Chapter 75: The Royal Garden

She directed me as I ran through this vast, stately royal garden. I weaved around a corner here, crossed a small bridge there.

Just how huge is this place? I shouted inwardly.

Ashiya explained in my mind: [Of course it’s huge. Besides the outer walls, these gardens are like a maze. All of this is to keep enemies from finding the palace easily. If a rebellion could just march to the king’s chambers, how terrible would that be… We’re almost there, don’t worry. The king should be waiting for you.]

“Waiting for me? Why?”

[I went into his dream earlier and told him. So no rush.]

Hearing that, I slowed down, leaned against a tree, and caught my breath.

“You can enter other people’s dreams?”

[Mm… that’s also why I can’t fully take over your body… This spell can only be used once every three months… It takes a lot out of me…]

I patted the shoulders and hem of the girl’s school uniform, let out a breath, and started running again.

After passing through the last row of tall trees and slipping out from a bush, I came to a grayish-white wall. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a headache struck me. A pain that burrowed deep into my skull.

It made me drop to one knee.

[Why is there still a reaction… Adjust your breathing. I’m going to strengthen my mental power… Nothing can go wrong…]

I slowly moved myself to a nearby tree, closed my eyes, and took deep breaths. The headache gradually faded.

I opened my eyes again. The pain was gone. I stood up.

[Phew, good thing it worked. Now we need to find a way inside these walls. The main gate won’t work; the guards will stop you.]

‘I know that, but how are we supposed to get in…’

I crouched down and crept closer to the wall. It was a bit shorter than the city wall around the imperial garden, but still pretty tall.

As I approached, I saw strange symbols on the wall. They must have been what caused my headache.

I traced along the wall slowly. All of a sudden, a dark figure dropped from above and landed right in front of me.

A girl in a maid outfit stood there. He Fengji had her hands on her hips, pointing at me. Her uniform looked a lot more formal than the one Xiao Linlin had made for me.

“Ashiya, come here and take my hand.”

Her eyes flickered with a faint green light. That wasn’t He Fengji herself, but Miss Xun. Yet she seemed to think the current ‘me’ was Ashiya in control.

Ashiya in my mind said, very reluctantly: [Go… I shouldn’t have told this person about that…]

“Huh?”

I didn’t understand how Ashiya had phrased it to her, but this was definitely not what Ashiya expected.

Seeing that I was standing there thinking, the ‘Miss Xun’ in front grabbed my hand, leapt into the air, and landed steadily on the grass inside the wall.

“Okay, you should know where to go from here. I’m heading back, Young Master Yake still needs my help.”

I remembered He Fengji mentioning that she worked as a housekeeper for that Young Master Yake, the one with a major grudge against my Young Master. Wait, if she was here, then that Yake must be around too. I hope my Young Master is okay.

I touched my nose, suddenly remembering something.

“Hey, your glasses!”

I took off the glasses and was about to go after her, but she turned around, pointed at the pair on her face, then pointed at the pair in my hand.

“Keep them. Bye!”

The green light in her eyes vanished. Now she was He Fengji again, presumably.

I nodded and turned around. But inside these walls… it looked even larger than outside.

[Almost there, keep going!]

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