And he doesn't need to make a big move at all, just a gentle push when he's about to slip into the abyss, to make him clearly aware of his powerlessness and weakness, and completely sever his hope. At that most vulnerable moment, it's easy to shatter his will!

"Brother?"

Just as Leon reached the front door of his house, a familiar soft call was heard. A thin, frail girl opened the old iron door first and greeted Leon, who looked exhausted:

"You're back!"

"Hmm..."

Seeing Anna's face, pale from illness, Leon, who was about to knock on the door, couldn't help but pause and then blurted out:

"Weren't you already cured of your illness...ouch..."

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Leon's brow flash with a colorful light and his eyes switching from surprise back to confusion after saying half a sentence, the thin girl tilted her head slightly and asked in a puzzled tone:

"Brother? What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing..."

After two sources of color, thick and thin, collided fiercely and then returned to calm, Leon, whose will was temporarily suppressed by the dream, shook his head slightly and reprimanded sternly:

"Haven't I said many times not to open the door for people randomly?"

"I didn't open the door randomly."

Anna was not angry after being scolded; she took Leon's coat, patted off the dust, and replied softly with a blink:

"I recognized your footsteps. I only open the door early when you come back."

"Even so...ouch..."

I feel so familiar... it's like I've said this to Anna sometime before...

Seeing the scene in front of him that suddenly felt like déjà vu, Leon paused slightly, then his eyes once again stirred with intense color.

But without clear self-will to support, the source flower, which automatically resisted, could not resist the suppression of the Dream Resting Master. Leon's eyes' glow was quickly pushed down, and he walked into the house with a somewhat dazed expression, sitting at the table and devouring dinner.

Phew... it should have worked this time.

Watching Leon, who had tried twice to resist but was pressed down, finally began to push the "plot" forward little by little according to the dream. After tidying up his plate, Leon walked to his bedroom full of guilt, and the will of the Dream Resting Master was completely relaxed.

Due to continuous transmission through dreams along the way, Number 3's reality and dream realm have long been confused, even beginning to "cross over" each other, reaching the level where dream things can be brought into reality.

This also means that if I can severely damage his spirit in this dream and control his spirit core when Number 3's will shatters, I can let his will permanently sink into the chasm of resting dreams, and then completely reverse his dreams and reality.

By that time, even if he once became so strong that even Number 1 was wary, he would become a complete ordinary person in the reversal of dreams and reality, a blurry silhouette that could only float in the river of the chasm of resting dreams!

Sleep, sleep! Now it's just one last step!

Looking at Leon tossing and turning on the small bed, unable to sleep, the Dream Resting Master floating above the dream couldn't help showing a clear look of anticipation on his blurred face.

Next, I just need to... huh? What are you doing?!

Watching Leon, who had rolled around on the narrow old bed for a while, suddenly sit up, put on his shoes, leave the bedroom, and start knocking on Anna's room door, the Dream Resting Master's mind went blank.

"Cough, cough... Brother?"

Seeing Leon knocking at the door in the middle of the night, Anna, wearing a nightgown, first coughed hard, then asked with a face full of confusion:

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"No..."

Seeing Anna's pale, yet seemingly okay face, Leon, who instinctively felt he should check, couldn't help but take a deep breath and then apologetically said:

"I don't know why, I just suddenly felt I should come over and check... it's fine, you go back to sleep."

"Okay..."

After examining Leon's expression and confirming that nothing was wrong, the thin girl nodded and closed the door, while Leon turned and walked back to his bedroom.

However, just when the Dream Resting Master relaxed and prepared to push the "plot" forward once again, Leon did not go to sleep after returning to the bedroom; instead, he rolled up the old bedding, came out of the bedroom, and made a makeshift bed in the narrow dining room.

Seriously... you're not following the plot?!

Seeing Leon sitting on the new makeshift bed, coat on his shoulders, staring unblinkingly at Anna's door, seemingly ready to "spring into action" at any moment, the Dream Resting Master couldn't help but feel at a loss.

Even with his will suppressed and his memory shielded, why does he still retain some "intuition" to instinctively feel something will happen to his sister tonight? This is no dream! 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Seeing Leon determined to stay awake tonight, sitting upright on the makeshift bed in the dining room, the Dream Resting Master, floating in the "sky" of the dream, had no choice but to intervene before the plot veered off any further. However...

"Stop!"

Just as the Dream Resting Master's will descended toward Anna's room, intending to make her "die" earlier in the dream, Leon immediately stood up and unhesitatingly burst into the room, charging directly at the Dream Resting Master's will.

This... what the hell?!

The Dream Resting Master swiftly moved aside from the rushing Leon, then saw Leon protecting his "brother and sister" behind him, staring at him vigilantly. His will plunged into tremendous confusion.

If he can sense me, it means he's seen through the dream, at least aware this might be a dream; but protecting his fictitious dream family indicates he hasn't fully awakened? This...this...

"How did you do it?"

Seeing Leon, whose colorful eyes constantly followed his position regardless of how he changed forms, and understanding his plan had failed, the Dream Resting Master couldn't help but reveal his form and ask, full of confusion:

"Your will and memory have clearly been veiled, so how can you still sense something is wrong?"

Damn! What the hell is this thing?

Seeing the enemy before him, vaguely human-shaped but with unclear features, Leon couldn't help but tremble, protectively retreating with his younger siblings. He then opened the badge panel... more than forty badges of various colors were twinkling brilliantly under the slots.

I don't know if something's wrong, but after dinner, I checked the cheat, and found that a panel that originally had only three badges suddenly had dozens more, each more potent than the last!

Things like [Head-off Doctor], [Duke of Lionheart], [King's Blood Great Witch], [Lord of Demons], [Bureau of Cleansing Chief]... after seeing all these badges and their acquisition explanations, I'd have to be a fool not to realize something's off!

"If you don't want to say, then forget it."

Seeing Leon, tightly pursed lips not uttering a word, eyes unwaveringly fixed on him, and receiving no response, the Dream Resting Master snorted, raised his hand slightly, and willingly destroyed the dream around him, and withdrew the source of color used to suppress Leon's will.

"I admit, you're indeed more troublesome than I anticipated, even capable of rediscovering yourself within my crafted dream, worthy of Number 1's wariness of you. But this is probably your limit."

Rising back into the sky above the chasm of resting dreams, the Dream Resting Master, with his head splitting open orderly like fish gills and constantly spitting out dreams, looked down at Leon, who had fallen into the silver river below, and coldly said:

"You can escape once from my handcrafted dream, but can you escape a million times?"