Chapter 223: Everyone's Dream
Bang!
William jerked his head up.
Then he realized it was just a dream; everything in the classroom was normal.
But soon he unconsciously started shaking his leg, looking as if nothing had happened.
The other students in the classroom were attracted by the sound of the impact, but everyone just glanced and paid no more attention.
After all, everyone had experienced this kind of sleep deprivation.
In North America, perhaps ordinary public high schools had easy coursework, but for private high schools like Germantown Friends, students often stayed up late and took after-school tutoring to get a high GPA and enter higher-ranked universities upon graduation. This was already the norm.
Many young people even voluntarily sacrificed sleep time.
"Hey! William, didn't you not have to go to church yesterday? Why did you still stay up late!"
At this time, a girl next to him lowered her voice and said.
William was slightly stunned.
Church? Stay up late?
He shook his head, like a hangover, only having a vague impression of these things.
"Oh Gail, I'm not sure either. I even feel like I'm still in a dream right now."
William blinked in a daze, subconsciously calling out the other party's name.
"Speaking of dreams, have you heard a rumor recently?"
Gail leaned on the desk, covering her mouth with her hand to lower her volume.
William's attention was all on a certain squeezed and deformed part.
"Hey! William, did you hear me!" Gail waved her hand.
"What?"
William finally looked up.
"Recently many people in the school have encountered weird things."
Gail didn't notice William's anomaly.
"They say they met a weirdo in their dreams, a weirdo wearing a red and green striped sweater, and that guy wanted to hunt them down."
"Mark also encountered it! He also said that when he got up the next day, he found his palm was cut!"
Hearing this, William instantly sobered up a lot.
If he remembered correctly, he had just encountered that weirdo too!
Ring... Ring...
At this time, the class dismissal bell rang, and the students in the classroom all stood up.
William's train of thought was interrupted, and he could only put those dream fragments behind him.
"Want to go to the library together? I heard Teacher Lombane is going to have a pop quiz in class tomorrow." Gail put on her backpack and came in front of William.
The latter shook his head: "No, I plan to go back and catch up on sleep, otherwise I definitely won't have energy tomorrow."
Gail looked surprised: "Aren't you afraid of meeting that guy in your dream! For tomorrow's quiz, I've already prepared not to sleep!"
William was slightly stunned, a doubt couldn't help but arise in his heart—don't you still have to sleep after the exam...
But someone beat him to the punch with the question.
"Hey, what a cowardly woman. A guy in a dream can scare you like this!"
Gail looked angry: "Henry! I didn't lie. Besides Mark, Wilton also dreamed of danger!"
Mentioning Wilton, Henry's face obviously showed some displeasure.
"Hmph, that guy is just trying to promote that stuff from the Bible; only idiots would believe it."
He straightened his back as he spoke.
"If that weirdo really comes to my dream, I will definitely use my longsword to chop him to pieces!"
Henry struck a pose of swinging a sword.
"Henry, didn't you... say you would go to Principal Roberto today to help me get my longsword back."
Pence whispered.
"That's a prop for the drama club; we still need to use it for rehearsal later."
Henry looked serious: "Pence, as a knight, how could you lose your personal sword!"
Pence muttered: "Wasn't it discovered when you took it to play..."
"Knight Pence, what did you say just now?"
"No... nothing."
Gail sighed, not planning to stay any longer.
She just turned her head but suddenly widened her eyes.
She saw a transparent body bag standing in the corridor, stained with fresh blood.
Inside was a man wearing a black robe. His skin was pale, his facial muscles were stiff, and his eyes were filled with pitch-black pupils, without a trace of white.
At this time, the man was staring straight at her.
"Your negligence... killed us."
Gail hurriedly turned her head: "Look! What is that thing!"
Her tone was excited, but immediately after she was stunned again.
She didn't know when, but the classroom had become very quiet.
Including William and Henry, everyone was motionless, as if time had paused.
With a buzz in Gail's brain, her whole body instantly felt creepy. She turned her head again and saw the body bag had disappeared, leaving only a long trail of blood dragged on the floor.
Gail remembered that sentence just now.
For some reason, she always felt a bit breathless.
To get an answer, she slowly followed.
As soon as she reached the corridor, Gail saw the body bag being dragged away at the corner not far ahead.
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she seemed to see the man inside smile at her.
Gail could only continue running to the corner.
But the next second, she bumped head-on into someone.
"Hey, no running in the corridors! And definitely no hitting other people's noses with your knee!"
A low voice sounded.
"So... sorry, Teacher Lombane." Gail put her hands under the other party's armpits and helped the teacher up.
But then, Gail felt an icy coldness on her face.
She saw a glove inserted with sharp iron blades worn on Teacher Lombane's hand.
And the other party also smiled sinisterly: "Gail, the blood on the floor is very fresh. Is it someone you just killed, hehe."
She hurriedly let go and stepped back a few steps, then ran in the direction the blood trail extended.
"Phew... Phew..."
Gail leaned against the wall and looked back; Teacher Lombane hadn't chased after her.
She wiped her forehead, planning to wash her hands.
It just so happened that the blood trail also extended into the restroom in front of her.
Creak...
Gail pushed open the door and walked quickly to the sink.
She wet her face with water, rubbed it a few times, and raised her head.
But the next moment she froze in place.
The lights in the restroom dimmed. Through the mirror, she saw over a dozen body bags "standing" behind her.
The corpses inside all wore black robes.
Gail saw from the mirror that the things behind her were all looking at her.
"You pushed us to the devil, now you should come keep us company."
As soon as the words fell, the sound of bags being pierced rang out behind her.
And Gail clearly saw all this through the mirror.
She saw the skin of those corpses festering, and foul-smelling black slime flowing out from inside.
At the same time, pairs of hands reached for Gail's back.
Her eyes were wide open, desperately wanting to escape.
But her legs seemed to have lost sensation; no matter what, she couldn't move.
Ultimately, she could only watch as those hands grabbed her.
What made her even more desperate was that the slime condensed into an ugly man.
He wore a red and green striped sweater, with the same glove as Teacher Lombane on his hand.
At this time, the sharp blades were already hovering right in front of Gail's eyes.
"Nngh...! Nngh!!"
She struggled to shout, but could only squeeze some groans from her throat.
A moment before the blades pierced her eyeballs, Gail finally shouted!
"Ah!"
Gail stood up, her whole body soaked in sweat.
She panted heavily and looked around.
But found the students in the classroom staring at her.
"So it was just a dream."
Gail slumped down on her chair.
Bang!
At this time, a crashing sound rang out beside her.
Gail turned her head; it turned out her deskmate William had convulsed a bit.
But this guy was pretending nothing had happened.
"Hey, Will! Didn't you not have to go to church yesterday..."
Ring... Ring...
The class dismissal bell rang, and the students all got up to pack their things.
Gail invited William to go to the library together, but that annoying Henry came over to interrupt.
"...If I really encounter him, I definitely have to beat that weirdo up hard!"
Henry was full of confidence, striking a beautiful sword-sheathing pose.
"Knight Pence, we should head to the seal to retrieve your sword!"
He raised his chin as he spoke, walking towards the classroom door.
But the moment he crossed the threshold, the scene before his eyes changed.
"Those Church guys are coming to the almshouse soon; this time it will definitely be a few of us taken away!"
"I... I heard there is bread and milk in the Church..."
"Don't delude yourself! I saw with my own eyes Arya's corpse thrown out. Her clothes were stripped bare, and she was covered in wounds! Do you want to be like her!"
"Sorry..."
"The escape tunnel hasn't been dug through yet; we might not make it in time."
"Don't be afraid. We still have one last chance today! Later, we'll send someone to keep watch, and the rest will work together!"
"Who should we send? The few of us have long been targeted by the Dean. If she sees us, she will definitely catch us and interrogate us."
"Let Henry go! He usually just reads in the corner; he definitely won't arouse suspicion..."
Several children came in front of Henry.
"Henry! We are going to do something big! If you see the Dean, you must run and tell us."
Henry was sitting on a stool, holding a copy of The Song of Roland in his hand. This was a knight's tale about loyalty and sacrifice.
He was reading absorbedly and didn't hear his companions clearly.
"Hey! Henry! Don't forget what you promised us!"
The several children said and ran into the corner.
"Mmh."
Henry nodded subconsciously.
After an unknown amount of time, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of him.
Henry looked up and saw Dean Madam Yoda staring at him.
There were also some people in black robes standing beside her.
"Little Henry, do you know where Clement and the others are?" Yoda squatted down and smiled.
But due to age, many wrinkles squeezed out at the corners of her eyes.
"In order to let them receive the baptism of Holy Light in time, the Church's priests came early and even brought you gifts."
She handed over a book as she spoke. The cover read The Legend of King Arthur.
"You can't enjoy the joy of gifts all by yourself!"
Henry's gaze kept staring at the brand-new pages.
Hearing Madam Yoda's words, he showed a thoughtful expression.
"Just now... they seemed to go in that direction," Henry thought to himself.
Then he pointed in a direction.
The adults in front of him left quickly.
When Henry opened the new book, he suddenly heard the sound of things being knocked over from the house behind him.
"A bunch of lowly wretches! Having the opportunity to become 'Snacks' is a grace bestowed upon you by the Lord! How dare you escape secretly!"
As soon as the voice fell, miserable screams rang out.
Henry was startled and quietly felt his way to the window.
But the next moment, the book in his hand fell to the ground.
He saw his several companions in the house had been stripped bare.
Those black-robed adults from earlier also reached out their hands towards them.
And Dean Yoda just watched silently from the side. Henry's mind went blank.
But he found that his companions' eyes were staring intently at him.
In the next second, the voices of several people rang in Henry's ears:
"You betrayed us."
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