Chapter 195 A Dream of Muddled History

“You know, I had another dream last night.”

At the breakfast table, Hao Ren swallowed a mouthful of steamed bun with gusto, raising his head slightly, his words a bit muffled.

Vivian was serving Elizabeth, but stopped, concerned, as she looked at Hao Ren upon hearing this. "Did you dream of something portentous again?"

"Nah, dreamed of a bunch of random stuff," Hao Ren waved his hand dismissively. "I don't know if it's because I've been watching too many movies lately, but I dreamed of a bunch of Viking pirates fighting the Ming Dynasty navy. Later, Poseidon and Osiris even showed up, and a bunch of gods were having a brawl in the middle of the desert, with explosions and a sea of fire everywhere. In the end, Bai Qi led two hundred thousand Qin soldiers to break down the gates of Troy and crush Octavian on his throne..."

Even Lily, who was burying her face in her rice, was confused by Hao Ren's dream. She lifted her head from her bowl. "Landlord, what kind of mess is that? Did you dream up a complete pirated world history?"

"That's why it's called a dream, dreams don't have logic," Hao Ren slurped a mouthful of rice porridge, then casually wiped the rice grains and grease from the cat's face beside him. "When will this cat learn how to use chopsticks properly..."

Sitting across the table, Nangong Wuyue casually said, "She's improved a lot. At least she knows how to use chopsticks now, right? Before, she would just bury her face in the bowl and lick it. Speaking of dreams, I had one last night too."

Hao Ren asked curiously, "What did you dream about?"

"A bunch of ancient people fighting—I've been watching historical dramas these past few days," Nangong Wuyue gently swayed the tip of her tail. "It seemed like Persians were fighting Egyptians? I can't remember too clearly. Anyway, there were people riding camels, driving chariots, using scimitars, and using bows and arrows. It was quite lively, but then a bunch of German soldiers with assault rifles showed up, and I didn't quite understand that."

"You two had pretty similar dreams," Vivian said with a smile, "Both historical mashups."

"Bat, don't you usually dream?" Lily finished another steamed bun and had time to chime in again.

Vivian blinked. "Ordinary bloodkin don't dream, but I don't have that limitation. I occasionally dream about something. But I slept so soundly last night, I slept straight until six o'clock, and didn't dream of anything in between—I haven't slept so well in ages."

"See, you're just sleep-deprived," Hao Ren twitched his lips. "Did you feel better after a night's sleep? Any more auditory hallucinations?"

"I don't always have auditory hallucinations," Vivian said somewhat helplessly. "But I haven't heard any voices since I woke up today."

Lily's curiosity was immediately piqued. She immediately leaned over. "Heard voices? What kind of voices?"

"Sit back down! Why are you always nosy?" Hao Ren pressed Lily's head down, forcing the husky girl back into her seat, before casually explaining, "Vivian said she's been hearing someone calling her these past few days and suspects it's due to sleep deprivation."

Lily's voice dragged with disappointment. "Oh—I thought it was a big deal."

The whole family sat around the dining table, eating, chatting, and leisurely spending the beautiful morning. This scene was already commonplace in Hao Ren's home, but for Lolly, it was a novel experience. She curiously watched the people around the table, so lost in thought that she almost forgot about the food in front of her until Nangong Sanba couldn't help but speak up. "Why aren't you eating?"

"Oh... oh, I was a little distracted," Lolly reacted quickly, answering in a fluster. "I've never had the experience of eating with so many people before, and I'm still not used to it."

Nangong Sanba casually said, "You seemed pretty comfortable eating yesterday."

"I was a little... confused then, just focused on feeling new things," Lolly said honestly.

"Speaking of which, how did you live in the experimental base before?" Lily curiously looked at the Elf Queen's replica. "What did you do besides cooperate with experiments?"

"Besides experiments? I did almost nothing besides experiments," Lolly shrugged. "The experiments alone took up most of my energy every day, and the rest of the time was basically just enough for eating and sleeping. Actually, they didn't restrict my freedom in the experimental base, and they would try to satisfy my requests other than leaving the base, but to be honest... I didn't have any personal interests back then."

Lily felt strange. "Didn't you inherit the Elf Queen's memories and personality? Didn't that queen have any hobbies?"

"Her hobbies were handling official documents and working overtime at night," Lolly spread her hands. "The most schizophrenic thing for me is this—after researching or being researched every day, I'm already half dead, and then there's a voice in my head constantly urging me to 'go work overtime, go work overtime, go work overtime.' I sincerely believe that it has no meaning, but another voice keeps chanting that going to work is so interesting, going to work is so interesting..."

Finally, as if recalling the pain of fighting with her "mother personality" in her mind, she couldn't help but cover her head. "Don't mention things from back then, those inherited memories and personalities are the things that bother me the most..."

"Um, so the Elf Magic Emperor of yesteryear was a workaholic," Lily opened her mouth wide. "No wonder she could become a queen."

Izhaks patted Elizabeth's head. "Did you hear that? You have to study hard."

The little demon Elizabeth felt the heavy pressure of her life's path at this moment...

Hao Ren watched Lolly with interest, discovering that this "Elf Queen" was becoming more and more human after leaving Holletta—it seemed that as she moved away from the experimental base, her suppressed personality, which belonged to her, was gradually awakening.

This was probably a good thing.

But at that moment, a knock on the door suddenly interrupted the conversation at the dining table.

"Someone's knocking!" Lily was the first to perk up her ears, then sniffed her nose. "It's not one of us!"

Instantly, everyone took action. Nangong Wuyue's snake tail swiftly retracted into her skirt, Lily's ears and hair instantly reverted to human form, Elizabeth deftly put on her hat, and Doudou turned around and jumped into the soup pot, not forgetting to cover the pot lid herself—in the blink of an eye, this band of monsters completed their disguise, with a proficiency of at least a dozen pluses.

Hao Ren grabbed Elizabeth's little demon tail, which she had forgotten to tuck away, and stuffed it into her clothes, then stood up. "I'll go open the door."

He muttered, "Who's coming to visit at mealtime so early in the morning?" and went to the door, but he was stunned as soon as he opened it.

Hesperiana stood at the door with a beaming smile. "Vivian, my lady, I've come to visit... uh, why is it you?"

The little bat's huge smile froze on her face, obviously, seeing Hao Ren caused her mood to suffer a great shock. Seeing this, Hao Ren scratched his head. "I'm sorry to disappoint you—but I'm the homeowner here. Is there anything wrong with me opening the door?"

"Uh... there's nothing wrong," surprisingly, the little bat didn't habitually spew venom this time. Although her expression wasn't much better, at least she was talking to Hao Ren normally. "I'm here to see Vivian, my lady. I have something urgent to report..."

Hao Ren craned his neck to look outside. "Did you come alone?"

"I brought a few subordinates, but I told them to wait somewhere else," Hesperiana said as she peeked into the house. "Speaking of which, can I come in and talk? It's pretty cold outside..."

The sudden arrival of the little bat was a big surprise to Hao Ren, but he naturally had no reason to keep her outside, so he stepped aside. "Come in—we're just eating."

At this time, Vivian had heard the commotion at the door and was standing up to ask, "Who is it?"

Then she saw Hesperiana, who was rushing towards her with a radiant smile.

Her first reaction was to conjure a ball lightning. She held the lightning ball in one hand and pointed at the little bat with the other. "Stay there and don't move! If you dare to rush over, I'll blast you into a state where you can't take care of yourself!"

Hesperiana had been blasted by Vivian's lightning balls since she was a child, so her reaction was swift. She slammed on the brakes and stopped three meters away from the dining table. "Vivian, my lady! I've come to see you!"

"What are you doing here?" Vivian was also startled by the sudden arrival of this rascal. After asking, she turned to look at Lily. "You've met Hesperiana so many times, how come you didn't smell her scent? What good is that nose of yours?"

Lily had half a steamed bun in her mouth. "I couldn't help it, the food on the table is too fragrant, I didn't think of her."

"Forget it, forget it, change back everyone, what a false alarm," Hao Ren came back wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, thinking that the little bat's actions were really unpredictable, she actually came so suddenly. "She said she has important information to tell you, but I think she's just using it as an excuse to come find you."

"Yeah, yeah," Hesperiana nodded without any intention of hiding it, then moved a chair from nearby and sat down at the dining table. "Oh, you're eating? Is it Vivian, my lady's cooking! I don't mind freeloading a meal here, right? Hey, there's soup too..."

The little bat used her thick skin to withstand Vivian's gaze, while also conveniently uncovering the soup pot on the table, then making eye contact with the little mermaid in the pot.

Hesperiana: "...Fish soup?"

"Don't make trouble, tell me what's going on first," Vivian glared at the little bat. "I know you, even if you wanted to come find me, you wouldn't just find such a lame excuse—what happened that made you come all the way here?"

Hesperiana greeted Doudou in the pot, then looked at Vivian with some embarrassment. "It's really nothing big, it's just that a strange thing suddenly appeared in one of my family's territories, and I thought you might be interested in that thing."

(Recommending a book, "Revolution for Mages," fantasy genre, lighthearted writing style, not finished, feels pretty good, if you like otherworldly fantasy + lighthearted humorous writing style, you can go check it out.)