Nightmare Mythos

Chapter 134: Subconsciousness

"Cedeit?"

Annoyed of being called twice, Cedeit raised up his voice and answered, "I heard you once. Now, did you get a long look at your own Subconscious? Yes, it is small, enough for two of us. There's another term for it, you see. A 'storage room' to store your Essences that came to your Soul,"

Cesar looked around to see nothing but white all around. Nothing inside was interesting aside from why Cedeit was here with him.

"Let me guess, after barging your way inside of here by forcing me to lose consciousness, have you been here inside all this time, Waiting for the perfect time to control me? Or is it the time when I reached the place you are staying at,"

Cedeit stared at Cesar for a brief moment before snorting, "You already have an answer to that. Why even ask,"

Cesar feigned ignorance even though Cedeit was right. Judging by the clues he had on his hands, he knew the Nightmare had been here the moment the eyeball replaced his empty eye socket. The 'connection' was the key and the Subconsciousness that was left unprotected was there for the taking, which Cedeit seized.

However, since Cesar still has some control over his body as they fight for it, Cedeit never manages to finish his goal.

He was almost there but didn't quite achieve that thing, forgetting one small detail which is seeing Cesar's train of thoughts.

That's why he lost to a lowly human.

He's been humbled… but that didn't mean he was giving in.

He just didn't have any cards to play left for now. Which is why he was going to comply and comply, and will continue to comply at Cesar's demands.

When the time comes, Cedeit knows he'll strike his chance.

'Hah! This Nightmare.'

Cesar was guessing about what was going through Cedeit's head… if he had one.

He was carefully considering that Cedeit has been very good to him in the past few days. There was no cunningness left in his words as they talked and it seemed he was trying to reconcile and build their relationship once more.

It's bullshit.

The two beings understand it.

A Nightmare and the Human is still in a fight. Unless the other eradicates the other, it will not finished.

To break the awkward silence, Cesar came straight to the topic, "Cedeit, if you can now please teach me your method of a way to communicate without me speaking so loud, I can finally leave in here."

"Right… right… That was the business there, right?"

Cedeit seemed to have coughed up which was very wrong, seeing that an eyeball didn't have any mouth. But it still managed to do so before adding.

"Cesar, I don't know if this method would work but it might pose some risks,"

Cesar couldn't help but put a smile on his face as he interrupted, "Risks?"

Cedeit shook itself up and down, "It's not much of a risk but you can say a problem might arise, something unforeseen even for me,"

Cesar maintained his cheeky smile and repeated, "Something unforeseen, eh?"

Cedeit clicked his tongue, "If you won't believe me, then what's the point of being here? Let's just leave,"

"You know, at first, I believed you. At first. But then again, I had to rethink. Who the hell am I dealing with?" Cesar voiced out, "The concept of Subconsciousness is very interesting but it is very big for the likes of me for a moment. Hence, I will learn about it later. What I need right now is information,"

At last, as though the facade he'd tried to maintain was crumbling, Cedeit began shouting again, using the same tone he'd used since Cesar first showed reluctance to give in when at the face of danger.

"You lowly brat! I'll kill you! I'll kill you when I have the chance,"

Rubbing his ears as if he was annoyed that Cedeit had come back to his usual self, Cesar continued to tell his demands as he remained unresponsive to the Nightmare's shouts.

"I want you to tell me how I can find a Soul Scholar. Even if I had to cross yet other likes of Void, I would do it. I'm too tired of waiting for the information to sit on my lap. I want to in my hands," Cesar paused, "So tell me, where I can find them,"

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Cedeit eventually stops his rumblings and grumblings, upon realizing that he wasn't thinking straight. When he realized that something wasn't right, he raised it with disbelief in his tone.

"You…! You tricked me!"

"…"

"You're okay with this method of how we talked like this without getting the attention of others from outside, here, in your subconsciousness is that it?" Cedeit scoffed, "That's why you don't mind whatever I was going to say to solve that problem… because it is already solved. Now, you just want information about Soul Scholar,"

Cesar remained silent before smirking, "I didn't do anything else. Besides, I really do want that information. As for how we communicate, we'll follow your suggestion. So for both of our sake, tell me,"

Cedeit hesitated for a while before making a sound of tongue-clicking and revealing the information, knowing it would benefit them in the long run. If he continued to hide this information, who knows when Cesar's body would give in?

"Soul Scholars… are creatures that like hide. They actually didn't want to show themselves that much and when they did, you'll likely have to cover your eyes,"

"Hide my eyes?"

Cedeit nodded, "Yes, these Scholars have a very hideous face so anyone who has seen them will be, tak, gone. Their opponents will just disappear. Now, as for how they are called Soul Scholars, it's because their powers are related to it. How they make their opponents disappear is because they target their souls. They are very keen, aware, and able to scent Souls higher than others. I think that is one of their strengths."

Cesar listened very intently as he replied, "How do I communicate with them?"

Cedeit immediately replied, probably expecting the question beforehand, "That's the thing. I don't know. But if you want to find them, you'll have to target the terrains rich in soul."

Cedeit paused as he chuckled, "You can even search this Academy. It is very rich with soul, I can tell,"

"Nice joke," Cesar didn't really feel like laughing at it before shaking his head, "I heard what I wanted to hear. With this, I can reduce my search with your information. Now, how do I get back?"

Cedeit looked around Cesar's Subconsciousness before saying, "From the knowledge that I wield, there are two ways to get back outside. First, if someone from the outside is forcing you to wake up. It's like you need a physical reaction to evict someone from their dreams. Second, you reverse the method of how you got out from here,"

Cesar replied briefly, "Un-imagining it? Well, that seems very easy,"

"Will you fucking leave now?"

Cesar stepped backward and started to 'un-imagine' himself leaving the white space. It didn't take a long time till it was accomplished the moment he realized his perception became slightly different.

It didn't feel his Subconsciousness at all.

The moment he opened his eyes, he found himself in the same living room he had seen the instant he stepped inside the white space.