ebookland Chapter 437 Are You Asleep?
Chapter 437 Are You Asleep?
"Wow---"
There was always a lingering smell of sulfur at the tip of her nose, and the golden leaves were rustling in the wind. Lilith liked this sound very much and listened quietly with her eyes closed.
——Wait, why is there wind? Lilith opened her eyes again.
In the distance, there was still the majestic palace of the dwarves, but it was much brighter than what she had seen before. Even from such a distance, Lilith could see the shining crystals on the top of the palace. It seemed that in addition to the leaves emitting golden light, there was also sunlight shining down? Lilith wanted to look up to see clearly, but her neck seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.
Hiss—did you get a stiff neck? She seemed to be able to only look straight ahead.
Maybe it was because of the sudden sunlight, but Lilith's eyes were filled with hazy light. The crowd in front of her seemed to be shrouded in a veil. Their laughter and conversations came intermittently, like echoes from another world.
——Who is it? Who are those people? Lilith squinted her eyes and could only vaguely see that there were men and women, tall and short. They were chatting happily, and some of them laughed so hard that they almost fell to the ground.
She couldn't see their faces clearly; their facial features were as blurry as ink smudged by water. Only their silhouettes swayed in the light and shadow, as if there was a layer of water curtain between them and Lilith.
But their laughter was so attractive that Lilith wanted to get closer to see what was going on. However, she found her footsteps were extremely heavy, as if she was being pulled by an invisible force and could not move at all.
The crowd began to move. They seemed to have reached a consensus and moved towards the palace together. The sound became more blurred due to the change in distance, like whispers in the wind. She wanted to hear what they were saying, but could only catch fragments, like scattered puzzle pieces that could never be put together.
Lilith suddenly became irritated. She didn't want to look at things from afar anymore! But why couldn't she move even a step? They were about to go far away!
Perhaps because her resentment was too strong, someone in the group behind the mist finally seemed to have noticed her. A figure separated from the crowd and slowly walked towards Lilith.
"Dingling--dinging--"
A pleasant bell rang, and Lilith looked hard. The person coming had a huge horn tied around his waist. The bells hanging on the horn rang as the person walked, soothing Lilith's anxious mood.
It's a woman.
She passed through the mist that separated them from each other, and her outline gradually became clear. Her facial features were still a little blurry, as if shrouded in a layer of mist, but Lilith could already see the clear smile on her face and the beautiful and exaggerated earrings on her ears.
The man walked up to Lilith, leaned over, and asked with a smile:
"Are you asleep?"
"——Lilith."
"I..." Lilith opened her mouth, but no sound came out of her mouth.
"——Lilith."
Her vision began to distort, like the surface of the water being stirred. The wind suddenly stopped, and the rustling sound of the trees also came to an abrupt halt, as if the whole world had been muted. The woman in front of her who was bending over to talk and laugh with her suddenly broke into countless light and shadows, and Lilith opened her eyes abruptly.
"Are you asleep?"
Catherine had tucked one of her long hair behind her ear and was leaning over her.
Lilith couldn't answer. She only felt a loud roar in her mind and as if millions of bees were flapping their wings in her ears. The low buzzing sound came from all directions, drowning out all other sounds. Even her own heartbeat became unclear.
"I..." Lilith spoke with difficulty, and this time she finally heard her own voice.
Is she asleep...?
She found herself still under the little sacred tree, the palace still stood majestically, and everything before her seemed to have changed and yet remained unchanged, except that the person bending over to look at her had turned into Catherine's face.
Is she really awake now…?
"Are your legs numb?" Leila walked forward, stretched out her calloused hand and pulled up the confused Lilith. The sudden appearance of the red-haired girl added some reality to Lilith.
"Catherine..." Lilith stared at Catherine's profile in confusion. When she examined herself, she lifted her hair, revealing her round and full earlobes, looking crystal clear and lovely.
"Have you ever considered wearing earrings?"
For some reason, Lilith asked this question.