Chapter 127

"What do you mean when you said that? Why there is a censorship program in my dream? And why she looks like that?" Renneshia angrily said as she woke up.

She uses magic to create some cold water to wash her face. It was refreshing and cleared her mind from the confusion after she saw that dream. Every time she had dreams about 'Renneshia' from the game, she always woke up with a messy feeling. Especially today because she met with her before she woke up.

"Hey, can you repeat the last thing that you just said in the dream?" Renneshia said while touching the mirror in her room.

"..." There was no reply from her reflection in the mirror and it was just a normal reflection of her expressionless face because she hadn't used her magic to turn herself into Ludger.

"Haa, I feel like I have gone crazy for talking to a mirror like this. I think it was different from the time with 'Shia'. I don't even know if it was real or just my imagination. But could it be it was similar to a parallel world theory? Or your soul was actually inside this body? Can you please answer me?... Where could I find the answer to this question?"  Renneshia sighed because it was a mystery without an answer.

It has been a few days since she had the dream about Renneshia from the game. She could feel what Renneshia in her dream feels and experience. But it was more similar to watching a 4D movie or similar thing like a virtual reality that she read about before in her past life. Renneshia seems to have some interest in Prince Edmund but her feelings are more similar to gratitude for his kindness.

'I think your feelings are similar to imprinting. You like him because he was the first person besides your mother who cared about you. It was a shame that you didn't know that they had killed your mother at that time. I wonder what will happen to you if you know about it when you accept that fake engagement plan and stay in the Palace?" Renneshia thought as she looked at her reflection.

"I think I need to dye my hair again today. The effect of the magic dye seems started to disappear." Renneshia looked at her hair which became a reddish-dark brown colour rather than the usual dark red.

"If not because I saw that 'Renneshia' in my dream I might forget about my real look. This face is really almost devoid of any kind of expression. I really wanted to praise my Mom and Brother Winslow who were able to see such a minuscule change in my expression. Even I couldn't differentiate the difference." Renneshia said while dyeing her hair and looking in the mirror.

It was the usual morning and she was doing her morning routine and making sure that she put the 'Ludger' appearance perfectly.  And she put some spells surrounding her body until she looked perfectly with her usual pretty boy appearance. Only after she was satisfied with her looks, she went out of her room. Only a few people know about her real appearance. 

She didn't hide it because she didn't believe them but because she thought it would be dangerous for them to know about her real identity. And deep in Renneshia's heart, she was afraid that they would change their treatment of her when they saw her real identity. They might accept her real identity but that doesn't mean that they won't be feeling betrayed or tricked by her.

'...Should I ask someone who sees a person from their benefits like Hugo or someone who only sees other people from their knowledge like Favian? I think they are the only people who will act as if it were nothing and treat me like usual. What about someone like Sister Elviira?' Renneshia thought that she might be told by someone who was quite close to 'Ludger' about her real identity and try to select a few of her acquaintances as candidates. 

Suddenly another thought came to her mind. 'Should I tell him too? No, I won't tell him except if my Mom decides to marry him. But I couldn't imagine how he would tease me when he found out that I crossdressing as a boy.' 

As Ludger, Kismet was someone who usually made him do a lot of work while indirectly making him feel that he needed to repay him for his help. While Kismet always said that Ludger didn't owe him anything, later Ludger heard that he was actually protecting the Red Dawn restaurant and the workers secretly.

Brother Winslow and Sister Ancelina's family decided to live in a small house near this area. They didn't live in Red Dawn because they were afraid that their younger siblings might disturb Ludger and there also a possibility that was they would find out about Ludger's true identity and make a fuss about it. 

At first, Renneshia thought to give them some of the houses that she bought as 'Ludger' with the help of Hugo because she predicted that those house prices would rise a lot when the Red Dawn became famous. But she never thought, in the end, she would sell two houses with only a quarter of the price that she bought to Brother Winslow and Sister Ancelina because they refused to take the house for free.

At that time, Hugo who helped with the selling process was dumbfounded at what Ludger did. He keeps asking if Ludger seriously will sell it at that price. Ludger only said that he wouldn't understand his reason and continue to sell it at that price. But Ludger's words seem to give Hugo different interpretations as he starts to watching Brother Winslow and Sister Ancelina carefully.

The most surprising thing was when Hugo said that he finally understood what Ludger meant after a month of watching both of them. He also told Ludger that he really respected him because he was able to use other people's gratitude to earn a lot of money. When Ludger ask him about it, Hugo tells him that he is impressed because Ludger might know that both of them will make the Red Dawn restaurant become more popular than before.

At that time, Renneshia who dressed as Ludger, felt there was something wrong with his mind but after thinking for a while, she realized that Hugo was acting like that because he was a real merchant that only looking at something as a loss or gain. Ludger felt that it was something normal or more like a rational decision as a merchant. 

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Ludger went out of the Red Dawn restaurant and there was a carriage waiting for him.

"Master Ludger, it has been a while since we were able to meet each other. Today I picked you to go together because I want to talk with you about something important." Hugo was smiling but his smile looked like a mask because Ludger could see that his eyes showed how angry he was.

"We only haven't met for two days, please don't exaggerate it. I was too busy lately and it might be get worse for around a long until the end of the Winter Festival. Alright, I will listen to what you want to say. And I also want to ask about something to you." Ludger nodded his head and entered the carriage.

After both of them enter the carriage, Hugo quickly activates the magic barriers of the carriage to protect them and prevent other people able to hear their conversation. He use it because they were often to talking about their secret business, especially about Ludger's identity as 'Nero' which was their top secret and might cause chaos if it was known by other people. 

After he finished activating the magic barriers, Hugo opened his mouth. "I have heard about your bet with other guilds. I have done what I need to do to help you to deal with them. Of do you want me to stop supplying them from today onward? It might be much more easier as their punishment and they might be pull back their challenge to you."

"I have known about it because Mr Hudson has warned me to not do something like that after the meeting. Why do you all think that I might do such things just to punish them? Well, I also didn't want you to do it because you will hurt other people if you do that." Ludger said with a tired smile because more and more people treated him like he was a really dangerous person or the leader of some mafia-like organization.

"Alright, I won't do it. But I still think that we need to cause them to regret what they are trying to do. Ah, I almost forgot that Favian might put some kind of poison in their medicine. Ah, we need to get there quicker, right?" Hugo said and knocked on the small window.

When they arrive at the alchemy guild, they see Favian who waiting for their arrival. His face was full with happiness as he had a big smile on his face.

"Guild Master, would you like to tell my Teacher about what we will do to that muscle head fool? Besides it was they who trying to steal our most brilliant researcher." Favian asked the person beside him to have a bright side when he saw Ludger.

He was the Guild Master of the alchemy guild and someone who was respected as a person who able to gain other Guild Master.