Novel summary: In the "Twilight City" that relies on "dream energy" to maintain emotional balance, the elite "Dream Tax Collector" Holly efficiently extracts the energy of happy dreams to maintain the operation of society. During a mission, she discovered the huge and pure dream energy of the orphan Lexie, but encountered unprecedented resistance - a ferocious monster "Shadow Bite" that was transformed from Lexie's buried loneliness. Holly's conventional methods failed, and her dusty childhood loneliness was touched during the confrontation. Forced into Lexie's inner world, she realizes that forced extraction will destroy this precious spiritual light. Holly is determined to betray the cold rules of the system and instead help Lexie face loneliness and tame the Shadow Bite. This battle for guardianship is not only about a child's dream, but will also shake the foundation of the Twilight City's existence and force everyone to face the hidden emotional needs and costs. Holly must find a new and risky path between protecting Lexie's pure dreams and keeping the city running.
