Chapter 531: The Awakening Scholar

Lucresia abruptly detached from the Dreamscape, taking several seconds to calm her mind before she could finally sigh in relief, open her eyes, and slowly scan the room to check the various "suggestive items" she had set up in advance in the laboratory.

The first thing to do after waking up from an eerie dream was never to get up immediately, but to first stabilize the mind and confirm the details of the real world to avoid being trapped in a double dream.

Moments later, she confirmed the details of the real world, that she had indeed disentangled from that dreamscape, and that Master Taran El had also awoken.

The Elvish scholar was awkwardly tied to a nearby pillar with several ropes, his head swollen, while the clockwork automaton Luny held a sharp kitchen knife, fully alert beside him.

"Ms. Lucresia, you finally woke up!" Seeing the "Witch of the Endless Sea" awaken, the scholar immediately cried out for help, "Your servant has tied me up! I don't know what I did wrong…"