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Lunaria: Reborn Of The Bloody Empress - Chapter 2
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My dream ended up abruptly as I was shaken back into reality. My eyes opened, my eyelashes faintly batting against my lids when I blinked.
The light of dawn seeped into my room. Streaks of sunlight penetrate the window and greeted me a gentle warmth.
The ceiling were painted with dark brown colour and a chandelier made from crystal shone its beauty so bright that it can almost blind my eyes.
I sit up, dragged my feet off the bed and rubbed my knuckles onto my eyes.
‘Where am I? What is this place?’
I wanted to stand but for the moment my legs have given way to gravity. They were shaky and weak.
It took me a lot of strength to get the mirror. When I saw the reflection of myself, I almost threw the mirror out from the window.
There, stood a very pretty young woman. She wasn’t just flawless in her bone structure, her skin was like a silk over glass and she radiated an intelligent beauty.
Her blue eyes, like the sea, were calm and emotionless. Long, wavy blonde hair, smooth and silky, almost as if it was tailored from gold fabric.
“This is…m-me?”
I couldn’t believe my eyes as I saw my face. This is my younger face!
The white hair and all the wrinkles had gone!
“Could this be, I return to the past? Ah, that’s impossible. Yes, impossible. Maybe, this is heaven.”
I persuaded my heart so I won’t lose hope in impossible things. That couldn’t be. I shook my head continuously. I sighed.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise.
Crash!
I fixed my gaze towards the loud sound.
‘How could this maid be so careless? Such a thing couldn’t even handle…’
I sighed. No wait, more than that… She-
“Oh my God, m-my lady, y-you… Oh God, this is truly remarkable! I c-couldn’t believe my eyes!”
The maid with a quavered voice started to shed tears. She was shaking so hard that she needed to hold onto the door’s handle to support her body.
The impossible thing I thought happened before my very eyes. Even then, there are a thousand things that could happen.
I spoke her name calmly trying to control the my slow, shaky voice. My skin was tingling. I had this heavy feeling rising up in my stomach.
“…Blaire.”
Her eyes widen, staring me without blinking.
“Milady, y-you… You speak my name, I-I-“
My heart pounded quickly. Before she finished her words, I pulled her into a long, deep embrace.
“You are the only person that gives indefinite hug.”
My voice was small, which more like a whisper but could be heard clearly by this very person.
I breathed more slowly. My body melted into her warmth and gentle embrace. My muscles became loose.
She seemed flustered and tried a few times to pushed me back gently.
“Milady, you had just wake up, it’s not good if you suddenly walking around like this. Your body is still weak, I’m afraid you might get sick later.”
She spoke earnestly. She had a delicate warmth to her voice. I had been hugged before, but never like this since my mom had passed away.
This was real. Real life.
“Did God answered my prayers?”
“Huh? Milady, if you’re talking about how you managed to wake up, then yes.”
I’ve seen a miracle just happen, silent prayers get answered, broken hearts became brand new. That’s what faith in God can do.
‘But what does it mean by ‘wake up’?’
“Blaire, what’s the year now?”
“Ah, it’s the 480th year of Imperial Rule, milady.”
Looked like I got returned to the past when I’m still 18. Finally, I was home.
I’m not a girl anymore and I never would be again. I was determined to be as different as possible.
***
The physician examined my body carefully. Then after confirming I was in a healthy state with no injuries or symptoms, he lowered down his stethoscope.
“It’s look like the lady is better now. Her body has freed from the poison.”
All the servants in the room put their hands on their mouth as if they felt relieved for my body condition. A buzz of excitement spread through the room.
“Oh God, this is a miracle.”
“I should notified this to the young master!”
“Send news to the Duke!”
Just now when Blaire told everyone that I woke up from a deep slumber, all of them hurriedly gather in my room. Some even stopped their works just to see me.
I yawned. I felt tired and with these people all in one room made me feel headache. How noisy, I thought.
“Milady, are you alright?”
Blaire worried voice startled almost everyone. When they saw me being alright, they almost forgotten the fact I just had woken up and my body was still weak. They afraid the noises disturbed me so they lowered down their voices to whispers.
Everyone worried eyes fell on me. I replied with a rather feeble smile.
“…I think I’m good. I don’t have the strength yet, but… I’m a little sleepy. I don’t have any energy.”
“My God…”
Blaire glared sharply at the physician as she wanted to confirm the result of the diagnosis.
The physician who felt threatened by Blaire’s glare cleared his throat and spoke in a clear voice.
“Seeing the lady feel tired, I suppose she needs to sleep to recover her strength. We might as well don’t disturb her.”
Hearing the physician’s remarks, everyone left the room except the butler and Blaire. The physician told Blaire a few things that need to do for my recovering and gave her some instructions for my meals and stuffs like that.
The butler narrowed his gaze as he looked at my pitiful state and spoke,
“Lady, I had already informed the Duke and young master about your awakening news. His Excellency is still abroad and I’m afraid he might needs to take a little time to visit you.”
I nodded.
“What about my brother?”
“As for the young master, right now he accompanied the first prince on a business outside the dukedom.”
“I see, so they are not here right?”
“That… I’m afraid yes, but milady, you shall not worry because they will returned back after they heard the news, so-“
“Cervantes, in which region did my brother goes to?”
“Uh… In the Gridora region at-“
“So my father…?”
“His Lord now currently on a trip to Pruineian country.”
The butler, Cervantes gasped out to catch breath regarding answering my questions. He showed a troubled look whenever I cut his words.
“The journey from Gridora province to the dukedom takes around 2 months whereas Pruineian 6 months. As you see both of them are away from home. Even if they want to go back home now, they can’t because of the distance and works especially my father, who’s the Duke of the Lisianthus duchy. In other words the fastest time to reach here are at least 5 months, I guess.”
I shrugged. That’s right. In the past, after they heard about my awakening, both of them arrived after 5 months. Well, it can’t be help.
My father who wanted to go home faster took at least 5 months to finish all his works while my brother needed to postpone his journey because of some stuffs that happened while he was at the Gridora region.
Cervantes’ face turned fiery red. He looked down and away, averting his eyes to prevent from making eye contact with me. He coughed.
“Ah yes, I suppose… Looks like t-they will be around here a-after 5 m-months, ahem,” he stuttered.
“B-but milady, please know about this, his Lord and young master are both worried about you. Even the lord-“
Not giving his chance to speak, I cut his words again.
“I know, Cervantes that they are worried about me badly but they can’t visit me now, so I understand.”
“…Ah.”
He regained his composure and sighed of relief for my understanding.
“Cervantes, after you go out, prohibit everyone from entering my room except you and Blaire. Including the visitors. You may now leave.”
He nodded at my orders. He bowed down and said,
“I hope you have a good rest, milady.”
After Cervantes went out, I ordered Blaire to locked the door and wake me up in the evening.
Phew, there will be many things I need to correct from the past if I want to take revenge. First, let’s sleep and arrange the plans later. I need to recover my strength.
I laid in the bed and squeezed my eyes shut. I wanted nothing more than to be enveloped by the warmth silence. I slept well, in fact I slept better than I had before. The pain in my eyes stopped and I felt a small smile formed on my face.
Haa…
Thank God for giving me another chance out of pity, so that I can repent on my foolish past and be saved from becoming a deceived, poor little girl.
Since You have given me this chance after I died so pitifully, I will do my best to meet your expectations.
O Merciful God, I’ll definitely live a life without any regrets!