Illusionist

Teri lay motionless on the bed, his pale face contrasting with his dark hair. Elley, Darlene, and Mizak stood across the bed, their eyes filled with worry and fear. Mizak sat on the edge of the bed and gently held Teri's hand, feeling a pang of guilt in his chest. He wondered if it was his fault that Teri became like this.

The door opened and Lord Hoself entered the chamber, his expression grave and serious. He looked at the mizak and elley and then at Teri, who seemed to be in a deep slumber.

"Did Teri retire to his chamber by himself?" Lord Hoself asked.

"I carried him back to his chamber last night. He fell asleep while we were outside, so I had to carry him back," Mizak said.

"And you didn't notice anything different in his chamber?" Lord Hoself asked.

He continued, "His windows were closed and a vase with flowers was beside the window. Only that it wasn't a regular flower. The flower had a very beautiful scent, but it was also very powerful. The flower is called the beautiful devourer and it's made by the illusionist."

"Illusionist?" Mizak asked. He had heard about the illusionist before, but he couldn't remember where or when.

"The beautiful devourer belongs to the illusionist. It makes one unconscious and devours their soul as they sleep, granting them what they most wish for. The more you inhale it, the faster you die. As long as the victim is asleep, it doesn't matter if the flower is taken away from the person or place where the victim is. It will still kill the person, but slower."

Elley furrowed her eyebrows in concern. "Why would the illusionist do this to Teri?"

"It means trouble is coming," Prince Ivive said as he entered the chamber. He had a stern and cold look on his face. He had heard of the illusionist too. The last he heard was that he or she served the king of Delmos kingdom.

"King of Delmos kingdom? This is bad. Does he know Teri is here? No, it's not possible," Mizak thought to himself.

"The girl who died was a servant here. She arrived two weeks ago. It seems she was the one who placed the vase of beautiful devourer beside Teri's window, since it was her who arranged his chamber. She might be connected to the illusionist," Lord Hoself said.

"I'm tired of eavesdropping," Lady Melovine said as she entered the chamber. She wore a red dress and her whip was attached to a belt on her waist. She folded her arms against her chest and stood with them.

"I have looked at the scene and I have checked the girl's body. This is what I can say. Teri was already sleeping that night on his bed, as the scent of beautiful devourer flooded the room. The serving girl entered the room with the intention of killing Teri with a dagger. However, Teri woke up immediately and extended his red threads and it destroyed her heart. That's why blood came out of her eyes and mouth.

Then he fell back to unconsciousness, because the beautiful devourer was too strong. Now, am I the only one who knows Teri is a ghost weaver?" Lady Melovine asked as she glanced at everyone in the room.

"I know many people don't know about the ghost weaver, but his fellow travelers surely knew who he was and kept silent," she said.

"Ghost weaver? I know about the ghost weaver. How could I not know Teri was a ghost weaver when it was very clear before my eyes," Prince Ivive said to himself.

"How do we wake him up?" Mizak asked Lord Hoself anxiously.

"By traveling to his dream," Lord Hoself said.

"And how do we travel to his dream?" Prince Ivive asked.

A serving boy came inside with a small box and stretched his hand towards Lord Hoself. "My lord."

Lord Hoself took the box and placed it on the table beside the bed where Teri lay. He opened the box and there was a transparent globe inside. "My father got this when he was young. From a witch, he said. And it can work with a few words. It serves only one purpose and it's to see the dreams of a person when he sleeps."

Lord Hoself incanted some words and the globe showed a place with people in it. It was Teri's dream. It was a daytime in Teri's dream. It showed Teri genuinely smiling as four ladies danced barefooted on the grass in a courtyard.

"Those two ladies look like me and elder sister, Darlene," Elley said as she stared at the globe.

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Darlene was also staring at the globe. "Yes, it is. And if those two ladies are you and I, that means the other two..."

"Mother and elder sister Selena," Elley said, cutting her off.

Darlene smiled faintly as she pointed at one of the ladies in the globe. "That is mother."

"I'll be the one to go to my brother's dream," Elley said.

"You can't," Lord Hoself said.

"Why can't I?" Elley asked. She had always wished she remembered how her parents looked like, even though she never spoke about it. Seeing her mother in the globe, she just wanted to see her.

"There can't be two of you. Imagine Teri seeing two of you. It will make it worse," Lord Hoself said.

Elley looked at him like she was betrayed, but she could not do anything. He was right. She looked away and backed a little.

"Then I'll go, father," Lady Melovine said.

"So you can spar with him? I'll be the one to go," Prince Ivive said.

"I'll be the one to go," Mizak said.

"I agree, Mizak should go," Elley said as she looked at Mizak.

"I want my brother back," she said to him.

Mizak nodded and faced Lord Hoself. "Let's begin."

"Lay next to Teri on the bed, facing up with your eyes closed. I'll make you sleep," Lord Hoself said.

Mizak laid beside Teri and closed his eyes. Lord Hoself began to say some incantations.

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MIZAK POV

I gasped as I woke up.Did it work?.

It was evening time and I was standing in front of a gate guarded by few guards.

It was a manor and on a wood carving,it was written,"the ereen manor".

The guards were in uniform.

I walked forward and they blocked the gate.

"Who do you seek",one of the guards asked.

"I seek for the young master of this manor,Teri ereen",I said.