Chapter 286: Dream


    I wore the earbuds and picked up the call.


    [Das!]


    "Elena?!"


    [Das! Are you okay?! Is everything alright?]


    "Yeah, I am fine"


    [Why weren''t you at the party?]


    "I had some things to do"


    She won''t tell about the monster she met when she was on her way to Royal Garden, huh?


    [And the party was cancelled too. Everyone left and went to the hotel. What happened?]


    She doesn''t know about the attack on the pce?


    "Where are you right now?"


    [Sely and I are in the hotel]


    "I see"


    [We were covered in bloo--juice! Someone dropped juice on us, so we went to the hotel to take the bath]


    Blood.


    It''s been a few hours since then. Why are they taking a bath now?


    "Do you have spare clothes?"


    [Yes. We met Lier and she gave us her clothes]


    From the car...


    "Are you alone right now?"


    [No, I mean yes! But Sely is taking a bath, and I am waiting for her]


    "You are in the hotel room, right?"


    [Yes]


    Sigh-


    "Okay so stay--"


    [Once Selyes out, I wille to the pce. Please wait for me. I know we were supposed to--]


    "No need. Stay at the hotel tonight"


    [Why?! Are you angry? I am sorry--"


    "The pce was attacked when everyone was at the party. And grandpa is dead"


    [Gasp!]


    "Elena?"


    [I...I wille there]


    "No need"


    [But-]


    "Please Elena. I wille to pick you up, okay?"


    [Fine]


    "Bye"


    [Bye. I love you]


    "Love you too"


    I am sorry Elena, but you are thest person I want to see me like this.


    She will me herself for everything even though it is not rted to her.


    Before we started going out, I got hurt, and it wasn''t anyone''s fault. But Elena med herself.


    She promised that she would stay away from me and won''t ever talk to me again. Even though it wasn''t her fault that I got injured, she med herself.


    She is actually a stubborn girl who never listens to anyone once she is in themitment.


    And if here, she med herself, I don''t know what would I do.


    I nced at Dau who was still sleeping nicely.


    I almost lost her today/


    I am really d she is alive.


    I never thought I would be able to meet her again.


    She woke up in Sherley''s body.


    And all the maids including Sherley, were in that room.


    And that Augustus had the key of that room.


    How did he have the key? Unless he was the one who locked everyone in that room.


    Why would he do that?


    Should I look at the footage?


    But my eyes feel so heavy. Soon, my brain will stop working too.


    I don''t know what to do. I don''t know what I should do.


    I will just sleep.


    Dau''s face was still close to mine. If I moved a little, I would end up kissing her.


    I can even see her cleavage because she is only wearing a blouse.


    I moved my head a little to kiss her on the lips, but stopped and kissed her on the forehead.


    "Good night"


    I closed my eyes and turned around, facing the ceiling.


    "Lily, can you hear me?"


    [....]


    "If you are, at least say something"


    [....]


    "I am really worried"


    [.....]


    Is she really sleeping?


    I made her do too much work today.


    She must be asleep.


    Somehow, I just couldn''t stop worrying about her.


    Should I go to her dimension to meet her?


    She would be happy, right?


    But...how do I go there?


    I never really asked Lily, not that she told me anything about this.


    I tried to focus but I couldn''t do anything.


    "I will ask her tomorrow"


    I moved my hand to my ear to take off the earbud, but there was nothing on my ear.


    Did it drop somewhere?


    I should throw it out of the bed.


    I opened my eyes to check, but I couldn''t find it.


    I slowly sat up and nced on the right side of the bed where I was sleeping.


    Where did it go?


    Did I maybe take it off and forget?


    <em>Sigh~</em>


    "That must be it"


    Iid down again and closed my eyes.


    I don''t feel tired now. I mean, I do feel tired now, but my body is much more free now.


    I turned to the left side and opened my eyes to kiss Dau...again.


    When I turned around, Dau wasn''t there.


    What''s going on?


    Oh! I must be very sleepy.


    I just turned right and thought I turned left


    Dau is still sleeping on my left side.


    I sat up and nced around the bed, but...no one was there on the bed except me.


    "What''s going on?"


    She was just sleeping here beside me. And then I just closed my eyes, nothing.


    Where could she go in that small amount of time?


    I quickly got out of the bed and searched all around the room, but still couldn''t find her.


    "Dau?"


    No one replied.


    "Dau? I know you are here. Please stop messing and let''s sleep"


    Still no reply.


    What''s going on?"


    My thoughts were going wild again.


    What if....what if it was all a dream?


    What if I saw Dau''s dead body and passed out? And after that someone brought me here?


    "What if I myself came here to sleep after seeing all that?"


    But I am sure I touched Dau. I kissed her, I smelled her, though I couldn''t smell anything.


    Was that all a dream?


    That means...Dau is dead?


    My attention was diverted by the red light speaking in the mirror, only to see that it was my left which was shining red.


    "No"


    I won''t believe this was all a dream.


    I am sure she just went somewhere.


    Maybe I just slept too much and didn''t notice the time? Yeah, that must be it.


    I won''t believe unless I see everything myself.


    I quickly ran out of the room.


    I started running in the hallways.


    Those cleaners were fast. They cleared up everything in no time.


    Everything looks new, like nothing ever happened here.


    I ran to mother''s room, but she wasn''t there.


    I ran to Lirole''s room. But she wasn''t there either.


    I checked Lier''s room, Dau''s room. No one was there.


    All the rooms were empty. Not just rooms, everything was empty.


    I didn''t see a single maid when I was running around.


    "What''s happening?"


    I started running all over the ce.


    If someone were to take a quick walk in the pce, it would take them more than two days if they walked non-stop. That''s how big the pce is.


    I searched half of the pce in less than 30 minutes. Even though I searched half of the pce, I didn''t see anyone.


    I had no idea which hallways I was passing anymore.


    What is going on?


    Wait! Maybe....


    Dau had told me to take a nap after we came from the parliament. And I took a nap.


    What if I never woke up from that nap?


    What if I am just walking up now?


    What if there was a shortage of maids there, and they sent all the maids from here too?


    What if Dau went to the party too?


    Yeah! That must be it.


    Everyone is safe.


    I will just go to the party now.


    I am sure everyone will yell at me.


    "Should I stop by grandpa''s room too?"


    I haven''t gone in his room yet.


    "He must be sleeping"


    Should I disturb him?


    Suddenly....one thought came to my mind. And I couldn''t stop myself from confirming it.


    I immediately ran to the nearest balcony to check the outside surrounding, and my guess was right.


    "I knew it. I am in Lily''s dimension"


    <em>Sigh~</em>


    <em></em>"So Dau and I are sleeping in the real world"


    d to know that.


    So I really came here, huh?


    I should have guessed this sooner instead of freaking out like an idiot.


    But I just panicked because Dau''s wasn''t there


    "Where is Lily though?"


    Is she not here?


    She said this ce is just a ce where she can summon me. And that she lives in another dimension.


    "I thought about this ce when I thought of meeting Lily"


    She is not here.


    She is in her own dimension.


    So she is really sleeping, huh?


    Otherwise, there is no way she would ignore me even though I am here...right?


    "Should I think of going into Lily''s dimension?"


    But I haven''t seen that ce so imagining it would be kind of hard.


    "Let''s just try it"


    I tried to enter Lily''s dimension. But I couldn''t.


    "What if I use my system, to find Lily?"


    Then once I have found her, I will go and meet her.


    I will apologize to her in person.


    And if she is sleeping, then I will wait for her to wake up.


    "But how do I find Lily?"


    Do I just have to say ''Find Lily'' and it will work?


    Let''s try it.


    "Find Lily"


    [Program Found]


    It really worked.


    "Let''s see...she is...." my eyes widened as I saw her location.


    "She is...here, in the pce!"


    But I searched up half of the pce, and couldn''t find anyone.


    Somehow, I knew exactly where Lily was. And my feet automatically ran there.


    It was my room.


    If there is any ce she could be, it''s my room.


    She is hiding in my room.


    I opened the door of my room, to see Lily curled up in the corner with her back facing at me.


    "Lily?"


    She is actingstrange.


    "Lily?"


    I walked up to her and touched her.


    "Lily?"


    She looked up.


    "Li...ly?"