"And so, the hall made them real."
Cassie's face paled.
"You mean... you mean to say that that place can make What we fear into reality?"
Sunny lingered for a while, then shook his head again.
"No... if I am right, then it is not what we fear."
He shivered, and the added in a somber tone:
"It's what we imagine."
Come to think of it, he must have gone blind there because of Cassie.
'Damned daemons
What did every one of them have to be scarier than the next?
Cassie seemed a little shocked by his suggestion, too.
She hesitated for a while, then asked in a small voice:
"Then, do you want... to go try again? There is still time before dawn..."
Sunny laughed.
"Are you crazy? Just think about what is hidden there, in our heads. Let's not even mention that one of us might accidentally think about having their limbs severed or skin peeled off. Can you control your thoughts completely? What if you imagine that Cursed Tyrant, Condemnation? What if you think about the Forgotten God?"
He took a deep breath.
"I knew that there would be some kind of challenge at the heart of the Mirror Maze. But this... this is beyond what I have imagined. Pun intended. Conquering that hall is a lethal task, even for us. No... especially for us. Because we have seen too much, and remember too much."
It definitely wasn't something that could be accomplished in a day.
If he wanted to reach the heart of the Hall of Imagination... he would need to prepare thoroughly.
...Sadly, there was no time.
Sunny looked at the door of the stone chamber with regret, and then sighed. "It doesn't matter. I had a small hope of finding what I seek here before the war, but I can find it after we win, too. By then, there will be no King of Swords and no Clan Valor. I won't need to hide in the darkness and come here only once a month. So... I will return to this eerie place then."
With that, Sunny offered Cassie his hand and forced out a smile.
"Let's leave, for now. There is a lot I have to do in these next few days."
It was true. Because these...
Would be the last days of peace.