SWNOVELXO Chapter 1404: Growing Nightmare Authority
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Once I was done seeing the Skills and their details, I looked at my two Dream Weapons, the weapons I had made with so much effort back in Yggdrasil, they have now been connected with me to an even higher degree than before, and it felt like they even had souls of their own now.
It's kind of crazy when I think about it, how they became Dream Weapons now and all of that, and can further evolve now, which make solved one of the problems or well, fears I had with them, that they would become ultimately obsolete.
But I guess that fix that pretty easily! I do wonder though; will their Dream Weapon status remain in other worlds? I hope so…
Though, didn't they have ranks and stuff? I think they could be upgraded again, right?
Worth giving it a try.
"Hey System, do you know if I can upgrade my Dream Weapons again?"
[The Dream Weapons have been upgraded recently. Please wait until you accumulate enough Dream Power inside of your Dream Weapons to Evolve them.]
"What? Oh, so that's how it works. How can I accumulate more Dream Power?"
[By slaying Nightmares, Nightmare Demons, Nightmare Beasts, or powerful Monsters that aren't Nightmares. The latter is not currently possible in this world, so the first few are recommendable instead.]
"I see, makes sense I suppose. I gotta do a lot of Nightmare Slaying!"
As I nodded and felt confident, I quickly leaped out of bed and ran to the bathroom in my room.
Man, it's nice to have a house in here and all, my own manor!
Although the castle has been restored almost completely back in my little town in Yggdrasil, after regaining my memories, I really missed my original house.
The house where Arthur and I grew up with our parents…
Somehow, this huge manor looks a lot like that one, so it gives me a lot of nostalgia of those simpler times, where I was happy I reincarnated and would finally have my ideal life with a new family.
I did miss my mom and my sister from Earth though, but the new noble family I got was so nice too, I had a little brother, two amazing parents, and was a noble!
And even more, I had cool magic powers, it was literally the ideal self-fulfillment power fantasy Isekai I've read so many times.
I even romanced a handsome blonde hero and all…
Things were going so fine, and perhaps…
Perhaps because I thought things were just like those of a novel I read, that I would have cozy slice of life until I died…
I never saw it coming, everything coming down, my life being ruined, everything being torn apart.
My family being killed, and then, ending up with my head rolling on the ground beneath the shadow of a guillotine.
"…"
I fell into silence for a moment, as I started recalling my parents, or well, my second parents.
Those that I know for sure are dead…
They really didn't deserve what happened to them.
The cruelty that went into killing them for such petty reasons.
The more I think about them, the more I feel tormented by my anger and frustration.
The powerlessness I had, unable to stop what happened.
My father's gentle personality, his strong attitude and his gentlemanly manners, he was a bit strict sometimes, but also liked spoiling me and my brother.
My mother, a truly spoiled rich lady, despite her surface attitude as someone that might appear selfish, she was a wonderful mother that loved her children above all else.
Despite being a noble lady, she cooked for us and even washed our clothes, cleaned our rooms, and everything, despite having several servants in the house.
It took a few years for her cooking to go from terrible to decent though, but I was just happy to be loved, and her personality, mannerism, and her pride as a noble lady stuck to me the most.
It wouldn't be an overexaggeration to say a lot of her personality rubbed on me, and as I grew up and became an adult again, I ended up becoming quite like her.
And now that my memories are back, that personality I developed resurfaces from time to time… I wouldn't say it's annoying, it is the last vestige of my mother.
And I plan to not abandon it.
I sometimes wonder how life would've been if none of that happened. If I had miraculously known that this would happen, and that I would have convinced my family to run away.
That we left behind everything, the fragment of the evil god and went to live on another country entirely, maybe the dwarven country would've been a nice place.
I could have grown up fine, my parents would have reached their golden years and past that, I think they would have aged wonderfully too.
And they loved each other so much too…
The injustices they went through, they were undeserving.
My dear mommy, and my dad…
"I love you two even now… And I will never forget you…"
I started crying without realizing, as I looked at the garden from the window.
I touched my chest, as if trying to grab my heart.
BA DUM!
"Ugh?!"
Suddenly, I felt something within me.
The Dream Heart, its darkness overflowing.
BA DUM!
"W-Wha…?"
BA DUM!
BA DUM!
BA DUM!
It continued beating rapidly for a moment, as I felt its powers developing, dark roots spreading through everything.
And then it went silent, as if nothing had happened.
"W-What was that?"
I looked at my own hands, confused.
It felt like my Nightmare Powers were evolving and developing.
In that moment I felt so much despair, solitude, and sorrow…
And also frustration and anger.
Was my Nightmare Authority being defined?
I don't know yet but… It might be influenced by that.
"I have to be strong… I have a family here, friends… So many people I love. I cannot disappoint them."
I looked at my own reflection in the window.
"I couldn't save my family; I couldn't do anything back then… But now I have the power. I will save this world."
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