Morning comes by as I woke up and made a usual morning routine, maids are entering the room and doing the daily beauty crap on me, morning bath, dressing me up, fixing my hair, etc.
Ah, yes that's it, they just left after they are done, I ordered them to bring me morning snacks and a tea that I wanted.
After a while, they went inside and brought me some snacks, like macarons, sweet lemon pie, chocolate cookies, etc., and some hot tea, of course, my fave one was I put some additional milk and honey on it, feels refreshing.
While at it, I went to my table and started analyzing my situation and my environment of what I am right now. Of course, you need to think of a plan of what will I do to prevent myself from getting killed in the future, as I started to write, here is the summary of what I know…
"The Chosen Love Rival."
It is a Top Online Story where you meet a bunch of characters, the usual love story where you are a Female lead, and each of the routes there are Male leads you can choose from and prevent her from getting the bad end. Here are the Male leads so far:
Crown Prince Albert Noir Adamante, a 1st Prince of the Adamante Empire, is one of the top's most choices of the fans to be matched up with the Female Lead. He has a Fire attribute and a powerful one, you can distinguish him to have golden blond hair, good looks, blue eyes, etc. Once a fiancé of Cadyssa Von Bloodhound, because of some Political and Royalty crap thing you know, the Crown Princess Selection thingy, yep, and she was chosen to the partner of the Crown Prince. When the female lead appears, he can't take the eyes off her because of her calm nature attitude. Of course, Lady Cadyssa won't forgive the female lead, she did everything she could to destroy the female lead, get bullied and framed her, but the crown prince still defends her and makes the villainess angry even more to the point of kidnapping her and wanting to kill her. Once the Crown Prince knows of this, he saves her and killed the villainess, because she was so enraged, out of mind and her power can't control anymore because of jealousy. That's the bad end for the villainess, I tell ya.
Shanti Marcus Aldo, one of the young chief commanders of the Adamante Army, 2nd most top choice to be with the female lead. He has red hair, big muscles, black eyes, an earth attribute user, and an X scar on his cheeks due to his previous battle with the magical beast. He once meets with the female lead when he was patrolling around the Royal Academy Grounds while on the new student party, he saw her sitting around the gazebo near the lake in the beautiful night, as she watches the reflections of the moon on the lake, he mesmerized her because of her looks. The bad end of this route is like he saves the female lead from the rampaging magical beast that was summoned by the villainess out of jealousy because of her talent and good calm nature. Again, with the villainess' bad end.
Trevor Casper Beckett, the advisor and a best friend of the crown prince, a real genius indeed when it comes to politics, has green long hair that is tied up, yellow eyes, a wind attribute user, and perfect stature man indeed. Met with the female lead while at the New student party while watching the crowd, he sees her as a perfect woman. To be honest, I don't like this guy though, he has this dark secret in which he has an obsession with perfection. He even teamed up with Lady Cadyssa to get closer with her, but the downside is to the point that Lady Cadyssa eventually mind-controlling him to get what he wanted, in the end, the same goes for the Crown Prince's route, he kidnaps the female lead and put her in the cage to be locked up, then goes the saving moments, he was killed in the bad end together with Lady Cadyssa because of the jealousy, what a bummer and a sick route for me.
Little Duke Nestor Von Bloodhound, is one of the male leads in the story and the Older Brother of Lady Cadyssa. He has a slight golden-brown hair, and a water user attribute, just like his father. He is also one of the closest friends of the Crown prince. He sees the female lead while she was running in the hallway because she was late for her class at the Royal Academy and got bumped into him, that was his first moment with her, instead of getting angry at her, he was blankly staring at her because of her looks and calming words. But because of Lady Cadyssa' bullying to the female lead, he plans to kick her out of the family because of the shameful acts she has done that will bring ruins to the Bloodhound family. He did those while at the graduation party in their academy, in which the villainess was devastated and depressed when she realizes that no one care for her, she went crazy and killed herself in front of them.
These were the male leads so far that I know, there is supposed to have a special hidden route to be released in the new update, but because I died, I didn't get a glimpse of it, so I just leave it alone.
There are other side and supportive characters to be mentioned but that will be a long day though. I will just be introduced to them in the future when I meet them.
So, I don't know why, but as a 4-year-old girl living alone in a very farthest room of the mansion, this is giving me a disappointment in this family, not gonna lie, but I do have an enormous amount of mana and skill, I should find it out what other things I can do aside from having a water attribute. As far as I know, Lady Cadyssa is one of the geniuses in the academy because of her talent in water magic, sadly because of anger and jealousy of one person, it was all ruined, what a pity.
The family Bloodhound, one of the strongest families in this Empire that totally supports the Royal Family, has a lot of connections, and strongest knights. You are lucky enough to get recruited in this family, either from a commoner or another noble family. Duke Lester Von Bloodhound, a Lord of this family, has a powerful water attribute that was passed down to every generation. Once a loving father and a husband, but because of the incident, everything went changed and neglected Lady Cadyssa, even her brother neglected her and both of them even despised to see her because every time she sees her, she remembers her late wife and mother, Duchess Naomi, she has the same looks as her late mother. He was very devasted and ordered everyone to not let her out of the mansion without his permission. This has been done for 2 years now so it's still a fresh memory for them.
Hmm, this will be changed, after all, I am not going to drag myself into getting killed in the future. I have to plan something and will definitely leave this family for good.
As I finished writing, I rang up the bell beside me and ordered the maid to prepare some dress, because I need to meet with them immediately after all and end this crazy shit. One maid was shocked and can't believe what I am saying, wait hold on a second...
"Wait, you look familiar, are you the new maid?" I asked.
"Gre-gr-greetings, my lady, yes I am new here" She replied nervously.
"What is your name?" I looked at her with the usual look, the expressionless one. I am really into this lately, it's like I don't care anymore about what feelings I have, it doesn't exist anymore within me.
"M-m-my name is Rebecca, Lady Cadyssa, aa-a-a-apologies, my lady, what ki-k-kind of dr-e-dre-dress would you like t-o-to wear?" She panicked.
"I would like the white simple one, I want to meet up with the Duke immediately" I answered.
"Y-e-Yesss, my lady"
Ah, I remember her, it's Rebecca indeed, she has this ginger red-colored curly hair, one of the trusted maids in the story, she uses her to order around while at the academy, it's like a messenger, but in the end, whenever Cadyssa gets punished, she gets punished also for being an accomplice, poor lass. She is very loyal to Lady Cadyssa in the end. But I must say, this girl has an affinity for magic, I can use her in the future, for now, I should get her trusted first.
As she was finished preparing me, I went out of the room and rushed towards the end of the hallway, where I met the butler. The butler looks surprised at first but asked me why am I at outside at this time, you serious?
"Lady Cadyssa, may I know the reason why you are in the hallway at this hour?" he blurted.
"Hmm, I would like to speak with the Duke, please?" I answered.
"Lady Cadyssa, I believed that won't make it happen"
"May I ask why?" I glared at him.
"The Duke didn't even meet you up for 2 years now, it will be the waste of time for the lady to meet with him." He smirked
"Hmm, I don't care, move, I am the lady of this house, how dare you questioned me" I glared at him.
"Lady Cadyssa! You can't see the duke, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED!" He replied.
"Hmm, how annoying you are" the moment I looked at the butler with the terrifying look, the butler was surprised and scared, as he looks at the lady with the terrifying aura around her that he can't be described, it's like she wanted to swallow his soul. The moment I knew the butler was stunned, I walked past through him and proceed to the Duke's Office.
As I opened the door, I saw 3 figures, the Duke, my older brother, and the assistant. They were surprised at first then followed by the disappointing face.
"What are you doing here, Cadyssa? Haven't I told you not to show your face to us without permission? Where are the maids and the butler!" The duke shouted, tsk how dare he.
"Good morning Father and Older Brother, I mean, Duke and Little Duke Bloodhound," I said as I followed by bowing down slowly, still showing my respect to them in end, how disappointing.
"Are you deaf, Cadyssa? What are you even doing here, you ruining our morning already, get out while we are discussing some things" Nestor replied.
"Isn't bad to greet the most respectful noble in the empire?" I chuckled.
"CADYSSA, HAVE YOU NO SHAME?" Duke shouted.
"I have a request father, why can't do just these simple words you have on your daughter?" I asked.
"Daughter? I don't have a daughter like you, murderer!" Duke Lester replied.
Ah, there it is, still more anger whenever they see me.
"I see *Laughs* still the same after all, I just want to request something, no worries, just think of me as a guest. That should be enough" I glimpsed on my brother and saw his disgusted look.
The duke walks towards me and slapped me real hard, it hurts, but this is just a small pain I had since my past life.
As I remember the pain of this past body's owner, I got somehow a sense of her feelings. The feeling of pain, loneliness, out of love, and depression. Don't worry, Cadyssa, I will get revenge someday, there will be no pain for you anymore, I will handle this.
"How dare you request something nonsense, get out! Had the butler deal with this stupid idea of yours!" Duke shouted and hears me laugh after that, he got angry even more and was about to slap me again when he noticed my face with a blankly stare look. He was stunned and can't believe what he sees. It is like, it is not his daughter, the face he sees is likely your soul sucks out your body. It seems like he was being controlled by an unknown force.
"I see, well then, thank you, duke?" As I walked at the door, I stopped at the moment and looked at them with a disappointing and blank look.
"No worries, this guest of yours will be gone for good without knowing, so, thank you for everything, I guess?" I blurted.
Hmm, annoying, everything else is annoying. But I will not forget the look of their terrifying face. I don't know why but they were scared as hell. I guess I just have to ask Rebecca for my requests and proceed with my plan so that I can finally get out of here.
So, after the meetup, I rest and enjoy my free time for the whole week, while waiting within those days, I asked beforehand to Rebecca to prepare certain items for me to start something, training clothes, a wooden sword, and a wooden dagger. Why would I ask such a thing? Well, I have to start training myself in order to boost up my mana and control my magic. I can't just end up being crazy and went berserk like in the story, you know?
While waiting for the requests to arrive, in which it will take like a week. I went to the library every day to study more about magic and any military tactics. In order to boost up my mana, I have to train my stamina, which requires physical training. Dang, I never ever do physical training in my whole life though. Next is the Military tactics, I should know more about the basic sword training, this will be fun as I am interested in swords. You can see me around filled with books, from basic to expert level ones, Rebecca can't believe it at first because, of all, why would a small child read this kind of topic? Seriously, I don't know either, maybe because I am eagerly wanted to leave this hell that is why I am confident to do so.
After 3 weeks of reading nonstop, as I finished everything I do, I saw the room that was dark, I didn't even realize again that it was evening now, well, time to go back and have dinner. I guess, no one is still home at this time so I can freely go back to the room and rest.
As I was walking back, I saw the figure that I hated most, the Little Duke, he was surprised to see me as to why I was still out at this time. He was about to say something but I interrupted him.
"Apologies, little duke, I was going to go back to the room from the library, please heed no mind into this guest, have a great night." I bowed to him and proceed on walking without looking back.
"WAI- "He said. He was murmuring something but I didn't mind because I don't care.
A few days have passed, the requested items have arrived. Finally, I got bored of reading books, it is time for me to start training. Let's start by knowing my attributes, I read a book regarding this, and it needs serious concentration. As I remember what the book says, I sit down on the floor and followed the instructions.
I remember the contents of the book "Ways to control Magic", the core of magic is in your body, located in the center, near the heart, in order to awaken it, you need to concentrate and think of water flowing around, hear them rushing down, don't overthinking too much as it will not balance your flow of aura.
It's hard at first though, it's like draining you so much, my head hurts many times but I don't bother it. I instruct my maid not to disturb me while concentrating, she understands me somehow and just sits in the corner, watching my every move. These past few days, we are getting closer and closer and she understands my situation, I have known her in the story for being so loyal to her, besides, I trust her more and more and she doesn't get nervous and scared anymore with me. I saw her watching me with an amazed face, how cute.
After 2 months of concentration, with a repeatedly unsuccessful awakening, I finally managed to feel my aura inside me, I have a hard time reconnecting my flow around my body, especially to my legs, somehow there is a blockage that prevents me from getting through it, it seems that someone tries to poison me slowly huh. Gladly I managed to remove that inside my body, which took me longer than I expected.
Now I can finally go to the next step, the physical training, this involves any physical exercises like running and sparring, and I already made a plan for that. I'll start by running around the mansion tomorrow night, no one around anyway and everyone is asleep. This place is safe because we have a barrier around the mansion, so those unexpected guests, or visitors, or even unidentified beings enters it, it will alarm the people inside and triggers the powerful lightning magic that suppresses them, either that enemy is dead or it will make them cripple for the rest of their lives.
So, on day 1 of training, as I start to run around, this body of mine can't handle more like 2 laps. Of course, what do you expect, the mansion is big. My body eventually surrendered and I feel like I'm going to die from exhaustion and out of breath because I can't literally breathe so much.
"I…. can't…stop…..HA…shit...HA" I tried to catch up my breath as it is so hard.
"Fuck…..I…need..HA…to…take…this…slowly...…I.." I lie down on the ground as my feet can't take it anymore. My maid run towards me in panic as she thought that I fainted.
"Lady Cadyssa, we have to go back quickly, or else someone will see us!" She whispered
"Ok…..HA..ay….Let's go….my feet…hurts…HA" I said as I really still caught up my breath
Rebecca carries me on her back and walks to the back to the alley wall, we entered the secret passage, the passage leads to the painting of my late mother, near my room. Somehow, I already know this before since the little duke used this before for sneaking out.
Eventually, this happens every time so this is not matter to me, as few months passed, more like 4 months have passed, I managed to run around for more than 50 laps a day, I tried to run more than that but it will be morning already and everyone is awake for the training, Rebecca will stop me once she knows something is up. After running, I managed to swing my sword and spar on the dummy to increase my hold power to the weapon. Of course, you can't be a weasel just because you can't carry a weapon properly, also, as the days go by, my weapon is getting heavier and heavier. I managed to customize my weapon due to Rebecca, she has this connection to every commoner in the area, good thing for me to get Rebecca closer to me as she is a reliable friend and a maid to me.
"Lady Cadyssa, your new weapon is here, this will weigh up to 100kg, you just need to control how many you need while in training" Rebecca approached me with a chest in her arms. I opened it and the weapon I wanted is finally there, the two swords and a dagger with a red gem on the handle with the name "CB" engraved on it. I managed to hold the weapon until 30 kg now.
"Finally, Rebecca, I can proceed on the next step," I said.
Now it has come to this, I can finally test this experiment of mine. I have been wondering why Cadyssa has this enormous amount of mana and is even called the genius in this era. I tried to research that in my previous life, but the author didn't mention that. Anyways, I instruct Rebecca to watch over me again and not to disturb what will I do next.
In this step, I have to concentrate on my aura, somehow, when I awaken my magic, instead of blue aura, I saw 3 other colors around my core. After finding out your awakening, you have to release that aura of yours in order to know your attribute.
In this era, around 6 years of age, the children need to go to the Royal Temple in order to know their attributes. Well, I'm just 4 years old so I have to wait for 2 years, but because I am a genius, I should just try it, right?
While at it, I am currently sitting on the floor in my room, trying to concentrate on my core, after a few minutes of concentrating, the blue aura came out of my body. Rebecca was surprised to see my beautiful aura around me. It is like water flows around, yep, it is a water attribute alright.
Suddenly my aura changes into green, I feel like a wind around the room and it is a refreshing one, I see, so it's a wind attribute.
Rebecca saw the changes in color and was even surprised when she saw my aura change again into a violet one. Oh my, I feel tinglish in my body, wait, lightning attribute? How Cadyssa manages 3 auras in one body.
As my 3 aura colors change drastically, I never knew Cadyssa, has more than one attribute, this is gonna be fun indeed. I'll continue on concentrating as it will break if I lose it. After a few hours, I feel my body aches so bad, as I tried to slowly release my aura. I sense something unexpectedly. Me and Rebecca were shocked as this was not expected to be this way. This feeling…. I knew it….
"Oh, now this is getting interesting, does it, Rebecca?"
--END OF CHAPTER 2--