Falsifying history is good business

The next day after returning home, Lin You stayed in the manor for the whole day without leaving the house; there were two women here who needed his comfort. At night, he completely belonged to the princess of Paradise Island, and during the day, he had to spend half of his time supervising the punishment of a naughty child who dared to burn his summer homework.

Seeing the ten-year-old girl wiping away tears after writing a few strokes, and then wiping away tears again after writing a few more strokes, Lin You was completely unmoved; although the ownership of theocracy had been rewritten, Minerva's divinity had not completely erased her background as the goddess of wisdom and war.

Do you know what the concept of "Goddess of Wisdom" is? Her memory, comprehension and all other attributes related to IQ are far beyond the top level of human beings.

In other words, the normal homework for human students was not difficult for this little girl, it was just like asking an adult to do arithmetic within 100. She burned her homework books purely out of laziness, and she was crying and wiping tears now, mostly pretending, just to win sympathy from her brother.

How could Lin You fall for such a trick?

As a result, seeing her brother being so unkind, Minerva's pretend crying turned into real crying, and it was the kind that the old housekeeper couldn't coax her into crying no matter how hard he tried.

Friends who cry often should know that crying from the heart is very exhausting. Minerva cried until she fell asleep on the table. Looking at the exercise book that still had a large blank space after a whole morning of hard work, Lin You was both angry and amused.

Naughty children are not divided by race or even species; no matter whether they are mortals or gods, they can act like spoiled brats, cry, daydream, go to the toilet three times in a quarter of an hour, sleep on their stomachs, and do all kinds of weird things she can imagine - as long as she can avoid doing her homework.

Lin You originally wanted to fulfill his important responsibility of educating his sister conscientiously, and waking the little girl up to continue her homework, which was considered as being a bad guy to the end; but his attempt was "severely" stopped by the old housekeeper, and even Diana dissuaded him in a bad mood.

"Don't always stare at Minerva. If you can't stay idle, why don't you go and find out about the mysterious angel who keeps appearing in London? I remember that you didn't take Him very seriously when you first heard about Him yesterday."

Earl Goff was thus kicked out of the house by his family.

The three people surrounding Minerva did not notice that a knowing smile suddenly appeared on the sleeping little girl's face, as if she had encountered something happy in her dream.

Lin You, who was "kicked out of home", had nowhere to go, and high-level angels could not be found just by looking for them; unless the other party leaked the sacred breath from heaven, how could he find an angel among millions of people in such a big city as London?

Standing at the crossroads at a loss, Count Goff was bored for a moment; then he saw Morpheus, the sleepman, coming out of the tavern across the intersection and "floating" across the street like a wandering soul.

When he saw Morpheus, Lin You thought of Lucifer, and subconsciously followed the footsteps of the master of the dream, walking shoulder to shoulder with him.

"Why are you here?" Morpheus was surprised by Lin You's sudden appearance; just as Lin You could not find the high-level angel who had restrained his breath, when he himself restrained his breath, it would be difficult for other gods to discover him in advance.

"Just like you, coming out for shopping." Lin You said without hesitation.

"I'm not here to go shopping." Just like before, the Sleepyhead hardly looked at anyone when he spoke; many times Lin You couldn't tell whether the other person was talking to him or just talking to himself?

"You're not, but I am. You seem to be in a good mood today. Did you have a good dream?"

"No, just met a friend."

"Friend, do you have friends in the human world?" Lin You was very self-aware and did not put himself in the role of "friend". Then he thought of the high-level angel whose whereabouts were unknown. "Sleepyman's friend can't be a human, right? Let me guess, an angel, or a demon?"

As he spoke, the writer kept glancing at the tavern behind him, wondering whether he should go in and take a look. Perhaps there were two or even three pairs of white wings hidden there.
Unfortunately, the answer given by Morpheus was disappointing: "On the contrary, he is indeed a human being. Although my sister 'Death' has granted him immortality, he is still a genuine human being."

"Now that you mention it, I remember... the intelligence agencies did notice a report about an 'undead'; some thought it was nonsense, while others thought it was worth investing some time to investigate. It turns out this person really exists, and is related to your Endless Family; what's going on, is he cursed, or blessed?"

"Some people would think that 'immortality' is a curse, but others would think it is a blessing. I can only say that it depends on the person."

Lin You likes talking to people with the same personality as Sleepy. He is arrogant and seems to disdain lying. When he encounters something he doesn't want to talk about, he will just ignore it instead of making up a lie to cover it up. At the same time, because of his arrogant personality, he doesn't think there is any need to hide anything from others.

From this perspective, the personalities of the King of Dreams and Lucifer are very similar.

Therefore, in most cases, whether the Sleep Demon is willing to answer questions depends only on his mood, and has nothing to do with any considerations of interests. It is precisely because Lin You discovered that the Sleep Demon was in a good mood today that he deliberately followed him.

"May I have the opportunity to meet your friend? He is an Englishman? How many years has he lived?"

Morpheus suddenly stopped and looked at Lin You; "Why are you following me?"

This was the first time that the King of Dreams refused to answer a question since we met today.

Lin You had no choice but to find another topic: "Well, I just heard that you defeated Lucifer a while ago - and on his territory, in front of millions of demons from hell?"

Morpheus turned around and continued walking forward, saying as he walked: "I did not see Lucifer's real body. He only sent a consciousness clone to receive me. It was only that clone that I defeated."

Just this sentence made Lin You understand many things, such as the fact that Sandman and even their entire Endless Family have not yet realized the truth of the dimension. Logically, this shouldn't be the case. In the DC story world setting, Sandman is very close to Lucifer's level. He even briefly held the key to the gate of hell during a period of time when Lucifer left hell.

Logically speaking, when Sandman took back the three artifacts, he recovered all his power. Even if he did not reach the level of a true God, he was not far from it. How could he know nothing about the truth of the dimension, and even simply regard DC Lucifer as the conscious incarnation of the King of Hell?

"But I heard that after Lucifer's consciousness clone lost to you, he locked himself in a palace deep in hell and stayed indoors for a long time. It seemed like he couldn't accept his own defeat."

"I'm not interested in what happens in hell." Morpheus said calmly, "If Lucifer could have an interesting dream, maybe I would pay attention to it. In fact, I don't like hell. The dreams of demons are full of chaos and depravity. I will be upset if I see too much of them."

"Excuse me, but do you have a new answer to the question I asked you last time?" Since the topic was about dreams, the confused Lin You simply changed the subject again.

"Or is it a question about whether gods dream?"

Lin You nodded and said, "Yes, have you paid attention to the dreams of the gods during this period since we parted last time?" "No, not really. After retrieving the three artifacts, I have been busy repairing the dream kingdom or meeting with family and friends." Morpheus' tone was as cold as ever, making it difficult to tell whether He was indifferent or really did not have extra time.

Lin You insisted: "Since you are repairing the dream kingdom, have you never checked whether there are any dreams of gods integrated into your kingdom?"

"I can answer you with certainty, no." Morpheus looked calm, as if he didn't think there was anything wrong with telling outsiders about the situation in the dreamland. "The reality of the dream is closely related to the dreamer's mental strength. The dreams of gods are bound to have things more powerful than those of mortals. Therefore, even if I have the opportunity to discover the dream of a god, I will not integrate it into my dream kingdom."

For some reason, Lin You always had an inexplicable sense of familiarity when listening to the sleeper describing the process of constructing the dreamland; after thinking about it again and again, he realized that this construction process was similar to his own integration into the story world.

The writer merges different story worlds into one, while the Sandman merges the dreams of different people. When the writer merges the story worlds, he will eliminate those stories that have a serious adverse impact on the continuation of the world, while the Sandman rejects the dreams of those who have too strong consciousness - such as gods.

Of course, in addition to the similarities, there are actually many differences between the two.

After the story world is integrated into the big world, the world itself is relatively stable, and different stories take place and are performed against the same background; but the dreamland is different, because even the dreams of the same person at different times are different.

Every day, every minute and every second in the dreamland is constantly changing. Except for the core area where the sleep demon is located, such as his palace, other places are always changing with different dreams.

Perhaps a certain area is land today and becomes sea tomorrow, and the reason is simply that the dreamer read a pirate novel or watched a pirate movie during the day, so he dreamed about the sea at night.

Lin You followed Morpheus, listening and thinking all the way, until the other party suddenly asked him a question: "You are a god yourself, do you dream every day? Have you found any traces of the dreamland in your dreams? Don't you know it best?"

"My situation...maybe a little special." Lin You hesitated to speak.

"Special?" Morpheus slowed down his pace and turned his head to take a look, but did not stop. "Is the dream special, or is there something else special?"

"No, it's not a dream, but something else. In fact, not long ago, I was still a human being, not a god. The fact that I could become a god from a human is very special. And after I became a god, I never had any dreams."

Morpheus paused, turned around and looked at Lin You seriously; this was the first time that Lin You saw such obvious curiosity and doubt in the other's eyes.

"You said you never dream. Is that because you never sleep? Another important reason why gods' dreams are different from those of mortals is that they rarely enter a completely relaxed and unconscious sleep like mortals. Many gods can effectively control their consciousness even when they are asleep, which makes it difficult for them to dream. In my experience, young gods are more likely to dream because they lack self-control, while adult gods are the opposite."

Lin You shook his head and smiled: "No, I still sleep normally. Perhaps my habit as a human being is still strong. Even if I don't need to, I will force myself to sleep as long as before."

"Maybe this is why you don't dream; sleep under conscious control makes it difficult to produce dreams that only appear in an unconscious state." Morpheus thought he had found the reason, so he took another step.

Lin You continued to follow closely. "Let me confirm again. Although you don't like the dreams of gods, you can actually control them, right? You even have the ability to integrate them into the dream kingdom."

"You can say that."

Lin You asked again: "In other words, if the god starts to dream, you can locate his dream and find his position in reality?"

"Hmm?" Morpheus showed some interest. "What do you want to do?"

"Can I ask you to help me find an angel who currently lives in London - if that person happens to be dreaming."

"That angel is important?"

"A high-level angel doesn't stay in heaven to serve God, but runs around London. I want to find Him to ask the reason, but He seems to want to avoid me." Lin You spread his hands, looking helpless. "It's not easy to find a high-level angel who deliberately conceals his existence. Maybe using dreams is a way."

Morpheus said, "It's a piece of cake. But I also need you to do me a favor, or maybe two."

Whether he was agreeing to a request or making a request, the Sandman's expression and tone were always full of entitlement.

"Please say."

"I am also looking for someone in the human world, a twelve-year-old boy named 'Jed'. As far as I know, his biological parents are dead and he has no other relatives, so he was sent to someone else's home for foster care."

"Is this boy in the UK? Or in Europe?" Lin You asked.

As a senior executive of the British Empire's intelligence agency, it would not be too difficult for him to find a child with a name and even a foster record in the UK or Europe.

"It should be in England," replied Morpheus.

"That's no problem. Since he's being sent to foster care, the welfare agency must have the information on file. It's not easy for others to retrieve the information, but I have plenty of ways." Lin You immediately patted his chest and agreed, "But, is there anything special about this child? Is there anything I need to pay attention to when I look for him?"

"There was nothing special about the boy, but his sister was very important to me."

"Who is his sister?" It would be a lie for Lin You to say he wasn't curious.

Morpheus thought for a moment and said, "His sister...is someone whose dreams I cannot interfere with."

"You, the sleep demon, can even interfere with the dreams of gods, but you can't interfere with the dreams of a mortal?" Lin You began to feel a headache because he was not familiar with the story of the Endless Family. (End of this chapter)