[Mmm...what's with the smell of wood..?] There was a nice smell of wood in the room and a nice hint of spring, the curtains were open and the wind blew calmly and quietly in peace. The birds chirped as soon as the sun had come up, the sun's rays coveted the bedroom that had once accumulated dust, shining over the hair of a certain white-haired girl who slept ever so peacefully below the sun's heat and rays.[Ah...is this the afterlife? Because if it is, it feels so nice and soothing...] I cuddled with the pillow next to me made of cotton and rubbed my face on it, only to realize it wasn't made out of the same materials as the ones in the Magic Tower.
"What the..? Where am I?" I opened my eyes, blinking them several times and tried to see where I was, it was my room from when I was still a Maid. The strong smell of Wood and the green grass outside, it's the one thing I loved about this world. The freedom Nature gave out.
He ran rapidly down the halls, having only her in thought, [Charlotte! I want to see Charlotte! Is she here? Did she arrive safely? How is she feeling? Is she sick? I need to know!] The black-haired boy ran so fast he was out of breath, no air to breathe or let out, but he managed to keep running even if he had low stamina. [I know that the maid's rooms are here somewhere! I just have to find her--!] The boy halted at a wide open door where there was a white-haired girl looking out the window, still looking young and who seemed to be smiling at the summer breeze and green grass outside.
"Charlotte!" He shouted as I flinched and jumped in surprise at the boy's sudden screams, I had been in shock. [He's here...He's really here.]
I smiled for a bit and let him jump onto my bed as he hugged me with all his might, he was sweaty and kept panting tired of it all, but he managed to arrive just in time. "Hey, Hey! you're going to party without me? That's no fun." A teasing voice pouted, Khaled had suddenly teleported to my room with a mischevious smile on his face. "Where's--"
"Don't worry I brought the mutt with me." He said unsatisfied with my answer, he snapped his fingers and Tristan appeared out into mid air landing face-first on the wooden floor. "Oof! Hey what's wrong with you! YOU BASTARD!!!" Tristan shouted, as he got up from the floor and averted his gaze from mine, "it's nice to see you survived m'lady." he mumbled, I chuckled and planned to tease him, "Were you worried about me?" I asked he then growled, "O-Of course not! If-If you died, then both of these guys would beat me up that's all! I don't care about you or anything!!" He shotued, as he averted his gaze angrily. [Ah...he's the real deal. He's the legendary Tsundere...I finally found him] I giggled, as the three men in my room looked at me perplexed.
"So then, how old are we now?" Tristan asked, he looked down at his hands that seemed to be smaller than the ones from 5 years in the future, "I wasn't involved in the story 5 years before the future, and I'm a year older than Sebastian so that must mean I'm around 14 or 15 years old and Sebastian is 13 or 14." I pondered, as Khaled also was deep in thought, [I saw the Princess when we were escaping from the akumatized charlotte, she seemed to be with a wizard, she might've been the one behind this, as soon as we left I had a glimpse at the past with an advanced spell, it seems it was Her doing. Why would she go that far though?]
"Khaled? Earth to Khaled!" I said waving my hand in front of his face, he caught my wrist and brought it to his face, while with my other hand I carried Sebastian's tiny body. He formed my palm to cup his face, only for him to drool uncontrolably, [THIS BASTARD!!] Sebastian's small hand smacked khaled on the head, netherless he still seemed happy. "Don't you guys...think I'm weird?" I queried, they looked at me bewildered at my sudden question.
"What do you mean, Charlotte?" Sebastian asked still gripping onto the distracted Archmage's wrist, making his blood pressure rise. He was already old to begin with, he just had too much of god's blessings. "I-I mean...I heard that people who reincarnate or come from another world are burned at a stake and called witches." I confessed, I had an empty look in my eyes like I had nothing left, my life was meaningless then and now.
"Bahahahahaha!!~" Khaled burst into laughter as he couldn't hold it in any longer, "You..! You..! Pft!"
"Shut up, Idiot." Sebastian reprimanded, but Khaled kept laughing uncontrollably as if it were just a mere joke, [he must think that I should've been burned down then...but he knew from the beginning, so then, why did he help me?]
"You piece of Sh*t this isn't a joke!" Tristan glared, as he fumed with anger, "Okay! Okay! No, that's not what I meant to-- I mean, ahem." Khaled cleared his throat in sincerity, He closed the doors with a light spell and covered the room in a barrier that was soundproof. "Honey, I knew from the beginning who you were, and yet you think that, I would burn you at a stake? Ha! You must really think ill of me! I would burn myself first than to let you get burned! My precious bootiful charlotte!" He puckered up and started to slowly get closer to kiss me but a certain small hand got a hold of his pumpy lips and made him kiss tristan instead. "Chu~"
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"BLEGH!!! HOW DARE YOU!?" Khaled shouted in disgust as he threw up outside the window where the green grass lied there waiting to be contaminated with his germs. Meanwhile, Tristan was knocked out immediately as soon as his lips touched Khaled's, "THAT WAS GROSS DISGUSTING!! MY FIRST KISS WAS RUINED THANKS TO YOU!!" Khaled whined as he kept using various spells to purify his lips, "I mean, in my past world, men kissing men was something that was considered legal then. Not saying it was normal though. Are you alright, Khaled?"
"Of course I am! I wanted my first kiss to be with you! but if I can't then I'll give you my second kiss!" He chimed as he pushed sebastian's face away, I anxiously looked at him and closed my eyes shut, "I ALREADY HAD MY FIRST KISS!" I shouted confessing the ugly truth, Khaled froze in place and slumped against a wall in the corner, sulking. "...She had her first kiss...and it wasn't me...what is life?.....it's time I start to question life again..." He mumbled and rambled on, Sebastian then grabbed a hold of my face and looked at me with a serious expression.
"What do you want to be called?" He asked, I was a bit perplexed at first but I understood what he meant. "I...I'd like to be called, Allea." I confessed, I'll be honest it did make me a bit nervous, and made me blush and feel flustered, because it was the frst time I had said my real name. It was like tasting ramen for the first time again, it was making my mouth feel prickly. But I was alright with it.
"Alright if that's what you want to be called, I will try my best to remember." He said with a determined expression, I caressed his chubby and small cheeks, his face was still smudged with dark and black letters in another language, For some reason I could read what it said. "Hey...Khaled?"
"...what should I do with my life?...should I kidnap her and run away? yeah that'll be better hehehe... but what if someone finds her and then I can't have her for myself anymore..."
"Uh...Ahem. Khaled?"
"Oh! I definetely wasn't thinking of eloping with you!" He said all flustered, I blinked several times before answering again, "Wait-- You were thinking of eloping with me?" I asked, he shook his head rapidly, "W-What was it that you were asking?" He said rubbing his hands like a businessman, [I feel like if I do something wrong again, he's going to bring up a deal having to do with my kidnapping...] I gulped and smiled, "Do you think you can read the letters on Sebastian's face?" I asked, he examined them carefully and up close. All though I'm not too sure, he seemed pretty pissed cause of the fact that Khaled's ugly face was too close. [He's delusional if he thinks he's THAT handsome...his future worries me...]
"I'm not sure what language this is in, it might be in ancient Eludian language, before the Empire of Khisfire was formed. It's been told in books and records have been left behind that this language is only known to those of the Roxanne Empire, but not many learned it other than the Royal Family and the nobles." Khaled confessed as he shifted back and smiled. "Why?"
"Well...I was able to read a few phrases..." I said nervously, I'd wondered just who the owner of this body was, turns out she was a princess in hiding from a fallen kingdom. Beatrice Sullivan Roxanne, in the novel she was just a mere extra, just someone who stood in the background watching the Emperor and the nobles fight, nonetheless she died. She was killed at Sebastian's hands and was not even given a proper funeral. Her brother on the other hand planned revenge as soon as he heard of his sister's death and was also killed at the hands of Sebastian during his upbringing.
"Hah...You know, I feel like even if I was trying to avoid all of you I couldn't. The Tsundere was supposed to fall in love with Elisa, along with Sebastian and that other Scumb*g." I said nonetheless, I picked tristan up, took care of Sebastian and became the Apprentice of an Archmage. Literally the most powerful beings in the Empire are on my side, [I have such cool friends! teehee]
"CHARLOTTE! ARE YOU THERE?! WAKE UP ALREADY!! I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU!!!" A maid knocked on my door, I was confused at first but I nodded and headed out. "You guys should leave before she finds out you're here, she's pretty strict about it after all. Siri has never let anyone go, now go!" I said as I waved my hand desperately, I opened the door and barrier vanished, As I held sebastian in my arms.
"Don't worry Siri. I have him right here, I've been searching for something to help his majesty sleep at night," I smiled brightly, she raised her hand and slapped my cheek as hard as she could, her nails dug into my cheeks as she slashed through them like a knife, blood rolling down my cheeks as they were pink from the harsh hit. I was shocked, [Siri had never done something like this...wasn't blake the cook in the kitchen that helped me find the ingredients?]
"YOU B*TCH!!! YOU KNEW I LIKED BLAKE YET YOU SEDUCED HIM WHEN I WASN'T AROUND!! I'LL TEACH YOU A LESSON!!!"
"Can we do this elsewhere? His Highness is currently--"
"AGHHH!!! STOP MAKING EXCUSES!! YOU KNOW IT'S THE TRUTH DON'T YOU?! YOU WH*R--"