On a floating island, there stood a lavish mansion.
In the center of the mansion, a young boy slept soundly in a king-sized bed.
Sunlight streaming through the window gently illuminated his face, causing him to stir and slowly wake up.
He got up from his still unfamiliar bed and walked toward the room's left side. He opened a door slowly and was greeted by a spacious bathroom.
Stepping inside, he stopped in front of a mirror.
His reflection revealed two deep crimson eyes, a rather proportionate nose, and a well-defined jawline framed by jet-black hair.
He wasn't over worldly good looking but he wasn't ugly either. He was decent, maybe even above average in looks. His weak looking body that has never even seen what hardship looked like didn't help either.
He was dressed in the manner of an old European nobility, impeccably tailored and formal.
Then in an unhurried pace he walked towards the balcony and started to lit up a cigarette.
Puff
It was a usual morning. But that would have been for the vast majority. Not for him.
Talking a puff of the cigarette, and watching the beautiful sky reminded him of the day he died.
At least he was supposed to. But fate had its own mystery.
***
I was supposed to be dead.
But here I am, alive. I still don't understand what is going on. I had surely died back then. I still vividly remember gripping up my roaring dragon while I died.
I am so sure that this all must be my imagination but alas this is my reality.
After I died, I woke up in this body. Let me rephrase it. I woke up in this new world.
A world of magic and swords.
Most importantly a world of beauties.
In a normal scenario, this would have been the best thing that could happen to someone but not for me.
Why did you ask?
It's because of the huge text above my head.
[WARNING! You will die in 3 days.]
I died so I can die again? What in the fucked up situation is this.
After I woke up and found out that I have been reincarnated in the body of a noble family and on top, this is a fantasy world which means there are elves too. I felt like I was some kind of main character in a fantasy novel.
I felt like this was the redemption I got after living a sad lonely life previously and that I could finally change something and live happily. So what do you mean i will die in three days?
It would have been understandable if my body was ill or I had some incurable disease. But my body is perfectly fine. So how am i going to die in three days.
Or is it the shock that i have died and now got reincarnated into a new world that my mental health got worse and i started seeing stuff that isnt present.
Like how do you even define that this strange blue window like thing keeps appearing on top of my head with a beep and tells me I have three days to live.
But saying that, how do I even justify that I am now living in a fantasy world?
Is all this a dream?
But this vivid sensation and all too complicated emotions.
No. This is reality. My Dark Reality.
Knock! Knock!
Again, this familiar yet unfamiliar knocking sound in the door.
"Enter."
Just as I said it, a familiar figure walked in.
Long silvery white hair, sharp black eyes, a small nose, and plump, full lips. She wore an alluring black suit with matching stockings, perfectly complementing her thick, curvy body.
Everytime i see her I get surprised. She by all means looks like some type of super model at least from the standard of Earth. But currently this woman is working as my secretary.
'An E cup?'
No. It's bigger than that. If my instincts are telling me right…. This…. This is-
"Count, the breakfast is ready. Everyone is waiting for you."
"Is that so, Evelyn?"
"Yes"
Oh yes. Time for one of those family meetings, masked as a so-called breakfast—where the interests of the empire and family matters were supposedly discussed.
Gulp
Just thinking about this makes me want to do some bad stuff to myself.
Did I knew this event was coming?
Hell yeah.
Am I ready for this?
Oh hell nah.
Click
Just as I was thinking about all this, Evelyn left the room.
Couldn't she have told me this from outside the door? She very well could have. But she still chose to come inside to see me.
What does this possibly could mean?
That she's interested in me?
My ass.
She's suspicious.
Since the very day I came to this world.
Initially, I had seven days but four days have already passed by so quickly that I didn't even realize. Now, there are only three days left.
While I very well could've thought about how I can save myself and not die in the meantime but I didn't. Why do you ask? Well I was invested in other stuff. The library. Gracefall family's library.
I went ahead and read about everything which gave me a general idea about what type of world this is and how I should survive in it.
But I made a mistake.
I ended up asking Evelyn where the library was.
A rookie mistake.
She's sharp. Sharp enough to notice that I just asked a question even a family gatekeeper should know. And I'm a count, no less.
Since then I am a bit hesitant when it comes to interacting with her. But now I have to meet the whole family?
I didn't like the way this was heading.
Taking a deep breath, I forced myself to walk out the door.
The moment I stepped out, a long hallway unfolded before me, adorned with exquisite paintings and rich tapestries. Everywhere I looked, there were things to marvel at—from the luxurious floor to the elegant marbling on the walls.
But I couldn't let myself be distracted. No, the pressure of meeting this new family and the fear of revealing too much wouldn't allow it.
After a while I came across a door which then led me to a spacious hall. But even before I entered through the door, the rich aroma of food hit my nose.
Bracing myself for what was about to come, I entered the hall.
***
Ray Von Gracefall.
The current Count of the Gracefall family. He recently came into power after his supposed father died due to a mysterious reason that remained unknown to the outer world.
But in all honesty it is something mostly everyone in the Gracefall family is aware about.
Noah Von Gracefall, the previous head of the Gracefall family. The supposed main power of this powerful noble family.
He died while having sex.
The Gracefall family as of today only consists of four core members. Due to the death and rise of new count, there is a clear power vacuum in the family which has destabilized the internal power of the whole Gracefall family.
Click
As the door opened, a figure emerged from it. Ray made his way through the hall and reached down for a chair on the top center and sat up on it.
A calm composed and graceful presence. His expression, one that will make you impossible to think what he was wondering about.
Sat exactly across to him, was a presence so grand that simply couldn't be ignored.
She was clad in a luxurious, rosy-red dress, every detail radiating elegance and quiet authority. Her long crimson hair matched her piercing crimson eyes, giving her an air of power that was impossible to ignore.
She didn't seem that much far off from the counts age but was undeniably very beautiful and young. Known as one of the most beautiful women to grace the empire.
But something about the air felt awfully wrong.
Ray couldn't help but glance at this woman again and again.
***
Isabelle Von Gracefall, an illegitimate child just six years older than me. She was 'supposed to' be my sister.
You might be wondering why I am saying 'supposed to'.
Beep beep
The familiar beeping noise as a blue translucent window appeared on top of her.
[QUEST ACTIVATED: FUCK ISABELLE VON GRACEFALL]