(back to the present )
" aunt , can we stop running , we have been running for at least 4 hours , i also finished 100 push-ups , my muscles hurt "
" mirin the empire doesn't need a weak princess , you must become the heavenly empress , you must be the "mother of reign""
mirin simply nodded and then regained her confidence and ran faster her aunt , she always wanted to know why her aunt wanted her to become the heavenly empress , lost in her thoughts she bumped into someone"
"ouch "
then she looked up to see a man in red clothes , the man looked down on her , same black hair , eyes as red ad blood lilies , on his head a golden crown encrusted with rubies and diamonds , mirin's mind went blank for 30 seconds
" oh shit" were the only words that came out of her mouth
" oh! did my sister teach you that daughter ? what vulgar language. "
by the time , mirin's aunt came finished her rounds and noticed the royal carriage and her mind went blank for 3 seconds , she noticed her nephews looking around the place , she didn't want to run into her brother , so she tried to sneak around the house but unfortunately stepped on a twig
"crack"
the brothers ran towards the sound to find their aunt trying to sneak away , the brothers stared at her with a confused face , they felt disappointment , their father who talked so much about the elegance of the duchess of Tis .
chase understood what was happening and went ,
"dad look who i found , the duchess of Tis is here "
the emperor sighed and walked towards the three princes
"do you hate me that much duchess "
"no-no i was not ready so i was going to change after all i wouldn't want the emperor the Hyperion of Argen to me like this "
"what a flimsy excuse .... what are you not going hug me Beatrice"
a grin appeared on Beatrice's face , without much hesitation ( and grace) she ran and jumped on her brother gripping him tightly feeling his brotherly love " brother its been years "
he lowered his sister and said
" oh mirin did you forget your father's face "
mirin whose brain couldn't compute any of this , was only thinking about one thing
< why the f*** did this dude name me after a rice wine >
" why did you name me after a rice wine "
"huh?"
"when did i name you after ..rice wine , what is that ?"
then she realised , the eastern people are yet fully establish trade with the west so basically , they don't know about the alcohol ,
she sighed " you will understand later "
her name often reminded of her past life , whenever she was ranked 1 in the exams , her best friend , park sohee , took her out for drinks , she used to drink a lot of alcohol but never got drunk , at one point sohee made her drink a glass of vodka expecting her to become drunk , well sadly she never became drunk .. she missed those old memories , park sohee , died after a drunk car accident , she passed away the same way 3 years later ...even though she was named after rice wine
" mirin , go get ready for dinner , brother i need to have a conversation with you "
then she looked at the princes and said
" with him only "
the princes's left them to their conversation and decided to go meet their sister , they all agreed i going to her room and greeting her instead of waiting for dinner , ..
"knock knock"
"come in brothers, you don't have to knock"
the brothers opened the door to find a very abstract room ...very abstract , paintings hanging fro the ceiling it was paintings of nature , and some self portraits .. the window had many different hand-made dream catcher's hanging from it , there were panels of wood with carvings , they thought they were doodles , but actually was Korean , since she was taught "orug " the language spoken in the western continent , she wrote poems from famous poets , and quotes from geniuses's ..
there was rope ladder leading to a loft , it was her "peace place " it was also off-limits ,
" mirin where does that ladder lead to ?" asked kai ,
" it leads to a place where you are not supposed to enter, a place where all my secrets live " mirin was meditating in mana chamber , she stopped mediating and got out of chamber ,and said " room tour time"
"so i know its weird , but don't worry i don't practice black magic , those paintings are from the different gardens i used to go different houses to paint different sceneries when i was 6 , those remind me of Canada , though it could never measure up to its beauty"
..she stared at those paintings for sometime and suddenly snapped back into reality ..
"oh sorry "
then she continued " these are wood carvings of poems in my own language , the poems are also mine "
< i feel rather guilty for saying that , those poets put effort into those and i just stole them ..well i don't want to be suspected by them >
" dear sister , how are you doing ever since that mana explosion when you were 3 we haven't seen you . its been 7 years would mind us staying her " Gray spoke up
" Gray , Kai and Chase we are siblings after all drop the formalities "
" sure then mirin lets drop it "
i instantly regretted what i said
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" brother , she is yet to master her mana skills , after the mana outburst 7 years ago she had a outburst 2 years ago but is was much less powerful , for all we know she is the prime target of the organisation , the minute they get their filthy hands on her they will experiment on her , she need allies and she won't gain any if she stays here , she needs to return , i know you don't want her to get involved in politics but she was born a royal at point of their life they will get involved .
she must return and avenge all those deaths , nickola and penta , the houses of nova and galacta they had their heads taken away because the nobles forged the evidence , we knew what they did yet we couldn't help them , you and me can't do it , the empress dowager will do anything to make sure the second princes's daughter will become heavenly empress , she needs the power for her greed ,
the emperor nodded in agreement
" i understand , then i shall take her back with me , she is ten in 6 years will have to officially debut in higher society .. fine since that is over she will stay in diamond lake pavilion it was recently constructed by the eastern people as gratitude for the drug chase , it also has many western styles which is perfect for the empire's prophecy child right "
"THUD"
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