GBP Chapter 345 It's time to wake up from the dream.
Chapter 345 It's time to wake up from the dream.
"Ugh, my head is so dizzy..."
It was another history class taught by Mr. Yang. Miss Leiera, slumped over her desk, was starting to feel sleepy.
For various reasons, her mind was filled with thoughts of "playing with Hina Dia during class" and "playing with Hina Dia after class," and she simply couldn't concentrate on listening to Teacher Yang's lecture.
Incidentally, as a top science and engineering student at St. Freya University, she didn't choose history class out of her own interest. Instead, it was because her best roommate, Hinadia, kept pestering her to take the history elective, which made her give up staying in the dorm or spending time in the library...
There was nothing she could do; after all, she was Sheena. Reira still remembered how, at the beginning of the semester, she was a timid, useless idiot who knew nothing but studying and exams. Because of her personality, she missed the best opportunity to make friends at the start of the semester, and since most of her classmates in the STEM major were boys… in short, she was the kind of person who remained outside the class and even the dormitory. Among her roommates, Sheena was the only one she was truly close to… even with her roommates like Coralie and Helia, she usually didn't know how to strike up a conversation—
Wait, who are Coralie and Helia?
The thought flashed through Leiera's mind: Did she know these two people?
The strange thought had barely crossed her mind when Lera felt a wave of dizziness, as if something was trying to force its way out of her head...
"Leira, get out of class is over!"
She heard the voice of her only male friend, "Danheng."
Leiera groggily raised her head and saw "Danheng" and Sinadia looking at her with concern.
"Sennadia, it's you... What happened to me just now?"
Reira rubbed her head, trying to relieve the dizziness.
As her eyes glazed over, "Danheng" wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead: Thankfully, Kiana's Feather Dust isn't too bad and his memory stream is detailed enough... But this won't do, he has to speed it up!
"Nana".
Qiong mentally gave instructions to the little dragon outside.
【Nana understands!】
"Leira, I don't have class this afternoon. Let's go to the shared kitchen together, the three of us can cook for ourselves!"
"Huh? We're cooking for ourselves?"
Faced with Sinadia's invitation, Leera hesitated. Although she didn't mind having dinner with Sora, since Sinadia was there, she didn't mind Sora joining them—although if she could, she would still prefer to eat with Sinadia...
Yes, just the two of them.
"Sigh, how could I think like that?"
Leiera suddenly felt a pang of guilt. Why hadn't she wanted to bring "Danheng" along? Wasn't he her friend too...? Wait, how did she become friends with Danheng again?
Leiera tried to recall every detail of her acquaintance with "Danheng," but what came to mind was not an ordinary student meeting, but a lifeline grasped by a god to retrieve something precious that had been lost...
Something's not right, something's really not right!
As those memories gradually became clearer, Leera was surprised to discover that the "god's" memories were the real ones, while her current interactions with everyone felt beautifully unreal...
The shackles of memory shattered with a crash; she remembered, she remembered everything. So now? I understand, heh, how interesting…
Interesting humans actually tried to change a god using illusions?
"Okay, let's do it together."
She smiled slightly and looked at Qiong and Xinadia with a dependent gaze.
Although Leera's expression seemed harmless, her sudden change in demeanor still made Qiong feel uneasy...
Ask the consultant right away!
"Nana, is this normal?"
[Reporting to Commander Qiong! Little Leiera has always been like this, everything is normal! The "Martian God Correction Project" continues, woof~]
Hearing Nana say that, Qiong nodded: Since Nahera's reincarnation said that nothing is wrong, then nothing is wrong. It's just that I was overthinking it.
The man and the dragon were still planning the next scenario for the "Mars God Correction Project," unaware that all their actions no longer served the purpose of their plan.
If Lithost had seen this scene at the top of the tower, he would have definitely stopped Sora and Nana from doing what they were doing—to be honest, if they could correct the paranoid Leera through illusions, wouldn't he and Nahera have already gone through a thousand or eight hundred trials to straighten the god out of it? In Lithost's opinion, Leera should not have been allowed to see anything related to Sinadia.
Every time he and Nahra tried to make Leera dream of Sinadia in an attempt to soothe her loneliness and make her more cheerful and optimistic, it always ended in failure. Leera just wanted to be in Sinadia's arms, and the more she dreamed of her, the more she longed for her return, and the more obsessive she became...
In order to dream of Sinadia and recall everything about her, Leiera would bombard him with questions about everything related to Nahera, eventually forcing him to stop staying in the abode of the gods—because if he were there, Leiera would relentlessly ask him questions about Sinadia.
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In the shared kitchen, Qiong and Hinadia were busy preparing ingredients, while Leiera appeared to be helping, but was actually just slacking off. She outwardly cooperated, but her eyes never left Hinadia's red hair, and inwardly she was thinking about how to maintain this false dream—yes, she knew it was fake, but she was too greedy for the time she spent with Hinadia.
"Leira, what are you spacing out for? Move around!"
"understood."
Qiong's voice pulled her back to "reality." Reira forced herself to focus, concentrating for the moment on the tomato-like vegetable before her… There was no other way; all signs pointed to this illusion being created by "Danheng," and this man from the future held the key to saving Reira. If she wanted his help, she'd better play along for now…
He plays a god who roughly fulfills the wishes of him and the little dragon named Nana—a kind, gentle, responsible god who doesn't act recklessly…
"One cut, two cuts!"
Lera: ?
From Leiera's perspective, "Danheng's" cooking posture looked like he was about to wage war. He was chopping scallions, but instead of a kitchen knife, he brandished a katana from who-knows-where. The knife was raised above his head, a flash of cold light, and it fell with a whistling sound—the cutting board and the entire scallion were instantly severed in two.
No, is this how ordinary humans cook?
Well, perhaps it's because illusions don't follow logic, but he was very satisfied with his work, as if he had just completed a masterpiece.
"Pots, pans, and utensils, submit to me!"
Qiong muttered incantations and waved her hands in the air, as if casting some kind of magic. Suddenly, pots and pans flew onto the stove and lined up neatly.
Lera stared wide-eyed at the scene in shock.
Hey, hey, hey, weren't you going to act me out and have me interact with Xenadia? This cooking method, even if I didn't remember it, your actions would surely shatter my memory!
Leiera's lips twitched as she suppressed the urge to complain and continued chopping tomatoes with the cleaver—she couldn't expose him, she couldn't expose him! If she exposed the "irrationality," he would definitely realize that he had woken up, and the dream would end.
……
The three of them cooked together and found a place to sit down. But for Leera, the taste wasn't important.
Putting aside the fact that this is a dream, it would be strange if Qiong's abstract cooking method tasted good! And how could she not know how delicious the food that Xina Diya makes is?
Even if a hundred "Danheng" cooks together, they still can't match the cooking skills of Xina Diya!
"Come on, try my cooking."
Qiong warmly greeted her, placing a piece of her own cooking into Leiera's bowl. Leiera looked at the food, inwardly resisting (she only wanted to make the dish that Sinadia made!), but considering the illusion's setting, she smiled and ate it anyway. The moment it entered her mouth, the taste almost made her… Hmm? Surprisingly not bad?
"Good craftsmanship."
Leiera said sincerely, "She still can't compare to Sinadia."
Not bad, if this is his true level. How about we let him, the knight, provide me with meals whenever I want to eat?
Upon hearing this, Qiong revealed a smug smile.
"Of course, my cooking skills are top-notch."
Although, the taste is modeled after the dishes made by Mei.
During the meal, Leiera stayed close to Sinadia—otherwise, she always felt empty inside.
Looking at Sinadia's face, Leiera smiled dreamily: if time could stand still at this moment, she would be willing to cook with Sinadia for the rest of her life...
"Speaking of which, why doesn't Leera try making friends? Like our roommate, Sera? Leera, why don't you try chatting with Sera? You two haven't really talked much. How about inviting Sera to join us in cooking next time?"
"Is it alright?"
Even if it's just a pretense, you have to make it look convincing; you can't get it right the first time.
According to the settings Qiong gave her, this university was a huge, noisy maze for her. Her activities were limited to classrooms, libraries, and dormitories—or more precisely, to a corner of the dormitory where few people disturbed her except for Hina Dya.
She's a silly, tech-savvy girl who thinks having just one "good friend," Xenadia, is enough—she's happy to take history electives and participate in the yo-yo club just to be with her best friend, Xenadia. And Sora and the other NPCs are what allow her to accept the world outside of Xenadia.
"why?"
"Danheng" asked from the other end of the table: not an interrogation, just a simple question; it seemed he hadn't expected to succeed on the first try. Very well…
"Because my relationship with Serapem is just so-so."
Reira tried to imitate a helpless little girl and turned her face away.
"Just average? You call the relationships in a dorm just average?"
An expression of disbelief appeared on Qiong's face.
"Just because you're in the same dorm doesn't mean you'll have a good relationship?"
"Oh dear! Little Sera will cry if she hears that!"
Nana, who was in charge of filling in the gaps, joined the conversation with Hinadia.
"Little Leiera, we're roommates, good friends, right?"
Leiera nodded.
"Then can I also say that we are just strangers who happen to be assigned to the same dormitory room?"
How can you say that!
Hearing what Sinadia said, Leiera panicked: Whether it's the real Sinadia or the fake Sinadia, they can't possibly be strangers to her!
“But it’s true, Reira. It might be true that roommates usually talk about their relationship when you’ve just met, right? But we’ve known little Sera for so long—although from a bloodline point of view, I’m a complete stranger to you. Even if that’s true, you’ll still feel sad, won’t you?”
"No, no!"
No! Hinadia is different... Never mind, would it be useful to explain to this "Hinadia"?
Thinking of this, Leiera raised her hands—in the setting of the game, this was the military surrender ceremony of the French Republic.
"Alright, alright, I support Seraphem joining in the cooking."
"That's wonderful!"
A smug smile appeared on Qiong's face—she thought it would be incredibly difficult! But it turned out to be this easy? It went much more smoothly than she imagined!