The next day:
Prince Leopold groggily opened his eyes when the morning sun hits his face. He felt a heavy pressure on his chest and saw that his belove Marianne cuddling close to his body. He looks around and saw an unfamiliar room that is definitely not his own room in the palace. The prince thought last night was a dream. He gasped out in surprise and sat up suddenly from the bed, waking up Marianne.
"Ow....." Marianne complained from being abruptly woken up.
"Oh I'm sorry my love, it just that I realize where we are," Prince Leopold apologized to his future wife.
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Meanwhile Keenan and Matthias are still sleeping peacefully in their own rooms. Matthias laid on his bed in a fetal position, hugging his blanket as if he is a kaola bear.
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Wilder didn't have a good sleep last night. When he tried to have a good sleep, he dreamt of his sister Anessa. In his dreams, his sister kept asking him why he didn't defend her as how a good brother should. He kept being haunted by the sight of her sister through the night.There was also something else bothering him.
From what this not Anessa told him, she has to suffer living in different worlds without going insane. He can assume that each alternate Anessas she takes over, she had to follow each world's story.
It sounds like she is not changing the plot of the stories at all. All she had to do is to stay sane while following the flow of each world.
Does this mean......
That his own sister, his own Anessa was meant to be a villainess in the first place?! Was the real Anessa Goldstein destined to become a villainess and Anessa Rosswald just continued that legacy?!
He needs to confirm with that woman again.
Suddenly he heard a knock outside the door.
"Hey it's me Wilder. Are you awake yet? Can I come in?" Anessa Rosswald called out.
Speak of the devil.
"I realized I hadn't shown you guys how to use the stuff in the bathroom. Also, I brought a change of clothes," said Anessa. She held out to Wilder some folded men's clothing to him. Wilder wordlessly took them.
"I woke up early to go shopping because you guys literally have no extra clothing. I guess on the sizes. Hopefully it fits, if not well....I can go back later."
"Thank you....Anessa," Wilder struggled a bit with saying her name.
Anessa stares expressionlessly at him.
"I see it's hard for you to say my name since it's also your sister's, who is also my doppelganger," Anessa stated. She then walks toward the door of the bathroom.
"You don't have to worry about it soon, the people who know of me thinks I don't exist anymore," she said with her back turn towards him and opened the bathroom door.
"Right...is it because from what you told me...that you are..."Wilder began to say hesitantly.
"Dead."
"Then what are you going to do now since....you are actually back in your original world?" Wilder asked.
Anessa turn back to face him.
"You know Wilder, you are actually pretty smart. More so then the others that came with you."
"I wouldn't say so....I mean his highness is more intelligent."
Anessa rolled her eyes,"that's what you believe because he's your Prince. He doesn't know how to read the situation as you do."
"That's not true...." Wilder look scandalized from hearing this.
"Whatever, I'm not going to argue with you over something trivial. So the answer to your question....you already know it."
"You are going to create a new identity for yourself," Wilder stated, narrowing his eyes at her."
"See, again I knew you were smart. That means that I will no longer be called Anessa."
"Then what will your new name be?"
"I guess maybe Vanessa since it rhymes? Anyway here, I'll show you how to turn on the shower."
As Anessa showed him the bathroom, Wilder became fascinated about the shower switches for hot and cold water, and also for the toilet. It seems the plumbing of this world is more more improved than the world he came from. Anessa also showed him the electric toothebrush where the bristles twists around for more deep-cleaning.
"Alright, I guess that's it. I will go show the others the bathroom and also bring them new clothes," said Anesa after she is done showing Wilder the different bathroom appliances. She started for the door when Wilder called out to her.
"Um...Anessa I need to speak to you....about my sister again," Wilder told her with a determined expression.
"What is it?" Anessa said curiously. What else is there about his sister?
"Do you think....even if you hadn't taken over my sister's body...would my sister still have become a villainess?" Wilder looked straight into her eyes with an unreadable expression as he asked this.
Anessa suddenly became stiff.
"Huh? Well....." Anessa gave a thoughtful expression.
It was a short moment of thinking but Wilder felt a bit impatient waiting for her answer.
Anessa close her eyes and gave a sigh. Then she open her eyes and look straight at Wilder.
"The truth is hard. So yes...I believe your sister will still become a villainess even without my....interference. I was only transmigrated to different versions of myself to live through their lives, not to change it."
Wilder's eyes trembled.
"The only thing about my deal with the system is for me to not become insane while following the scripts of each world accurately. So I am sorry that this upset you. This is basically what I have told yesterday."
Wilder looked down, with his bangs covering his eyes.
"I see. Thank you Anessa for your confirmation," he said with a lower tone of voice.
Anessa actually look concern for him.
"Are you going to tell the others what I said?" She asked him.
"No...I think it's better if this is just between us." Wilder replies with a downcast expression.
"Okay, well I better see if the others are up yet," she said hesitantly. As she walk past Wilder out of the bathroom, he suddenly grabbed the sleeve of her arm.
"Anessa...you didn't have to apologize. It isn't your fault," he said still not looking up, actually surprising her. He immediately let go of her sleeve.
"Okay...thank you," was all she said as she continued to leave his room.
Wilder is then left to his thoughts.
I want the others to see my sister in a good light. The others didn't realize that my original sister could still have become a villainess. This is a secret that will be kept with me to my grave.

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They Followed The Transmigrator (Unedited) 18+ (Recontinuing 2025)
FantasyAN: This story is more focused on action than romance. It is a dark revenge story with a twist on the transmigration trope. I don't know how this idea pops in my head. Prince Leopold had just announced the annulment of his engagement with the Duke's...