My love game is too abstract

"She's not lost her memory; this is her past, her memories from this world."

"During this period, she hadn't met you yet, so how could she have any memories of you?"

Iphimena said calmly, her hands behind her back.

Her long gray hair and black dress gave her the air of someone controlling everything from behind the scenes, a puppet master.

"Memories?" Yarrow suddenly felt a sense of realization.

"Yes, memories. I retrieved this segment of her memories and let her relive them as a dream. In other words, you've come to her past."

"However, even using this method, she still retains some impression of you, even influencing the specific details of this memory."

The antennae on her head twitched, seemingly transmitting some signal.

"You can retrieve other people's memories?"

"I exist within the human mind, so of course, I can decipher everyone's thoughts," Iphimena said indifferently.

"Telepathy?"

"More or less."

Yarrow subconsciously took a step back.

Iphimena gave him a deep look and said:

"'Doesn't that mean she knows that even I am from another world?' That's what you're thinking, right?"

This feeling of being completely seen through was terrible.

"I only exist in the mental world, or only in dreams. The big secrets you think you have are nothing to me. I have little interest in interfering. As the Master of Dreams, I'm used to such things," Iphimena said, closing her eyes.

"So you don't need to try any tricks on me. Your thoughts are completely transparent to me."

She paused for a moment, then opened her eyes and looked at Yarrow speechlessly.

"Could you stop thinking about such disgusting things?"

"I can't really control it. It's your fault for looking into my thoughts," Yarrow said, shrugging.

Iphimena turned her head away.

"So, what exactly is your purpose in doing this? Why only leave Peach Fox in the dream, and why are you so interested in her past memories?" Yarrow asked, puzzled.

"Because I really like her dreams. She's from another world, and her dreams are very novel to me, with a unique flavor."

"So I went looking for her memories, and found this particular segment: a young fox just developing intelligence, harboring beautiful wishes, pure, wonderful, and flawless, and also from another world. This is exactly what I need," Iphimena said.

"Of course, it's also to expand my dream collection."

"Aren't you only interested in nightmares?" Yarrow asked.

"That's what you humans think. I don't appear often, and humans know very little about me. In reality, I like all kinds of dreams, but most of the time, nightmares taste better to me," Iphimena said.

"You still like the heavy stuff," Yarrow said, looking down. Then he asked:

"Then I'm also not from this world. Why aren't you interested in me?"

Iphimena stared at him, and after a moment, said:

"Your dreams are too disgusting."

"You're pretty harsh too."

Yarrow rubbed his temples, frowning as he looked at her: "So what exactly do you want now? Are you never going to let Peach Fox wake up?"

Iphimena put her hands behind her back and tapped her bare toes.

"That's right. Until I get bored with this memory of hers, she will never wake up."

Yarrow's palms involuntarily clenched.

"You're very angry. I can feel it," Iphimena said. "But you don't need to be so eager to express your anger. Listen to me first."

"What else do you want to say?" Yarrow said coldly, glaring at her.

Iphimena walked back and forth beside him, her hands behind her back:

"If you want to save her now, you can only defeat me and break my control over her dream. But for you right now, it's very difficult. Even if you stay in this dream world for a dozen or twenty years, you may not be able to do it."

She was right.

He originally thought it was just a nightmare spirit, but he didn't expect it to be a well-known existence. This was also her home field. It was basically impossible for Yarrow to defeat her.

"However, I'm willing to give you a chance, a chance to save her," Iphimena said.

"Let's make a bet. If you win, I'll release her. If you lose, you have to leave the dream and never enter again."

Yarrow looked at her with great distrust.

"How can I trust you? Maybe you're just looking for fun, or trying to kill me in the process?"

"There's no need for that. I just think that your presence as an outsider will affect the purity of her dream. If I use any extreme measures to eliminate you, it will also affect her mental world, so I'm using this method," Iphimena said.

Yarrow was silent for a while before asking, "What's the bet?"

"To keep this dream peaceful, I've hidden her 'present.' If you can find it within ten days, you win. Otherwise, you lose."

Iphimena's description of hiding the "present" was very abstract, and it was somewhat impossible to determine what she meant.

"You said, ten days, meaning—"

"Ten days in the dream, which is ten days and nights. That shouldn't be hard for you to understand, right?" Iphimena said.

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"Also, there are no clues, no hints. You have to find everything yourself. Anyway, as long as you have a deep enough obsession with her, you'll definitely be able to find it. If you can't find it, then it proves that you don't have that deep of a feeling for her, doesn't it?"

Iphimena smiled faintly at him.

Yarrow stared at the ground in silence for a long time before raising his head: "I'll bet with you."

"Very good."

Walking back into the house, he saw Peach Fox curled up in a small bamboo basket padded with cotton, her head buried in her fluffy tail, just like her sleeping posture in her human form.

Yarrow stepped forward and gently touched her head.

One of the fox ears twitched, and she made a murmur.

"This is Peach Fox's past... and her present is hidden..."

Looking at the sleeping little fox, Yarrow thought.

"Tsk, this is a real headache."

The next day, Yarrow regained consciousness and found that he had actually fallen asleep while leaning on the chair.

"I can actually fall asleep in a dream..." he muttered to himself.

"Yarrow, Yarrow!"

At this moment, Peach Fox ran in excitedly from outside.

"Come on, let me introduce you to our friends!"

"What friends?"

Yarrow followed her out, puzzled.

As soon as he went outside, he saw a deer, a squirrel, and a lark standing on the deer's head in the yard.

"This is our Dao companion, Yarrow, who we just met yesterday!" Peach Fox enthusiastically introduced Yarrow to the little animals.

"Uh, hello," Yarrow greeted, feeling like he was being introduced to kindergarten children.

"Gugu, Peach Fox actually found a human to be her Dao companion, gu!" The lark spoke with a hoarse, duck-like voice.

"Mmm, his smell is so strange, different from us."

The deer also came closer and sniffed his stomach.

"This guy looks like a monkey, but he doesn't even have any fur." The squirrel climbed onto his shoulder and tugged at his hair.

"Idiot, haven't you ever seen a human before? They all look like this," the lark said.

"Hey hey! Stay away from him! He's our Dao companion!"

Seeing her friends crowding around Yarrow, Peach Fox jumped around anxiously, pushing them back.