As she opened her eyes she saw a familiar ceiling that she thought she had long forgotten
- is this the afterlife or is it a mockery of my misfortunes that I am seeing that after my death … she thought to herself
She started looking around the room, it had a very familiar and heartwarming feeling, this was the room that she grew up in her whole life!
- its the same room but different, it had some things that wasn't supposed to be there like her toy which was a gift from her mother when they first went out and some of her favorite books which had been burned by a crazy prince
As her thoughts wandered suddenly a maid knocked and opened the door
-young miss you are awake early that's surprising !
When she looked at her it was as if she has seen a ghost!
It was her maid Cilla that she grew up with
-no,no,no , I made sure that you successfully escaped before my imprisonment, how come you are in the afterlife with me!!
When the news of her family fall reached her she made sure that all her trustworthy servants escaped before the royal knights reached her palace, at least she didn't want to implicate them, she knew their target was only her.
-young miss what are you saying?, aha you just don't want to go to academy and started making excuses right?
-what academy what are you even talking about?!
Of course you need to go to the academy overseas thats the law of the treaty between kingdoms… said Cilla
She started collecting her thoughts and as her mind started connecting the dots she suddenly came to a conclusion
-what year is it? She asked
- what now are we playing the mind loss game?
-Young miss you are Rosie Rubinus the only daughter of duke Rubinus
- and as of today you are 19 years old and tomorrow you will go to the academy to study with other nobles and royalties from different kingdoms.
… 19 years old? that was my age seven years ago, did I go back in time? Impossible, but there is no other explanation, Rosie thoughts wanderd and then she suddenly pinchd her cheeks to make sure she wasn't dreaming
- as soon as she recovered her senses she barged outside her room and ran towards the room of her parents and slammed the door open
-father, mother!! Rosie jumped towards her parents and hugged them and started crying as if she was a little kid
After her imprisonment and as a form of punishment that prince made her watch her family's execution, she longed for this moment for almost a year in prison, the moment she is reunited with her family
startled by their daughter's sudden actions they patted her head and then her father said softly:
-did you have a nightmare or something you haven't acted like a kid since years
He said these words to save his image as a respected father and the duke of the kingdom, but deep down he was overjoyed, Rosie started acting like an adult once she reached ten years old so this scene was quite shocking for him
-what are you even saying to your daughter let her behave however she likes! - her mother said with a stern look as she embraced her little crying daughter, in her eyes she will always be a little kid no matter what anyone says
- no no, everything is fine but tomorrow I will be going to the academy so I wanted to say my goodbyes to you… rosie said while sobbing
After a while she stood up and wiped her tears then bowed down elegantly and stormed out from the room full of embarrassment
After she returned to her room she stood there for a while trying to organize her thoughts
-I still don't know if Its a dream or reality but for now I don't care I will make sure to protect my family from danger ..
-first things first I need to document all of the important events that will happen in the near future, also I need to make allies from the nobles of neighboring kingdoms , this kingdom is on its way to ruin and the common people don't deserve what will happen to them because of these tyrants.
-it all started two years after we entered the academy the kingdom was hit with a severe drought which caused massive famine and outbreaks of diseases
- and as if it couldn't be worse that bastard of a prince took advantage of the king's illness and started abusing his authority with stupid laws and declarations.
after a year of drought he declared war on the neighboring empire just because he was insulted in the academy by their crown prince at that time
- now that I have mentioned it why dont I start my plans with him I totally forgot about it, we used to have a great friendship always fighting for the first place on the test rankings and debating as if our lives depended on it.
-young miss what are you thinking about your cheeks are bright red… said Cilla
-nn nothing!, when did you come in ? didn't I say I don't want any distractions while I was in my room!! Said the flustered Rosie
- I did knock on the door but you seem to be in a daze, right I forgot, the duke is calling you to his office it seems that a decree from tha palace has arrived
As soon as she heard the mention of the palace her anger rose and her mood soured,
From the beginning she didn't like the engagement nor the prince, he was way below her standards of even a human being , but due to various reasons and being the only girl of higher rank nobles that was close to his age she was forced to this engagement,
As she entered her father's office she saw that his mood wasn't good
- what's the matter father?
The duke looked at her with a concerned look then said
-they want you to accompany the prince together to the academy and demanding you to be by his side all the time
Everything is happening the same as before this was an order not a suggestion
on the surface they want it as a display of affection but in reality they want to exploit and dump all of his work on me as they did before…
~well of course when I figured out their objective I ditched him after a month, when I got a permission from the academy to attend the girls dormitory instead of the private ones, his grades by then started dropping and everyone figured out what was happening
As if Rosie had come to a conclusion she straightened her back and with a serious voice she said:
-Father, I have something to tell you and mother…