture your beauty. The real thing is definitely better.”

 

“Thanks for the useless compliment. If you weren’t a pervert who trespassed into someone’s dreams, I might have been a little excited.”

 

“I like that you have a sharp tongue despite looking so gentle. Things that are too easy aren’t fun.”

 

“If you keep only looking for fun, you’ll end up dead someday, won’t you?”

 

“True. Even I should be careful about touching Azel Viotz’s lover, right?”

 

Clunk.

 

It was then that my hand holding the teacup quietly froze.

 

“So that’s why you spouted such words while taking Azel’s form?”

 

I wondered why he suddenly brought up talk about lovers, but it seems that’s how the rumors spread. Shane shrugged his shoulders once more as if in agreement.

 

“It would have been hard to find me with just a portrait, so how did you enter my dreams? To intrude into dreams, you would have needed something to find me with.”

 

My heart stung painfully, but right now I needed to find out how this bastard had snuck into my dreams first.

 

“You seem to know exactly about my toy too? I was having quite a hard time since the portrait alone wasn’t enough to find you. But then something interesting was discovered in the North.”

 

“Something interesting?”

 

A familiar pendant was placed on the table.

 

It was the Illusion Pendant I had lost in the underground of Egmund Ducal Palace.

 

‘So that thing ended up in this bastard’s hands.’

 

Thanks to that, I could understand what had happened.

 

Shane’s method of entering someone’s dreams through artifacts was simpler than expected.

 

Knowing the target’s face while possessing one or more of their belongings. That was all it took to sneak into dreams.

 

“Having both the portrait and the pendant would have been sufficient conditions.”

 

“Does that answer it now?”

 

“Thanks to you. Now I have a clear reason to ransack the Maclayen Estate.”

 

This meant that as long as the Illusion Pendant was in Shane’s hands, he could invade my dreams at any time.

 

“What would you do if I don’t let you out of this dream?”

 

“Wasn’t the Imperial Court the one who told you to capture me?”

 

“Right. His Majesty is quite anxious. So I thought I’d try to extract you through dreams. Even I don’t want to take the risk of sneaking into Azel Viotz’s hideout.”

 

“But you won’t end the dream?”

 

“The person in front of me is more to my taste than I expected.”

 

Suddenly he leaned forward. The neckline and firm collarbone revealed between his loose shirt collar instantly dizzied my vision. The blatantly crazy words were a bonus.

 

“What are you trying to do?”

 

“Play with me more.”

 

“Are you in your right mind?”

 

“For someone who is, you haven’t been able to take your eyes off me.”

 

But a man with disheveled red hair that was calculatedly sexy wasn’t my type.

 

“You’ll regret it.”

 

“No way.”

 

I immediately stood up from my seat.

 

“I definitely warned you.”

 

“Try whatever you want. But I’d like you to know this. Neither swords nor magic work here.”

 

Openly mocking me, his red lips curved wickedly even at my final warning.

 

Then I had to exploit his weakness.

 

‘As Shane said, most attacks don’t work here. But-‘

 

Fortunately, I had another power that wasn’t bound by such constraints.

 

“What the-!”

 

Shane sensed something was wrong when white light began pouring out around me.

 

“I told you. You’d regret it.”

 

“…!”

 

The light quickly enveloped Shane and his body stiffened as if time had stopped.

 

“I’m warning you in advance, this won’t be very fun.”

 

Moreover, I was confident in at least one thing: running my mouth.

 

*

 

Shane couldn’t help but swallow a bitter laugh inwardly.

 

‘I never heard that something like this was possible.’

 

People often misunderstand. They think you can do anything in dreams.

 

But Shane’s dreams were special. Since he was the owner of the dream, only he could control it at will. In that sense, neither swords nor magic were possible inside.

 

‘Can divine power be used like this too?’

 

But if the opponent used a power he couldn’t even understand, there was no way to stop it like now.

 

‘I was too careless.’

 

His admiration was brief. At that moment, something cold touched Shane’s neck.

 

“You look surprised?”

 

Judging by the cold metallic sensation, it was probably the butter knife that had been on the table.

 

“You don’t seem to be a benevolent Holy Maiden.”

 

“I’m benevolent to my people. But you’re not one of my people.”

 

“I only heard that white light purifies magic, not that it could be used like this.”

 

“How does it feel to learn that?”

 

“Not being able to move anything below my neck feels fucking great.”

 

Shane was actually extremely displeased. Having exposed his neck so defensively, there was no way he could feel good.

 

“Even though I was careless, this is the first time I’ve been in such a state in a dream I control.”

 

Contrary to his playful tone, his deeply sunken golden eyes were serious.

 

“So what do you plan to do now? Simply holding me won’t be endless, will it?”

 

“I’m trying to meet your expectations.”

 

“Meet my expectations?”

 

“I’m thinking of showing you just how far I can go.”

 

“Don’t tell me there’s more?”

 

Instead of answering, white light appeared in her palm again, and finally a bitter laugh escaped his lips.

 

Despite the seductive smile on his lips, he was terribly pleased with the ruthless eyes looking at him.

 

“I wouldn’t have started if there wasn’t.”

 

*

 

Of course, there was nothing like that at all. This was all I could do.

 

‘Rewinding time here wouldn’t help at all, so it’s right that I don’t have it.’

 

But as long as I didn’t get caught, that was enough.

 

“I really like it. If this weren’t a dream, I would have just grabbed it and run.”

 

Not only me, but that bastard who liked this kind of thing must be crazy too.

 

As we stared at each other quietly for a few seconds like we were having a battle of wills, he finally declared surrender first.

 

“Fine. I lost. I’ll send you back, so release this. This really feels disgusting.”

 

It was a surprisingly anticlimactic surrender.

 

“I didn’t expect you to give up so soon?”

 

“I was just planning to test the waters today anyway. I had no intention of getting into a full-blown fight and seeing blood.”

 

That’s right. Shane wasn’t the type of character to risk danger in a situation he didn’t even understand.

 

‘That’s fortunate for me though.’

 

I was reaching my limit anyway.

 

“That’s a wise decision.”

 

As soon as I finished speaking and released the blessing, the stopped time began to flow again.

 

With a loud sound, Shane fell on his butt, and that sight was quite satisfying.

 

“Ugh! Couldn’t you do it more gently?”

 

“I’d prefer if you moved quickly.”

 

“Maybe I shouldn’t have given up. This is the first time I’ve met someone so troublesome that I actually like them this much.”

 

“Stop talking nonsense. Even if you drowned, only your mouth would float.”

 

But then.

 

“Cough!”

 

At that moment, with a sudden coughing sound, blood flowed from Shane’s lips.

 

“…This is a bit of a betrayal, isn’t it? Didn’t we agree to end things amicably between us?”

 

I could see Shane’s expression immediately turning serious toward me, but I was the one who felt wronged.

 

“I didn’t do it.”

 

Then it was obvious who the culprit was.

 

“It’s that bastard’s doing.”

 

We simultaneously thought of the same person.

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