chapter 42
42 – Past Life Experience #4
After finishing the walk outside, we returned to the palace hall. It was when we went into the royal bedroom and were resting. There was a loud knocking sound on the bedroom door.
“Who is it?”
「Princess Eunryeong, this is Okchun. “I have come to tell you some important news.”
Okchun.
She was one of the maids who followed Sarah around during the day.
“Come in.”
「Yes.」
Okchun carefully opened the door and entered the bedroom.
Sera asked Okchun.
“Okchun. What do you mean important news?”
「Princess Hongryeon will arrive at Sobyeol Palace tomorrow. She says she is scheduled to arrive at 7345667.”
Princess Hongryeon was someone I had heard countless stories about. It could be said that she was the princess of heaven who was Sarah and her sister in her previous life. I wasn’t sure when it would arrive, but the date finally became clear. It was tomorrow that we could meet Princess Hongryeon.
“7345667 O’clock? Hongryeon is coming then?”
「Yes, it is 23398589 o’clock.」
Of course, the numbers representing the time changed strangely, so I couldn’t tell when it would arrive. In dreams, all numbers tend to change strangely. Sera waved her hand towards Okchun.
“Okay, let’s go.”
「Yes, Princess Eunryeong.」
Okchun said hello and left the bedroom.
Now, tomorrow, I would be able to see the face of Princess Hongryeon. We saw many things in our past life dreams, but it felt a bit disappointing to wake up like this. I thought I would be satisfied if I woke up after meeting Princess Hongryeon.
“Jinwoo, a person named Hongryeon is coming tomorrow.”
“Do you remember who Hongryeon is? I heard from people that someone named Hongryeon is your sister.”
“I don’t remember anything. But when I searched the bedroom when you were gone, I found a letter written in writing. It was from Hongryeon.”
Sera took out a letter from the bedroom dresser. It was a letter from Princess Hongryeon. I received the letter and read it once. There was no special information, but it was a letter written to check if they had eaten and to wait for them as they would visit Sobyeolgung soon. When Princess Hongryeon wrote down Sarah’s name, she sometimes used the term “Her younger sister.”
“Little brother? So I guess you were Princess Hongryeon’s younger brother in your past life?”
“Yes, the person who was my older sister in my past life is Princess Hongryeon. She is probably a fairy like me. She is probably wearing a winged outfit.”
A memory came to mind.
When the people in the dream called Sister Eun-ryeong and Hongryeon, they used the expression ‘fairies.’
Princess Hongryeon, like Sera in her previous life, was said to be the daughter of the Jade Emperor Sangje and a fairy.
“I see.”
I nodded.
“I wonder what Princess Hongryeon looks like.”
“Honestly, I’m curious too. Let’s just look at that person and end the past life experience.”
Me and Sarah decided to see Princess Hongryeon and wake her up from her dream. Two days have already passed since we woke up from our dream. The time has come for us to wake up to reality. Our goal was to wait one more day and go see Princess Hongryeon.
It was then.
Sarah spoke to me with her meaningful smile.
“Jinwoo, but can you really be satisfied with seeing Princess Hongryeon?”
“Then what can we do other than watching? Why don’t you go and shake her hand? Since you’re my little sister, I’ll accept your handshake.”
“It’s not something as trivial as a handshake… Think about the story of the fairy and the woodcutter or the legend about the fairy. The fairy tales have something in common. The common point is that a fairy who loses her winged clothes loses her powers. She can’t fly and has special powers. You won’t be able to use it.”
Sera’s expression was unusual. She had the look on her face that she would make when plotting a dark plan. Although she was sneaky, it was so interesting that I couldn’t help but listen.
“In the story of the fairy and the woodcutter, the fairy lost her wings and was unable to return to heaven. She even married a woodcutter she had never seen before and became his in-laws. I have thought about this when I read children’s books since kindergarten. “
“What do you think?”
Sarah continued her words while playing with her hair.
“I wonder if stealing the wing clothes puts a magical bondage on the fairy. The person who stole the wing clothes might be able to treat the fairy like a slave. What’s wrong with a beautiful fairy marrying a woodcutter? The woodcutter’s “Maybe I got married because I was forced to listen.”
“Hoo….”
My childhood friend has had magical thoughts since kindergarten? Being a slave and all that was not an idea that could have come out of a kindergartener’s head. However, Sarah’s guess about the secret of her fairy tale was quite plausible.
“She’s been a precocious lady since kindergarten, princess.”
“It doesn’t mean that the lady is a pervert, does it?”
“No.”
Sera cleared her throat and told me the main point.
“Anyway, Princess Hongryeon is a fairy. Wouldn’t we be able to find out the truth if we take a peek at that person’s wing clothes?”
“I guess so.”
When I asked what he was talking about, he suggested that we steal Princess Hongryeon’s winged clothes. If you take a peek at the wing clothes yourself, you will be able to clearly see what is happening.
Of course, Princess Hongryeon was not the only one wearing a winged outfit.
Serra in front of me right now was also wearing a winged outfit.
I asked Sarah with a puzzled expression.
“But there’s no need to steal it, can’t we just experiment with your clothes? We can check right here.”
“…….”
Is there really a need to mess with Princess Hongryeon in such a complicated way? You could try an experiment with Sarah’s wing clothes.
But Sarah shook her head.
In a rare occurrence, Sarah’s cheeks turned red.
“Absolutely not.”
“Why is it not possible?”
“If you are magically bound, you will become a slave. Do you trust me to do some kind of mischief and entrust you with a winged suit? Absolutely not.”
“Hmm.”
It was a very extreme situation to use my childhood friend as a slave.
I couldn’t tell Sarah, who was so embarrassed, to hand over her wing clothes.
“Let’s experiment with Princess Hongryeon instead of me. It’s a dream anyway.”
“Good.”
I clapped with Sarah.
Our hands met in the air! He made a sound.
It couldn’t have been a bold plan to steal a fairy’s wing clothes in person. But it wasn’t like stealing directly from reality, this was in a dream. The people walking around were like NPCs, so we didn’t have to worry about what happened afterward no matter what we did. Who’s going to say anything if you steal something in the game?
The genre of dreams has changed into GTA.
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Our plan was like this. When Princess Hongryeon arrived at the palace, there would come a time when she was taking a bath or falling asleep. All I had to do was take advantage of that moment and steal the wing clothes and run away. I was invisible to the people in the dream, so they could easily steal the wingsuit.
Sera also told me about her plans in case of emergency.
“If there is no gap, let’s just run together and take off our clothes.”
“Are you serious?”
“I’m serious. The wing coat is like a coat anyway, so I’ll be wearing it underneath.”
“It doesn’t matter if you wear something underneath. Let’s do it.”
If there was no gap, we planned to rush in and take off Princess Hongryeon’s wings. After that, all we had to do was look at Princess Hongryeon’s reaction and force her to wake up from the dream. Sarah grabbed me and went up to the sky and fell.
The plan was thorough.
As time passed, we heard that Princess Hongryeon had arrived at the palace where we were.
The palace maid told the news to Sarah, who was resting in the palace.
「Princess Hongryeon is scheduled to arrive soon.」
“Okay. I’ll leave right away.”
Sera and I immediately went out to the large yard in front of the palace.
The palace gate opened and Princess Hongryeon’s group entered the yard.
━━Quick!
There were quite a few people coming inside. There were several servants carrying the palanquin, soldiers guarding the area, and maids following behind. Princess Hongryeon was riding in a palanquin with colorful patterns on it.
「Arrived at Sobyeolgung! “Princess Hongryeon!”
The servants slowly lowered the palanquin to the ground while shouting in loud voices.
The door of the palanquin opened and Princess Hongryeon came down to the yard.
We got to see her, whom we had only heard about through rumors.
“Oh.”
She was a black-haired fairy who seemed to be around the same age as us. The moment she stepped out of her palanquin, her ebony, fine hair flowed down like a waterfall. She had a beautiful appearance that looked like an oriental painting.
Princess Hongryeon was wearing a colorful winged outfit, just like Sarah in her previous life.
Those clothes were our target.
「It’s been a while, Eunryeong.」
Princess Hongryeon lightly waved her hand towards Sera. A soft voice flowed from between Princess Hongryeon’s lips. Sarah, who was next to me, calmly accepted my greeting even after hearing her previous life’s name.
“It’s been a while, Hongryeon-ni.”
「I missed my little brother. “What have you been doing alone in the villa all this time?”
“I just carried on as usual.”
「So you’re saying it was like usual?」
“Yes.”
The sisters’ conversation seemed to proceed naturally. Just like this, all they had to do was wait for the moment when Princess Hongryeon entered the building and reveal her gap. It was when I was waiting for the moment to steal the wing suit. I heard something completely unexpected from Princess Hongryeon.
「Are you really carrying on as usual?」
“That’s right.”
「Then who is the boy next to you?」
The boy next to me.
Princess Hongryeon called me.
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
At that moment, we were embarrassed.
Princess Hongryeon was looking at me precisely.
「There’s a boy there. “A kid wearing a strange blue suit.”
When it came to strange blue clothes, it meant the jeans I was wearing. No matter what you think, it was right to call me.
It was a strange thing. Originally, in this dream of my past life, I was treated as someone who did not exist. So far, the only person who recognized me or was able to have a normal conversation with me was Sarah. But now one more person who recognized me appeared.
“Gasp.”
The plan went wrong.
If Princess Hongryeon could see me, she couldn’t steal the wing clothes.
Sera asked me urgently.
“How did this happen? Why can that woman see you? Didn’t you say it was a bug or something?”
“It’s probably a bug.”
I quickly grasped the situation.
Princess Hongryeon was the granddaughter of the Jade Emperor. Since she inherited the bloodline of a god, it was said that she was also Princess Hongryeon and that she was a goddess. She was a high-ranking god who was on a different level from the people she had encountered in her dreams. Isn’t she so extraordinary that she can move just fine in other people’s dreams?
If you think this is a game, Princess Hongryeon over there was an abnormally excellent artificial intelligence. It was possible to go beyond the level of an NPC and think like a player. So much so that you can recognize bugs yourself.
“Isn’t it because she’s the granddaughter of the Jade Emperor? Because she’s a high-ranking god, she moves normally even in other people’s dreams.”
“Oh my god….”
I remembered the warning I read in Hwayeon Bodhisattva’s magic book. It was a warning that if you have a past life experience in an overly sacred space, it may be difficult to wake up from your dream.
I finally realized what that meant.
It was a phrase warning against encountering God in a dream.
If you are a high-ranking god, you can act as you please even in other people’s dreams.
It was right then.
Princess Hongryeon, who was staring at us, opened her mouth.
「Aha… “Now I know how things work.”
It was when we were assessing the situation.
Princess Hongryeon also used her brain to figure out the situation.
「This was your dream. “Eunryeong.”
“…!”
「I can tell right away. You lost your memory, right? “I guess you were reincarnated when you were dreaming?”
“How do you do that…!”
Something ridiculous happened.
Even though Princess Hongryeon did not teach her, she saw through Sarah’s identity. We could have realized that it was a dream because we said so. However, she even noticed the secret that Sarah had lost her memories and was reincarnated.
She had no choice but to interpret it as the power of God.
「Did she abandon this older sister and go down to this world alone? It’s disappointing. She’s the only one playing around with a cute looking boy….」
Princess Hongryeon’s soft voice became faint.
The smile disappeared from Princess Hongryeon’s face.
「This is a bit scandalous.」
The cold, subdued voice of a fairy rang out.