Today, I'll be going to the Romet's mansion to meet Anne and Knox. I haven't met Anne since that day, it's been a week so I planned to give them a visit and I guess Knox will get a surprise because he doesn't know what happened that day.
I got ready and went off to my parents room to give them a visit. I was passing through the hallway where I met Fannie holding a whole lot of groceries.
"Miss, are you going to Duke Romet's mansion today?" asked Fannie who was heading towards the kitchen.
"Yes! I will be visiting Ann and Knox today. By the way I wanted to ask if I can take one flower from the plant we were discussing yesterday?" I asked, showing my puppy eyes and I can see she cannot resist those.
"Yes Miss, you can. That plant can grow very fast which is why it is okay and you don't have to ask for my permission." she said.
"Okay! Bye bye Fannie" I said and waved at her and she smiled since she could not wave back at me because her both hands were occupied.
Soon after, I went towards my parent's room.
In the Duke's room:
"Honey, wake up, It's 10 O'clock! Who told you to work so late! Ah! I forgot to tell you that Sabi is going to the Romet's today." Duchess Ruminah said.
"Hmm..." Duke Carlos hummed, snuggling into the Duchess's waist.
"Wake up you sleepyhead! Who would've thought that the most scary person of the empire is such a baby....Come on, leave me, Sabi will be here any moment." The Duchess said, chuckling at her husband's behaviour.
"Not until I get my morning kiss," He said.
"Gosh, you are so childish sometimes" she said and leaned in.
BANG!
"GOOD MORNING!!" I barged in the room and saw what was going on, "Oops...Did I interrupt something?" I asked, playing innocent.
"Why does she always come at the worst timing?" Duke whispered to the Duchess, making her chuckle and making me confused, "No Baby! I just woke up as well. Good morning to you too.." he replied to me.
Mommy got off the bed and walked towards me, she kissed my cheek and wished me good morning.
"So are you off to the neighbour's?" she asked. "Yes!" I replied with excitement.
"Great. Um...wait a sec" she said and went towards the table and picked up a bouquet of beautiful white orchids and violet roses, I never knew there were violet roses as well. Then she came towards me.
"Give this to Aunt Rosaline and tell her that Mommy is sorry for not visiting and she will soon visit okay?" she said to me.
"Okay! Now I will be going" I said and kissed her cheek then I ran towards Daddy and kissed his cheek as well, after that I stormed out of the room after saying:
"You can continue now..."
As soon as I went out of the room, I heard a smack sound.
"HEY! WHY DID YOU HIT ME? HOW'S IT MY FAULT?" I heard Daddy screaming, making me chuckle because I guarantee Mommy smacked him after what I said.
"Sir Knight! Let's go!" I said to Sir Whales who is my escort and yes, he is the son of that old doctor and father's most trusted aide, his name is Ryan Whales who is also Daddy's friend.
Before I entered this body no one wanted to become Sabrina's knight because of her behaviour, so he volunteered to be her knight and soon after I entered the body everyone who refused to be my knight is regretting their decision badly because I treat Sir Knight very well just like a close friend which leads him to have much higher rank because of my favour but that's not the reason he volunteered.
He really thinks of me as his little sister because he is an only child who always wanted a sister and I don't mind either. He reminds me of Brother Ryan back from my world, not only their names are the same but they hold the same warmth, only their appearance and age are different, Brother Ryan was seven years older than me while Sir Whales is sixteen years older than me.
As for father he is twenty seven, yeah, he had me when he was twenty, mother is two years older than him, it doesn't look like it but it is what it is, I too recently found out. You know young love of this era, how fast they are.
"*sigh* Miss for the hundredth time, I told you to call me Ryan!" he said carefully placing me off the stairs.
"I know but that's too informal, if you don't like it then...Can I call you Brother Ryan?" I asked, showing my puppy eyes in which I'm an expert.
"You- ah...it's too formal for a knight but if you don't mind then it's okay I guess.." he said scratching the nape of his neck. I could see his red ears.
I can see how badly he wanted a sister. He is also weak to cute things, just like me. I chuckled at his behaviour.
We were walking out as we passed through our garden and then I remembered the flower, the Devil's heart? No, the Devil's peony? Devil's eyes? No, but it was something like that...ugh whatever devil it is. I plucked one flower and as soon as I plucked it, it grew again making my eyes pop out. Fannie told me that it grows fast but this fast, I never imagined but well then again it's a novel world anything is possible.
"Miss shall we go?" Sir Ryan asked, catching my attention.
"Huh? Oh yes, let's go" I said and with that we went to our neighbour's mansion.
-At the Romet's Mansion-
"Woah! It is so huge" I said while entering the mansion. "SABIII!!!!" I saw Anne running towards me.
Aw, so cute.
"Sabi, you're finally here! I missed you so much..." she said snuggling into me.
"Haha, yes I missed you too which is why I came to visit. Why did you not come after that day? I was waiting for you" I pouted.
"I'm sorry, it's just I wanted to give you some time to think over everything" she said innocently.
She's even more considerate than I thought. I was surprised by her comment.
"Here you go" I handed her the flower.
"Is this for me?" she asked innocently. I nodded and she started jumping with happiness making me chuckle at her cute behaviour.
"Sabrina?"
I heard a sweet feminine voice and I turned around to see whose it belonged to.
It was a lady, a beautiful lady at that, she was around the same age as mother or a year or two younger, she had blonde hair and green eyes. Her appearance fits exactly with the description of Duchess Rosaline, Anne and Knox's mother.
She was walking down the stairs with a maid supporting her, guess she's still ill. She had poor health right after giving birth to Knox and she still hasn't recovered yet and the sad news is that she will die after five years.
When the duchess was in her death bed with no chance of survival, Anne awakens her divine powers and tries to cure her but fails because she hadn't fully aroused her powers and also didn't know how to handle her powers yet as they were unstable.
That was the first time everyone got to know that Anne is a special child, it happened when she was 11 years old and they hid it from the world until her debutante because she would be in danger.
After Duchess Rosaline's death everything went downhill, Knox became distant and cold, Anne blamed herself for her death, the Duke couldn't bear the shock and died 2 years later and her death also affected my Mother since they were best friends.
The duchess has to endure severe pain for the next five years until she dies and for that I really feel bad, I wish I could help but she can only be cured by holy power or by the person who possesses 'The Fragment of Sol and Luna' or in short the 'Divine healer' who went extinct 500 years ago.
People called her 'Agnola' which means 'angel' and 'pure' in old Greek-Italian legend, she was known to be an angel sent by the God for the mankind but before the last Agnola died she cursed the mankind that there won't be any other Agnola because they took her for granted and mistreated her and forced her for their pleasure because of a rumour that if you can have the divine healer to yourself you can become an immortal but that was not the truth.
After her death for the next 400 years there wasn't any Agnola born, the people resented their ancestors for their mistreatments and repented for their sins and after seeing their sincerity there was an oracle was known,
"An Agnola will be born in the coming years but she will be unknown and it's up to your deeds whether she will awaken or not."
And after the oracle people were happy and celebrated but even after a 100 years there was no Agnola born and they lost hope. I think I slightly remember that there was an Agnola born but I don't remember who.
Anyway, now that Anne has yet to awaken her powers the duchess has to endure pain for the coming five years...poor soul.
"Good Morning Duchess Rosaline." I bowed while greeting her.
"Oh my, you don't have to be so formal Sabi. Just call me Aunty like you used to." she said smiling.
Woah...no doubt the Duke fell for her at first sight. She's breathtakingly pretty.
After the greetings we went to the sitting chamber and got seated there.
"I'm sorry my child, I couldn't visit you after your accident, my health is so poor I cannot even go to the room besides mine without any help." she said, feeling guilty.
"Oh no, it's totally fine, Mommy told me about you and Ah! I totally forgot" I remembered the flowers. I got off the seat and went to Brother Ryan and took the bouquet from him and went towards Aunty.
"Mommy sent these for you and told me to tell you that she is sorry for not visiting and she will visit soon" I said, giving her the flowers.
"Oh my, she remembers my favourite flowers, I really love them" she said, smelling the flowers, "Oh and tell her that I will be waiting," she said while smiling.
"Okay!" I replied.
"I heard you were having trouble with your memory. I would have never known if Ann wouldn't have cried so much after visiting you after your accident" she said looking at Anne.
I looked towards her and she was shyly looking down, I smiled at her and replied, "Yes, I lost my memory but everyone is so cooperative that it doesn't matter anymore".
"That's nice. Now you kids should go and play, I have an appointment with the doctor. Oh, and Knoxy is in the training grounds you can go visit there okay? Have fun." she said while getting up with the help of the maid. She's smiling so fondly while enduring such pain, she's really strong, I really feel bad for her.
'Don't worry, Aunty. I will find a way to save you even if it means to find the Agnola from the depths of the sea' I thought, making a promise to myself.
"Yes we will. Please take care of yourself, I wish you great health" I said getting off the couch.
"That's so sweet of you my child. Thank you." she pecked my cheek, making Anne pout.
Her actions made us giggle over her cuteness and then aunty proceeded and kissed her cheek as well making her happy.
After the small encounter we left towards the training grounds to meet Knox. And when we reached there the scene in front of us made us stand still on our spots.