Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

No matter how painful and desperate, crying and shouting will always stop. Like a puppet with a broken string, Elus stared blankly at the people coming and going in front of her, simply looking for a smile. The faces of the women wandering around were full of sadness, but the newborn children in their arms opened their big watery eyes, looking at this novel world. The passing young adventurers are like their former self, but the atmosphere here is not as lively as it was then.

As the sun set, the figures became even rarer. Elus sobbed softly, and her heart became quiet again. She closed her eyes in bewilderment, leaning against the wall at the entrance of the tavern with tiny cracks, unknowingly invited by sleepiness, and walked into the world of dreams.

In the dream, the girl was not walking towards the tavern alone, but the crowd was moving in all directions. She squeezed through the crowd and passed the square in the center of the town. The sound of children playing could be heard endlessly. Only a few women with children in their arms would stay here in a daze from time to time, mourning quietly, and sometimes a few drunken men would lie on the ground and sleep soundly, wondering when life would be back on track. Elus turned around and looked away again, her heart has never been so calm.

She raised her head slightly and looked towards the boundless sky.

Ever since she was a child, Elus has always been afraid of the cloudless blue sky on a sunny day. She never dared to look up at the sky like that, once she did so, she would be sucked away by the boundless blue sky, and fall into the blue sky, as if she was with the lonely blue sky. It was as sad as if I was the only one left in this world.

Therefore, she can never learn the magic of flying.

When Elus' father saw her for the last time, he expected this time to be gone. He wanted to teach Elus the magic of flying, but Elus would be disturbed by the blue sky as soon as she raised her head, so she hesitated to rush into the air. Until now, in my dream, I still dare not jump off the high place and fly.

Now, when she thinks about it carefully, what she is afraid of is nothing more than "loneliness". ——The cloudless blue sky stretches as far as the eye can see, and there is nothing but blue. It must be lonely in the blue sky, right? Elus thought, it must be this kind of thinking that makes her afraid to look up at the sky.

On the contrary, now... Elus stared directly at the sky. It seems that she no longer has the fear of being pulled away by the lonely blue sky and being isolated in the sky alone.

"That's right. After all, I have nothing to lose, and there is no need to be afraid of losing anything."

Eluth showed a relieved smile, walked to the street in front of the tavern, and stopped, and then, familiar faces appeared in front of her eyes.

——Everyone stood in front of him peacefully, as if nothing had happened.

"It's really a lie to say that you don't know where your dream palace is~" Elus asked herself, pulling the corners of her mouth bitterly, and blurted out the conclusion, "Here, this tavern where I have been staying for more than a hundred years , it must be my dream palace.”

This sentence attracted the eyes of the person I cared about, and they locked on me tightly. "Dream Palace is the incarnation of what the dreamer fears", and what I am afraid of is these people who are like dust and may be blown away by the wind at any time; what I am afraid of is that they will disappear before my eyes one day ; what I fear is that one day I will be alone again.

That piece of sky that he will no longer be afraid of is spreading blue wantonly above Elus.

What Charlotte and Ningzi have done can't be made meaningless, so we must take their part together to defeat the devil hiding in the dream. For this reason, it is time to bid farewell to this world and not to be immersed in memories any longer. Only in this way can one face the fear; only in this way can the dream palace open the door to the world.

Elus took another step towards the tomorrow he expected.

The scenery of the tavern was displayed in front of his eyes more wildly, and the memories that had been locked in his mind were violently pulled out. The crowd of acquaintances spread out into two rows. She looked at the people passing by one after another, said goodbye to the memories, and at the same time tried her best to engrave the scene in front of her in her mind so that she would never forget it.

"Eluth, are you ready to open this door?" The store manager put his arms in his arms and raised his eyebrows pretending not to care, adding a few wrinkles on his forehead out of thin air. Lizi looked at herself tenderly, with expectations in her eyes, but there was still a trace of reluctance. It is clearly a replica created by a dream, but it is exactly the same as the real thing. While thinking about it, Elus nodded her head, and then smiled at Ace and Ningzi beside the store manager. They also smiled back.

Standing in front of the door of the tavern, the sun was lazily hitting the blond hair. Standing there, Charlotte turned his eyes from looking up at the sky to stay on himself. After looking at each other for a long time, he suddenly giggled smile. Tears eroded Elus' eye sockets again, thinking that she would never cry again, but in fact she was just tired of crying, right?

However, Elus stubbornly gave Charlotte a smile, and even though the tears were still running down her cheeks, she staggered Charlotte's eyes and pushed open the door of the tavern.

A white light came directly from the other side of the door, and in a blink of an eye, familiar people, familiar objects, familiar atmosphere, everything dissipated in that white light, no matter on the street. Or in the tavern... everything became deserted. Elus took a deep breath and walked towards the center of the hall.

Xia Yinci hugged her knees, squatted beside Su Ruoyang, tilted her head slightly and glanced at Elusi. The girl gently raised her staff and pointed it behind Xia Yinci, and a door floating like clouds appeared behind them. At the same time, in front of Su Huilin in the room, a similar door appeared.

"World Gate..." Xia Yinci read out the word in a daze. Has Elus opened the gate of the Dream Palace? Thinking about it, she gently supported Su Luoyang, and walked to the door, "This is a very beautiful dream, why did you abandon it?"

Elus watched her quietly, always making her feel that the Elus in front of her eyes was very different from what she had seen before.

"Well, of course I like this place the most. However, sometimes I have to move forward."

"I have to move forward......?"

A trace of confusion flashed in Xia Yinci's eyes, she lowered her head, gently pushed the door open, and helped Su Ruoyang walk to the other side of the door. Suddenly, Su Ruo moved his body and stopped. He stood on the other side of the door, turned around and looked at Elus, and Elus also looked at him with some confusion.

"Elus, do you know who your dream maker is?"

Even if the tip of the tongue is bitten and can speak clearly, the world in the dream really has no rules to follow. Su Ruoyang couldn't help thinking of this.

Elus's heart trembled because of these words, and the breath coming from behind made her look back in confusion. The boy smiled, and flicked his forehead lightly with his outstretched fingers.

"Isn't it too early to say goodbye? I told you - step forward, and then I will always walk with you. How could it be possible to leave now casually."

With a groan, Elus covered her head, and stared at the young man in disbelief. In an instant, figures appeared one after another behind the young man, and the deserted feeling was suddenly squeezed out of the tavern.

Su Ruoyang looked at the scene in front of him, stepped back with confidence, and returned to the other side of the door with Xia Yinci. The door was closed softly.

A pair of big callused hands behind him gently stroked Elus's head, and when he turned his head, the old man put the other hand behind his back.

"There is no conflict between stepping forward to the future and occasionally recalling the past."