"And then when her Imperial Highness passed away, the throne came to the path of the elder daughter of the Lobelia Family, Athiea Reyez Lobelia. And is crowned the Empress." The Baroness explained as she wrote the details in her notebook. But then stop.
"What? The eldest daughter, of our family had inherit the throne? Even after the Emperor had a daughter?"
"Yes, it was quite a shock actually. Of course, the people of the empire cannot believe that someone without the blue blood dare inherit the throne. But Athiea is different, she dare inherit the throne for one reason. " The Baroness then paused for the tense before continuing.
"She was powerful than anyone else. No one protest until the throne was passed down to her son until Athiea's great grandson, refused the throne and live his life as a knight protecting the west border." She explains.
Cecelia may not fully understand how titles and ranks work, but from what she understood. Its like having a job of an ordinary employee of a convenience store then became an owner until she refuses and became an ordinary manager. Even if that happens, things doesn't became normal again.
She became an owner once, so she's powerful in consideration. And in the near future, the crown of the empress will be worn again by someone in the Lobelia clan, that is Eden.
Cecelia have no interest in becoming an Empress so she'll let Eden become one again after she became an attorney again or just a someone with an income.
"Milady." A voice came into the room. The door opens to Pansy who was holding some roses.
She watched how carefully Pansy changed the vase with new fresh roses from the garden. Those red blood roses that have cut her finger do resembles the blood she lost that day.
"Should we end our class for today, Baroness?"
CHAPTER 7: The Noble Lobelia Clan (3)
It was when Cecelia was 22 when she got married. And died a year after, that is 23. But with Eden who was two years younger than her.
So if she wants to avoid getting married then she has to have certain distractions that will forbid her from doing so.
'How about becoming a nun?'
No. Even though she was purely single in her 30s in her second life, she wishes to die with a husband and a child. She's still a woman with desires. And becoming a nun forbids her to do that.
She picked up the book that her teacher have left her. They have gone back to the basics after Cecelia told some lies just like what she told Pansy the first time she woke up. And luckily, the Baroness was kind to not ask anymore questions.
"Huff..."
Cecelia read the book full of job anyone can take with a decree from the Emperor or from the academy which the late-Cecelia have applied. The letter came with a polite rejection since she was stupid. God.
She took interest of becoming a teacher in the academy, or be a tutor. Or maybe she can open a business herself. A boutique, a dress house, a cafe, a resthouse and many more. But she's still sixteen, there's still a lot more time.
So for now, she has to gather up more information about Cecelia. Not Cecelia Thresse Yeong. But the Thresse Cecelia Lobelia. The Noble daughter of the Lobelia Clan. The once blue blood. How exciting.
Her fingers tap the table with the vase of roses and got the idea.
'Since this is ancient time, I can have a rose bath which was expensive in the future 2000s.'
She smiles and carefully lift the roses when a sound coming from the window startled her to touch the thorn of the roses.
"God, Anthony. That window is the Lady Cecelia's lady."
"Seriously?! I'm doomed if she find out!"
"May you rest in peace."
"Hey!!"
A bead of sweat falls down in the floor before a drop of blood fell next to it. She had cut her finger from the roses thorns, and just like the last time she saw a vision of her struggling because of the poison that had killed her then the clear face of her sister Eden, smiling like a maniac.
And then the vision of her secretary, sitting in her office comfortably in her original seat with a smile of an evil after she lost her breaths in the car accident.
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Blue Blood means a royal/imperial blood.