Chapter 32 - Mental Digress (2/2)
...I guess not...so why are you here then?...
...You were being annoying!... Your stupid misplaced guilt was disturbing me so I had to say something about it!...
...I don't feel guilty...I didn't do anything wrong...
...Not guilt, then responsibility...
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...You don't owe him anything...whatever debt you feel you owe has been evened out!...
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...Hey! Think something! Is your brain asleep?!...
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...Hey!...
...This is weird...
...What?...
...Having a conversation?... Normally you just...the situation is also...different?...
...Well, I was bo-...
...Since you're talking, can you tell me what the issue is with the girl?...
...What girl?...
...The one you had me keep in the palace, Lei Xing...
...Oh...that one...
...Yes, how does she leaving the palace endanger my life?...
...endanger your life? 0_0)...
...Yes, that's why you said I'd regret it, right?...
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The emperor frowned as he listened to the sound of laughter reverberating in his head.
...hahaha...you have certainly become more adorable...hahahahaha...endanger your life?...hahahaha...well it is quite possible for you to have killed each other...hahahahaha...actually no, it's more likely for her to kill you...you should have been like this from the beginning...too adorable...hahahahahahahaha...
...-_-)...then what exactly is it?...
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...Hello? Are you still there?...
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...Seriously?!...Can't you just explain things properly?...
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The emperor sighed in annoyance, then turned around and walked back to his retinue and walked back to the royal study. When he got back, he said to Eunuch Li, ”Send for Noble consort Lei.” and then entered the study.
Lei Xing who had been having a leisurely day received the summons and begrudgingly got dressed and made her way there.
Currently, Lei Xing was awkwardly standing in the middle of the royal study, while the emperor was sitting down intently staring at her.
...What exactly is it?... If it's not endangering my life...then what is it...this is irritating...
They have been like this for a while now, since the moment she entered the room. At first, Lei Xing was looking straight at him, but after a long while of this awkward staring, she was having trouble maintaining the eye contact.
...This is really awkward...and very uncomfortable...it's like being under a freaking microscope!... What the hell is your problem now?...
”Come sit down here.” The emperor finally spoke motioning to a chair placed at the corner of his table. Lei Xing awkwardly came forward and sat down feeling tensed under his still intense frowning gaze. She looked at him with a guarded expression ready to flee on notice.
...Well this is worse -_-)'...
The emperor stayed like that observing her with a deep frown for a while.
...If it's not that...and looking at how it spoke about her...it should be that she has something to do with it...maybe...
”Is there anything strange about you?” The emperor asked with a raised eyebrow at her.
Lei Xing blinked with eyebrows raised, caught off guard by the question and quickly answered, ”No.”
...What sort of question is that? And who would really say yes to that? -_-)...
”Really?” The emperor asked with a raised eyebrow.
She looked at him skeptically and said, ”I don't think I am any stranger than the next person.”
The emperor's raised his eyebrows.
...Any stranger than the next person...then maybe...
”Do you perhaps sometimes hear a voice speaking to you...in your head?” The emperor carefully asked.
Lei Xing knit her brows and indignantly said, ”I'm not crazy.”
The emperor frowned, ”I didn't say you were crazy. Also hearing a voice in your head doesn't mean you're crazy.”
Lei Xing looked at him unconvinced, ”Do you hear voices in your head?”
The emperor blinked and his mouth twitched and he coolly said, ”I'm the one asking the questions.”
Lei Xing rolled her eyes in her head and looked off to the side.
...Well, you seem to be quite defensive on this...maybe you're hearing voices...Great! A possibly psychotic emperor, wouldn't that be perfect -_-)...
The emperor continued staring at her intently with a deep frown.
...So she doesn't hear it?... Or perhaps she doesn't want to say...it's not exactly something you can tell others...should I tell her that I hear it too...No, what if she actually doesn't...
Lei Xing glanced at him, seeing his frowning probing gaze again, she looked off to the side again.
...This is so weird...What exactly is his problem today?!... If you're having a mental breakdown, please leave me out of it -_-)...