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EVERYTHING was too much for akari as she’s worried sick about her friend inside the chamber in front of her and now, she was having a terrible flashback about almost everything in her life. she regretted everything that happened after hearing her friend keiko died and she blames herself for saying those cruel words to keiko. all because she was scared of keiko’s stepsisters and now she can't do anything else than just blame herself and cry about losing her only friend.
the city was buzzing around as it was busy as ever while it rains. she wondered, what would happen if she was strong enough to fight for her friend, would keiko still be alive and be here beside her? she wanted to apologise but it was too late because keiko is gone and she will never come back ever again.
akari didn't bother looking at her surroundings as she just kept walking and bumping to everyone around the city as she's now wet because she doesn't even have an umbrella and she doesn't even feel a thing anymore… she feels numb. suddenly, a loud scream made her come back to her sense as she saw a truck coming fast towards her and she wasn't able to move as her feet felt stuck on the ground. is this the end of her life? was this the punishment that god will give her? the last thing she remembers was that she got hit and a lot of people are trying to talk to her and the rest, she doesn't know anymore.
she opened her eyes to see herself in the mirror as she's in a child's body with the same name she had in her past life. it's been eleven years since she was stuck in the body of this girl she was possessing and she knew that she was in the book that keiko and her had been interested in reading in their past life.
“akari?” a woman spoke as akari looked behind her to see her mother. “mother, is there anything you need?” akari spoke as she greeted her mother.
alanya smiled at her daughter as she went beside her. “my dear, the crown princess has requested your presence and it seems like she wanted you to be her playmate.” akari looked at her mother as she was confused. “me?” she pointed at herself as her mother nodded. “but why?”
“your father may or may not have said that you will be the crown princess future knight.” her mother chucked as akari frowned by this. of course, her father would say something like that as duke daniel always love to brag about how good she is in swordsmanship inside the palace and she has a good reputation among the imperial knights. well, she has no choice but to see the crown princess that they're talking about and somehow she's also a bit interested meeting her because the last time she read the book, there was no crown princess in the story named antanasia.
“then, i shall meet her highness?” akari spoke as the duchess nodded. “it's great for you to meet someone your age, my dear. you should take a break from your swordsmanship for the time being and you'll have someone beside you while your father and i are in arlanta.” her mother said as akari nodded in response. she can't wait to see the crown princess and try to see what kind of person she is.
