Chapter 285 The Odd Dream [Part 2]
Throughout the rest of the night, Raven experienced a certain difficulty trying to sleep. What was she to make of this odd dream?
First of all, she knew herself very well; she could count the number of dreams she had had all her life on one hand.
So as much as she wanted to be reasonable and claim that this might 'just' be a dream, she was quite aware that the odds were against it.
She felt it so real, it was as if Terence had walked directly to her and reached her through a dream.
But she never knew the Oracle could do something like this.
If it does turn out to be the case... Raven smacked her lips in shame.
'I have looked down on her...'
No, she admired Terence's strength; she thought of the Oracle as powerful and respected her in that regard.
But perhaps, this far exceeded her expectations. But it was still within a manageable scope.
Because even though she had high expectations for the Oracle, she always welcomed a chance for Terence to spiral out of her control.
The reason was that Terence was oftentimes too silent. Raven knew she kept a lot of things from her, but she also knew that it wasn't because she wanted to.
Which was why she always made sure to read the Oracle's mood before asking about a certain thing.
And there was nothing so far that she had asked that the Oracle had not given her answers to.
Even when the answers were quite uncomfortable, they were always helpful in ways that no one could ever compensate for.
The knowledge about the flying ship started from Terence, as did the knowledge about Northern's eyes.
And they always came like this—in disgruntled bits of information, just like this.
Raven hence couldn't help but feel that this was another instance of Terence's help coming just in the time they needed it.
Hence, she decided to take it seriously and talk to Northern about it.
Not calm enough to wait till the next dawn, she sprang to her feet, took another layer of her blue-colored cloak, and wrapped it around herself, then plunged out of the cottage.
Her steps were silent and almost non-existent as she jumped from roof to roof.
In a moment or two, she slowly landed on the palace roof. Northern's room was somewhere in this amazing building.
With ease, she slipped past the vigilance of the guards, sometimes as if she were a shadow herself.
Her movement and stealth came with practiced ease.
Eventually, she stood in front of a door thrown away at the end of the hallway that seemed abandoned.
She knocked softly and awaited a response.
After a couple of seconds, there was no response. Raven was already thinking of ways to break through, but she was, at the same time, trying to avoid commotion.
Now more than ever before, they needed to stay silent.
But she had no choice if Northern was so fast asleep that he couldn't hear her knock.
She clenched her fist and slowly pulled her hand backward.
As she lunged it forward, the door opened, and her punch came to an abrupt pause in front of Northern's nose.
Unflinched, he raised a brow and muttered:
"Come in."
Raven squinted her eyes a little bit. He didn't even seem surprised to see her.
Was he expecting her?
She entered Northern's room and looked around; this was the first time she was coming this close to him since they'd been here.
They had both been busy with one thing or another—he especially. Plus, getting around him was difficult since he was being treated as the King's precious teacher every time.
"You are living quite the lavish lifestyle."
Raven said as she glanced around.
Size apart, his room was much more beautiful and pronounced than hers.
Glassy ornaments decorated the wall and shelves, beautiful woven mats were used to create an intricate decoration on the wall.
Northern shrugged and looked at her, his arms folded.
"I'm pretty sure you didn't just come around here to admire my room."
Raven stared squarely into his eyes.
"Shouldn't you be asleep at a time like this?"
"Should I be flattered that you are concerned about me?"
Raven was silent for a while, then she said:
"We've not seen or spoken to each other since we came here."
Northern, in response, looked down,
"I think that is my fault. I just sort of got swept away by a lot of things."
"I see... so you like it here?"
Northern raised his head and frowned at the question, tilting his head back a little as he retorted.
"Where the hell did that come from? Do I like a rift?"
Raven shrugged with her shoulders,
"I mean, while we were outside, you seemed eager to leave, go back to the Central Plains, and now... you just look like you're at home."
"Eh," Northern raised a brow.
He found her words absurd, but at the same time, something about them did not allow him to dismiss it as nonsense.
He shook his head and shoved all that away for now, saying:
"We can worry about all of that later. There's something else we need to attend to right now."
Raven's eyes widened a little bit.
"Did Terence appear to you in your dream too?"
Northern raised a brow, confused.
"Terence appear to me in my dream? What is she, a dream chaser?"
Raven's eyes lowered back in a subtle show of disappointment.
"She can travel to places. I'm not exactly sure, but I think she can go to the future, and she can be at other places with her soul. What's it called again..." Raven pondered.
But Northern responded immediately.
"Astral projection?"
"Soul projection... you were close."
Northern looked away for a second.
'It's practically the same thing. Still, who would have thought the Oracle was that amazing? She's a walker of worlds?'
Northern looked at Raven.
"So she appeared in your dream?"
Raven nodded and explained to Northern how exactly it had happened and what Terence had said.
Through the short explanation, she could observe Northern thinking deeply. His eyes were out of focus.
"I see, I see." He just muttered, even as she finished.
A couple of minutes later, Northern still seemed to be in deep thought. Finally, after she couldn't wait anymore, Raven gave way to her voice and asked:
"If you didn't dream about Terence, why exactly do you look like you were expecting me, and what is the 'something else' we need to attend to right now?"
Northern looked at her blankly for a couple of seconds, then gestured towards the wooden chair beside his bed.
"Sit... this will take a little while."
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[A/N]
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