Chapter 1055
The Secretly Rich Man
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1055
Lyra found herself walking amidst a dense forest on a large mountain. The air was filled with a thick miasma and everything felt gloomy and eerie.
The fact that there didnât seem like there was anyone else around made her feel all the more terrified.
After walking through the forest for some time, Lyraâs ears twitched as the sound of a flowing stream could be heard. Looking around, she eventually came across a lit area where the stream was.
However, that wasnât the only thing she saw there.
Standing beside the stream was a woman wearing white clothes. It was a no-brainer that anyone who saw such a long-haired woman standing in the middle of nowhere would be rightfully terrified.
ââ¦Who⦠who are youâ¦?â asked Lyra meekly as she looked at the womanâs back.
ââ¦Save me⦠Youâre the only one capable of leading him here to save meâ¦!â replied the woman.
Though Lyra was terrified when she heard that, she could sense the melancholy in her voice, and it seemed that the woman was weeping as well.
ââ¦W-who is this, âheâ you speak ofâ¦?â
ââ¦Save meâ¦! Youâre the only one capable of leading him here to save meâ¦!â repeated the woman as she wailed on.
To Lyraâs horror, the woman then slowly began turning around. Lyra felt her eyes widen in fear as she saw the womanâs extremely pale face. That wasnât the worst part either. The woman was shedding tears of blood!
Lyra instantly let out a blood-curdling scream and it took her a while to finally realize that Geraldâs voice was present.
Opening her eyes, she saw that Gerald was sitting beside her, and he currently had a concerned look on his face as he asked, âWhatâs wrong, Lyra?â
Throwing herself into his arms, her heart continued pounding rapidly for a while. Eventually, she managed to calm down slightly.
âWas it a nightmareâ¦?â asked Gerald.
âIt⦠It was⦠It was terrifying⦠I dreamed that I was stuck in a dense and gloomy forest with nobody else around⦠However, the moment I finally bumped into someone, it was a woman who cried tears of blood! She⦠She told me to send someone over to save her!â replied Lyra as she explained what she had dreamed of.
Slowly shaking his head, Gerald then said, âMaybe youâre just too tired due to the stress of everything thatâs been happening recently⦠Regardless, itâll still be a little while before dawn⦠Take the time to rest, and try not to worry too much about it. Iâll be by your sideâ¦â
âI⦠I donât think Iâll be able to⦠Ever since I saw that picture of Warhill Mountain, Iâve constantly felt insecure⦠Itâs like I can feel that something is about to happen⦠Also, the more I think about it, the more I feel that that womanâs back resembles someoneâ¦â
âHmm? Do you have any idea whoâ¦?â
ââ¦Yes. Remember that statue of a woman that I was talking about? Back when we first saw the map?
That statueâthat had been broken waist-downâresembled the white-clothed woman in my dream a lot! In fact, they look exceedingly similar!â replied Lyra who was so scared that her cheeks became flushed.
âI see⦠Regardless, everythingâs fine now⦠Itâs normal to get nightmares of unnerving imagesâ¦
Again, Iâll be here so do rest for a little longerâ¦â
After some persuasion, Lyra eventually lay down on her bed again. Gerald himself didnât take the incident to heart.
Once dawn came, both of them got up separately. A little while later, a servant knocked on the door before saying, âYoung master and young lady, the old master ordered everyone in the family to get themselves cleaned up at the break of dawn. After all, youâll all be studying the picture of the sun again.â
âVery well!â replied Gerald with a nod.
Even from the previous day, his grandfather had prioritized the picture of the sun above all else, telling the other Crawfords to study it.
After all, he was well aware that alone, oneâs power was limited. With so many family members there, they were bound to eventually find out more about it.
Gerald knew that his grandfather was simply worried about the prophesized curse of the sun picture.
The curse where the Crawford family would eventually end up getting wiped out for good. It was why they had been making preparations to face the calamity from time to time.
Regardless, by the time Gerald and Lyra arrived at the secret room after cleaning themselves up, they found that though it was still very early in the morning, many, if not all, of the Crawford family members were already gathered there.
The room was so silent that Gerald felt that even a toddler would be pressured to study along silently if one was present.
Deeper inside, Geraldâs grandfather could be seen studying the map with many others. They seemed to have been doing so for a while now.
Seeing that, Gerald pulled Lyra along to the side before sitting down beside her. He then whispered, âThat picture of the sun is our familyâs heirloom, Lyra. Do have a look at it too since grandpa called you over as well.â
âWill do!â replied Lyra as she nodded firmly.
The picture itself was as cryptic as ever, and nobody had been able to discern anything meaningful from it.
As Gerald started studying the image as well, several other thoughts were swimming in Lyraâs head.
Essentially, she was just feeling pleased that Gerald was finally starting to accept her more.
It was great news for her, and quite honestly, nothing else was more important to Lyra at the moment.