All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 158

79. Why Are You Looking at Me Like That? – 2

Ian opened the door and went outside.

He walked down the dormitory hallway towards the lobby where the screams were coming from and found Blanche trembling in front of dozens of chickens.

Wildy was in the same state.

Numerous golems surrounded her.

“Seriously.”

It was the phenomenon of dream synchronization.

If the intimacy with the host is above a certain level, the Nightmare Flower extends its reach to bring some into the host’s dream.

It was a phenomenon where they get caught up in the same nightmare.

“Kyaa, kyaaaak!! I, Ice Bolt!! Ice Bolt! Why isn’t it working!! Ugh, ughhh…… D, don’t come near me…….”

Looking out the window, Oerina was being chased by something.

It was a slimy slime.

It was a common slime, so Oerina’s skills should have been enough to catch it on her own.

But she was just being chased without doing anything.

Park Bare was the same.

Sharp-eyed old women stood around him, holding switches.

“You idiot!! How many times have I told you not to do that!”

“How long do I have to keep teaching you like this!!”

“Pathetic!! Take after your younger sister, Essela!!”

“Your younger sister Essela is more suitable as a successor than you. I’ll tell your father. You’re a failure.”

“Ughaaaaak!! Shut up!! Trapa! You senile old hag!! You’re the only one who says that!”

Park Bare screamed and swung his mace.

But even when the old woman called Trapa was hit by the mace, she didn’t die.

No, she disappeared each time she was hit, but she kept reappearing.

There was only one reason why this absurd phenomenon was possible.

“At this rate, all the kids from Class B will gather. Tell me the list of those who have synchronized into my dream right now.”

“Are those the only ones who came in?”

It’s not just that they like Ian.

It’s just that the Nightmare Flower could only pull in a small number at a time.

If they absorb their dreams this time and gain strength, they will gradually expand their territory and pull others into their dreams.

And if left unchecked, they will bring the beings in Ian’s nightmare into reality.

While he was talking to Kirke, the beings of the nightmare grew bigger.

Then a golem was crushing Wildy’s body, and Blanche was being pecked by dozens of chickens.

Not only that, but the slime chasing Oerina completely enveloped her body.

And dozens of old women with vicious faces were holding switches around Park Bare.

All four of them were in danger.

If left like this, they will be devoured by the nightmare.

“Wake up!!”

The moment the exorcising shout erupted, the things around the four disappeared.

Still trembling with fear, they blankly sat down and were startled to see Ian.

“I, Ian?!

“What’s going on?! Where is this!”

“I was definitely in my room!”

“What is it?!”

All four were in a panic due to bewilderment.

Especially since they can’t use magic or aura, they are even more afraid.

“I told you two about it yesterday, right?”

Wildy and Oerina were puzzled, then startled.

“Uh…… Could this be it?”

“Yeah.”

“But you said you would take care of it.”

Blanche and Park Bare, who hadn’t heard the situation, were embarrassed by Oerina’s question.

While the two were explaining to them, Ian closed his eyes and looked around for any signs.

“Skip the explanation. Did you see Haryun and Graegin?”

“They should be training in the backyard by now, right?”

That’s good.

Ian strode forward, and the students followed him.

“Ian, so this is your dream?”

“To be exact, it’s a nightmare.”

Blanche, who was scared while being chased by a giant chicken earlier, sighed.

“So that’s why…….”

“What was in front of you earlier was just a manifestation of what you were most afraid of. The nightmare read your fears and created them.”

Blanche flinched, Park Bare avoided his gaze, and Wildy and Oerina were silent.

“Um…… Blanche, why are you afraid of chickens?”

“Oh. Um. Well, I was pecked a lot by chickens when I was young.”

“So you’re afraid of chickens? An Expert [a high-ranking adventurer]?”

“N, no! I’m not scared anymore! I even like chicken!!”

“Park Bare, you were afraid of that old woman too.”

“Ugh…… No, I’m not scared, but. What about you!”

“Wildy, you were a golem, right?”

“……I secretly went into a mine when I was young and was surprised and fainted when I saw a golem working. But I’m not afraid anymore…….”

As the followers chattered, Ian opened the door to the backyard garden.

“It’s just that the fear in your heart has been personified. It doesn’t matter whether you’re afraid now or not.”

Two people were standing inside.

But they were different from the others.

There was no monster in front of them.

“Oh no…… Oh no…….”

“Ughaaaa…… No…….”

In front of Haryun were burning books.

And in front of Graegin were shattered relics.

Blanche, who was looking at them with a dumbfounded expression, grabbed Ian slightly.

“Hey, Ian.”

“What.”

“If we get out of this dream, will everything that happened here disappear from everyone’s memory?”

“No.”

“……Then when we go back, let’s all keep our mouths shut about what happened here.”

He didn’t want to let people know that he, who was about to become a Master, was afraid of chickens.

As he said with an embarrassed expression, the other three agreed.

“Sniff…… My books…… How did I collect them…….”

“Oh no, my relics…….”

Ian, who approached the two who were crying and sobbing, grabbed the back of their necks and pulled them.

But they still can’t come to their senses.

“Wake up!!”

Was it because the Lion’s Roar was activated again?

Only then did the things in front of them disappear.

“Huh?!

“What, what?! Where is this?!”

The two’s eyes were swollen from crying so much.

They couldn’t hide their embarrassment as they looked at Ian, who was holding them, and the other students behind him.

Haryun, who had heard all the circumstances, said with a serious expression.

“So this is your dream, and we were dragged into that dream, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Hmm…… Then what should we do to get out of this dream?”

Graegin asked with a shudder.

Even though it’s a dream, it’s hard to see the treasures he worked so hard to collect completely shattered and burned again.

And that was the same for Haryun.

The collection in his library in the Salt family’s manor.

Thinking about the memory of the books that were now out of print and could not be obtained being burned, tears welled up in his eyes.

“I’ll have to organize it once I get back.”

“What the hell are those books? Are they magic books?”

“They were more precious than magic books. Hmph. The most precious of them is ‘I, who was reborn as the Young Lord of a small manor, live steadily’.”

As Haryun was talking, Oerina ignored him and asked Ian.

“Then we have to either get out of here or break this nightmare. Ian, what should we do?”

If they hadn’t come, it would have been different.

If they came, it would be better to help.

The other students nodded as if they agreed.

Ian stared at them and pointed to one side.

“Every dream has a center. It’ll be over if you kill the flower there.”

“Where is it?”

Instead of answering, Ian walked forward.

The students followed him without saying a word, even though they were puzzled.

How long had they been walking?

As they got out of the upper-class dormitory, quite a few people started to come into view.

But they had no faces.

“Hiek!”

As Blanche was startled and clung to him, Park Bare pushed him away and asked.

“What is that?”

“The fears I had.”

“……Huh?”

Everyone was puzzled by his words.

Fear to Ian.

Has he ever been afraid of anything before?

“That…… looks like Acewyn if you only look at the shape?”

“That looks like Instructor Aranse.”

They didn’t have faces, but they seemed to know roughly from their clothes, hairstyle, and physique.

That’s why more questions arose.

Why were they a fear to Ian?

‘That’s right.’

The possessed him doesn’t dream.

That’s why the Nightmare Flower uses the memories of this possessed body to create nightmares.

And if that’s the basis.

For Ian, the really terrible and fearful existence will appear as a nightmare.

“Iaaaaaan!!”

A nobleman was running from afar.

It was a noble boy with sharp eyes filled with cunning and gloom.

When Wildy saw him, she unknowingly raised her staff.

“Should I attack?!”

Unlike the other faceless people.

Moreover, he is someone she has never seen in the Academy.

As everyone was about to prepare for battle, Ian raised his hand.

-Kwa kwa kwa kwang!!

The magic circle that appeared from his hand overlapped and created a blue lightning dragon.

Only blackened ashes remained where it had swept past.

“……Is that your fear?”

He thought he would show even a flinching appearance, even if it wasn’t as much as them.

Ian didn’t even have that.

He just casually took care of it and walked indifferently.

As he walked, he encountered another one.

“I’ll kill you!! You little bug!! You’re not even my brother!!”

“Brother? Wait a minute…… That guy looks similar to that man earlier……. Could it be……. Ian.”

Wildy bit her lip tightly.

Yoke Brandon.

And Palgon Brandon.

Unlike the faceless people, she had a huge misunderstanding about their appearance with clear faces.

‘Ian killed all of his family with his own hands. Could it be that Ian, you…….’

If that remains as a fear in his heart.

Until now, was he just pretending to be okay?

Could it be that his bluntness was just a wall to hide his sadness and pain?

Warmth and pity settled in Wildy’s eyes.

And that was the same for the other students as well.

“Ian.”

Graegin tapped him on the shoulder.

“……What? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“What if you don’t have a family? We’re by your side.”

“Yeah. It’s not necessary for a family to be together.”

Haryun, Blanche, and Park Bare too.

And Wildy and Oerina too.

Everyone had similar gazes.

“Are you guys pitying me right now?”

“Of course not.”

“I’m just looking at you as a friend and as someone who can become family at any time. I’m serious, Ian.”

As Oerina said calmly, Wildy also nodded.

“I feel the same way, Ian. Come to us whenever you’re having a hard time.”

“Yeah, Ian. Hey, aren’t we like brothers even though we’re not blood-related?”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“It’s okay, don’t feel pressured.”

“Tell me if you’re having a hard time.”

Everyone’s eyes became warmer.

Why are they doing this?

Ian was dumbfounded, then turned his head and walked.