Captain – Chapter 487 – Awakening

The devil left without saying a word.

Because the moment he heard the young lady’s sleep-talking, he understood that times had changed. The “awakened” young lady, moving toward transcendence, was far beyond the influence of words.

In this dream, she was the devil, able to control fate, and would naturally only trust her own judgment.

Just as the one she pursued was that accompanying ghost.

But was this possible?

Even though the devil had left, Roy still stood in place, silently pondering the possibility of her conjecture.

Although according to her judgment, the chances of him entering the dream and even influencing this world were slim, for some reason, she—gradually losing her emotional side—still firmly believed this was the case.

A belief without reason.

After a long time, the Captain let out a light breath, temporarily setting aside her thoughts. She determined her next destination and, before the artillery completely engulfed this warship, she crossed time and space, vanishing from her spot.

The setting sun hung on the horizon, its warm red glow spilling over, illuminating the resolute faces of the Auran soldiers.

When Roy appeared again, she was still on the Mermaid, but time had silently passed several months, arriving at the moment when they crossed the sea, sailed into Auran waters, and were stopped by warships.

Walking past the solemn military and the obviously nervous pirates, the young lady arrived at the captain’s quarters. After taking several deep breaths, she gently pushed open the wooden door and calmly walked in.

Sitting in what was originally her position was the Lion who had painted a bold stroke in Auran military history—Naren.

“Please sit, Captain Roy.”

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But this Governor, normally as cold and stern as his child, wore an exceptionally gentle expression now. At first glance of the young lady, his azure eyes showed understanding.

Because her appearance was truly similar to the person in his memory.

Perhaps, this was why Caine chose her.

“You said… he left the military?”

After a brief introduction and pleasantries, they got straight to the point. In the Governor’s narrative, Roy keenly noticed the key point, slightly furrowing her brow and repeating with uncertainty.

“That’s right.”

With an astonishing speed of thought, before Naren’s response came, the Captain had already assessed the situation, realizing that although in her memory, that person had become a blank silhouette.

But in the eyes of the people in the dream, he still existed, walking different paths in different pages of the book.

Just as in this timeline, the Empire hadn’t sent the First Fleet to encircle and attack the Mermaid, those warships hadn’t mistakenly entered the waters of the lonely island, only to be sunk by the devil’s power.

Given that, naturally, she and he had never met.

But this didn’t mean their lines of fate would remain parallel, never to intersect again.

“I originally didn’t know what he had in mind, making such an absurd decision, and the whole person seemed to become a ghost, disappearing from the world.”

“Until you and he appeared successively on Frans Island.”

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Reaching out to play with the raven that had approached, the Governor’s face—with its chiseled, hard, and cold lines—was softened considerably by the candlelight as he said gently: “Both successively met with Federo and told him the truth. Oh, speaking of which, did you two later…”

“Meet at our family’s old residence?”

Hearing this, Roy instinctively responded, then suddenly realized, her gaze fixed, looking at the Governor with disbelief: “Old residence? You mean that attic?”

“Attic?”

Seeing the young lady so excited, the Governor raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, then nodded slightly: “Now that you mention it, I do recall there was an attic above his room.”

“When he was little, he often…”

Recalling painful memories of the past, Naren paused, changing his words: “He liked to stay there, practicing the violin.”

Hearing the three words “practicing the violin,” Roy recalled that gentle music. Combined with the strange occurrences encountered along the way and her conjecture on the Constantine, she became even more certain.

But she hadn’t expected that the “ghost” had been there so early.

“Although I don’t know why, after that meeting, he wasn’t by your side, but I think the reason he left the fleet without hesitation was to find you.”

Bringing the topic back on track, the Governor used the most tactful words to express his hidden concerns.

In his view, after experiencing so many hardships and facing heavy pressure from all sides to finally meet, they should have stayed together to face the storms. But from what he could see now, there seemed to be some problems.

As if they had a falling out due to a momentary impulse.

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Because of this concern, he appeared here now—first to understand the young lady’s true feelings, and second, if it was indeed as he thought, to see if he could persuade her.

You were… looking for me?

Focusing on the Governor’s deduction, the Captain couldn’t recover for a long time. Only when the raven, unable to watch any longer, called softly to remind her, did she come to her senses. Recalling the implicit meaning in the Governor’s previous words, she hurriedly waved her hand: “You misunderstand, there’s no conflict between us.”

“We’re separated only because…”

At this point, Roy suddenly stopped, because she realized she couldn’t explain. She could hardly tell the person before her that this was a dream, and they were separated by fate, could she?

“It’s alright, if there are difficulties, you don’t have to say.”

The Governor didn’t pursue the matter, smiling as he said: “As long as it’s not a misunderstanding, whatever your final choice is, I won’t interfere. This matter should be decided by you two.”

“Well then…”

Standing up from the desk, the Governor walked around it to stand in front of the young lady: “Now that I know my worry was just imagination, there’s no problem. I apologize for disturbing you, Captain.”

“How could this be a disturbance?”

Roy shook her head, smiling sincerely: “If it weren’t for your visit, I wouldn’t have known that he’s been looking for me all along. To be honest, we didn’t meet that time.”

“We regrettably missed each other again.”

Although she wanted to say something lighthearted to amuse the elder, when speaking these words, the young lady felt an inexplicable bitterness. She didn’t know since that time, how many times they had missed each other.

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Sensing the heartache hidden under the young lady’s casual words, Naren hesitated for a moment, then reached out to stroke her head, asking like comforting a child: “I didn’t expect the truth to be like this. Look how negligent I’ve been. Why don’t you stay a while, and I’ll think of something?”

Knowing that since the Governor had made a promise, he would spare no effort to fulfill it, the Captain knew that in this dream, it would all be meaningless, so she just shook her head somewhat stubbornly.

“Very well, the affairs between you young people, we old folks won’t meddle too much.”

He had wanted to persuade her more, but seeing the persistence in the young lady’s eyes, Naren could only smile helplessly.

Roy didn’t know why, but whenever she faced these familiar yet difficult-to-recall close ones, they always liked to look into her eyes, never questioning the glaring light within.

She had previously thought this was a rule of this world, that they simply shouldn’t find it strange.

But in reality…

In Naren’s azure eyes, gentle like the sea, what was reflected was not the blazing devil’s eyes, but a pair of beautiful yet dim dark golden eyes that made one’s heart ache.

Without dazzling brilliance, as ordinary as ever.

Without being detained, watching the Governor walk away, the moment he pushed open the door, Roy suddenly seemed to sense something, turning to look at his side, staring blankly at that empty space.

As if…

He was right there all along.