The flow of the trip is going smoothly, as they arrived at the mansion, the presence was gloomy.
The peasants are mourning at the loss of the duke, and the arrival of the daughter didn't bother them.
'Of course. Father already died. There's no way that they will enjoy the event and welcome me as their duchess. We have to mourn for his loss before I take the title'
She breathed, and go to her father's office. The luxury and plants are still here, but the user is no longer alive. "it seems lonely and dead" she mumbled.
"Father, just... How would this office flourish like before when you are not here anymore?" she asked. She go to the office table and saw a book with red borders.
She open and flipped the pages, and as she flip and flip it more, the words starts to became same of what's happening to her life.
"Just... What's happening?!" she screamed as the book starts flipping by its own without the support of the wind.
When the book reaches its last page, a glowing light beamed, and because of its brightness, she was stunned and fainted on the office.
But when the brightness of the book dimmed out, a woman with a white hair starts to appear from the book, like a 3D dimension character.
She looked at Zeianna's unconscious body. "how pitiful. Is this how the next duchess of the Emery clam should act?"
Her floating body swirled to the direction where the door is seen. "I guess no one will rescue her—"
"Lady Zeianna?" a maid asked, looking for her. "lady Zeianna?" she accidentally dropped the tray of food when she saw her unconscious.
"Lady Zeianna!" a maid by the name of Amelia approach her and lift her body to her room.
The lady of the book is pleased to her action, and got herself back again in the book, isolated for life, once again.
"Where am I?" she asked. A woman who looks like her walked forwards, where she is.
The person looked down at her, her white cape swinging together with the wind. Her stance never pleased her, and the way she looked, really despise her.
The person became familiar to her, it is her in the first life. A girl who despise someone of a narrow minded became the close-minded person.
"How pitiful, my dear" she said, condescending. She sat down to her eye level.
Zeianna became creep out at her past life's actions. "well, you didn't learn about it again, don't you?"
She find courage to speak. "stop this. You're so... Creepy—"
She slap her so hard that she feels like her soul left her body. "creepy?! Are you insane? You are the creepy one here!" her past screamed, higher than her current pitch.
"You only care about everyone who tried to ruin you! Everyone who tried their best beating you in your own game. You save them, and they brought you to your death"
"Remember that Zeianna! Remember that everyone around you hates you and your existence—"
"My lady!" Amelia yelped when she opened her eyes.
"What is the date today?" the first question that she spit out of her mouth.
"It's been a week since you were asleep, everyone is now worried, especially about your coronation of being a duchess in this home was postponed that was supposed to be on Wednesday" she explained.
"The emperor was excited seeing you" the disappointment in her tone really proves that the coronation of being a duchess became really postponed because of her unconsciousness.
"But fret not my lady, as the emperor told us that we shall wait for days for you to wake up and prepare the coronation again"
After her conversation with her old self, she doubted everything. "Amelia" she called and the maid immediately perked up.
"What is it, my lady?"
"Do you hate me?"
Amelia's eyes became small at her question, as she prepared her dress, she said, "no my lady, I worked under this family for three years and I find you kind, and lovable. You deserved to be loved"
Those words assured her that her past lies about it.
'Don't forget the crown prince how much he loathes you. He is the reason you died, make him suffer like how you suffered back then'
She decided to put the coronation on Wednesday next week, where it is supposed to be.
Her uncle visited her, and asked if she's alright. "you're frequently fainting, tell us if you have an illness. The family doctor of the Emery is always present"
Zeianna smirked. "I'm alright, uncle. It's just... I lack of sleep, the paperworks needed to be done before time comes"
He sighed. "you have to take a rest, dear. You have your secretary to share your work with. Do not exhaust yourself"
His words assured her. As maids bought expensive clothes for the coronation, other people start cleaning the rubbish outside and inside the manor.
"Your going to be a duchess soon, and will be the crown princess, and soon to be an empress of the Rufino empire. You accomplished everything, my dear. If sister Adelia was alive, she would be proud of you"
The gold bell, shining from the sun's radiance, clang as a sign of calling the maids, he asked more for tea and the maid gladly accept the request.
When the tea is delivered, he sip it and smiled at the delicious yet exquisite taste of tea.
"The tea was imported from the port Obojo of the ezhide kingdom. This is mostly their specialty as it was infused with special ingredients, normally came from their national fruit of gold apples"
"This tea..." Seleno mumbled. "is golden apple tea. This tea can be paired with lemon or sprinkled with sugar"
Zeianna nodded. "I want the coronation to be grand" she looked at the butler as she finished writing. "this is the invitation for the imperial family. Kindly give it to them. Their names are written in the back of the envelope"
The butler nodded and she thanked him for her request. When the butler is gone, she stood up and said, "bring the whole Juvelino on Wednesday, especially Kirstein"
"I want myself to prove them that I can do things that men always do"