Chapter 786 (1/2)

Chapter 786: The First Dreaming Experience

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The woman had tawny long hair, her side-swept bangs clipping to one side, revealing half of her forehead. She had soft facial features, giving Roland an impression that the woman had a gentle and delicate character. Yet under the current circumstances, her exquisite beauty did not strike Roland but actually gave rise to his increasing suspicion of her being a ghost.

Apart from that, Roland also noticed that her gown was a little too shabby. A few stitches were coming out, and the cuffs and corners of the garment were torn and ragged, as though it were picked up from a waste station.

“I, I heard you go out, so I wanted to check if the door was properly locked. When I turned around, however, I saw she was standing there!” Zero was ghastly pale, evidently terrified by the event.

The woman seemed to also notice the commotion. As she raised her head and looked at the door, her expression changed abruptly.

Roland curled his hand into a fist in secret. He was ready to take the blow.

But what the woman said next completely blew his mind. The woman uttered an exclamation of surprise. “Your… Majesty?”

What?

Your Majesty?

“Um… you’re…” Roland tried to figure out what had actually happened.

“I’m Phyllis, Your Majesty. What’s happened here?” The woman was as puzzled as he.

“Phyllis?” Roland revolved a multitude of thoughts and questions in his mind rapidly “Is she the God’s Punishment Witch in the castle hall? Why would she intrude his dream? Is this dream world now opening up and connecting to the other world? Where’s Anna? Why hasn’t she appeared?”

“Hold on, you know each other?” Zero realized something was wrong here. “What does she mean by ‘Your Majesty’… Are you role-playing now?”

“Ahem, she’s a… remote relative of mine.” Roland suddenly realized that it was not the time for him to stand in a daze. “As to the way she addresses me, it was just a jape. We grew up together and it’s normal that she comes up with some particular names.”

“A relative?” Hearing that the woman was not some random ghost, the little girl soon slipped back to her usual bold, defiant manner. She started to become more skeptical as well. “You just asked who she was.”

Utterly unabashed, Roland shot back, “Did I? I only saw a crying craven who almost wetted her pants.”

Zero reddened to her temples. “You, you liar!”

“Didn’t you just shriek? This lady was in the room earlier. You were just too occupied with your homework in your bedroom to notice her.”

To Roland’s dismay, the woman soon took the implication. “Sorry, I… I didn’t mean to startle you. I was in another room when His Majesty was leaving. I was about to say hello when you cried out and rushed out of the room.”

Roland put a final touch to their improvised show. “I guess that was it. She asked what had happened. The truth is that you scared her. If I find a little girl scream like crazy when I get out, I’ll be as confused as she was.”

“I… I…” Zero groped for words that did not come. She could not deny the fact that she did scream, for she was not in a habit of lying. Caught in such a dilemma, the little girl felt her eyes moist with tears.

Roland realized that was a bit too much for the little girl to bear, so he bent over and ruffled her hair. “Anyway, it was a miscommunication. Go back to study now.”

He could not help feeling a twinge of guilt for Zero because he knew a child like her could not possibly see through the intricacies of guiles and subterfuges deployed by adults. Her life would only be complete after experiencing deception and lies of grown people, as this was an inevitable step, a ceremony she must receive, to inaugurate her adulthood and become mentally mature.

Roland had thought Zero would run into her bedroom in tears, but she actually sniffed and dried her eyes quickly before kicking him hard in his legs. “Uncle, you such a jerk!” With these words, she rushed back to her room in a fury.

Roland twitched his lips. Her reaction was a little different from what he had anticipated, but… overall, she had learned the lesson.

“Haha.” The woman who called herself Phyllis burst into laughter. “It seems you aren’t those common people’s mighty king here.”