William, who got the answer "fear", went straight back to the magic house.
"Katherine!"
"Why are you yelling so loudly? You scared me."
"I need your help!"
"What do you need help with? Haven't you gone to Uncle Jaan's place yet?"
“When I come back from Jaan and enter the dream, you will help me create the perfect dream about the orphanage.
If you can, Catherine, please join me and feel this fundamental fear from my childhood."
Catherine immediately recalled the conversation at the aquarium, "You want me to become the twin-tailed girl that Yi Chen mentioned?"
"Of course you can, if you want."
"Okay~ I'm thinking about what kind of nightmare I'm going to have when I go to sleep at night. In that case, let's use your past memories as a blueprint. I want to see what caused you, William, to have the original root of fear."
In this way, the month before the Sabbath was packed with activities, leaving almost no time for rest.
The first half of the month was mainly about adapting to the abyss and feeling fear.
William went to Jann's office early every day. There were several times when Jann had just gotten up and was taking a shower in the bathroom. In order not to waste time, they simply looked at each other in the bathroom.
After completing an hour of experiencing the abyss, William fell back to his room with the help of space magic, and Catherine helped him fall asleep.
The two of them were respectively substituted into the story as 'young boy Yi Chen' and 'young girl Yu Xin', and their memories were wiped out in advance. They completely re-experienced the life in the orphanage by taking on the identities of children.
At the end of the first day's dream,
Catherine sat up suddenly, her back covered in sweat, and her speech was even slurred for a moment.
"William... What the hell is this Black Mountain Orphanage? Why are the people targeting us just ordinary humans able to bring me such a huge psychological burden and primitive fear
It's almost the same as what Yi Chen said. I really had suicidal thoughts. If this continues, I might really commit suicide in that place.
Hope is given and then immediately extinguished. In the completely blocked orphanage, there is no way to look forward to the future. Even the scenery outside the window is fake.
Everyone's most vicious and sinister side is revealed, but they deliberately wear a mask of hypocritical friendliness.
Wow, the more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I feel. The more I think about it, the angrier I get! Does this orphanage still exist? I'm going to go over there and kill everyone in there right now... No, killing them isn't enough! I'm going to soak them all in nightmare solution, and they'll never be able to escape from the nightmare world."
"Haha~ Catherine, why are you reacting so strongly? We can't go to this orphanage right now."
William just smiled, and he was in good condition after waking up from the dream.
Because I experienced the orphanage with a completely new concept of fear, I had a completely different new feeling, and even suddenly found that there were many things I could learn again from the teachers.
Catherine glanced at William beside her. Combining her experience in the orphanage, she felt more and more that William was a hypocritical pervert wearing a mask.
"Hey~ Go away! No wonder you have such a perverted personality. It turns out you grew up in a place like this.
Although I had a miserable childhood, I didn’t suffer this kind of psychological torture. At least there was room for escape.”
“Well, now that the dream is over, I’m going to go find Mr. Jaan! I’ll have to trouble you again when I need to sleep later, Catherine.
Of course, if you are scared, Catherine, and don’t dare to experience the orphanage as a little girl again, just send me in alone.”
"Huh? Do you think I'm scared? I've never been scared before, but I just feel that those humans in there are too perverted, and I'm a little angry."
Just like that, half a month of high-intensity training passed.
William has begun to adapt to the fall into the abyss brought by Jann. He can stay sane for about twenty minutes out of a total of one hour, and can slowly begin to comprehend the essence of the abyss in the darkness.
But it has not yet reached the bottom and has not been able to confirm whether its path is related to the abyss.
On the nightmare side, the fear of the past slowly began to return.
William analyzed the abnormal nature of the teachers one by one, analyzed the principles of root fear in combination with the orphanage, and slowly began to identify the type of his own phobia.
It should be noted that although Catherine almost committed suicide several times, she gradually got used to living with William in the orphanage as another ordinary person every night, and even felt that the start of her second life had become interesting.
In the second half of the month,
Catherine couldn't be with William every day because she needed to rehearse the clown and also consider the ticket distribution and audience selection before the official performance.
William also changed his daily plan and took some time to conceive new delicacies. He also used his fear perception and the "mini stage" to design related performances and roughly constructed the outline of the next performance.
Day 28.
William stopped knocking on Jaune's magic door and walked directly into the black door.
Buzz! His body fell onto the bathroom toilet bowl very skillfully, while still sitting with his legs crossed.
Jaan was standing in front of the dressing mirror, applying a moisturizing oil that was produced in the corner. It maintained a healthy complexion while allowing him to remember the past.
His sea-blue hair fell naturally on both sides of his shoulders, framing his handsome face.
Jain asked first, "The magic feast will be held tomorrow. You are a special guest. Have you thought about what dishes to prepare?"
"The dish has been finalized, and I went to the kitchen to try it out the day before yesterday. Although there are still areas that need improvement, Chef Zuo Ke and Chef Timmy both think it's very good."
"Then I am also looking forward to it. I hope your dishes can win the favor of the boss. Then let's get started quickly today and use the remaining time to seriously prepare for the Demon Feast."
As soon as the words fell,
Through the reflection of the mirror, Jan's eyes met William's on the toilet.
William heard the sound of a flushing toilet and his consciousness was sucked into it, falling into absolute darkness.
Ten minutes,
Twenty minutes,
Thirty minutes,
Forty minutes,
Fifty-nine minutes and fifty-one seconds!
Ding ding ding~ The alarm clock rang, and William was woken up on the sofa. Jaen was sitting opposite him applying a facial mask.
Jaune said with a look of regret: "It's just a little bit short, what a pity~ If you can hold on in the end, you can fall to the bottom, and maybe you can confirm whether your path is hidden underneath."
William wiped away the mixture of blood and brain matter flowing from his nostrils and drank the tea in the cup.
"Phew~ Then let's wait until the Demonic Feast and the official performance are over before we finish the rest. It won't take long anyway."
"Well! Go back and have a good rest. I look forward to your performance at the Demonic Banquet tomorrow."
"Thank you Mr. Jaan."
Sabbat
One of the most important activities of the Circus of Fear, it is an important banquet that must be held before each performance. Only key members are allowed to participate and no one is allowed to be absent. Otherwise, their circus status will be directly revoked and they will be expelled.
Through the Demonic Feast, all members can be adjusted to their best condition to ensure the best performance in the official performance.
The banquet requires each member to prepare one of his or her best dishes. Each dish will also be scored at the banquet, and all participants will have the opportunity to score.
The one with the highest objective score will receive a special gift from the circus or even the favor of the boss.
No matter how thrilling and intense the rehearsals are, the members will put down their work on the last day and focus on preparing for the Sabat.
The next morning.
It was no longer William who knocked on Jan's door, but Jan who took the initiative to come over and call the assistant.
"William, are you ready? Let's go over there."
"good!"
William took a deep breath, adjusted his tie one last time, and followed Mr. Yu Jian to the kitchen.
At the same time, the people representing the circus' highest level of combat power also headed towards the kitchen.