Chapter 40 - Haggard Concern (1/2)

Soon after Lei Xing arrived back at her palace, an imperial doctor came and insisted on checking on her. So she reluctantly sat down, while he checked on her, with a deep frown on her face.

{...it's a coincidence...really, the first time it's a coincidence, the second time it's a choice!...and what the hell does that mean?! That doesn't apply here -_-)'...okay, forget that... it's really weird...yeah, I figured that...moving on...maybe I got some cosmic magic powers when I transmigrated?... That makes no freaking sense -_-)...Me being here makes no freaking sense!... So in other words, it makes perfect sense!... So magic powers...-_-) I think not...}

The imperial doctor finished his checkup session and said the usual, ”Your highness, all you need is to rest. I will prescribe something to help you relax.” Lei Xing didn't respond, after a while, the imperial doctor bowed out and left to prepare the medication.

Xiao Ruo and Ah Jin looked at Lei Xing with perplexed expressions.

”Your highness, are you okay?” Xiao Ruo asked.

Lei Xing blinked and looked up at her for a while and then got up, ”Yes, I'm fine. Ah...I'm going to sleep, no one bother me.”

”But what about your medicine?”

Lei Xing raised an eyebrow at her in confusion, ”Medicine?”

”Yes, the imperial doctor just now s-”

”I don't need it.” Lei Xing said and plopped down on the bed. Xiao Ruo still wanted to protest and looked at Ah Jin who shook her head. After looking at Lei Xing who had her face planted on the bed for a bit, the two of them left the room.

Lei Xing stayed like that for a while, and then rolled over and stared at the ceiling of the canopy of the bed.

{...Magic powers would be nice...but I think not...I should feel it if I did, right?...so...so...so then it's a weird coincidence?... Got it!... It's the collective consciousness!... That explains everything, he experiences it, dreamt it or whatever the hell it!...and then it went to the collective consciousness, and then I got it from there...

...Yep! Makes perfect sense!...so we're at a floating thought cloud...-_-)'...I don't think so...also pretty sure that's not how it works...sounds more like I'm describing a hive mind sort of scenario which is not the case here -_-)...}

Lei Xing frowned in annoyance.

{...This is irritating...creepy and irritating...you know what? I'm probably over-thinking this...yes, definitely!...It's just a weird - maybe creepy - coincidence...Exactly! hahaha weird things happen all the time!...like transmigration...

....Exactly!...and what are odds of all these ”coincidentally” happening to one person?...-_-)...I don't freaking know! No one's made a poll or anything -_-)...

...Maybe I fell into the Bermuda triangle?... There was nothing like that near the ship...Well then maybe I floated into it!... Pretty sure we were in a different part of the ocean though...Fine, forget that then!...}

Lei Xing sighed in exasperation.

{...You know what? Whatever it is, it doesn't matter and it has nothing to do with me!... Yes, absolutely nothing!... It doesn't matter...it's just a random weird coincidence...a string of weird coincidences...yes a string of random weird coincidences, so whatever!...}

Lei Xing closed her eyes and rolled over.

{...I'm going to sleep...No point pondering over random existential shit with no answers!... But still, it's - Sleep!!...}

Lei Xing kept tossing around for a while still feeling uncomfortable and irritated. After a while of tossing, she reasoned it must be because of the clothes and so got up and removed the hairpins and outer clothes and tossed them haphazardly aside, and then plopped back on the bed.

{...Yep, much better...No more thinking...Sleep!...}

Lei Xing had a lot of trouble falling asleep, despite her hard attempts at shutting off her mind, it was still hard to stop her mind reeling.

Eventually, she finally fell asleep but then she had a nightmare. In the dream, she fell out of the ship again but this time she fell into the lake in the painting, right in the middle of the people swimming, scaring them and causing them to head to the shore screaming while she was trying to grab onto them to save herself but failed.

As she was struggling to stay afloat, a dragon then flew down straight towards her, like it was going to smash into her, Lei Xing panicked and closed her eyes. Next thing, she found herself in the other painting, and of course as the main character who was on the ground.

Then a soldier came running towards her with a sword raised in the air ready to strike down, she speedily got up and started sprinting away from the battle scene.

She turned back and saw that the soldier was gone and let out a sigh of relief, then she looked down and realized she was running on the clouds and then promptly started falling down to certain death, at which point, as if her soul just fell back into her body, her eyes flew open and she jumped up on the bed panting.

After a few moments of collecting herself, she let a tired sigh.

{...It's been a weird day...}

She laid back down to get back to sleep and her troubled night continued.

The next morning, when she was finally getting some peaceful rest. Ah Jin came in to wake her up.

”I'm sleeping, come back later.” Lei Xing spat out, wrapping her blanket more snuggly around her.

”Your highness, this is already considered late.” Ah Jin calmly said. ”If you don't get up now you will be late.”

”It's still morning, there's plenty of time.” Lei Xing mumbled.

”I don't think so.” Ah Jin quietly advised, ”You should really get up now, your highness.”

The next moment, the doors opened and Xiao Ruo came in, seeing Lei Xing still cozied up under her blanket exclaimed, ”Your highness, you're still asleep?”

Lei Xing wrinkled her eyebrows.