Song of Time - Dusk Awakening Verse - Chapter 14

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At midnight, the royal college dormitory was filled with deep dreams.

The moon was as cold as water. Under the white street lamp beside the road, crickets and green flies were playing a serenade happily. Suddenly, a scream from the building broke the quiet atmosphere; even the grass’s insects were one meal.

“Ah—-“

Gian woke up from his dream in a cold sweat. Under the light moonlight, he glared at his big eyes full of blood, his face was ashen, and his expression was afraid. “Here … Is it a dormitory? ” He gazed at the ceiling like a lost soul. A series of strange pictures in his dream made it difficult for him to distinguish his situation for a moment. Gian gasped for half a day and unconsciously looked up at the quartz clock by the door. The shimmering clock just reached 1 o’clock.

“Another nightmare…” With a sigh of relief, the young man reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead. He sat up and leaned against the head of the bed, frowning. He recalled the terrible dream just now. It was like an ancient pantomime, but it was so real as if he had experienced it personally.

In the dream,  seem to see a bronze mirror with dark shadows emerging from it. The enormous black snake kept rolling, twining the blue flame all over the sky. A boy in a gray cloak seemed to be holding something and in a run-down grocery store with dry bodies! The young man shivered at the thought of the ferocious corpse. He threw his head hard as if to throw the terror out of his head.

Gian took a long time and tried to think of something again, but his mind was full of paste. What he saw in his dream had disappeared quickly and could not also be found. The boy can only sigh again, and he retracts the quilt again, wring the brow to turn over, finally fell asleep.

The next morning, Gian opened his eyes slowly in the clear birdsong outside the window. The nightmare of last night left some sequelae. From his forehead, there was a faint tingling sensation, like an ant lying there gnawing. “It’s all such a strange dream. It’s inexplicable…” The boy rubbed his head and complained in secret. He got up and finished washing and looked at the wall clock. It was more than 8 a.m. He quickly put on his uniform, carried his schoolbag, and ran to the teaching building.

Maybe it was because of poor sleep. After the day of class, Gian felt that the whole person was exhausted to death. As soon as he entered the hall, he noticed the unusual tension in the tower today.

At the moment, the small wooden hall was full of busy secretaries. There were piles of thick documents piled on the long table. Some people rushed down from the upstairs to call out the numbers and then ran back in a hurry from time to time.

“What’s going on today?” Gian didn’t know what was going on after watching for a long time, but something urgent must have happened. He was also embarrassed to disturb people with detailed questions, so he carefully avoided the busy secretary and trotted to the top floor.

The door of the president’s office was also open as usual, and the crown prince of the Empire, Shane, leaning back on his chair, looked through the piles of papers on his desk. He was still dressed in black, wearing a pair of long and thin frameless glasses. The hot sun was shining on his back through the French windows, but he didn’t realize it.

Gian taps on the door three times. Shane raised his head when he heard it. He put the document in his hand on the table, took off his glasses, and said, “it’s a good time. I need you to do something.” He got up, took out a white badge and a mandate from his desk cabinet, and slowly stepped forward and handed it to Gian.

The young man took over the imperial edict suspiciously. It said, “gain, from class 4, grade 2, senior high school, was appointed as the special assistant of Ms. Lovina’s farewell concert to be in charge of the liaison between the two parties.”

“Ms. Lovina is having a concert?” He looked at the prince blankly. Although he was not a fan of the lady, he was still surprised at the sudden news.

 “You don’t know? Didn’t read the newspaper? “Shane was a little surprised. Although the concert preparations were in a hurry, the announcement had already been published in the major newspapers a few days ago. The boy didn’t even know that he was in the library every day?

“I haven’t paid much attention to the news recently…”

“What’s the matter?” Shane was a little surprised when he said that. The boy usually smiles, and it’s rare to see him have a sad face.

“…… I always have nightmares, but it’s no big deal – what’s going on with this concert? “Gian didn’t want to say more so that his stubborn friend would not dig into the details and drag the topic back.

Shane was not happy to see him cover-up, but he didn’t have time to ask any more questions at this busy moment, so he said in a straight tone:  That lady will be on the stage for the last time in the capital city. I have spent a lot of time to win the right to host, so now the time is right… “Shun suddenly stopped. He didn’t want to explain to the muddleheaded guy so clearly, “in a word, you will go to the flood Icing Hotel and follow the lady. If you need anything, you can report to the logistics department for arrangement.”

“In a minute? But I have to work in the library. Now the store manager is not in. If I don’t go to the store, there will be no one. No, I can’t. You’d better change someone. “Gian repeatedly waved his hands and refused. He had already promised the store manager that he would take a good look at the store. Now how can he not count on his words?

What could he do in the library? There was just the bookshelves. What was important if one didn’t go for a day. Shane had a stiff face and a wave of secret anger in her heart. He especially reserves this assistant position. If one throws out the quota, there would be applications filling the office in the twinkling of an eye! What a waste of time! The prince snorted in displeasure. He stepped forward, grabbed the imperial edict from Gian’s hand, opened his knapsack, and stuffed it in. Suddenly, he did not know what he saw and was stunned.

“How to use such a broken notebook Yuno didn’t pay you? ” Shane frowned and took out a worn hard leather notebook from her bag. It was a strange book that suddenly appeared in the star pattern.

Gian opened his mouth in surprise. Didn’t he put the book in the wooden cabinet? How could it be in his backpack? He looked at the old book carefully and said with some uncertainty: “it’s not mine. It’s in the library. I probably forgot to put it back. Give me the book, and I’ll send it back in a minute.

Send it back. Shane heard his eyes close slightly and had an idea. Gian was just about to bring the book, but suddenly he raised his arm, walked a few steps to the table, and put the old book in the drawer.

“What are you doing with it?” Gian was stunned and couldn’t understand what he meant. The prince coughed softly, supported the table with one hand, and said calmly, “put this book here first, and then you can get it after you finish the task.”

“This…” Gian was tongue-tied and didn’t know what to say. He made a plea to Shane with a bitter face. Seeing that he was still silent, he had to raise his hand and surrender, “OK, OK, I promise. “

Although Gian looked sad, fortunately, the prince’s goal had been achieved. Shane wanted to reassure him, but he could not say the right words. He could only soothe him with an astringent way: “I’ll delay you for two days. There’s nothing wrong with the library – help me quickly.” It was a busy time when there was no time to talk about these things. The prince thought of shaking his head. He still sat back in the chair with a stiff face and put on his glasses again to review the countless documents.

So far, Gian couldn’t do anything about it. He straightened his schoolbag, said “gone” to the prince behind the desk, and leaves the office by himself. He quickly returned to the ground floor, ran through the school gate, took the train all the way west, and soon arrived at the destination Flood

 Icing hotel.

The hotel was located in the bustling business district northwest of city Jing, not far from the northern airship platform, with convenient transportation. The 5-story main building was not very large, but in the surrounding buildings of different shapes, it would definitely make a man wonder at a glance.

The whole building’s outer wall was made of ice excavated from the bottom of the Arctic ice field. After polishing on both sides of the ice surface, it was wrapped with three thermostatic glass layers to keep it permanently solidified. The fan-shaped palace’s main body was a high-rise attic, and the roof was decorated with colorful crystal. The whole hotel was like a crown of ice and snow from a distance, which was integrated and shining.

Gian stood outside the platform and enjoyed the magnificent scenery. After a few words of praise in his heart, he dashed to the front door of the hotel. As a landmark building jointly created by Agnes and Wong countries after the restoration of diplomatic relations, Flood Icing Hotel often had real power figures in the two countries’ leadership, so the security forces are incredibly tight. There are three layers of patrol guards in front of the wide gate, all armed and holding tall police dogs.

Gian went to the guard box in front of the door, took out the imperial edict and student ID card, and said to the guard in black uniform, “Hello! I’m a special assistant to the Royal College Student Union, and this is my identification.

The guard took a look, then looked up and down at him, nodded, and said, “please follow me.” He handed the certificate back to Gian and led him through the thick glass door into the hotel.

The hotel lobby is richly decorated with an Agnesian style. On the ground are bright water grain marble tiles, crystal walls inlaid with redwood are full of famous paintings and portraits, the high dome is carved out with variegated patterns of flowers, and inside are pasted with colorful crystal slices. There are two statues of knights with horse’s hooves held high in the middle of the hall, which looks very majestic.

The guard leads Gian to the flannel sofa on the side of the hall, reaches out, and says, “Ms. Lovina hasn’t returned to the hotel yet. Please wait here.” The young man nodded and said, yes. He sat down on the sofa with some formality. The guard nodded to him and walked out of the hall.

Gian was the only one in the magnificent reception hall. He sat quietly on the sofa and looked around him. The elegant gallery seemed to be out of place with himself. He always felt cold and arrogant. Why don’t you want me to come to a place like this? The boy was depressed, so he decided to read books to pass the time. Just as he was slowly turning over his schoolbag, there was a rush of footsteps at the door of the hall. Gian quickly put the bag away and stood up to a lookout.

The glass door at the hall entrance was pushed hard from the outside and walked into a slender figure. The man was wearing a gorgeous white gown, and his eyebrows were full of pride. Gian takes a closer look. It turns out that Yuming, his enemy, is surprised and thinks, “how could he come here?” He was a little stupefied, and Yuming caught a glimpse of him and strode over with eyebrows.

“Why are you here?” Yuming waved her hand in disgust as if patting an annoying fly, “get out of here, this is not the place where the poor should come.”

“Yuming, I’m the special Assistant of the student union. Why can’t I come?” He did not like the position, but now he is very proud.

“Assistant? What Assistant? ” Yu Ming is so confused that Gian takes the imperial edict out of her backpack and gives it to her solemnly.

Freya didn’t reach out to take it. He seemed to move his fingers casually. A gust of wind suddenly appeared and swept the imperial edict away from Gian’s hand, floating in front of him. He took over the imperial order and looked at it. Immediately, anger rose from his heart.

“Bastard! How dare he! Is he humiliating me? Damn it, Shane! “Freya was so angry that she pulled the imperial edict with both hands and shattered it. He blushed. This lowly guy could follow his goddess, and he wanted to see the performance without his father’s permission, which made him angry and jealous, almost crazy.

Gian was stunned. He didn’t know why he was so angry, but he was a little nervous since he had suffered a lot from him last time. He suddenly waved her hand and released a great force. A violent whirlwind surrounded Gian, making him unable to open his eyes. The cyclone was getting tighter and tighter, and Gian was a little out of breath. YuMing, who was standing beside them, shouted, “you blind thing! Get out of here! Let me see you again… “

Before he could finish his words, there was another sound of steady footsteps coming from outside. YuMing suddenly stopped and hurriedly removed the strange wind. Gian finally got out of the cage. He fell to the ground and coughed. When he was about to curse, YuMing grabbed his neck and stopped him.

“Don’t make a sound! Do you hear me? “Yu Ming threw him on the sofa and tidied up his hair and clothes quickly. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the expression on YuMing’s face became more and more strange. He looked nervous and hopeful. After a while, the thick glass door opened again, and a beautiful figure came in.

It was a woman in her thirties. She wore a wide blue hat, a watercolored low cut dress, and a white waistline, outlining her perfect figure. She decorated The floor-length dress with many fine sapphires, which was gorgeous in the light.

Her face was not very exquisite. Her high cheekbones and slender eyebrows made her look a little cold and arrogant. Her snow-white face looked a little thin, and the red lips under the thin nose were slightly upturned, which was full of sexy.

The lady was a little surprised to see the nervous look on YuMing’s face. She gracefully walked up to her and said, “nice to meet you again, Lord Yu Ming.