"Argh! I hate this!" I told myself that I would start living my life appropriately and that I would fix my image as the new Aerin. But how to? I don't even know where to start.
Would the people forget all the bad things that I did by not going out to society until my coming of age? It's not like I was transmigrated to a novel I have read, or to a story I have created. This is really very different from the fantasy stories I have read. I am so clueless!
There was no knowledge of a designed plot, so there was no way to know what would be the outcome of my life. There was no knowledge of a female lead, a male lead, some side characters, and what-not. Nothing at all to help me prepare for my future. It is just like I'm living in reality, redoing my life, though the only difference is the world and the family that I'm into.
Though I wouldn't complain about my family. I may only have a father, but I am filthy rich! I laughed when I thought that I don't need to work anymore so I could live.
"Thanks for bringing me up to this lady's body! You have not forsaken me!" I cried in awe while looking up above.
I heard that they have one supreme God here, and they call her Vitas. She was the holy God of prosperity, love, and health. It was also said that the temple that was created for her is housing divine priests with divine powers. People seek the temple's help when in need of guidance and blessing about farming, business, and health. Because of that, it is said that the temple is already almost gaining more power than the king. Which is making the nobles worried somehow.
I have learned that it was one of the reasons why my father is very busy these past few months. That's because there is a prophecy of a new saint coming, which was creating so much stir in the kingdom. It was said that some of the aristocrats were now siding with the temple. And as much as possible, the nobles are trying to maintain the balance between the royal family and the temple.
In the novels that I've read before, I just learned that aristocracy and nobility were two opposing sides, that there is a division between them, and that division just exists naturally. Only now I have come to understand the bureaucratic system in a kingdom. The nobles were the supreme people as they were lined up below royalty and were born with titles, a title capable of ruling specific classes in society, and are blue blood-- as we say in the modern world. Whereas aristocrats were elite people with titles as well, but instead of ruling specific classes, they were more engaged in business, law, and the formulation of good governance. In addition, religion also poses a different sect. The only difference is that religion is not a subject of the king.
I reached out for the cookie Maya had left me. I asked her not to leave me alone without any food left in my room. I don't want to experience the same pain of dying of hunger due to frustration again. Who knows, I might have totally died this time without the chance of reincarnation or transmigration.
There were a lot of things I need to learn and digest. I need to attend classes, too, because I don't know how to act as a noble. It has been three days since I dined with my father, and on that same day, I asked him to get me teachers so I could start once more. From etiquette classes to the history of this kingdom, and all subjects that a noble should learn. I will be studying again.
I think that would be my starting point. Being re-educated as they said because I "lost my memory." And because of that, I have told my father that I should not be going out, nor attend any formal events and tea parties. Not until I "re-learned" everything.