Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

The moment the hour hand pointed to seven o'clock, the alarm broke into my ears.

I stretched and sat up, rubbing my eyes.

It is reasonable to say that my head should be groggy when I just woke up, but my consciousness is too clear, as if I haven't slept all night, my body is also very relaxed, and I can clearly remember what happened in the dream last night.

Is it because of lucid dreaming?

As a result, lucid dreaming allows me to have more time than other people.

"Are there still 24 hours left in the three-day countdown..."

Reality conceals its own urgency, and confuses the real residents with day-to-day daily life, while the dream is more grandiose and flamboyant.

I rubbed my head and pushed open the door, and then met a pair of cold eyes.

The lavender pupils looked at this side displeasedly, and the twin ponytails of blond hair were tied with white pompoms.

"Ah... early?"

"Early what? You can't get up earlier?"

Su Huilin gave me a complaining look, turned around and went downstairs.

I think I got up early...

No... According to her usual temper, she must have woken me up by banging on the door.

Could it be that I told her before, don't bother me casually in the future?

"Don't worry, according to my brother's biological clock, we will never be late."

Naturally, my righteous speech was met with her ruthless eyes.

"……idiot."

But if I don't wake up again, she will definitely abandon me and set off on her own...

Thinking of this, I immediately wash up as quickly as possible.

...?

what sound?

I glanced out of the door curiously.

"Hey... don't kick the floor even if you want to tell me you're impatient! Dad will scold me again when he comes back!"

Su Erin, who was standing at the door, clasped her hands together and clicked her tongue impatiently.

"Don't look at me with such cold eyes! And don't be tongue-tied!"

Maybe she was annoyed by what I said, so she changed to a position where one foot was supporting the ground, and the other foot was leaning back against the wall.

"This is your own home, don't kick the wall with an indifferent face!"

"Can you hurry up..."

"It's for your own good! It's a waste of your cute face! "Bad girl"."

Su Huilin raised her eyebrows in displeasure, and gave me a hard look.

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As soon as the door was locked, Su Huilin walked 20 meters away from me. I sighed softly, quickly followed her, and left the residential area side by side with her.

"Hey, what are you doing sneaking these days?"

Su Huilin didn't look at me, but looked at the passing vehicles on the road.

The words seemed to be asked inadvertently.

"It's okay... I'm definitely the first to tell you about anything!"

Su Erin glanced at me with a half-believing look.

She opened her small mouth to say something to me, but she hesitated for a moment when she reached her mouth, and then said:

"If something happens, be sure to tell me."

"I can take your words to mean that you are worried about my brother, right?"

"Don't think about it! It's just because my mother is not here recently, and your father leaves early and returns late. They won't have time to ask you, so I care about you on their behalf."

The way she tried to defend herself made me raise my lips.

When Mom and Dad are away, only we act as each other's parents.

Although I am more verbose in most cases...

"You still call him 'your father' after all this?"

"What, you care about me so much?"

My proud little sister...

If one day she is willing to call daddy to that oily man without a fatherly tone, I think he will definitely be happy all day long.

That being said, I'm sure she sees what Dad did.

"First of all, thank you for caring about me on behalf of my parents. I'm fine...but why do you speak more like my mother than your mother now? You don't look like a younger sister at all."

I usually call my stepmother old mother when I see her, but now I deliberately call her like this to distinguish my biological mother from my stepmother.

"I advise you to get rid of your delusions about me as soon as possible. That kind of beautiful, cute, well-behaved and sensible sister who says "you are the only one in my world" does not exist in reality."

Is it realistic...?

"It's true that I'm not the only one in your world, but you can also be regarded as that kind of beautiful, cute, well-behaved and sensible sister. I'm already very satisfied with two of the three."

"I didn't listen to you obediently in the morning, did I? Many people at school said I was a 'bad girl'~ so I don't match the words cute and obedient. I'm sorry."

Hey... can you just admit my compliment honestly?

Bad girl is it?

She looks nothing like that to me. But I can't understand the rumors about her among the students. Maybe it's because Su Huilin always looks like he refuses to leave people thousands of miles away, plus there are many misunderstandings.

"So, you admit that you are pretty?"

I leaned in front of her with great interest.

Not only was Su Huilin not embarrassed, but she moved closer to me and tilted her head.

"I don't want to deny the existence. Do you think I'm not pretty?"

Looking at her flickering bright eyes, I didn't know how to answer her for a while.

"Hey, stop teasing your brother!"

"How can I tease you, it's strange."

She raised her eyebrows, put her hands behind her back, and walked forward again.

It seems that the mood has improved a lot.

I smiled, took two steps forward and made a step to follow.

"Speaking of how to evaluate my sister, it depends on what I think as an older brother, right? Your own evaluation doesn't count."

"what……"

"In my opinion, you are the kind of beautiful, cute, well-behaved and sensible sister. As for your world, it's all me, there's no need, as long as you have me in your heart."

Su Huilin's face finally turned cherry red, but she still snorted angrily.

"Idiot, go dreaming. You really are an idiot living in a daydream."

She turned her head away, quickened her pace, and walked in front of me.

In this way, we went to school one after the other.

"Daydream..."

I was thinking that daydream refers to the fantasies and images produced in the brain when awake, so what is the difference between it and lucid dream?

Perhaps, there is no difference in essence?

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The sun was shining on my desk from the window, I glanced at the empty seat next to me from the corner of my eye, and pressed the mechanical pencil boringly, and the lead came out bit by bit from the tip of the pen. I pressed the end of the pen and put the refill on the table.

"Report...report!"

The sudden sound of breaking into the classroom made me accidentally break the lead. I looked at the girl who rushed all the way to the classroom, and her eyes fell on me briefly.

"I asked you yesterday if you were late every day, and you answered me today with your actions. You are amazing?"

The teacher beside the podium mocked angrily, and Xia Yinci, who was about to enter the classroom, stuck out her tongue playfully and moved back to the door.

"Oh, it's not a big deal, you don't have to praise me for such things~"

Xia Yinci scratched her cheek in embarrassment, wondering if she was playing dumb on purpose. The head teacher glared at her angrily, and hammered the podium with his clenched hand.

"Okay...you can't tell if I praise you or scold you?"

"Can I go in~"

She seemed to have completely ignored the head teacher's warning.

"I'll tell you later, it won't affect other students."

The homeroom teacher twitched her right eyebrow, waved her hand, and acquiesced in allowing her to return to her seat and sit down.

"Thank you teacher~"

Xia Yinci unhurriedly came to me and pulled out a chair and sat down. She casually opened a book and spread it out on the table. Then she lay down on the table and buried her arms, closing her eyes.

Sleeping in class and being late for school are basically Xia Yinci's routine. Other girls usually go to the toilet together, but she always tends to go alone. A beautiful girl of the free style, many people commented on Xia Yinci in this way.

Xia Yinci was as casual as ever, acting like nothing happened that day, so I had no choice but to say nothing.

Why did she choose me? Apparently, most of those who participated in the game of rulers were lucid dreamers.

Just as I was staring at the blackboard in a daze, a strange itchy sensation crossed my arm. Turning my head, I found that Xia Yinci's fingertips brushed my arm lightly. She was looking at me with one eye on her cheek, with a note in her hand.

I froze for a moment and took her note. The delicate purple ink handwriting reads:

"Sleep?"

Hello! What does this ambiguous wording mean...?

Would it be easy to be misunderstood?

I raised my eyebrows, pinching the note a little at a loss. But Xia Yinci didn't wait for my response at all, and closed her eyes on her own.

What... just sleep and sleep! It's not that I haven't slept in class!

I thought that I would be able to fall asleep even if I didn’t know how to sleep, but I didn’t expect that the teacher’s voice was as soft as a lullaby, and I lost consciousness before I knew it, and fell into the abyss of dreams.

The field of vision is getting wider and wider, and it is a strange but familiar road.

The sky was tinted leaden, and it was so gloomy that it made people shiver.

There was no one on the road, and the shops were closed with their shutter doors covered with frost and snow. At first glance, it feels like the town has been frozen.

I stretched out my palm in a daze, and the snowflakes floated to the palm of my hand, which was fleeting due to the heat.

Ah... here is the snow scene of the campus in the previous dream, but this time it is changed to the road leading to the campus.

After not taking many steps, the scene in front of him was seamlessly integrated into the scene in the teaching building.

There was a lot of noise nearby, and many students in the same uniform as me passed by, but I couldn't see their faces clearly.

Am I dreaming?

This kind of thing is not important.

The strange electronic noise in the teaching building and the sound of the pendulum crackling invaded my ears. The strong sense of oppression caused the conscious mind to be suppressed under the subconscious mind, and gradually lost control. This evaporated.

I couldn't help mobilizing my legs and walked towards the depths of the corridor.

"Class is about to start. I have to get into the classroom quickly."

This is the information given to me by my subconscious mind, and I acquiesced to its authenticity without even thinking about it.

Hurry up to the classroom...

Unconsciously, I stepped into the classroom with half a foot, but at this moment, there were hands on my shoulders, restraining my steps.

I froze for a few seconds, then turned my head in confusion, Xia Yinci was standing there in her private clothes, very conspicuous among the students.

"Ah, Xia Yinci? Strange...you came to school so early today?"

I can't see the light and shade of the sky clearly, but I just vaguely feel that it is seven o'clock in the morning. Xia Yinci shouldn't have come to school so early, being late is Xia Yinci's style.

For some reason, Xia Yinci looked a little unhappy, she grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the direction of the classroom.

"Hey, where are you going? It's almost time for class..."

She didn't speak, and pulled me to the end of the corridor before stopping.

"What's the matter?"

Xia Yinci raised her head and pointed her index finger out of the window. I hesitated for a moment, then looked out in the direction she pointed.

The scenery outside the window is nothing to be concerned about, but there is a line of words that suddenly stops in the air. While understanding the meaning of that line, Xia Yinci's voice also broke into his ears.

"Have you not realized yet? You are dreaming."

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【※ Lucid Dream ※】

When we are awake, our conscious mind dominates our thinking, and our subconscious mind is hidden deep below the surface as a secondary conscious mind. But in the sleep state, the logical judgment ability is suppressed, and the subconscious mind rises to the surface and constructs a dream world.

The state of lucid dreaming is somewhere in between, so it has characteristics of both.

At different stages, which of the two is better behaves differently.

In the beginning, the subconscious mind is stronger than the conscious mind, and the conscious mind can easily be dominated by everything in the dream, and we can easily lose the self-knowledge that we are dreaming, which will lead to the failure of all previous efforts and the inability to enter the state of lucid dreaming.