The Fallen Guest Empire (14)
Just as expected—a classic point in time.
All these nightmares seemed to have appeared with the mist.
Lady Raven's answer wasn't surprising, and Fu Qian quickly continued.
"What about before that?"
"Before that? There was nothing... At least, as far as I know, no one woke up before me."
Lady Raven looked slightly puzzled.
"I don't mean here. I mean in reality, before all this."
"Hmm... Over there, I didn't have such comfortable circumstances. I was just a middle-aged woman struggling to make ends meet, and I looked much older than I do now."
Her brow furrowed as she tried to understand why Fu Qian was asking. Still, Lady Raven raised a hand to her face as she answered.
"From that perspective, it wasn't purely a nightmare for me... At first, it certainly left me confused."
"Then the stars bestowed their grace upon you and showed you the way."
Fu Qian's smile was laden with meaning.
"And compared with the comfortable life you have now, this distinction as one of the chosen is clearly far more precious."
"Mr. Gorimshaw, there seems to be some deeper meaning behind your words. Are you suggesting that my better circumstances are what I use to determine which side is real?"
His remark seemed to have stirred Lady Raven's displeasure. Her expression turned cold.
"Otherwise, how do you know? What's your basis?"
Fu Qian's smile didn't fade.
"Because one side had the supernatural and the other didn't? Obviously, both do now."
She said nothing, and he continued without the slightest courtesy.
"And according to you, you have no control over traveling between the two sides, and time passes at nearly the same rate in both. So what's the essential difference?"
"So why couldn't the well-off version of you have dreamed