Chapter 136 An Ordinary Morning at the Antique Shop

A ray of morning light illuminated the slumbering city-state of Pland, the sun, locked in place by its double rune rings, slowly ascended in the sky like a burning behemoth. Under the mighty power of Anomaly 001, those things that did not belong to the mortal realm finally began to recede from the night.

The shadows in the streets, the whispers in empty places, the murmurs in the coastal waves, the empty gazes in the depths of the alleys, and the dreams that ensnared the heart.

Shirley opened her eyes.

She saw the unfamiliar ceiling, saw the sunlight through the window beside her, shining on the bedside table and the nearby desk. This clean and tidy little room was very simple, but still much better than where she used to live.

She smelled the aroma of food and heard some noises coming from the kitchen. She saw Nina sprawled out on the bed, fast asleep. Today was a day off, and the girl could sleep in as much as she wanted, because she had an "uncle" to rely on, and a ready-made breakfast waiting for her when she woke up.

Shirley sat up in a daze, taking a few seconds to fully recall why she was here and the experiences she had had in her dream.

Then she nudged Nina beside her: "Nina, wake up... get up, wash up, and have breakfast."

Nina responded groggily, "I'm so sleepy... I'll sleep a little longer..."

Shirley was suddenly a little stunned. She didn't know what to do next.

Because she had been away from this kind of life for far too long, for a whole eleven years—but she still vaguely remembered that she had once been like this, and could still be like this.

You quickly climbed out of bed, changed your clothes, and listened to the various noises coming from inside. You reminded yourself in your heart that this was not some peaceful and relaxing comfortable nest—it was essentially just a lair, where a subspace shadow and his dependents had decorated this nest into this appearance out of whim…

But this lair actually felt more like "home" than the place where you and A'gou lived.

Duncan was a little distracted, but just then, Nina's voice suddenly interrupted her reverie: "Wow! Is it that time already?!"

Duncan turned her head and saw Nina with her hair disheveled, sitting on the bed with wide eyes. The latter looked up at the window, then noticed Duncan standing beside her, shaking her head: "Duncan? How come… oh right, you slept at your place last night…"

Then she jumped out of bed, shouting: "Never mind, never mind, I have to make breakfast..."

Halfway through her shouting, she heard the sounds from the kitchen and smelled the aroma of food. After a moment of愣, she seemed to wake up: "Oh, Uncle is making breakfast today... That's right, Uncle is feeling better lately... Oh no! School! I'm going to be late for school!"

Before she finished speaking, Nina rushed to her desk to pack her things, but after only two steps, she suddenly reacted and looked up at the calendar on the bedside table: "Oh, that's right, today is a day off..."

Then she spun around in place and plunged her head back into the pillow: "Then I'll sleep for another two minutes..."

Duncan watched the whole thing in a daze, watching Nina's dazzling series of actions after jumping out of bed, and finally returning to the starting point as if nothing had happened. She couldn't find a place to interject until Nina was back on the bed, then she hesitantly leaned over, but before she could speak, she saw Nina "pop" up again, stretching vigorously: "Ah, I'm awake."

Duncan: "…?"

"What's wrong, Duncan?" Nina turned around, looking at Duncan with bright eyes, "Why that expression?"

Duncan: "Do you… wake up like this every morning?"

Nina looked confused: "Huh? How?"

"Well…" Duncan gesticulated, as if not knowing how to explain it to her, "You jump up first, then like this, then like that, then like this and that…"

"Oh, I'm prone to being confused when I wake up in the morning," Nina actually understood the correct information from Duncan's magical and abstract body language, nodding as she spoke while going to change her clothes. "But I'm completely awake now! Oh right, Duncan, did you sleep well last night? I don't sleep very well; did I disturb you?"

"I…" Duncan was about to open

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her mouth, when a series of memories suddenly flooded into her mind. She recalled the closed house, the morning, the sound of footsteps leaving and the door being locked, and the abyssal hound that broke in… But before that, there was an incredible little adventure, a daring exploration.

A little strange, a little scary, but... pretty awesome.

"I slept very well," she smiled. "Actually, I don't sleep very well either. A'gou always says that one day I'll dismantle my bed in my sleep."

"Uncle used to say that to me too," Nina changed her clothes, finally yawning, and went forward to take Duncan's hand, leading her towards the door. "Let's go, let's go eat first, I'm a little hungry."

Duncan was pulled out of the door in such a confused state, and then saw Shirley walking out of the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron, apparently just finishing cooking.

"Mr. Shirley…" Duncan was subconsciously a little nervous again. Although she had seen it with her own eyes, the thought that such an existence was just cooking in the kitchen made her feel a sense of disharmony. However, she quickly suppressed this feeling and greeted him obediently, "Good morning."

Just like the boss told her, treat this place as an ordinary place, and then be a guest here like a normal person.

Although she didn't even know what it was like to be a guest at someone else's house, it was never wrong to say hello in the morning.

"What are we having for breakfast?" Nina had already walked towards the kitchen, craning her neck to look behind Shirley as she walked. "It smells so good!"

"I fried some sausages, I bought them when I came back yesterday," Shirley said casually, then held Nina's head and forcibly turned her towards the washroom. "Go wash your hands first!"

Then he looked at Duncan again, putting his hands on his hips: "You too, don't just stand there, go wash your hands together, and wash your face while you're at it!"

Duncan was stunned, and quickly followed Nina to wash her hands and face, then washed first and returned to Shirley's face, opening her hands: "... All clean."

After speaking, she felt embarrassed, and suddenly felt that she was a little silly: As someone who was almost an adult, she actually showed her hands to an adult after washing them in the morning. Rather than being eleven years old, she was more like a one-year-old child—she didn't even know why she had a sudden brain fart.

But Shirley didn't care about this. He just nodded, and while turning to walk towards the kitchen, he asked casually, "How did you sleep?"

Duncan lowered her head: "Um, it was okay... better than before."

"Did the injuries in the dream affect reality?" Shirley asked again.

Duncan was startled, and suddenly remembered that she seemed to have been whipped by the strange attacker in her dream. She quickly raised her right arm, and was horrified to see a faint scar!

Due to her powerful self-healing ability, the scar had almost healed by this time, and she didn't even feel anything, but without a doubt, when she was injured in the dream last night, her real body must have suffered the same damage!

And she was trapped in the dreamland at the time, so even if her body in the real world was injured, she couldn't wake up.

Shirley saw the marks on Duncan's arm, his gaze slightly stagnated, and then he nodded heavily.

An irrational phenomenon, but not unexpected.

That strange dream... could not possibly be just a simple dream.

"It seems that being injured in that dream will also affect reality synchronously," he said to Duncan very seriously. "In the future, without my accompaniment, don't explore that dream on your own. Your combat power is strong, but for that monster that will unite, the effect is not good."

Duncan nodded quickly: "Yes, I know."

Shirley thought for a while and added, "Also, if you are trapped in that nightmare again, you can call me directly."

Duncan was stunned, as if she didn't react: "Call you?"

"Call my name, the most common name I told you in the dream," Shirley said lightly. "Or, call the Sea Wanderer—it's best to call next to a medium with mirrored properties such as glass or a mirror, so that I can hear it more clearly."

Listening, Duncan suddenly realized something, and at

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the same time, through the mental connection with A'gou, she also heard a relaxed mood from A'gou's side.

"Are you... are you going to make me your dependent?" she raised her eyelids and asked nervously and tangledly.

"I don't know what a dependent is, and I don't ask you to dedicate anything. It's just that you are Nina's friend, and now you are acting with me—just taking care of you a little."

Duncan took a breath, but didn't dare to answer rashly, when Nina's happy voice suddenly rang from the kitchen door: "What are you talking about?

"Don't answer me now," Shirley said softly to Duncan, then looked up at Nina, "Why did it take so long to wash your hands?"

"The sleep crust in the corner of my eye won't come off," Nina rubbed her eyes. "It's a little sore from rubbing it..."

"Drink more water these days," Shirley looked at the girl helplessly, and then asked casually, "By the way, did you have that dream again last night? The dream of standing high and looking down at the fire."

"No," Nina thought for a while and shook her head. "Last night I dreamed that I had a horse pressing on my stomach, and then a cow, it was so heavy... Why are you suddenly asking about this, Uncle?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered that the psychiatrist is coming to visit today," Shirley shook his head, putting away the momentary thoughts. "Let's eat."

(Book recommendation time, this time it's "The End of Technology" from A Bucket of Pudding, science fiction category, if you're asking the type... a slice of life story from the perspective of a super genius? Anyway, let's just say it... I recommend everyone to go and take a look.)

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