"Good morning, Lady Zaire. I-It's time to wake up, y-your Ladyship."
"Why are you stuttering?"
"I don't want to wake up her ladyship. I just started last week. I don't want to get fired."
Why am I hearing these unfamiliar voices? I'm living with my big brother and he is at work.
"Your Ladyship, it's time to wake up. Y-your father..."
Argh! So noisy!
"Would you please shut... up." I was ready to yell when I saw two girls in a maid dress? "Hello? Who are you?" I asked.
"We are your new personal maids, milady." Said the one who has a brown hair.
"Are you kidding me? Me? Have m...aids?" I was again puzzled when I saw my reflection in a mirror beside my bed? Who is that?!
I look at my hands. I touched my face, my hair, my dress. Who is that in the mirror?! That not me!
I looked at the maids that looked puzzled. Then to the mirror, then to the maids and the mirror again.
"Ahhhhhh!" Who am I???? Where am I? What in the world is this???!!!
"Ahhhh" Even the maids were frightened.
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Breath in. Breath out. Calm. Be calm.
What the hell? How can I calm down?
😠What happened to me?
I'm on the bed now with the blanket all over me.
Why I am here? I'm just doing my part time work. And...
Wait...
I'm doing my part time work at a convenience store. Then a robber came, and a loud bang.
Did I just died?
But where I am? Why they are calling me Zaire?
Zaire? That's the name of the character in the online story I've read.
The antagonist who was striped of her title, banished from the kingdom and died in the forest? 😠Noooo! It can't be.
"Your Ladyship." I heard the voice of the maid again.
"I told you to leave me alone. Just do your thing." I yelled because the door is too far from my bed, maybe she can't hear me. Eh? But why can I hear her clearly?
"B-but your ladyship, the duke is waiting." Duke? Whose duke?
Argh! Zaire give me your memories!
I tried to remember the story I've read while my index fingers are both on the sides of my head.
While digging the memories of memories that I don't know where to dig in my mind, flashes of the happenings came to mind.
Welcome to the gate
"What gate? I don't see any gate?" It was me on my part time work uniform. I smell myself. I need to shower.
Don't mind taking a bath. You're dead already.
"Huh? What do you mean dead? Who are you? Where are you? I can't see you." I said while looking where the voice coming from.
Haiys. Above you, young woman.
I looked up and I saw a floating table and a chair. "Wow, you can fly."
Sometimes, I don't know what to react.
The floating person said while shaking his head. His or her? I don't know.
"Are you a man or a woman?"
That's not important. You will be given a chance to live again. The body that your soul will possessed has died and she chose you to continue her life. Use it well. I'll give her memories to you in a bit.
"Wait floating person!" Before I can protest, a light enveloped me and here I am. Tada~
-_-
Will give the memories in a bit but I'm just gettinf it now. Haiys.
Okay. Let's sort things out.
This is the Kingdom of Razar, ruled by a King, whose name is Arthur Razar III. He has 4 sons, Alexander, Andrew, Austin, and Adrian. The crown prince, Alexander is Zaire's fiancée in the future but he loves someone else, Atanasia. Alexander and Atanasia is the male and female lead of the story "Garden of Roses in the Empire".
The story evolves aroung Atanasia and Alexander love story. And the Antagonist of the story is Zaire.
Zaire Saxon is a daughter of a Duke. The Razar family is the 23th cousin of Saxon. They are family but too far. So Zaire will be engaged to Alexander. Since she loves Alexander, she tried all things to make him fall in love with her but unfortunately, it leads to tragic ending. Because she disobey her father's warning, tried a treason but get caught, she was striped of her title, disowned by her family, banished from the Kingdom, became poor and died in the forest. How tragic. But deserved! She tried harming Atanasia and the princes!
But the biggest problem is... I am now Zaire. I just wanted to cry. The floating person doesn't explain to me why the original Zaire died.
Wait! Memories of Zaire... Searching. She had acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis or arrhythmic death syndrome in other words, nightmare. She died while sleeping. Nice way of dying!
"Zaire Akilah Saxon! If you will not open this door this instance, I will cut your allowance in half!"
Wait? What allowance? No!
I immediately open the door and a beautiful lady is in front of Zaire's door. It's my door now. I'm Zaire. Behind her is middle age man, which I think is her husband and the 2 maids.
"Uhm- yes? Mother?" Yes, she is Zaire's mother.
"Don't yes mother me. What do you think you are doing? Our audience with the Imperial family is today. What is happening to you, young lady?"
"That's today? Oh no. I need to prepare." I am panicking. The story has started. Chapter 2 is the dinner with the Razar family. Today will be the engagement dinner and after 2 months, the engagement party. What's with their celebrations, I don't really understand.
"Dina and Cynthia, assist the lady." Zaire's mother commanded and we prepare for this dinner thingy.