She has long brown hair, and her bangs are parted to one side, revealing half of her forehead. The facial features look very soft, giving people the feeling of a gentle and moving woman in a water town. But in this case, the more beautiful they are, the more weird they look. Don't all female ghosts follow a gentle and elegant style.
Moreover, the robe on her body is a bit too old. Not only is the wiring rough, but the cuffs and robe corners are all tattered, as if it was picked up from a junkyard.
"I-I heard you going out, I wanted to check if you closed the door properly, but when I looked back, I saw someone suddenly behind me!" Zero's face was bloodless, obviously frightened. light.
The woman also seemed to have noticed the movement here. She raised her head and looked towards the door, her expression suddenly changed.
Roland clenched his fists subconsciously, ready to meet the opponent's attack.
He didn't expect her next words to surprise him, "Roland... Your Majesty?"
What
His Majesty
"Uh, you're..." he tentatively.
"I'm Phyllis, Your Majesty, what's the situation now?" The confusion and confusion in the woman's eyes were no less than his.
Phyllis? Roland's heart was like an electric turn in an instant, and a series of doubts emerged one after another. That witch of God's Punishment guarding the castle hall? Why was she connected to the dream world? Is the world turning from closed to open? What about Anna, why didn't she show up
"Wait, do you know each other?" Zero found something wrong, "What is your majesty... Are you guys playing role-playing?"
"Ahem, she's... a distant relative of mine," Roland suddenly realized that it wasn't the time to be in a daze, "As for Your Majesty, it's just a joke, she grew up with me, so it's not surprising that she was called. "
"Relative?" Seeing that it wasn't a ghost, the little girl's courage quickly returned to a normal level, and her doubts grew sharply, "You clearly asked who the other party was just now."
"Is there?" he said without changing his face, "I only saw a coward who was so frightened that he almost didn't wet his pants."
Zero's cheeks suddenly turned red, "You, you are talking nonsense!
"Isn't that scream from you? She was actually in the house a long time ago, but you were doing your homework in your bedroom and didn't notice it."
"Sorry, that... I didn't mean to scare you," and the strange woman's comprehension ability also made Roland secretly amazed, "When His Majesty left just now, I happened to go to another room and came out to say hello. screamed and ran out."
"I guess the truth is probably the same. She asked what the situation was, but she was actually frightened by you." Roland added the last knife, "If I saw a kid shouting loudly as soon as I went out, I would also be confused. of."
"I... I..." Zero was speechless for a while. Screaming was a fact, she couldn't deny it, and she didn't have the habit of lying. She was suddenly caught in a dilemma, and tears gradually welled up in her eyes.
Hmm... It seemed to be going too far. He bent down and touched the little girl's head, "Anyway, this is a misunderstanding. Go back and study."
You can't win in this adult's scheming contest, Roland thought without guilt, just think of it as a baptism in the process of growing up. A life that has not been deceived by the adults is incomplete.
He thought that Zero would run into the bedroom sobbing, but he didn't expect that the other party took a deep breath and snot, and at the same time took back the flashing tears, and then raised his foot and kicked him in the leg, "Uncle You bastard!" Then he returned to the room angrily.
He couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, although the process was slightly different from what he had guessed, but... the result is the same.
"Pfft," the woman who claimed to be Phyllis couldn't help laughing, "It seems that you are not the supreme mortal king here."
"But here, I am the master of the world," Roland made a gesture of invitation, "Go to my room and talk, I also have a lot of questions to ask you."
…
After half an hour, he was finally convinced that the other party was Phyllis.
Not only what happened to Taquila, but also what she saw and heard in the castle, as well as the experience of disguising as the "dark money" maid No. 76, she was right. Even some things he didn't know very well, she told them in great detail and could echo back and forth.
At least based on this point, it can be ruled out that she is a self-born conscious body in this world. It is impossible to achieve this level with his memory alone.
And the body that Phyllis has now is exactly what she looked like when she received the soul extraction.
Then the next question becomes obvious.
Why did she enter the dream world
"I don't know..." Phyllis shook her head. "It was very late at the time. The First Army had just performed a shift change. I planned to cut off my body control and use deep sleep to quickly recover my energy. I didn't expect to arrive as soon as I opened my eyes. Here." She paused, "You call this place... the dream world?"
"That's right, a world that only works when I'm dreaming, but I don't know if this rule is still valid now." At this point, there is no need to hide. He understands that this complex world does not exist in his mind, but it feels quite... terrifying, after all, one thing can be confirmed, the dream world is constructed according to his memory, which is equivalent to Someone entered his memory without permission.
Roland unfolded the tool ladder behind the door and placed it beside the bed, "Maybe we can test it to find out why you came to the dream world."
"What is this?" Phyllis asked in surprise.
"When I fall from the top of it, the dream will end. You can try it first to see if you can return to the real world. Then I will interrupt the dream, and if you can get out of it, you will wait for me in the hall, and I will immediately Come down." Roland explained.
"Wait... Your Majesty," Phyllis suddenly reached out and grabbed him.
This move surprised him. If it was in Neverwinter City, it would undoubtedly be a rude move. It's impossible for her to forget the customs of the past few hundred years just because she suddenly came to an unfamiliar environment, right
"Can you… pinch me hard?" she asked in a low voice.
"What?" Roland was stunned.
"Please use your best strength, okay?" Phyllis tied up her sleeves and handed her snow-white arm to him.
"Pain won't wake up a dream, I've confirmed that."
"I just wanted to feel... please."
feel? Thinking of Agatha's description of God's Punishment Witch, Roland immediately understood her thoughts. After a moment of silence, he stretched out his right hand and twisted it hard on the opponent's wrist.
Phyllis gritted her teeth and let out an extremely satisfying moan from her throat, like a long-thirsty traveler suddenly drinking sweet nectar, and her whole body trembled.
After a long time, she opened her eyes and let out a long breath.
"God is above, I can feel the pain again!" Phyllis seemed to be a different person at the moment, her eyes almost glowing when she looked at Roland.
"You can do it yourself." He spread his hands.
"That's different, Your Majesty." She shook her head and knelt down suddenly, "Perhaps this world is just a dream for you, but I am willing to give everything for it, maybe after I leave, I will never be able to come back here again. , at least for now, can you make this dream last longer?"