Her mother, the current Duchess of Vezgaraux spent her time story telling from evening until dawn. She currently felt sorry on the body that she possed, the secret sleeping noble lady of the Aetreas empire, Lady Lysandra.
*yawn*
"Oh my! It's already dawn. I'm so sorry my dear for keeping you too long."
The Duchess stood up from her chair elegantly and signals the maid.
"Get these off from her room"
Pertaining to the empty dishes.
Oh, I ate all of that. I must be very hungry
"I have sent a letter to your Father and brother."
She clapped her hand, and smiled
"They're currently in the coast, inspecting the trade from the Mings. By tomorrow, they will arrive here."
She nods.
I have a brother in this world? How does it feel to have a brother? Is he kind?
"You don't have to worry about your brother, he adores you so much", the Duchess added.
"How did you know?"
The Duchess laughed.
"Honey, you're my daughter. Your expressions is well-written in your face"
"Oh, I see"
The Duchess approached the bed. She brush her daughter's hair and stared at her.
"You don't have to worry anything my child. Please, have a good sleep. You still need to recover"
She leaned forward and pressed a gentle kiss to her daughter's forehead before bidding her goodbye. Then she turned and walked toward the darkness.
She watched her mother disappear into the shadows, her figure gradually retreating toward her own door until she was no longer visible.
They had talked for what felt like hours. A faint smile touched her lips. She was probably exhausted as well.
She shifted her position to the side and stared at the window as the moonlight shines towards her room.
Lady Lysandra, the only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Vezgaraux. The Duchess, is from the noble family of the Ming Kingdom while the Duke is from the Aetreas Empire. But of course, the whole Empire even the Emperor doesn't know about the Duchess' origin.
I'm basically a hot Wasian huh. No wonder. Hmmm I better use this face.
She was in a coma for Thirteen years since she was five when an assassin tried to ambush the carriage they're riding. She hit her head during the struggle. Thirteen years she was confined to her bed while the rest of the world continued without her. The Duke nearly loses himself in the process and until now, there was no result of the investigation. It was a dead end.
Even with the best care that the Duchy arranged, years of inactivity weakened her muscles. No wonder she can't walk. It's as if her body had forgotten what it meant to walk.
She felt a sense of pity inside her. It's as if the owner of this body responds as she processed all of the information that her mother told her.
What's even more shocking was that no one in the Empire knew about Lady Lysandra. The Duchy keep it as a secret. But, there's someone other than the family knew about her existence. It's the family who sent the assassin Thirteen years ago.
The thing is, after all these years.. the Duchy haven't received any blackmails. That's odd.
Lady Lysandra, I promise to uncover the truth and bring you justice!
She was trained to approach the unknown with discipline. As a physician, she had learned to diagnose patients from symptoms. As an Engineer, she had learned to trace failures through systems and find solutions. Truth be told, it will be factual if she acted like a five year old but she doesn't care. She needs to find justice.
Now, she's standed in an unknown world, she needs to apply both of her skills at once.
*yawn
"Too much for this thoughts, I really need to sleep"
Slowly her vision starts to blurry and her eyes began to close.
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"Sharry"
Huh? Someone's calling me by my name.
Am I back?
"Sharry"
I followed the voice. I have been wandering in the dark for sometime now following that voice.
"Is that a light?"
Curious, she followed the light.
"This is why people get killed in horror story", She murmured.
She used to be annoyed with those dumb characters in the horror movies but now she's doing it.
As she approaches the light, she saw a slim figure waiting for her.
"awwee so cute"
"Sharry", the slim figure called her.
"Excuse me, who are you?"
At first, she thought she was hallucinating. Then the child faced her and took a step forward revealing her physical appearance.
It was a young girl, with delicate features that seemed almost ethereal. Silk black hair cascaded down her back like a river, it's silky hair captured the faint traces of light that had no apparent source. Her porcelain skin glowed against the darkness.
"Wow"
She can't helped but admire the person in front of her.
Her almond-shaped eyes was deep and luminous. And she just starred at her.
"Sharry"
The figure once called again.
"Yes, this is her. M-may I know who you are?"
The figure stared at her.
No greeting came. Her lips remained closed and not a single word escaped aside from mentioning her name, "Sharry".
She stood silently in the darkness, her large eyes fixed on her with an unreadable expression.
The silence stretched between them.
"Hello?"
The figure that looks like a child continued to stared at her, motionless while the darkness around them remained still.
"—SANDRA"
"—DRA!!"
"LYSANDRA!"
"LYSANDRA WAKE UP!"
She jolted from her bed.