Heidi admitted that in her many years as a doctor, she had encountered countless tricky situations—but none were as awkward as this one!

However, just as she was so embarrassed that she was about to leave her fingerprints on the golden cone in her hand, Talan Eal suddenly laughed!

"Even so, I still think what you said is true!"

Heidi instantly showed a somewhat surprised look!

"The 'golden cone' you use has a very unique emblem."

Talan Eal pointed with a smile to the "weapon" and "medical tool" in Heidi's hand. "Even in this dream, you accurately reproduced that emblem, which shows that you value it very much—Miss Heidi, you are an excellent graduate of the Academy of Truth. This kind of emblem has only ten places each year, and it will only be given to the most outstanding young apprentices and engraved on one of their items according to their wishes!"

Heidi was stunned for a moment, and her eyes followed the direction of the other person's finger to the end of the golden cone's handle, where an emblem of the "Eye of Wisdom" surrounded by light spots was engraved!

Ordinary people can easily confuse this emblem with the common symbol of the God of Wisdom, but only those who truly understand the various symbols of the Academy of Truth can distinguish the difference between this emblem and the ordinary "Eye of Wisdom"!

It was only at this time that a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Heidi's mind, and she stared fixedly at the elven scholar who claimed to be "Talan Eal."

Some rough impressions in her mind finally gradually came together: a member of the Academy of Truth, an elf, the ancient surname "Eal," and the astonishing act of observing the surface of the sun when Anomaly 001 went out...

"Talan Eal... Wait, are you Mr. Talan Eal of Lightwind Harbor?"

Heidi opened her eyes wide. "The master who studies borders and hidden knowledge..."

"I can't be called a master, just a busy researcher," Talan Eal said with a smile and waved his hand. Although he was being modest, he was obviously quite happy to be recognized. However, he then asked with some doubts, "You've heard of me? That's not common... I don't show my face much, and although I have some fame, it's only limited to Lightwind Harbor and within the elven society. How did a human from so far away like you hear about me?"

"I heard my father mention you," Heidi said immediately. "I've heard of you since I was a child."

"Your father?" Talan Eal frowned!

"His name is Maurice Underwood. He studied at the headquarters of the Academy of Truth when he was young, and he also studied in Lightwind Harbor..."

Talan Eal felt a little familiar when he heard the name. After listening to Heidi's words, he immediately remembered, "Ah, that young man. I have an impression of him. He was an amazingly talented young man... You are his daughter?"

The elven scholar exclaimed, widened his eyes, and looked Heidi up and down several times, unable to help but marvel, "Then he got married and had children early enough..."

Heidi's face suddenly became strange, and she hesitated to say, "...Father didn't have me until he was almost forty, which was already very late..."

"Forty..." Talan Eal opened his mouth, then slapped his forehead, "Oh, sorry, I forgot, I should use human standards, sorry, I'm sometimes so careless!"

Heidi could only smile awkwardly. She could see that this elven scholar, who was highly praised by her father, was indeed terribly careless at times...

After a moment of silence, Talan Eal couldn't help but ask with anticipation, "How did your father mention me?"

Heidi subconsciously said, "He said that as an elf, you could actually rely on your powerful work habits to develop cervical spondylosis and frozen shoulder, which is really admirable..."

Talan Eal: "!"

Heidi: "No need to apologize."

The elven scholar waved his hand, interrupting the mental physician who had just reacted and looked embarrassed, obviously immune to similar words.

"We've chatted enough, Miss Heidi. Now it's time to use your professional skills to find a way to get me out of this dream!"

This well-timed shift in topic immediately resolved Heidi's embarrassment. The latter quickly sorted out her expression and mood and began to consider ways to unlock this dream!

But just as she was starting to recall the "professional knowledge" she had mastered, Talan Eal said beside her, "I must first remind you, Miss Heidi—I have already tried the falling method, the suffocation method, the interrogation method, and reverse hypnosis, but none of them work. All these methods cannot wake me up from here, but only make me more and more awake in this dream!"

Heidi was stunned when she heard this, and her expression changed slightly. "More and more awake in the dream?"

"Yes, one of the most dangerous situations among the various dangerous situations after encountering a 'trapped in a dream' accident." Talan Eal spread his hands. "Being more and more awake in a dream, realizing that you are in a dream, and at the same time failing to wake up, shows that my reason is gradually being assimilated by the underlying logic of this dream—from my subconscious, I no longer think it is necessary for me to wake up, even... my subconscious now thinks I am already awake!"

"Have you tried praying to Lahm?"

"What do you think?" Talan Eal asked with a wry smile!

"...You are so awake in this dream that you can even accept Lahm's protection...

..."

Heidi's tone gradually became serious. "So, you are actually awake, but the terrible thing is that you are 'awake in a dream'... I'm afraid conventional guidance methods won't work!"

"Or... how about you try poking me with that cone again?"

Talan Eal pointed to the golden cone in Heidi's hand. "Give my subconscious a near-death hint, and I'll try to rely on the sudden death method to 'return to the real world!'"

Heidi was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook her head. "I don't think that's a good idea..."

As soon as she finished speaking, a strange and slightly lazy female voice suddenly came from the side out of thin air, "I don't think that's a good idea either, little girl!"

Heidi was startled by the voice. She instantly tightened the golden cone in her hand and looked in the direction of the voice. The next second, a flurry of colored paper suddenly confused her eyes. The colors of the confetti swept down from the sky like snowflakes, and an elegant woman with a mysterious aura walked out of the flying colors!

While Heidi suddenly became vigilant and made a defensive posture, the mysterious woman who suddenly appeared didn't even look at her, but walked straight to Talan Eal. "I said, really, Master Eal, don't worry about your sudden death method. With your current level of health, if this mental physician stabs you with a cone, you will really die suddenly in the real world!"

"Ah, Ms. Lucrezia." After seeing who it was, Talan Eal's face immediately showed a happy look. "You're here to help—well, it seems that although my apprentices didn't go to a mental physician, they found a more powerful helper. They brought the Sea Witch here..."

Lucrezia waved her hand. "I rejected the mental physician your apprentices found. They can't help you—you're in my laboratory now!"

Heidi stared blankly at the scene in front of her. First, she realized that Talan Eal and the mysterious woman who suddenly appeared actually knew each other, and couldn't help feeling a little surprised. But then, she noticed the woman's name!

Lucrezia!

There may be more than one person in this world named Lucrezia, but there is only one called the "Sea Witch."

In great astonishment, Heidi first felt a sense of tension and vigilance, and then realized that she had to say something, but the words came to her mouth and she stammered, "You... you are..."

"'Witches' don't eat people, don't be nervous, miss," Lucrezia laughed, seemingly finding the young human girl's reaction very interesting. "It's really interesting. I didn't expect that there would be a 'guest' in Master Talan Eal's dream. For a 'situation of being trapped', this is a bit too lively!"

She said with a light smile, but gradually, the warmth in that gentle smile faded away little by little. Her eyes were still full of smiles... but the depths of her eyes gradually became as cold and scrutinizing as frost!

"What's your name, stranger?"

Heidi didn't even notice the change in the warmth of Lucrezia's smile!

However, her mind suddenly began to warn her at this moment, and a "intuition" rooted in her spiritual talent made her suddenly tense up.

The "witch" in front of her was analyzing her soul and mind, and she was treating herself as a "polluting factor" in this dream.

The moment she realized this terrible fact, Heidi tried to apply mental defenses to herself, but she found that she had severed contact with all extraordinary powers, and even the "golden cone" in her hand, which was most closely connected to her, seemed to have suddenly become something irrelevant to her. She could only desperately stabilize her consciousness in great anxiety and tension, while desperately thinking and struggling to speak, "My name is Heidi, a mental physician. I accidentally entered Mr. Talan Eal's dream. There are other invaders, and several of them have already been resolved by Mr. Talan Eal himself..."

The pressure that made her spiritual talent frantically warn her suddenly disappeared!

Heidi breathed a sigh of relief in an instant, but at the same time felt deeply confused. She hadn't finished speaking yet!

She raised her head in confusion. At some point, the amethyst pendant hanging on her chest had started to heat up slightly again. She pressed the crystal pendant with one hand and looked at the "witch" opposite in confusion!

Lucrezia was just frowning tightly!

"Are you a follower of my father?"

(I have bold ideas again today!)