Who would have thought that I would be reincarnated into my sister's Otome game that she forced me to play in my previous life. If I had known this would happen I would continue playing as I only played about 20% of the game. This information would...
The next day Annette has finally begun with her lessons and it is currently with Benjamin at the training ground.
"When we spared I realized what you needed to improve on, I think you already know this but you use up your stamina too fast. And your strength is lacking. So we will focus on that for now." Benjamin says and then he takes out what lock like four shackles but without a chain. They also have a magic circle engraved in it with a tiny ruby in the middle. "These are magic weights that you put around your legs and arms when you train. These weights are popular because they can be adjusted. For now, we will start at 7 kg for each weight. I will give you these so that you can put them on.
Annette puts one on each leg and one on each arm and then he orders her to run five laps around the mansion. One lap is around 1 km if.
She was fine the first lap but slowed down a little on the second. On Each lap, she got slower and slower and on the last lap, she got the feeling that she wanted to faint. But Annette is very stubborn and keeps going to push her limits. She knew if she wanted to regain the strength she had in her previous life she needed to work for it. Then when she was finally done she collapsed to the ground as she was just that tired.
It took her 1 hour and 25 minutes to complete that run. Benjamin let her rest in ten minutes until he called her to start again. He gave her a potion that would lessen her fatigue but it was not enough to regain even half her energy. Fortunately, he wanted her to do some stretches the first 15 minutes without the wights. After that, she needed to put them on again but only on her arms then he gave her a jump rope and told her to do 10000 jumps. But unfortunately, she could only do 6269 until she collapsed again. Then he gave her another potion and told her that she needed to start all over again but this time without the wights. It kept going like that for a long time and she only managed to do it 11 times and that's when her lesson ended.
Then after food and some rest, it was time for her etiquette class with Liendra.
It turned out she would learn together with Cassi. The first thing she learned was how to walk and greet. She put several books on her head as she walked in a straight line. She needed to have a straight back and slightly tilt her kin up and as a servant, she needed to hold her hands behind her back when she was not carrying anything. While Cassi on the other hand needed to hold her hands at the front where the navel is.
Of Course, Cassi has almost perfected her walk. It also did not take long for Annette to get a hang of it as she had already learned how to hold her balance as a mercenary.
Then she learned how to greet people depending on their status.
If it were a commoner she needed to just greet them casually. The same with lower-ranked servants which are all servants who are not aides of a higher rank. The same goes for mid-rank royal servants and below. Servant of higher status, she only needed to use formal speech except in front of the king and crown prince's aide Where she needed to bow down at a 75-degree angle. The same if they are from a baron's family to a marquess. Above except for royalty that the angle is at 45 degrees. And lastly, if they are royalty depending on the situation you either go down on your knees or bow done at a 15-degree angle. She also quickly explained how to serve guests food and tea, and how to eat in front of higher-ranked individuals. And other such things but those things were best for Benjamin to teach her.
After that, her language class went smoothly, the same with spending time together with Cassi which was decided for them to have tea and sweets. After that, they go to the stables as Cassi wanted to show her her horse.
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"This is my horse, Faith. I got her on my 8th birthday, she is a pure-blooded Syllinx horse. It is a rare breed created by the fourth queen of our neighboring kingdom Fallastin. There are only 20 of these horses bred in our country. Do you want to pat her?" Cassi says.
"Yes," Annette answers as she has always had a sweet spot for horses and birds too.
Annette walks towards her and pats her at the side of her head and Faith gladly accepts her strokes. "Oh, it seems that you have a knack of being liked by horses. While Faith always accepts pats from others she doesn't enjoy it if it is not a person she likes. She usually dont like strangers very much." Cassi says.
"I'm glad," Annette says as a rare smile appears on her face but only for a second.
This of course does not pass by Cassis notice and Cassi is very happy about it.
'I will try to convince father to get her a horse so that we can ride together.'
Cassi thinks as she ponders how to convince him.
Next Annette has her lesson in history which started off with the story of the founding of the Bergsteck kingdom. It is said that the first king of Bergsteck was an exiled prince of the now-extinct empire Ahoz. He got exiled because his brother framed him for an attempt at assassination on the empress who was his stepmother. So together with five of his loyalists Agnus the knight, Viola the alchemist, Aduck the mage, Zax the doctor, and Marry the scholar. They were sent to the wasteland where five of the most vicious tribes lived. In the beginning, they just barely survived while keeping away from the tribes one day they come across a tribeswoman being chased by a manticore. They saved her life and were invited to her tribe. It turned out that she was the daughter of the chief from the Bergstim tribe and luckily they were welcomed with open arms. As the Bergstim is the most open of all the tribes. They soon become a part of their tribe as heroes and Aduck soon married the girl that they once saved.
Of Course, they were in conflict with the other tribes and that girl was killed during one of the wars. And because of this Aduke annihilated that tribe and after that, no one dared to attack their tribe.
Two years later the savage lands were threatened by a mighty griffin lord that terrorized the land. The first king decided to talk with the other tribes so that they could work together to kill this threat and all of the tribes agreed. It took them two-four years to finally be able to kill it and during that time the tribes started to see each other as brethren. And once the king took down the griffin with his final blow all the tribes agreed that they would unite together and make him their king. He humbly accepted the offer and decided to name our kingdom Bergsteck after the tribe that took in and his mother whose name was Esteck. And that was the end of her day and Annette went to bed directly after.
