Shien Buztout noticed Shafney’s unusual behavior, but couldn’t understand the reason. With so many strange things happening today, he didn’t want to overthink it and just wanted to rest.
So, after leaving the matter of the Shajin Clan’s settlement in Succubus City to Liel, he returned to his room, ignoring her displeasure, closed the door, and went straight to bed.
He didn’t care how much attention Shafney’s decision regarding the Shajin Clan attracted.
That day, Shien didn’t leave his room, only appearing for meals.
It wasn’t that he was too tired to move, but he wanted to avoid Liel’s challenges, so he pretended to be sick.
Liel, although aggressive, wasn’t heartless. Despite being annoyed that she couldn’t fight Shien, she still followed his instructions, arranging the Shajin Clan’s settlement and even gathering some tonics for him.
Although there weren’t any goji berries or oysters, the natural treasures of this world were truly effective. After consuming some, Shien felt revitalized, his body no longer sore.
“If I could sell these back in my previous life, they would be a godsend for men,” he thought.
Thus, a rather peaceful yet strange day passed.
Night arrived, and Shien went to bed, happily returning to the land of dreams.
Until midnight, when a seductive figure appeared outside his window again.
It was Shafney.
Looking at the sleeping Shien, her expression was a mix of complexity and determination.
“I need to see if that’s truly my mother’s treasure,” she murmured, then transformed into a stream of light and entered Shien’s body, just like last night.
Shien was completely unaware of this.
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Dream, Flower Field.
Following last night, Shafney once again arrived here, descending like a fairy.
Upon landing, she couldn’t help but look around.
“This flower field also seems extraordinary. I wonder if that guy has really been to such an unbelievable place.”
Having lived for tens of thousands of years, Shafney had never seen such a beautiful place. If such a place existed in the real world, she would claim it for herself.
“I wonder why that shameless Hero’s dream has such a place.” She chuckled, then looked up at the vast blue sky, her expression gradually turning serious. It was a beautiful sight, but not what she was looking for.
“Could it be just a dream?” she wondered.
Since this was a dream, anything was possible. Perhaps the red gem last night was just a figment of his imagination, not a real object.
But then, she dismissed this thought.
“If it’s just a dream, then why was I immobilized by its power?”
This might be a dream, but her power was real. She could enter dreams with her power and thus could also leave at any time.
However, last night, she was immobilized here, her power completely gone, proving that the red gem’s power was also real, not just a dream.
“Then why didn’t it appear?” Shafney pondered and quickly found an answer.
“Did it appear because it sensed my power?”
This was most likely the correct answer. If the red gem was real, it was undoubtedly on Shien, even within his body. And since she entered his dream, using her power as a Demon Lord within his dream, it wasn’t surprising that her mother’s treasure would react and appear.
Perhaps the red gem even wanted to protect Shien from external forces, appearing in his dream and immobilizing this dreamscape to suppress Shafney’s power, making her harmless.
That was why she was immobilized last night, unable to leave or even resist, allowing someone to have their way with her.
Thinking of this, Shafney was on the verge of tears.
“Mother, you’ve truly ruined your daughter.”
That being said, Shafney knew she had brought this upon herself, having her plan backfire. And although the price was heavy, if her mother’s treasure truly reappeared, it was great news for both herself and the entire Demon Race.
Thinking of this, Shafney pondered for a moment, then spread her arms and released her magic power, the astonishing magic power of a Demon Lord, filling the flower field.
At this moment, as she expected, something happened.
“Weng!” The flower field trembled, and a crimson light converged above.
Within the light, the red gem appeared, like a crimson sun, illuminating the entire dreamscape.
This made Shafney incredibly excited.
“It really is it…”
“It truly is it…”
“Mother…!” Tears of joy streamed down Shafney’s face.
She finally confirmed that her mother’s most important symbol had returned.
Shafney instinctively tried to grab the red gem.
Unfortunately, her power was completely suppressed, immobilized along with the dreamscape by the red gem.
“It’s truly protecting the owner of this dream, preventing any external forces from harming him,” Shafney also confirmed this.
This also meant that she couldn’t take the red gem out of here.
Shafney calmed down.