Idia and Ortho ask for Silver and his group’s help with gathering enough people from other dreams to confront Malleus.
They arrive in Epel’s dream where Epel’s has become disproportionately large due to his wish to grow big and strong while having a weak imagination, which Idia says makes it more likely that he will be easier to awaken.
Ortho asks Epel when it was that he became taller than his housewarden, Vil, and the paradox nearly awakens Epel, but then darkness appears in the form of Vil and Rook, who distract from the logical paradox to keep Epel asleep.
They flatter Epel for his appearance and muscles and Grim reminds Epel of his promise from Book 5 to beat Neige with his charm and use what makes him unique, successfully awakening Epel.
Epel says that the strength and brawn and beauty that he wants are for him to decide and claim for himself.
They arrive in Rook’s dream with Epel, where Rook is a third-year Savanaclaw student instead of vice-Housewarden of Pomefiore and Vil is not Housewarden of Pomefiore but is instead attending Royal Sword academy with Neige, who is his best friend instead of his rival.
Epel explains what Vil did in Book 5 in response to losing to Neige, which must have been a heartbreaking experience for Rook, to the point that he had been willing to drink the poison that Vil made for Neige because he had been so devastated.
In order to wake Rook up the group recreates the dance from the competition in Book 5 and Rook nearly awakens, but then the darkness appears in the forms of Vil and Neige singing the song that Neige performed and keeping Rook asleep. Epel calls him a bigger traitor now than he had been when he voted for Neige’s team in the competition, successfully awakening Rook.
The group takes Rook with them to Vil’s dream where Vil is a beloved celebrity and Neige is his assistant, and Vil is about to receive a prestigious best-actor award that Neige won in the real world at 14 years old.
Rook says he is happy that Vil no longer has to suffer failure or jealously, but his happiness has come at the cost of what he holds most dear: the spirit of tenacity that makes him who he is.
Vil wins the award in his dream and Rook reminds him of how he founded NRC’s Film Research Club and of his performance in Book 5, which nearly awakens him.
Dream-Neige promises Vil success without effort, putting Vil into a deeper sleep.
The group follows Vil into the darkness and find Neige unresponsive at NRC, having drank the poisoned apple juice that Rook took from him in Book 5. As Neige was unable to perform, Vil’s group won the competition.
The darkness assures Vil that Neige had to withdraw due to a stomachache and their hard work has been rewarded, but Rook reminds him of how he said he would never forgive himself for trying to poison Neige. Rooks reminds him of his sacrifice in Book 6 and Vil awakens.
The dream begins to collapse and Vil is dragged into the abyss.
Vil is confronted with the overblotted version of himself wallowing in jealousy and blaming Neige for his ugliness.
Vil says that his overblot was no one’s fault but his own, and when the darkness insists that he hates Neige Vil reflects on how he is so steeped in envy and resentment there is no beauty to be found, but he refuses to turn away from it and will accept it as part of himself.
The dark-Vil turns into an old woman and Vil says he will crawl his way out together with his ugly desires, taking on his overblot form.
Vil returns to the dream where he is being celebrated for his Best Actor Award achievement and he again poisons Neige, saying that he will be the one to decide who is the fairest in the land.
Vil sends Rook and Epel back to their own dreams, joining Silver and the others as they move on to the next dream.
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