Chapter 697
Translator: TransN Editor: TransN
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After finishing his dinner and waiting for Zero to return to her room to do her homework, Roland arrived at the doorstep of apartment 0827 as promised .
The door creaked open after he knocked on it a few times .
Garcia, still wearing that ice-cold expression of hers, said, "Come on in . "
After entering, Roland found that the decoration of her apartment was much more luxurious than his . The flooring was changed into real wood . There was a shoe shelf by the entrance, and a crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling . Even the walls were painted over with fine white paint . It was definitely not the original cheap paint that covered the walls of this tube-shaped apartment building before .
"I don’t have extra slippers . You can wear mine for now . " She pointed to a pair of slippers decorated with furry rabbit ears in the bottom layer of the shoe shelf . "I love wearing large slippers so they shouldn’t be too small for you . "
Roland put the slippers on . They were not small but they were winter slippers . He felt hot the moment he put them on . He could not stand the pair of furry rabbit ears and could hardly imagine what Garcia looked like when she wore these cute slippers .
She seems so standoffish . How can such a pair of slippers match her dry personality?
He walked to the sofa and sat on it . "By the way, could I have some water? Dinner was a little salty . "
Garcia frowned and gave him a look . "Only cold water . "
"Cold water is fine . "
When she turned around to fetch water from the kitchen, Roland held his head up and looked around the room . All the apartments in this building had identical layouts . Every two adjacent apartments were symmetrical . Based on the layout of his own apartment, he was certain that this corridor facing the entrance must lead to the storage .
As he expected, he saw a similar room at the end of the corridor, but Garcia had redecorated it . She even changed the door into a louvered sliding door . Normally, this type of door could not be locked, which was good news for him . But he was still worried that she might have also dismantled the iron door and refurbished the outer walls when decorating .
When Garcia returned to the living room with a glass of water in her hand, Roland had stopped looking and leaned on the sofa to watch the TV .
"Thank you!" Roland said as he fetched the glass . "You live here alone? But in the parent's meeting this morning, they all said that you're the daughter of the Clover . . . "
"No, I'm not . I've got nothing to do with the Clover . You could even say that they’re my enemies . " Garcia interrupted in a cold tone .
"Enemies?" Roland was stunned . "Then your cousin . . . "
Garcia seemed somewhat depressed . She explained, "They’re taking advantage of my cousin by getting him to talk me into going back, but if I leave here, the Clover Association would demolish this building . "
"So it's the Clover Association that launched the mall expansion project next door?"
"Who else would dare to demolish such an ancient building?" Garcia looked confused and asked, "You live here . Why don't you know this?"
This is going to be bad! She isn't Zero . She's a mature grown adult . If she inherits the characteristics of Princess Garcia, it would be even more difficult to fool her .
"Ahem . . . I've paid little attention to what's going on around this place . Plus, I've lost my job earlier and haven't stepped out of my apartment for almost six months . " Roland shifted the topic in a hurry . " You've told me that a martialist has some other jobs besides participating in contests?"
"Yes . For a martialist, to participate in a contest is just equivalent to training . The most important mission of us is to fight against erosion from the outside world instead of winning prizes and publicizing the martial arts to the audience . "
"What erosion?" he was stunned and asked .
"You should know the Fallen Evils . They’re one kind of the erosion and also the most common . They aren't people who lost their control over the Force of Nature after awakening . Instead, they're those who were eroded by the outside world, thus turning into another lifeform . Conventional means can barely harm them, so we need to stand up and fight against them . " Garcia explained to him with a low voice .
Roland swallowed hard as a sense of unease grew in his heart . "The Dream World is eroded?
"What's the meaning of the outside world?"
"I can't tell you more about that unless you join the Martialist Association and obtain a hunting license . "
"Why?"
"Because not all people who have awakened their Force of Nature will choose to side with the martialists . " Garcia pronounced her words one by one . "Some people even hope that forces from the outside world would break into our world . These people are hostile to all human beings . Hence, a hunting license would not only allow a person to fight against Fallen Evils, but also permit martialists to kill those awakened people who want to destabilize the society . "
"So that's why it's called the hunting license?" Roland was frightened upon hearing this . In other words, if I confirm that I've awakened with the Force of Nature and refuse to join their Martialist Association, wouldn’t I be considered as their mortal enemy?
Garcia shook her head as if she saw through his concerns . "A small part of the awakened refused to join the Martialist Association or to work for those forces of evil . They're called the centrists . Our Martialist Association won’t take action against them, but the Fallen Evils are different . Most centrists act alone, so they would frequently get attacked by them . If you don't plan on joining the Martialist Association, you'd better hide your power forever . "
Seeing as Garcia had told him so much, Roland could not help but feel awkward . He initially thought that she was a callous person, but actually, she was not that difficult to talk to . When they first met each other in this world, he had even thought that she was an arrogant woman who thought she was above everyone else .
"When we first met each other, your immediate reaction was to reach for the weapon on your back, so why should I be nice to you? You should feel lucky that you didn't actually pull your weapon out . Otherwise, you would already be lying in a hospital bed . " He finally loosened up and let go of his earlier doubts, but all he got was a blank stare .
Just at this moment, Garcia's phone started ringing . She glanced at her phone and frowned, saying, "I’ve got to take this call . "
After saying that, she took the phone into her bedroom and closed the door behind her .
Apparently, she did not want Roland to overhear her phone call .
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" Roland thought .
He stood up right away and took off the slippers fashioned with furry rabbit ears . He then quickly walked to the end of the corridor with bare feet .
Through the gaps in the louvered door, he was able to get a glimpse of what was inside . Garcia had redecorated it into a walk-in closet where there were various types of female clothing, including some female underwear .
However, nothing could stop him from exploring the truth of this world .
He pushed the louvered door without hesitation, and while smelling the fragrance of those female clothes, he walked into the closet .
After walking through layers of clothing, he found a dark turquoise gate at the far end of the closet . He noticed that it was unlocked and its handle was covered with a thick layer of dust which stood out of place among the clean surroundings .
Has Garcia never entered this Gate of Memory?
But this was not the time to think about this . Roland took a deep breath and lightly turned the handle .
The smell of seawater immediately filled his nose, and the sound of waves lapping the beach came from afar . The deep blue sea slowly unfolded in front of him like a vast curtain .
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