Chapter 993: Chapter 28: Variable Assault 2
Since then, Gongsun Ce didn’t even ntion customizing dreams, and in order to monitor himself he stopped dreaming altogether, ensuring every night was a healthy, dreamless sleep, waking up to the real world. So today, as soon as he woke up, he noticed sothing was off. The quilt on the bed was as soft as it had been before he fell asleep, yet the indoor temperature was chillier than usual. Everything in his vision seed covered with a gray haze, with faint red sparks floating in the air.
“…”
Gongsun Ce put on his glasses and slowly looked around, finding the source of the cold near the windowsill.
A woman with black hair and black clothes sat hugging her knees in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, staring at the flowing clouds in the sky. The ti in the environnt was frozen at the mont the sun jumped out from behind the clouds. The golden light swept over like fire, illuminating the pure white clouds and her serene profile.
“Good morning.” Gongsun Ce waved, “Quite the leisurely mood you have, watching the sunrise early in the morning. Sitting on the floor could make you catch a cold. Should I get a chair for you?”
Silent King didn’t speak, turning her head to quietly gaze at him. Gongsun Ce scratched his face awkwardly, “How about you step out for a mont while I get dressed? It’s hot now, and I’m not dressed very decently.”
Gongsun Ce wasn’t nervous at all; instead, he felt an inexplicable sense of relaxation, to the point where he had the mind to speak nonsense. When the other party appeared, he instinctively understood that this eting would not be hostile or crisis-filled. At this mont, he felt safer than ever.
Silent King remained silent. Gongsun Ce sighed, deciding to hide under the quilt to talk to her.
“Alright, miss, what brings you here?”
“That strange phase Mage.” Silent King spoke, “Why not kill?”
Gongsun Ce pondered for a while about which strange phase Mage he had fought over the past few days.
“Wasn’t the last proper fight I had with the strange phase Mage Thunderbolt-san?”
Nodded.
“That was three states ago. Did you just realize now?!” Gongsun Ce covered his face, “No, it’s fine, that’s my fault. Considering your concept of ti, your response speed is already remarkably quick, let’s just forget I said anything.”
Silent King didn’t respond to his comnt, she resud watching the sunrise. Her gaze was indifferent yet lively, making it difficult for Gongsun Ce to understand her intention. He explained, “There wasn’t a need to kill him, that’s all.”
“He is an enemy.” Silent King t his eyes, “Enemies will always kill you!”
The reality eroded by the dream began to shake violently, sweeping away the tranquil atmosphere, her judgnt bringing a severe killing intent that overturned heaven and earth. Gongsun Ce hurriedly spoke before the deity in front of him went mad: “He has no reason to kill !”
The killing intent stabilized, replaced by a familiar confusion. Silent King frowned and asked, “Why?”
“Because after the fight, we are no longer enemies.” Gongsun Ce took on the deanor of teaching a child in preschool education, “After the battle, our minds reached a partial agreent. I persuaded him, his obsession was enlightened, and thus he no longer has a reason to be hostile to . There’s no need to kill soone who poses no harm to .”
Silent King’s confusion didn’t imdiately resolve; she pondered for a long ti and said, “You changed him.”
Gongsun Ce was stunned, “Ah, yes, thoughts always change.”
“You turned him into a retainer.” Silent King felt displeased, “Utterly vile.”
Gongsun Ce wrapped his arms around his head, hitting the quilt with a silent wail. He had been misunderstood many tis since he was young, but this ranked high among his experiences.
“For heaven’s sake, a retainer? Why are you making sound like so cult leader?!” Gongsun Ce cried out, “Silent King, how do you view our world, our people anyway? Have so common sense, would you? Everyone’s thoughts and views get influenced by others, so by your logic, everyone is a retainer of soone else!”
Silent King seed completely perplexed. She was silent for a long ti, then said, “Change is an attack.”
“Huh?”
“Once changed, you are no longer yourself.” Silent King stood up from the floor, walked to the bedside, and touched his forehead with her fingertip.
“Beware of the real starlight,” she said, “It seeks to transform you.”
Gongsun Ce narrowed his eyes and shook his head, “No, I’m not worried. Besides, wasn’t it you that brought about the biggest change in ? Although I can’t rember the details, it was definitely you three years ago who used my body to resolve battles, and you are the one who gave superpowers. If it weren’t for your intervention, I’d likely be reading my useless books in the Empire preparing to take an exam for so civil servant or other job. According to your logic, the one I should guard against the most is you.”
Silent King’s eyes displayed a look of astonishnt that made Gongsun Ce wonder if he had seen it wrong.
“You too resist my will.”
“Ah, yeah, so what’s the problem? And why do you use the word ‘too’?”
“You are a Silent Phase Mage,” Silent King emphasized, “You are my retainer.”
“I’m my parents’ son, my girlfriend’s lover, and my buddies’ friend. But I am not your retainer.” Gongsun Ce sighed, “Even if I practice the Silent Phase Skill, even if I am your seed, I don’t have to listen to you. In your words, I am myself.”
Silent King’s expression was like a horoom teacher who just saw an exemplary student suddenly turned into a delinquent with dyed yellow hair, tattoos, and modified uniforms.
“Is this necessary, miss?! What on earth did I say that shocked you so much?!”
Silent King turned, her back revealing a very human-like sulkiness.
“…Such defiance.”
Gongsun Ce lanted, “You actually said sothing like that! Your image is collapsing rapidly in my mind, you know that?!”
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