Just like when you start considering whether to buy something you like, it's almost inevitable that you'll eventually make the purchase. Similarly, once Leon had the thought of exploring Fredri's dream, he couldn't resist the temptation and activated the "Butterfly Dream" created by the Taurus board again.

Whether it's the situation of the Old Soil inhabitants or Fredri's grandfather, who has lived for over four hundred years, both are quite concerning and will most likely provide help for this journey, so…

Stick!

Once he confirmed the surroundings were safe without any danger, Leon found a flat surface to lay Fredri down and then closed his eyes, bent over, and placed his forehead against Fredri's slightly furrowed brow.

"Swish~"

Accompanied by the familiar sound of butterfly wings flapping, Leon's consciousness, under a feeling of weightlessness, again transformed into a dazzling golden butterfly and flew into Fredri's dream, then…

"How about… should we just bury this guy?"

"?!?!?!"

The mansion was still the mansion, the burly men were still those burly men, the old man was still the same old man... In Leon's somewhat astonished gaze, the abruptly broken dream strangely resumed.

However, unlike before, Fredri's family, who had previously been shouting to beat him, were now gathered around him lying on the ground, discussing something in a flurry.

"Burying him isn't right, is it?"

One of the burly men… two… it's unclear which number, grasping his crumpled collar, said nervously:

"He just wanted to watch my little sister shower, that doesn't warrant death. Isn't it a bit..."

"Third Brother! The problem isn't whether this guy deserves to die, but that he suddenly stopped breathing!"

Another burly man interrupted the timid one, speaking helplessly:

"We didn't even have much intention against him, a beating and sending him away was enough, who knew his eyes would roll back and he'd just lie there, this..."

"This guy might have been too scared and died from fright."

The third burly man took over the conversation, sighed with a bit of sadness, and said:

"Even though he's a pervert, he's still a life, and he surely has parents and family. I think we should take him outside and ask around to see whose… Whoa?!"

After exchanging a glance with the peculiarly-faced Leon, the sighing burly man stepped back three steps, tumbled over the white-bearded old man behind him, then raised his carrot-thick finger to point at the open-eyed Leon, trembling and screaming:

"Fraud! Fraud fraud fraud!!!!"

I'm not a resurrected corpse; I just reconnected to this dream, you...

"You're pretending to die!"

"?!"

Seeing Leon, who had previously stopped breathing, suddenly "resurrected," a group of angry burly men, realizing they had been tricked, immediately became infuriated, rolling up their sleeves and closing in.

Just as Leon sensed he might not escape the upcoming beating, he heard hurried footsteps from outside the door.

"I've asked around, and he indeed fell off the hill, he wasn't purposely watching me shower."

After opening the door and entering, presumably having run a bit, Fredri, with a slightly flushed face, held the door frame and explained breathlessly to the burly men:

"Also, he probably didn't intentionally sneak into the sanctuary; a section of the outside barrier 'repelling idlers' around the sanctuary is rotten, losing its effect of luring ordinary people away, he might have accidentally wandered in from outside the rotten barrier."

Sanctuary… barrier… repelling idlers…

As Fredri explained the situation, Leon, hearing these new terms, raised his eyebrow slightly, just about to inquire, when Fredri suddenly screamed and ran to the back of the big house.

"Grandfather? Grandfather, what's wrong!!!"

Huh?

Looking at the old man unconscious on the ground behind the burly men, with a gray footprint on his robe, the burly men were momentarily stunned, then all turned to the burly man who was frightened by Leon…

"Old Six! Look at what you've done!"

"I'm not Old Six, I'm Old Three…"

"You're Old Three, then what number am I?"

"Get lost! Do not crowd!"

Pushing away the chaotic crowd surrounding him, Fredri urgently said:

"Stop messing around! Go find the doctor!"

"Oh, right!"

"Doctor! Find the doctor!"

"Go! Quickly go!"

Upon Fredri's reminder, the burly men, seemingly a bit slow-headed, suddenly realized, swarming toward the door… and then getting thoroughly stuck at the door frame.

"Old Three! What are you doing?!"

"I'm Old Four! Also, you're blocking me!"

"It's you guys blocking me! Move away!"

"No… who the hell is pushing my butt? Stop it! I'm pinned down!"

"..."

These fools… are they here for comedic relief?

Even in this chaotic dream, the scene was particularly abstract, causing Leon's mouth to twitch involuntarily, then he couldn't help but remind:

"Just step back a little, no need to rush out, clear the doorway…"

"Crunch!"

"..."

Alright then…

Watching as the burly men managed to forcefully bust through the wooden wall of the mansion with their muscles, then got stuck and rolled out through the door frame, Leon's mouth twitched vehemently, and he simply turned to approach Fredri.

"You?"

"Let me take a look."

Though this is just a dream, Leon didn't act recklessly. Instead, he checked the old man's breathing and pulse, examined the large bump on his head, and ensured there was no potential danger before pressing firmly on his philtrum with a fingernail.

"Ouch!"

Although this is just Fredri's dream, it seems to adhere to real-world rules. When the white-bearded old man was pinched hard on his philtrum, he yelled in pain, then quickly woke up and uttered the classic words of a just awoken patient.

"I… I am…"

"You were knocked over by your family's Old Six or Old Three… I don't know exactly which number. You hit your head on the table and fainted, I just woke you up."

"Oh…"

After feeling the bump on his head, recovering his pre-unconscious memory, the white-bearded old man nodded dazedly, then somewhat confusedly looked at Leon.

"What number are you?"

"?"

I'm not related to any number, I'm the one who accidentally spied on your granddaughter's shower… Oops! I'm not part of your family!

"Grandfather! You're mistaken!"

After a worried glance at the bump on the old man's head, Fredri, who was relieved, glanced at Leon with a complex expression, then explained to the dazed old man:

"He's not one of our family, he's an outsider who accidentally stumbled into the sanctuary."

"Oh, I see…"

Perhaps really muddled by the bump, the white-bearded old man looked Leon up and down, then scratched his head in confusion and said:

"I just feel you're particularly familiar, almost like family. I thought you were my grandson, and you look quite... um… what's the word? Promising future?"

Oh, by the way, are you married? Want to meet my granddaughter?"