Chapter 94: A Shift in Power and a King’s Confusion
Adam was still in Eric’s body. He was now consciously aware that he was back from the subconscious plane the strange mental world where he had talked with the Spirit named Philip.
He sent a faint smile in his thoughts towards the [System Window: Millennia].
He thought to himself There is quite a big difference in how time passes. In the real world only a little time went by.
But in that other plane where I was with Philip it felt like I was there for hours. The conversation with the Spirit had been short but it had been packed with an incredible amount of new information.
It felt like it had spanned a very long time. Yet here in the physical council room it seemed that only a few mere moments had actually passed.
Adam’s attention then snapped back to the person standing right in front of him. Emperor Sir David’s eyes opened. A knowing smile almost like they shared a secret touched his lips.
"Philip has told me everything," the Emperor said. His voice was calm and measured. It was a very big contrast to the earlier loud and angry pronouncements he had made when he sentenced Eric.
Adam’s expression still Eric’s face but controlled by him remained completely unreadable. He showed no emotion. It did not really matter much to him who stood before him now.
The immediate threat the danger of being attacked seemed to have stopped for a moment.
He did however feel a strange almost pleasant sensation when he thought about Philip. It had been... surprisingly agreeable to talk with another being of his own kind. Even if Philip called himself a "low-level" Spirit it had been good to not feel completely alone.
Adam’s gaze swept around the large council chamber. The fancy opulent chairs that had once been arranged in a circle around the room were now mostly broken.