Yuriel's days had been peaceful, too peaceful in fact that she started to feel suspicious. Although this has always been the case, there were also shifts in her life that she hadn't noticed.

Yuriel has now become fixated of the waking world, something that never happened before. After being affected by the dream space, majority of Yuriel's life has been spent in a dream. Her attention, her thoughts, her future, all of it where in the dream space. Why she had changed gradually, from a lively girl to a shell who's expression is of complete indifference.

In the real world, her only reason for existing were her parents and friends, she never cared for anything else. whether it be the threat of wars or new discovery of the universe, it all hardly mattered.

But now, there was another, Yuriel's thirst for vengeance from the humiliation she suffered at the hands of a certain youth. They had already been punished of course, made to clean the entire campus, while Yuriel watched them from afar. But it wasn't enough, she wanted to humiliate them, with her very own hands.

"That's right, he'll pay!" Yuriel only knew his face back then, but she knew of his name now. "NicoIaus Jester Faust, I don't care if your an elite, I swear I'll destroy you!"

That's what Yuriel declared, the following day after it happened. The sheer hatred she felt, all of it had surpassed any of her prior emotions.

Yuriel only had a few, and one thing in mind. That is to think of a way, on how to get her revenge without suffering any consequences. The problem however, is that Yuriel can't find any physical means to do it. But unlike other people, she has something that is not physical, but will definitely scare him for life.

'I'll try this on my brother later.' Yuriel thought, her lips curving to form a smile.

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"I mean.... I understand why your that angry but," Ainsel nervously said, staring at Yuriel's sinister expression. "It feels like your going to kill someone a hundred times over."

"....."

"Don't get me wrong, they certainly deserve some sort of revenge for doing that. But you know, we certainly don't want to go in jail and have people find their bodies in a river the next day.... you know what I mean?"

"I'm not gonna kill them."

"Right, I doubt that, your face says otherwise."

"....."

Other than pondering her ideas for revenge, Yuriel also progressed in learning about the zero space. She can indeed create dreams based on memories, but she is also capable of creating dreams based on anything.

In fact, she had been able to recreate scenes from the movies and animes she had watched as a child. Standing there in that world, in that place, at that time, in that very event as if she were part of them. If there is one thing she can say about it, it's exhilarating to say the least.

However, Yuriel experienced many things in the dream space that it didn't really blew her mind. In any case, Yuriel realized that the zero space can offer her infinite possibilities. There was no limit to what dreams she can create, no matter how absurd or unfathomable. Yuriel's only real limit, was her very limited imagination.

That is to say, Yuriel's dreams had reached a qualitative changed. Although the zero space is still harmful, and can affect her mental psyche to a dangerous degree. Yuriel had been adapting, always, to endure the horrors of the dream space. If she were to describe this evolution, it's her ability to remain sane despite having no sensation.

One can even say, that she is no longer human.

But well, these are merely days where she had done practically nothing. She did go out shopping, hanging out with Ainsel, reading books, but it was all meaningless really.

In the end, once her time with Ainsel was done and they bid farewell, Yuriel went on a solitary walk. She traversed the streets, walking simply, as she thought about her entire life. Memories flooded through, and her dreams faded for a moment. The illusory veil was pulled away, allowing Yuriel to see beyond the curtains, to witness reality once again.

It was nothing special, even as she gazed at the top where Yuriel viewed the city. She gazes through the stars, into the crowded streets, and the snow that fell from the sky.

She was just thinking and thinking, pondering and pondering, with the sole difference of not being clouded by her dreams. What is her purpose, what does she want to do, she had never thought about it for the longest time. But now, she was able to, perhaps because her attention was snapped back to reality, that Yuriel realized she had a life to live.

It was something she just thought of, and immediately understood. Like one of those times, where someone scrolls in the internet and was suddenly hit by reality of his situation. If things goes on, living his life trapped in an illusion, what future does he have? If he didn't do anything, wasting time to a people in the internet for some argument, what was his life about really?

It was that kind of moment, which brought Yuriel's thoughts back to reality.