Chapter 298.1
Eugene looked around slowly as she walked down the hallway. The castle looked just like she remembered. She was certain that the dream had come from a memory of some sort, but it was still amazing just how real it all seemed.
The thing about dreams was that they usually felt real when you didn’t know that they were dreams, but the moment you’d find out, everything would all change and you would wake up. It would all fade away as you opened your eyes. But this dream was different. Eugene knew she was in a dream, and yet everything still felt so real. And she wasn’t waking up.
I’d understand if I was lucid dreaming… but this dream seems a little stranger than that.
The biggest indicator that she was in a dream was that she was all alone. No matter how far she walked or where she went, there was no one else in sight. It was just her, all by herself.
Although she knew it was a dream, Eugene couldn’t help but feel happy to be back in the palace. She walked around like a child, smiling at things she remembered and running her fingertips along the walls to feel the familiar textures against her skin. She had missed this place, and she was only realizing just how much now that she was finally there again.
Then, a thought hit her. I wonder if I can go there too?
She wondered if the bridge that connected the towers was still there. She had always loved visiting that place. Many of her afternoons had been spent having tea on that bridge.
She had only been gone for a few months, but memories of being able to do whatever she wanted whenever she wanted felt like they had been formed ages ago. Her life had become so hectic with her duties as queen that she never managed to revisit her past.
She stepped through the archway. Wow, it’s still here. The scene around her was lush and beautiful. The table in the middle of the bridge was still there, and so she rushed to take a seat. Craning her head to look around, Eugene took on the sky—a mixture of red, orange, and yellow. The perfect sunset.