Chapter 247: A Step Into the Past (1/2)

”You brought her into your bedroom?”

”You spent a night with her?”

Christine was dumbfounded.

Even a child could easily deduce what had happened during the night.

A skimpily dressed female attendant with pleasant looks.

A half-naked Calvin.

A man and a woman inside a room—alone...

Christine's eyes reddened. She felt stifled for some reason.

She knew that she had no right to intervene in what Calvin wanted to do.

If he wanted to satisfy his carnal desires, then who was she to stop him?

She didn't have the right to do so!

But for some reason, her heart hurt.

She felt dizzy as she took a step backward to retreat, but Calvin was even faster.

He swung his wrist and a breeze blew, slamming the doors shut behind her.

”Why do you look like you're jumping to conclusions, again?”

Calvin saw her bloodshot eyes and he couldn't help but bitterly smile. ”Nothing happened last night. I only let her sleep here because she is a necessary ingredient for us to confirm the identity of those bastards so we can finally strike.” He quickly explained.

”A necessary ingredient?”

”Confirm the identity of those people?”

Christine found that Calvin's words seemed to be laughable.

Especially when she saw how the female attendant was currently wearing nothing beneath her nightgown and the fact that her clothes seemed to have been disturbed by a pair of perverted hands.

”I-I can't stay here anymore!” Christine finally exploded.

She wanted to open the door, but she found that it had been sealed by something unknown that she couldn't triumph against despite the usage of Mana.

”It's futile. Every door in the Paradise Room has steel mechanisms as locks to protect the occupants inside the room when there is an emergency. There is no way for you to open that door unless you have the control panel.”

Calvin picked up a wooden slab beside him and he presented it to Christine. ”The control panel is with me, so you better stay put while I explain to you everything that is about to happen.”

Christine stared at him in doubt.

Fortunately, she seemed to have calmed down after realizing that there was no way for her to come out of this room.

She took a seat at one of the couches. A contemplative look appeared on her face.

Calvin let out a sigh.

He went to the kitchen and returned with a plate of dishes that he seemed to have prepared beforehand.

”It's not much, but it's honest work. I hope you'll find it palatable at least.” Calvin offered.

Christine glanced at the plates.

Her nose quivered, forcing the aroma that lingered in the air into her nostrils.

In an instant, her appetite awakened.

She seemed to have forgotten what just happened as she excitedly asked, ”What is this? Why does it smell so good?”

”It's just a basic meat dish that has a lot of aromatics. Taste it.” Calvin simply smiled.

Christine nodded. Tasting the dish, her eyes widened in shock. ”You can cook this good? How come you're so good at everything? Are you perhaps an old ancestor? You're a hundred-years-old, right? Not in your mid-twenties?” She teased.

But her words made Calvin's heart shudder.

'Did she say that intentionally or is she hinting at me that she knows everything about my identity?'

'No, that cannot be...'

'It has to be a coincidence.'

”Ahem.” Calvin cleared his throat.

”Ah!” Christine was quick to cover her mouth.

She realized that she had just spoken while her mouth was open.

A grave violation of the etiquette rules concerning young maidens in the Kingdom of Joselian.

Furthermore, her words just now had been somewhat rude.

Calvin was clearly young, why did she say that he was a 100-year-old ancestor?

”Are you not hungry?” Christine asked while eyeing the female attendant on the bed.

She was obviously trying to imply if bedding the female attendant exhausted him or not.

A helpless look appeared on Calvin's face as he responded. ”I told you, nothing like what you are imagining right now happened. I brought her here because we need her...”

”That's all.”

”In fact, your accusations do not even make sense. If I need to be satisfied, then I can just use my hand! Why would I bother with women when I'm this busy? It's too troublesome!”

Calvin's words surely made sense, but when Christine heard them. She couldn't help but blush.

She blushed at the mention of ”hand”.

It was because she found it relatable.

On her sleepless nights—she often used her hand to comfort herself.

The second-hand embarrassment was inevitable.

”Can you please stop being so perverted in front of the food?” said Christine.

Calvin only chuckled.

He took a seat in front of Christine and the two of them ate their breakfast.

Fortunately, the dishes that Calvin made were just too good that Christine didn't kick up a fuss anymore.

When the meal was done, Calvin finally explained what was about to happen.

”The crux of the matter right now is to confirm the identity of the people who harmed Fatty. To do that, we need this female attendant...”

”Aren't you curious about the matters of the other shore? Do you want to know what it's like to be a part of the other shore? I can let you experience being a member of that side. But that is only if you are willing to do so.” Calvin explained.

”The other shore?” Christine's eyes widened. Her father had once told her that the other shore was a dangerous rabbit hole. Yet, why was Calvin acting so casual in regards to the other shore if it was as dangerous as her father described?

Could it be that her father lied to her by saying those words back then so that he could keep her out of the matters of the other shore?

”That's right. In a moment, we will be traveling to the past. If we want to confirm the identity of those bastards, then we can only do it by traveling to the past...”

”I've already done the necessary preparations yesterday. We should be able to do it by today. However, it must be done today since the chances of success would diminish the more time passes.” said Calvin.

”Travelling to the past? We can do that?!” Christine was startled.

Her curiosity seemed to have burst forth at this moment as her eyes gleamed in excitement.

”It's not exactly traveling to the past. Precisely, we're going inside her dream. ”

Calvin glanced at the female attendant.

Her eyes seemed to be moving fast underneath her eyelids.

Rapid-Eye Movement had always been a reliable sign for dreams.

Obviously, the female attendant was in her dream world at this moment.

”Inside her dream… Is the other shore really that mystical? You can just randomly go into anyone's dreams? Will she know that we are in her dreams?” Christine was bewildered and surprised by Calvin's revelations.