After I woke up the next morning, I found the wounds don't pain anymore.it has started to heal at a faster rate. hearing me waking up, the old nursemaid came to help me wash up and get ready for the day.
"My poor lady...everything will be alright soon. you still have your grandpa and us." looking at my glum unresponsive face.she said "Reya cheer up, time heals every wound, my lady"
As she was saying this, memories not of my own came back to me.this body's name is Reya of the Shia household. the Shia family are the wealthy merchants of the Tobas city in the Bunem empire.this is a civilization of unknown origin.
Reya's mother Sania is the pampered daughter of the Shia household. she had a child out of wedlock with her childhood sweetheart Raazan.everything was beautiful and perfect until Raazan had to go to the sea for trading and perished in the storm.
so, grandpa, Ahmed asked his disciple Ameeran to marry his daughter. Ameeran wanted to use grandpa's prestige to boost his business not to mention Sania was a beautiful woman plus the generous dowry.
what he didn't expect was that being the pampered princess of her family, Sania was a willful and arrogant lady. all her life, she didn't have to lift a finger to get anything and was quite dependent on the men in her life to fulfill her wishes.she thought the entire world revolved around her.
enough to say their early stage of marriage was good, once Raazan brought his concubines home, all hell broke loose. they fought all the time. Both of them don't give a damn about little Reya, busy with their own pursuit in life.
Reya who grew up in this environment was a shy and little introvert girl.it's the grandfather she loves the most in the world. she got neither love or care from her parents. for her stepfather, she is just an extra bundle that came with all the benefits. her mother was too busy to give birth to the heir for the family and fighting other women in Ameeran's life to pay attention to her.
It's the old nursemaid Meripy who took care of her all her short life. The fight between her parents had nothing to do with her nor does she care about them. unfortunately for her, the mother who doesn't pay attention or remember she existed, remembered to bring her along to her father's house in a fit of rage, resulting in them falling from the cliff and dying eventually.
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Grandpa Ahmed called the priest of the Amara temple, for the blessing ceremony to ward off all the bad things in my life.so I got ready and waited for them in my room.
A man in his middle age walked along with my grandpa. he wore a long white tunic with a gold band to hold the tunic on his waist. He had long golden hair and a deep-set eye of cold ice blue color. he looked as if he could see threw your soul. for a minute there, I was afraid he could tell I was not the real Reya.
But he just scrutinized me for a while and started to read some ancient mantra. after a while, he sprinkled some holy water on me and closed his eyes in concentration.
after a while he said to my grandpa " old man Ahmed, take good care of your granddaughter.she is destined for great things and someone is waiting for her for a long time. destiny has already marked her." while looking at my hand with the tattoo.
I was scared silly. with his words and remembering about the golden words from the space made me know for sure, that me transmigrating here had a greater purpose than I could ever imagine. I only hope that I'm smart enough to know how to get threw it.