CHAPTER 426: 0424 THE PRINCESS IN THE DREAM

Everyone wanted to get close to Miss Severa and Miss Anna. Their fathers each represented the undisputed face of a large region, along with countless wealth and terrifying social influence.

Even just one comment from them—something like "Do you know xxx? I really agree with something they said"—can change a person’s fate.

This is no joke; it’s real. And precisely why the higher up you are, the less likely you are to comment on others casually. Whether it’s praise or criticism, it can affect some people’s original life trajectories.

But if these two often-compared ladies meet, and someone is caught between them, it must be a nightmare. Most people will find it terrifying to even think about it. You can’t afford to offend anyone, and may even have a girl with emotions question you, possibly ruining a person’s life...

Truly frightening.

Lynch finds himself in such a whirlpool at this time, but he is clearly not as difficult as people imagine.

"No offense intended, I respect both ladies, those present and all women in the Federation and the world..." he used a very special way to respond to Severa’s earlier comments about "underclassman."

Actually, in the Federation’s school culture, there isn’t a strict hierarchy between seniors and juniors, which is somewhat different from Gafura.

Gafura is a monarchy, and from birth, people there understand one truth: humans are born with different statuses, and these statuses evolve into an oppressive caste system as they grow up.

Whether in schools, at work, amongst government officials, or in the military, various unavoidable hierarchical rankings exist.

Compliance with higher orders is a unique culture in Gafura. It’s said that Gafura’s army has a high incidence of misconduct and abuse, whereas the Federation does not have such issues.

The Federation, which pursues absolute freedom of spirit, does not have strict hierarchical systems, except in the military where the powers and obligations of superiors and subordinates are relatively clear, allowing freedom elsewhere.

Even if Severa calls Lynch a junior, she cannot rely on her senior status to command Lynch to do anything.

But in this world, there are always some people who adhere to inexplicable boundaries.

"I have no particular dislike for the term ’junior,’ but I hope both of you won’t address me this way." He is still smiling, but at this moment, his smile makes people noticeably sense an invisible gap, a sense of distance, even though his expression hasn’t changed.

His half-opened eyes occasionally flicker. He paused and looked at the two young ladies, "You can call me Lynch, kid, or Lynch boy, or anything else..."

He glanced at Anna, who seemed to have thought of something and glared back. Lynch continued smiling and said, "But please don’t call me Lynch, thank you!"

Both girls were somewhat surprised, not expecting such a strong reaction from Lynch just because Severa called him "junior."

They actually didn’t realize that there’s a state in this world called "without desire, one becomes strong."

If a person has no desire and is not under threat, then no one can forcibly change his thoughts.

Lynch, too, never intended to take advantage of these two young girls or seek their backing in selfish ways.

For him, becoming more remarkable than Mr. Wardrick and Mr. Pato is just a matter of time. He is young, he might lack some other things, but he certainly doesn’t lack time.

This state of being without desires means he has no reason to lower his status or maintain some flattering attitude to please these girls or the people behind them.

From the beginning, he didn’t plan to gain anything from them, so naturally, he can uphold his principles.

When Lynch was young, in another world, he encountered something that impressed him. He was quite young then, playing with some other kids.

One day, a girl joined their little group.

It was summer, she wore a very light and cool dress, and they found a quiet spot by the lake in the park.

The girl took off her sandals, lifted half of her skirt, and dipped her feet into the water, splashing around.

The sparkling water, a beauty as pure as jade, really makes one feel life is so beautiful.

The most unbelievable thing was that the girl played a joke on them... perhaps it was just a joke.

"Do you know, someone said my skin is sweet..." The tone was very seductive, with alluring eyes. Every male at that moment can transcend racial limits and smell a scent of desire.

...

The girl thoroughly enjoyed this; only Lynch stood aside, watching indifferently. The girl seemed to notice him and asked, "Aren’t you curious?"

Lynch shook his head calmly, "I’m not curious."

The girl became curious instead, "Why aren’t you curious?"

Lynch casually lit a cigarette, took a puff, and blew it out slowly, saying, "Because I don’t want to..."

At that time, his mindset was the same as now. I don’t want to pursue you all, so don’t treat me with the attitude and methods meant for those with desires as it will only ruin our pure friendship.

Both girls pondered, Severa seemed to have forgotten she first mentioned the "senior" concept, and she quickly diverted the topic to what she wanted to discuss with Lynch.

Of course, she ignored or rather, disregarded Anna.

And at this moment, the distance in Lynch’s smile vanished, his smile became clean and pure again.

"After you left yesterday, I thought a lot about what we discussed; I was very inspired and thought about many things. Can I use your ideas..." she said, hurriedly adding, "Of course, I won’t use your ideas for free, I’ll give you some shares."

At this moment, the gradually calmer Anna looked at Severa and Lynch with suspicion, suddenly like she had discovered something, her eyes wide with surprise.

If she wasn’t mistaken, Severa, the "King’s only Princess," seemed to have taken a liking to Lynch?

Maybe not to the extent of liking, but there was definitely an affinity. She suddenly thought of something, her lips curling slightly, and her mood improved, even joining in, "What are you discussing? Maybe I can offer some help."

"Help us mess things up?" Severa turned to Anna, still smiling kindly, "I’m just joking, don’t mind."

She just made a joke, fully showing her attitude of refusing to answer any of Anna’s questions. Sometimes, girls always apply their wit and intelligence in places men can’t understand.

Anna chuckled, saying it was fine, but no one knew her true thoughts inside.

She listened intently; indeed, she was genuinely curious, curious about what exactly they were discussing. As she listened, she gradually became immersed in it and had to admit one thing: Lynch is a very special person, perhaps a genius.

Severa had this idea from the beginning—to write a campus novel to stimulate sales of the trendy brand she owned, achieving a win-win situation, but she never had great ideas.

For example, she thought about writing some inspirational novels, which are mainstream in today’s society.

Art, especially literary art, is indeed the most trend-oriented form of art; literary art isn’t like dance, opera, painting, performance..., which not only requires the performer to have high artistic accomplishments but also demands high artistic literacy from the audience.

On a canvas scattered with lines, if you don’t have enough artistic literacy, you won’t understand which school or artistic form of expression the painting belongs to.

But literary art is different, as long as you can read and aren’t foolish, there are bound to be books suitable for him/her/it.

After expanding some of her ideas, Lynch proposed another possibility.

Compared to struggles of starting a business, which is quite far from ordinary people, wouldn’t romance be closer to ordinary students?

During this period, at least middle-class families’ children could attend college, and they have the purchasing power, besides, romance is very popular in colleges.

Pink love, sweet fantasies, and a princess dream—girls will be obsessed with this, wishing vehemently to be the girl in the story.

Then follow up with promotion in various aspects, highlight Severa’s trendy brand to make it fit everything, create a sub-brand with "Princess in Love" as the core, or simply establish a separate brand image company.

As long as the operation is proper, this brand will become the most loved by young female intellectuals in the Federation for at least the next ten years. After all, every girl from a good family has a pink princess dream; this is also why Severa was surprised upon seeing Lynch.

She herself couldn’t come up with such a complete planning proposal, she needed more guidance from Lynch.

"I heard..."

When the conversation almost reached its peak, Anna suddenly spoke highlighting her presence. Severa looked at her, as if saying "What do you want now?"

Anna also read the expression and brushed her hair, "I want to participate, I want to invest, or I will find someone to do it. You know, my family has the people for this."