Chapter 39

Dawn Scarlett



The dinner is already finished and I am on my way back to my room and I want to run going back to my room because I am starting to panic but of course, I control myself not to because there may be eyes watching my movements. Aurelius Shen can manipulate magic and I have a feeling that he may use it to be able to see my reaction after what had happened during dinner. And so, I need to be extra careful of my movements, I need to make sure that I do not look like I am panicking the hell out and that I am not acting like my secret has been busted a while ago.



"Well, what he said was true, if someone said that you are blessed by the gods then most probably I would believe it"



I still cannot believe what he just said during dinner. Like what the hell? I do not know if he already had seen through my disguise right from the start and is currently making fun of me or he is just saying that because of how he sees my aura and because of its purity he can relate to it to the possibility of me being blessed by the gods. But either way - I really cannot help but be nervous because I may have been already standing on the tip of the cliff and in just one push - even the slightest push could make me fall to my death. But then after a few seconds, he opened his mouth again and the words that came out of it made me subconsciously heave a deep sigh; a sigh of relief but I do not know if it will last that long.



"But then again, I also do not think that is possible because I do not believe that gods exist," he said in a plain yet cold manner. He is still looking straight at my eyes, he is giving me that look as if he is looking right through my soul and I cannot divert my eyes even if I want to because it would make me suspicious. One thing that he would think when I divert my eyes is that the things that I am telling him a while back to now are all lies and another thing is that he would probably think that there is a huge possibility as well that I am indeed blessed by the gods.



Damn it! Why does that man, the emperor need to be that clever, calculative, and fcking observant?



As I make my way back to my room, I do not know if I am just being paranoid or what but I do feel that someone is watching me. Damn I need to reach my room - that place is my safe place... or maybe not since I remember that I am still fcking inside the imperial palace and even the room that I am staying here is the property of the Emperor. Argh! I need to do something about this - I need to rethink my plan or in one way or another talk to Raphael about what happened tonight. Right, I need to talk to Raphael tomorrow and inform him what exactly happen tonight, I need to make sure that whatever he will say just in case he is going to be interrogated by Aurelius Shen is the same as what I said tonight.



My disguise shouldn't be busted for fck's sake.



In just a few more steps, I finally arrived at my room. I slowly opened the door - just like how I usually open it although I want to open it hurriedly I can't because the feeling that someone is watching me behind my back is still there. And I cannot just ignore that, as a doctor who has been working in the military field in my past life I can instantly feel whenever someone is staring at me for quite long, my senses are quite sharp, and having sharp senses is a requirement in my job but the thing is even if that is the case, I wasn't able to rely on it before I am killed by my sister and the senior I always looked up to. And to be honest, it is frustrating but then again I guess, it is also a blessing that it happened because I can escape such a life and I can live a new one without them.



The downside of it is that I am reincarnated into a completely foreign world with things that I couldn't still comprehend even if I am already staying here for a year.



I entered my room and I instantly closed the door. At that very moment when I finally closed the door, the feeling of someone watching me already disappeared, and I cannot help but let out a deep sigh - I even let my body slide down until I am already sitting on the floor because my legs have turned soft. It was like that the moment that Aurelius Shen started to have this tone that he knows that I am partly lying in front of his face and that he can read through me.



"What happened to you master?" I heard a familiar voice asked and of course, it came from Yuki - my familiar and of course, he is the only one who calls me master. To be honest, I am quite uncomfortable whenever he calls me master, maybe I will just let him call me by my name later on.



I let out another deep sigh and I am about to narrate to him what happened when someone cut me off - and that someone is none other than Fourteen.



"She just had a conversation with Emperor Aurelius Shen and she almost got busted" that is what he said and my eyes instantly move to where his voice is coming from and I instantly glared at him. Yuki on the other hand, looked at me curiously with his big ocean blue fox eyes, and in an instant smoke formed around his body, and right now he transformed to his human form.



And I still cannot get over the fact that he is the same person that I also helped months ago and the person who asked me to become his doctor. Although I am already familiar with his human form, more familiar than his fox form - I honestly rather see and interact with him in his fox form than in his fox form. I am not saying that I am uncomfortable, it is just that I haven't adjusted yet to that fact and it will take me quite some time before I could get used to him transforming from his fox form to his human form.



"Do you want me to erase his memories master?" Yuki asked which made my eyes instantly go wide.



"No no no!" I stopped him right before he could jump out of the window. I know no one could see him and that he has the capability of erasing Aurelius Shen's memory of what happened tonight but then again I do not also want to risk it - and it is impossible that Aurelius Shen did not make precautionary spells to counter any memory erasing spells that may be cast upon him. That man is pretty clever and what I thought is highly possible. "I can handle it. It is just that I am quite taken aback by how he talked to me - it was like he is reading through the depths of my soul which makes me think like he knows that I am lying about something" I said and Yuki looked at me as if he is asking if I am already sure with my answer because he could do something about Aurelius Shen, that he is going to follow whatever my order is.



Do familiar bonds work this way? Because honestly work this way? Because honestly, I do not think that I could handle this kind of thing and I think I could never be used to being treated as a superior being. It is not that have an inferiority complex of some sort but the thing is that I am used to living a lowkey life - the same life that other people have and are enjoying but right now, I have the life that everyone could dream of, well, I do not know if other people are dreaming to be chosen by gods but oh well, let's just put it that way.



"Well, you do not have to worry honestly because that Emperor, even if he is indeed clever - he doesn't know a thing, and even if he tries so hard to read your soul using magic he cannot find anything because you have the blessing of the gods. You are protected by our magic power and that necklace you have right there which I gave before your dinner with him is also additional protection" Fourteen suddenly said and with what he said I honestly cannot help but let out a sigh - a sigh of relief. Well, I am not doubting him because he is a god and gods are superior beings in this world. Of course, they are omniscient and omnipresent. And another reason why I am not doubting what he said is being the reason why I am here is because of them - they want me to become their instrument, even if it sounds bad I have no choice but to address myself that way because it is the truth.



They summoned me here in this world to become their chosen one, to aid the people of this world to fight the calamity that is about to befall sooner or later. The gods of this world are using me as a tool to be able to show the people that they are always watching and that they still give a damn about this world. And of course, for me to be able to know how to use the power that they also gave to me they need to make sure that I am not going to encounter any hindrances and those hindrances include people who are going to try and eliminate me because of two reasons.



The first reason, they want to have the power and influence of the chosen one to their own. The second reason is that I already have my own set of enemies because I am currently residing inside the Imperial Palace and for sure, even if I haven't left the palace for quite some time now, I know that there is a rumor circulating about me and the emperor, himself.



And for me to be able to fulfill my mission without any flaw is that they need to make sure that I am going to have a smooth transition and Raphael and Alaistair are the ones who are going to help me with that shit. Another thing is that I am pretty damn sure that they already know that I hate the fact that they transmigrated me into this world, made me their chosen one, given my powers, and technically gave me a burden without even consulting me. That I did not even ask for this shit so, of course, they are going to do something to make up for that because if they didn't I am pretty sure that they know what will happen next - and that is there is going to be a huge possibility that I am not going to help the people of this world to survive the calamity and not only that, Aurelius Shen may also instantly chop off my head knowing that I technically lied right in front of his face about my identity.



Everything is a win-win situation. They are going to protect me from getting busted by Aurelius Shen that I am technically transmigrated from another world and I am going to do my part in being their chosen one. Of course, I also know that they do not want anyone - any human being to find out that transmigration is possible because that would surely be bad for them. Gods should always and forever remain mysterious and they should always have their trump cards.



"So, what was that all about a while ago? That he is just testing me and observing my reactions so that he could tell whether or not I am lying with a straight face?" I asked - well, silly me why did I ask the obvious when I already know the damn f-cking answer anyways? "Anyways, just forget that I asked that stupid question when I already know the answer" I added and I immediately saw Fourteen grins at me - it is as if he is happy; extremely happy that I ask a very stupid question.



"You shouldn't be grinning that way Fourteen because you still need to explain a few things to me. Just like - why me? Out of billions of people in my world, why the hell did you choose me to become the divine lady of this world? I really do not think that I am that special in my previous life" I asked and instantly the grin he has on his face disappeared and he is already keeping a straight face.



Will I actually get the answer that I am expecting? Or will he just keep me hanging again and give me a riddle instead of an answer? Whatever it is I am really going to pester the shit out of him although he is a god until he gave me an answer to the questions that I have inside my head.



*To be continued*