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Chapter 4409 The Land of Dreams
Chapter 4409 The Land of Dreams
As the dream boat was about to sail towards the books, Camillo turned to the two of them and said:
"After you go inside, some changes may occur."
"But don't be surprised. Once you enter the Dreamland, just act according to the character settings you've been given."
Before Camillo could finish speaking, and before Gulemo and Uriel could understand what he meant, the Dream Boat had already passed through the layers of pages.
These booklets clearly appear to be physical entities, but when the Dream Boat passed by, they were like phantoms, unaffected.
No, it's not that it has no impact at all.
With each page they turned, they discovered that their clothes were changing.
Not only them, but also Camiro and Rigota.
Originally, they wore civilian clothes for the operation in the Misty Swamp Forest, but now, as the Dream Boat moves forward and they touch each page of the booklet, they take on a new look.
Uriel himself didn't change much, except that he wore a light gray short shirt with dark riding breeches and a thin belt around his waist.
Gulemo, on the other hand, had changed a lot. He was dressed in a neat black butler uniform, which was straight and tailored, with a silver-gray bow tie at the front, making him look serious and capable.
While they were still marveling at their attire, the Dream Boat had already passed through the pages and sailed into a clear stream.
The surroundings also transformed into a new space, with the city's reflection in the distance and a nobleman's manor nearby.
Their dream boat was traveling along the river, arriving at the manor's private dock ahead.
At the same time, they felt that they were receiving some messages in their minds.
These messages were short, only briefly stating their identities.
If expressed in text boxes, the situations of Uriel and Guleimo would be roughly as follows:
"Uriel: The personal servant of the eldest son of the Karen Dove family, belonging to Acts 3 through 18, one of the onlookers who witness the heroine's growth."
"Gulemo: The butler of the Carlendov family, belonging to Acts 3 through 18, one of the onlookers who witness the heroine's growth."
Just as Uriel and Guleimo were bewildered, Camiro's voice came from ahead:
“It seems our personas are all from the Karen Dove family.” Camiro: “We only have names, no role requirements. It seems we’re just ordinary onlookers in this dreamland.”
"That's good, it will give us more freedom."
Uriel looked at Camillo and found that he was now dressed in a dark purple tuxedo with dark gold patterns, and silver tassels on the collar and cuffs, making him look like a composed nobleman.
The moment he looked at Camillo, he immediately understood his identity.
He is the eldest son of the Karen Dowf family, and also the master he follows in this dreamlike land.
Meanwhile, Rigota, who was sleeping nearby, had transformed from her pure white dress into a light pink lace gown with delicate silver patterns on the hem. Her long hair was loosely tied up, making her look like a girl sleeping in the spring.
Her identity is that of the second young lady of the Karen Dowf family, and she is also one of the onlookers.
“The dreams here are relatively stable, you can speak now,” Camiro said, noticing the confusion in their eyes.
Uriel and Guleimo spoke almost simultaneously: "What...what happened to us? Why did we end up like this?"
Camiro: "This is the dream setting, the character setting in this grand dream. You can think of it as, here you have become immersive stage actors, playing your own roles."
"But...why?"
“There’s no why.” Camiro: “That’s the rule. Only by playing the role well can this dreamland be more stable.”
Most other dreams are fragile and will collapse at the slightest change.
Blanche's dreamland, centered around her own story, remains stable as long as the story continues to run.
Of course, if a major variable occurs in the story—for example, if your acting is extremely poor and your character deviates from the original plan in the main scenes—it is still possible that the dream world will collapse.
Upon hearing this, Uriel and Guleimo were startled: "But we've never acted before."
“It doesn’t matter. We’re just peripheral characters and it’s hard for us to have any impact on the overall situation.” Camiro thought for a moment and suggested, “If you really can’t act, that’s fine too. Just do as before and talk less.”
Talking too much can easily lead to saying the wrong thing, which may affect the plot and cause deviations in the dream.
If you talk less, you won't have this problem.
Besides, their role is merely that of peripheral onlookers.
It's the backdrop around the protagonist when they're showing off.
As long as they don't say anything inappropriate, it won't affect the storyline.
Of course, even if someone does say something inappropriate, the impact won't be too significant. Minor changes will be automatically corrected by Dreamland; for major changes, there will be ample time to implement reforms.
Moreover, Blanche is now in the Dreamland. If she discovers that a certain character has deviated from the original path, she can simply modify the plot.
However, Camillo didn't mention these details; they were only visiting the Dreamland, so there was no need to go into such detail.
Camillo gave a few more simple instructions, and then the Dream Boat docked.
At the dock, members of the Rochefoucauld family hosted a welcome dinner for them. These people were original characters from the dream, similar to NPCs. They knew nothing and only knew how to do things according to the original plan.
What they had to do at that moment was to welcome the city's nobles who had come to attend the female supporting character's birthday banquet.
Nothing happened along the way.
The reception staff had absolutely no objection to Rigota being a sleeper, and performed the welcoming duties like robots.
They were soon welcomed into the castle.
As soon as they entered the castle gates, the Rochefoucauld family's butler approached them: "Distinguished guests, the young lady requests your presence for a chat."
Camillo had already told them on the way that the eldest daughter of the Rochefoucauld family was the heroine of this dream, namely... Blanche.
Uriel and Gulemo followed Camiro's instructions completely, remaining silent and simply following behind him.
Rigota followed along, but she was supported by Gulemo the entire time.
Camillo nodded: "Lead the way."
Just as they finished speaking, a soft female voice came from behind: "Grandpa Butler, why does my sister want to see Young Master Karen Dove? Could it be that he was arranged for my sister by Father before he passed away...?"
The speaker was a delicate-looking woman dressed in an understated yet luxurious gown.
She stopped speaking halfway through her sentence, but the surrounding guests could understand her unspoken meaning through her expressions and gestures.
They were inquiring whether young Master Karen Dowfus intended to marry the eldest daughter.
In an instant, their side seemed to become the main stage of a play, with the eyes of the surrounding guests fixed on the entrance of the hall like spotlights.
Before the butler could speak, Camillo said calmly, "A few days ago, a murder occurred in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Karen Dove family, and some of the clues have implicated your family."
"I suppose Miss Rochefoucauld invited me to discuss this matter."
"Of course, if Miss Er wants to talk to me, that's fine too."
Upon hearing that it involved a murder case, the woman's face turned pale, and a look of disgust flashed in her eyes.
"Oh, you can just ask my sister for help with this kind of trouble." As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and left impatiently.
As she left, the "spotlight" of the surrounding guests also shifted away, and no one present cared about the "murder case."
Camillo didn't care at all. He knew very well that what the onlookers of this story needed to do was to question the heroine when she was being bullied by the female supporting character, and to be surprised and regret their mistake in liking the female supporting character when she turned the tables on the heroine.
The core of this story is utterly absurd.
But for some reason, Blanche seems to enjoy playing these revenge roles.
"Let's go."
The Rochefoucauld family's butler led the way, and the group followed him.
On the way, Uriel and Gulemo also learned the identity of the female supporting character from Camiro.
The female supporting character we just saw is the villain that the female lead is going to slap in the face and take revenge on. She is also the second young lady of the Rochefoucauld family and an adopted daughter.
The dream concept is titled: "I, who have been reborn, will never repeat the same mistakes."
The story is roughly as follows: In her previous life, the female protagonist failed to see that the second young lady's adopted daughter was actually a vicious woman. Not only was she humiliated in front of all the major families at the second young lady's birthday banquet, but her family's assets were also seized. She was also plotted against and killed by the second young lady, and even her noble title was usurped and replaced by the second young lady.
The female protagonist is reborn after her death and is determined to wreak havoc and avenge herself, determined not to repeat the mistakes of her previous life.
Uriel and Guleimo were completely dumbfounded after hearing this.
How could an adopted daughter with no bloodline rise to power? Are all the nobles around her stupid? Or are the country's "Inheritance Law" and "Law on Legacy" just for show?
Camillo seemed to sense their confusion and said calmly, "It's highly likely that the author of this novel has never had any contact with nobles."
"But none of that matters, as long as Blanche is happy."
Blanche knows the story is full of holes and flaws, but she seems to be quite obsessed with this kind of face-slapping acting lately...
As Camillo thought of this, Luigi's face flashed through his mind.
Camillo wondered where Luigi had found such a low-grade novel. She secretly decided that once they left the instance, she would try her best to keep Blanche away from Luigi.
Avoid being led astray.
Uriel and Gulemo didn't understand the story, but since Blanche wanted to act in it, they decided to respect that...
Soon, the butler led them to a door on the top floor of the castle: "The young lady is inside, please come in."
After entering, the butler left on his own.
At that moment, everyone finally saw Blanche.
She wore an elegant crinoline dress, held a folding fan with thin lace in her hand, leaned against the balcony railing, and looked back at the crowd: "You've finally arrived."
Her voice carried the resonant tone characteristic of nobility, and her eyes and brows exuded elegance. With just a few simple gestures, she revealed her status.
"Blanche".
Camillo said calmly, "This isn't the main stage, stop acting."
Blanche opened her folding fan to cover half her face: "Teacher, I wasn't acting."
“When you say ‘I didn’t act,’ don’t drag it out for miles, and don’t use a phlegmy tone, then I might believe you didn’t act,” Camiro said irritably.
Blanche was silent for a moment. Seeing that Camillo was still staring at her with a deadpan expression, she sighed helplessly, "Alright, it's okay for the young lady to be a little more unconventional after her rebirth."
Camillo, seeing that Blanche had returned to her usual self, stepped aside and said, "Come and check on Rigota's condition... I've already done a preliminary check. She needs a body to recover her depleted soul power in order to awaken."
"Once we get to Dream Crystal Plains, the problem will most likely be solved."
"But the problem now is, given her current condition, can you take her across the Dream Path to reach the Uriel instance?"
Upon hearing Camillo's explanation, it wasn't Blanche who reacted first, but Gulemo and Uriel.
"Is Rigota's condition really that bad? But didn't the master just say that it could be resolved..."
Camillo said calmly, "It's bad, but it's not completely unsolvable. I have a solution right now, but it will take a lot of effort and time."
"So I need to show Blanche that she might have a more convenient way."
Simply put, Camillo is capable of resolving the issue, which is why he assured Uriel and Guleimo.
However, his solution was too time-consuming and labor-intensive, and not worth the effort.
That's why she asked Blanche if there were any other solutions.
Blanche looked curiously at Rigota, who was being helped by Gulemo: "Put Rigota on the bed, I'll check on her."
Gulemo did as instructed immediately.
Blanche stepped forward, scrutinizing her as she murmured, "She looks quite pretty, her red hair is beautiful, she'd be perfect for a lead role..."
Camiro: "It's not about showing you roles she's suited for."
Blanche gave an awkward smile: "I understand, I'll be right there."
The next second, Blanche regained her composure and reached out to touch Rigota's sleeping eyes.
A faint white light lingered on my fingertips.
“These special effects aren’t needed in a dream,” Camillo said softly.
"..." Blanche: "This isn't so that Uriel and Gulemo can see that I'm doing something."
After a while.
Blanche withdrew the white light from her fingertips and turned to say, "I already know her condition. In the current situation, she definitely cannot directly cross the Dream Path. As the teacher also knows, there is a section of the Dream Path where everyone needs to use their subjective consciousness to imagine a path, otherwise they will be stuck."
"But Rigota is asleep and cannot imagine this path."
Uriel: "Is there any other way? For example, could I take her with me?"
Blanche shook her head: "No one else can help her. Dreams are very strange. What you see and what she sees are not the same scene."
As Uriel expressed his disappointment, Blanche changed the subject: "However, it's not entirely without a solution."
"As long as I create another dream concept, and this dream concept includes a vehicle that can freely travel through the dream world, then I can put Rigota on the vehicle."
Camillo's eyes flashed with understanding. He had actually thought of this before, but he had no right to speak for Blanche; Blanche needed to say it herself.
"A vehicle?" Uriel asked in confusion. "Can't we use a Dream Boat? We just came here in a Dream Boat."
Blanche: "The Dream Boat itself is fine, but the Dream Boat you're on isn't, because it's just a backdrop in the story, not the main subject."
Seeing that Uriel and Guleimo didn't understand, Blanche thought for a moment and explained with an example:
"If I had two novels here, one called 'Love Letters Back to Hometown,' in which a vehicle called 'train' appears, but this train is just a background element in the story, the means of transportation the protagonist takes when he brings the love letters back to his hometown."
"Another novel is called 'The Train to the Stars,' which also features a 'train,' but in this case, the train is no longer just a background element, but the main body of the story, and it is given the ability to travel through the stars."
"Both are trains, but the effects are different."
"Do you understand now? The Dream Boat can be used as a vehicle, but it can only move when the Dream Boat is given a core entity."
Uriel nodded. Blanche had broken down the problem in such detail that he naturally understood.
"Therefore, solving Rigota's problems is not difficult; we just need to create a dream concept."
"But the problem is that this dream concept has already reached the main act stage. I have to get through this main act before I can tear it apart and recreate a new dream concept."
"Therefore, you all wait a little while, accompany me to finish this revenge drama, and then I will start a new story!"