The Last Snow

Chapter 26: Nightmare part 2, Good Night

"Dreamwalker? Where do we find that?", asked Lisa.

"Is that some kind of herb?", asked Jennie.

Seulgi shook her head in reply.

"I'll try to explain, but it's really confusing, even for me. Dreamwalkers are those who retain conscious thought even while asleep. They can exert their will to manipulate dreams. A trained dreamwalker can visit the dreams of other people. And they say that if you master dreamwalking, you could even use your dreams to see the future or the past.", explained Seulgi.

After listening to Seulgi, all three ladies reacted differently.

Somi rolled her eyes in response, thinking that it was all just a bunch of nonsense.

Jennie's eyes widened, and she instinctively covered her mouth.

And Lisa looked at Jennie immediately.

Seulgi looked at Lisa and then at Jennie. She didn't want to assume so she asked, "Milady? By any chance... Are you a dreamwalker?"

Before Jennie could answer, Somi spoke first.

"What does dreamwalking have to do with healing Roseanne? Tsk... She just needs to rest, okay? Trust me. I have experience in this."

"What? How?", asked Jennie.

Somi felt torn. For the others to understand, she had to explain what Rose did. She promised Rose that she wouldn't say anything, but Somi sensed that she had no choice.

"Okay... I'm not supposed to say anything but- Wait, come closer.", whispered Somi to the group.

Jennie and Lisa moved their heads at the same time, their shoulders bumping in the process. Seulgi leaned towards Somi as well.

"What I'm about to tell you could put your lives in danger. So for your own sakes, promise me that you won't tell a single soul.", whispered Somi.

The three nodded, and Somi started explaining.

"Jennie, you've already seen how capable each member of The Broken Bulls is when it comes to fighting, right?", asked Somi.

"I did. I always wondered how that's possible since women are not taught how to fight here in the kingdom."

"That's true. We were trained somewhere else. Madame, along with myself and the other girls, are members of a group named Theridiidae."

"The tangled web. A family of spiders that are known to be quite beautiful and venomous. Like the black widow.", whispered Seulgi, to which Somi nodded.

"We are a group of female assassins who are sent to each kingdom to work behind the scenes. We use our beauty, influence, and skills to get close to the throne.", said Somi. She looked at Lisa and tried to read her reaction.

Lisa met her gaze. Her face didn't look surprised at all. She simply whispered back, saying, "That explains her fighting skills. But what happened to Rose? Why is she like this?"

"If we are faced with a threat that is too strong for us, we were taught a forbidden dance."

"A forbidden dance?", asked Jennie.

"Yes. It is a technique that uses all our energy beyond what is allowed. We open up all our meridians and use all our qi in a continuous burst. It's the very last dance we would ever perform in case we used it. It's called many names in different languages, but in human tongue, we simply call it overflow."