After waking up from her nap, Lyra still couldn't believe that she's back. Her family who died because of her... is alive. 'I will protect them with all I have. I don't need anyone as long as I have my family.'
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Two years have passed since then and Lyra has been training herself mentally, emotionally, and physically to improve herself. She wanted to be in the best condition possible when she meets the crown prince.
Now, she's 3-years-old and could speak fluently without messing up her words.
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2 years have passed since then. Lyra is still training herself, the servants and her family were worried about her since they think that she pushes herself too much. She, herself sometimes thinks that too but she has no other choice, this is the only way that she could think of. Lyra was sure that when she met him, she wouldn't be able to stop staring at him, not in admiration, fear, or anything like that. She feels like she would stare at him with great hatred but she knows that hatred and revenge won't get her anything, the crown prince was a prime example of that. So that's why she has been trying to get rid of the hatred.
"It's almost Miss's fifth birthday. What would Miss like?" The nanny was someone who stayed with Lyra every single day throughout her past life yet she was killed because she defended Lyra against the prince.
"All I need is everyone from this Household."
"Oh my, Miss is too adorable! Should we head over to see the Duke now?"
"Yes!"
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"Father!" Lyra stretched out her arm to ask her father to carry her instead. The Duke stood up from his chair and walked over to carry her. "What are you doing, father?"
The Duke had a slight smile on his face from Lyra's cuteness. "I'm looking at plans that might possibly help our family business."
The nanny wanted to advise the Duke that Lyra is still a child but she knew it wasn't her place to say anything so she just kept her mouth shut.
"What plans? Can I see it?" Lyra was curious to see.
At that moment, the nanny excused herself.
Just thinking that Lyra was curious since it was in a child's nature to be curious, he didn't question anything. He bought her over to his desk. Different plans were scattered all over his desk. One plan, in particular, caught Lyra's eyes.
"Wha's that plan?" Lyra tried to take the one plan that caught her eyes but the Duke felt that Lyra was going to fall so he held her firmly but gently. "Be careful, I'll get it for you."
The two of them sat down on the Duke's chair. "This plan?" Lyra just nodded her head.
The plan that caught Lyra's eyes was a plan that was widely successful in her past life. But she remembered that the plan was carried out by the Fotiá Empire. Why does her family have this plan? "Ah, that plan. It was a plan devised by the butler, this plan is risky but if it's carried out perfectly, it would bring success to the Empire. I haven't told the Emperor about this yet. Are you curious about it?"
Lyra nodded her head.
"My Lyra is starting to become like your father, smart and good at business." The Duke nodded his head proudly. "Don't worry, you're still young, enjoy your youth. You can learn all of this later. Your mother and I will deal with this, you just need to focus on being a child."
Lyra just stared at her father and nodded.
She was still confused though. The plan that she saw was definitely carried out by the Fotiá Empire. But her father said that this plan was devised by their butler. Lyra was confused but she didn't dwell on it too much since she trusted her father. "I have a request."
"What's your request."
"Hehe, it's something simple."
"What is it?"
"A hug." In her past life, even though their family loves each other dearly, they didn't express it that much. Especially her father, he was a man who loves his children yet he didn't know how to express his emotions.
The Duke was shocked, he was ready to do everything in his power to make Lyra's wish come true. But when she said, she just wanted a hug, he thought his daughter was too precious.
Coming back from his thoughts, the Duke gladly agrees to her request. When the Duchess and the siblings walked into the room, they saw this lovely scene. "Oh my, how lovely." The Duchess said.
Breaking away from the hug, Lyra became a bit embarrassed since she wasn't all that good at showing emotions either.
"Why did you call us here, Father?" Oliver cut straight to the point without beating around the bushes.
Instead of the Duke answering, it was the Duchess. "We will have guests from the Fotiá Empire in about three weeks."
"The Fotiá Empire?" Violet asks curiously.
"Yes, they will be staying at the palace but they will come over here for a visit."
"I thought that we were on bad terms with them? Why would they suddenly want to come over here?" Oliver asked while starting to get suspicious of the other party's intention.
"The Emperor said nothing about this. All he said is that they are coming over." The Duke spoke up.
"Who are the guests?" Oliver was sure that they wouldn't come here just to chitchat.
"The 2nd prince and the 4th princess."
At the mention of the 2nd prince from the Fotiá Empire, Lyra started to become curious. She heard that he was a talented man with strong magic powers. She heard that he once conquered a small kingdom because someone from that kingdom spilled tea on his mother's outfit, he captured the person responsible, made that person lose everything they had, then made them become a servant for the Fotiá Empire, only to kill that person afterward. But those were all just rumors from her past life, who knows if they're true or not. Nonetheless, she still wanted to see. As for the 4th princess, she kept a low profile. But she once heard that the 4th princess was as powerful as the 2nd prince, it's just that she doesn't show herself that often. But why would they come over here? Lyra doesn't remember anything about them coming over from her past life.