As the dream realm dissipates, I look around for Cynthia's vessel and, to my surprise, I hear Cynthia's voice coming from Erucia as she says with glee, "Looks like I have a good hunting grounds here… As do you, my friend… Any other people I should know roaming about?"
I reply with a chuckle as I cross my arms, "Just Sharki-sama and the Sheep…"
Cynthia replies as she gives me applause, "Good job! Looks like we have a good lineup in school defense! Heck, we will need it… From Mystleteinn to Legion, and now this new one that we just fought that most likely attacked a student studying late, this is favored by our kin as a place to attack for some reason."
I then shrug and reply with a slight grin, "Whatever… With you at our side, I think it is now appropriate to try and move Sharki-sama more into position. Be ready for a conference through your vessels tomorrow so that we can also scout out for the savages of so-called 'daydreams'…"
Cynthia lets out a final sigh and replies before giving Erucia back her body, "Understood… Now, good night… Also, her free period is 3rd, so that will be optimal…"
I then throw the escaping shards of Cynthia a nod as I catch Erucia, who almost collapses from the shock of Cynthia taking her body so suddenly, and say with a slight chuckle, "Erucia-san… Daijoubu?"
Erucia chuckles and replies as she narrowly opens her eyes, "Yes… I don't know… Last thing I remember… I was talking to you, and then I heard my character, Cynthia, laugh in my head… After that, everything turned black and next thing I know I am in your arms just now…"
I reply with a chuckle as I set her back up, "Well… There IS something you should know…"
Erucia then turns to me and inquires as she raises her eyebrow, "Oh? What is it?"
I reply with a slight frown, "Well… There are beings from the world of dreams that take humans as vessels in order to perform actions in our reality… They call themselves 'Dream Demons'… The reason I tell you this is because Cynthia seems to have become as such and taken you, her creator, as her vessel…"
Erucia's eyes grow wide with shock as she replies, "What? I am Cynthia's vessel? Interesting… I didn't know that her voice in my head was anything other than insanity…"
I chuckle and reply as I stand up and begin out the door, "Well, now you know what the issue is in a way… Anyways, I am going home to recharge for tomorrow… Go get whoever was targeted in the library, and bring him home… I will see you tomorrow, Erucia-san…"
Erucia says with a bow as she lets out a slight chuckle, "Ok… I guess… Rest well, Ayumu-san… You look like you need it…"
I sure do… Too many foes, so little time…
As I enter the school, I hear Sharki say in a stern voice, "You wanted me?"
I turn around and see that he was in fact confronting me in his vessel, and I proceed to say with a slight grin, "Yes… Meet me in your vessel during 3rd period today in my office… I will write a request for you, and from the info I got from our new ally, her vessel will be free at that time… Once both of you are here, we will plan our line of assault... At least somewhat so…"
Sharki replies with a nod as he cracks a grin and strokes his fingers through his vessel's crimson hair, "Understood, Yumechi… Hopefully we can recruit as fast as that lighthouse can…"
I then chuckle and reply with glee as I make my way to my office, "Whoever controls the Yume-mon will control who enters reality… That is the Sentinels' Will… Even Pharos can't betray such a restriction… And with the Sheep back in control of her keys, the Yume-mon is back in our hands… We can now quench his light once and for all, and imprison each of his surviving fools deep in the Dream World!"
As I see Cynthia and Sharki enter my office in the guise of their vessels, I fold my fingers together and say gleefully as my gaze meets theirs, "So nice that I can finally have a strategy meeting with two of my colleagues rather than just with the Sheep and Yumeji-kun… You most likely know why I called you here…"
Cynthia replies with a nod, "Pharos, or Phalos depending on the speaker…"
I nod in confirmation and then turn to Sharki as I inquire, "So where is the third Sentinel?"
Sharki sighs with a chuckle as he replies, "Natan-sama is currently looking for his own pseudo-vessel... It takes time, you know…"
I crack a satisfied smile and reply with glee, "Yes… But we will be more than capable to weather the storm until he arrives… Hopefully, if any dream demons DO take a vessel here…"
Suddenly, a knock on my door interrupts the conversation as the ethics manager comes in and snarls with fury in his breath as he held a curly-haired student by his collar, who looks at us with a wide, sinister grin, "Sumimasen, Ayumu-sama! This student, a normally collected one known as Ishimaru Shigure, was causing a ruckus in class, almost out of nowhere, spouting some nonsense about how 'the lighthouse will be the master of us all'… Can you get him straight?"
Almost immediately, I notice that his pupils were in the shape of a coiled serpent, and I then say with a slight bow as my true pupils begin to show, "Arigato Gozaimasu, Oosuge-san… I will be sure to return him to a civilized human being once my work is complete… Now, if you could lock the door behind you…"
The ethics manager nods in understanding and then takes his leave after turning the lock, which seemed to echo throughout the entire room as the boy says with glee, "You seem to be eclipsing his light, foolish sensei… Thank goodness I found this vessel quickly and swiftly… Now, I will give you three seconds to run before I hunt you down…"
I reply with a chuckle as the daydream wove around us four, causing Sharki and Cynthia to shroud away their vessels, "Oh… Trust me when I say this. We have no intention to hide! Now, it is time for you to see what happens when you follow that corrupted light that you allow to guide thee!"