Starting from the Dragon Tribe! - Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Nightmare

That night, Lu Chen surprised himself. He didn’t have insomnia, instead entering a rare deep sleep. He even had a dream.

In the dream, he was back in his youth, fighting on the battlefield, his comrades dropping one by one to the enemy fire. With tears in his eyes, he charged, not stopping at all.

It was as if as long as he ran fast enough, Death could not catch him… Fate could not catch him.

It was as if as long as he rushed into enemy territory to destroy the enemy, his comrades would be able to come back to life.

But eventually, the wind swept across the land, the smoke and dust dispersed, and he sat upon the ruins, looking back with forlornness. Not a single person had followed behind him.

Those who grabbed something to eat with him, those who chatted and shot the breeze with him when night fell, those who followed his ass with trepidation, those who laughed at and scolded him… none of them were left.

Suddenly, he awoke.

The morning sunlight fell through the veil in the second bedroom, dense dreamy light illuminating the room. His face felt a bit itchy. It was a girl’s burgundy tresses.

The face that came over was pure and flawless, tinged with a warm glow, like a goddess who was kissing the sinner’s forehead.

And the “goddess” extended her hand to touch his forehead.

For a moment, Lu Chen was unable to distinguish between illusion and reality. In a state of panic, he reflexively reached and locked his hand on the other’s throat, then instantly stopped.

It was Erii.

Erii’s hand was slightly cold, which made Lu Chen considerably more awake.

It was an absurd scene. The teenager only wore pajama pants, the young girl only pink lace pajamas and was straddling the teenager. The scene was not arousing in the slightest, rather, it looked like a saintly mother comforting a child who just had a nightmare.

“You had a nightmare?” Erii showed her little notebook.

Only now did Lu Chen realize that Erii had been wiping his sweat.

Erii might have woken up early to find him to play, but instead saw him lying on his bed, eyes closed, face twisted in pain, which resulted in this scene.

“It’s okay now,” Lu Chen let out a long breath. It was all in the past.

But when he was about to get up, his legs touched the girl’s soft body, making him embarrassed at that moment: “Erii, could you get up first?”

Erii nodded and climbed down from the bed, got up and wrote in her notebook, “Today, I want to go to the Ueno Zoo.”

Lu Chen laughed helplessly. This girl really liked to play. She wasn’t tired of it even after a whole day of it?

“Then go change your clothes,” but Lu Chen still accepted. He wasn’t really interested in the zoo, but didn’t know if it was Chu Zihang and Caesar’s ideological education last night, or the girl’s actions just now, that he just couldn’t refuse.

Before going out, Lu Chen found that the door had a card inserted. He couldn’t help but shake his head and lament at the fact that he became too leisurely in this world.

Never mind that someone put a card in his door without him noticing, he couldn’t even wake up with Erii touching him in a not-so-inconspicuous manner. If it were the battlefield…

He shook his head. This wasn’t the battlefield. He had been born anew, so he should cherish the good times now.

“Mall?” The flier was for a shopping mall. The shopping district of Ginza was very close to them, needing only a walk that was a few minutes, but what kind of person would do something like stuffing these cards at the Peninsula Tokyo Hotel?

He thought to himself that the scope of the Japanese branch’s “services” was far too broad, wasn’t it? Did they think that the headquarters’ ace agent had a need to pick up girls and even arranged a travel guide for me?

But he turned around and saw Erii reluctantly putting on her miko costume and suddenly felt that it was necessary after all.

Even he created the habit of bathing and changing into new clothes daily after having the means to do so. Erii evidently didn’t want to wear yesterday’s clothes, and besides, wearing a miko costume to go out was far too flashy.

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[Translator – cheiftanin]

[Proofreader – Karane]

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Half an hour later, Lu Chen was sitting on the sofa, bored, as he waited for Erii to change clothes.

He was inside the Ginza Mitsukoshi Mall, a store that focused on a wide array of luxury clothing, not that Lu Chen knew.

He was merely guided to this place by the Japanese branch upon entering the mall, yes, the Japanese branch.

The tattoo you accidentally revealed at your wrist completely exposed your identity! And you guys clearly followed and spied on me yesterday. You think I wouldn’t know!?

As he was quietly cursing them, the decently-dressed guide also looked a little embarrassed, pausing for a few seconds to collect his thoughts. The higher-ups instructed that if Lu Chen didn’t figure out the Uesugi clan head’s identity, then just keep concealing it.

“We are also responsible for attending to the sightseeing of headquarters agents. This is the hospitality of the Japanese branch,” in the end, he used this excuse to muddle through, and Lu Chen didn’t bother to pursue it.

He had no idea where he was going anyway, so it was good to have someone lead the way. But he was a bit puzzled: from what he saw in Tamamo no Mae when he came to Japan the first day, the Japanese branch was not very welcoming towards them.

How come they were so attentive now, like a truly hospitable host.

Did you think that I, Lu Chen, would be the kind of person to be corrupted by riches and pleasure?

But as he sat on the sofa and watched Erii go through clothing after clothing, he felt extremely relaxed.

Whenever Erii finished changing into an outfit, the clerk would ask him how he felt, and Erii also spun around with wide-eyed wonder, looking back at Lu Chen hopefully.

Lu Chen couldn’t resist that puppy gaze and could only nod. Buy!

It wasn’t his own money anyway!

The final clothing Erii tried was a new Burberry trench coat. After she was “armed” by the shopkeeper’s thorough advice, the girl that originally looked rustic suddenly seemed to be much more mature.

Like a naturally beautiful gem that was polished and embellished, the girl inadvertently emitted a bewitching, breathtaking beauty. Even Lu Chen’s heart missed a beat.

Lu Chen had actually wanted to say that the Chanel classic black skirt looked better, but considering how it was winter, he thought it was better to have Erii wear something warmer, even if Japanese girls were used to dressing in a “freezing but beautiful” way.

Erii stumbling around in heels like a little duckling was very cute, and her entire aura became more attractive and noticeable, but under Lu Chen’s suggestion, she switched to a pair of sneakers, as they would be walking a lot.

“The total is one million six hundred and thirty thousand yen. Seeing how the two of you are out to enjoy yourselves, shall we move the extra clothes to the hotel for you?” The cashier enthusiastically suggested it at the checkout.

In fact, the clerk had given a “little” discount, but Lu Chen didn’t understand the actual prices of these luxury goods.

Lu Chen swiped his black card, in which he didn’t know how much he had overdrawn from, and nodded, “Then thank you in advance.”

Although he knew that these people were given a heads-up by the Japanese branch, he was still satisfied with their service. It was good to make one less trip.

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