This Lady is an NPC

Prologue

"Your name will be Sei."

The name derived from the word "refined" was carefully given to me by my parents as they wished me to become a "refined lady."

Like the effort they put into naming me, the effort to raise me up so I could live up to the meaning of my name was incredibly planned. Others would have fainted had they ever learned about it.

"Your parents must be so happy to have a daughter like you. Being so proficient in so many things, you are raised and destined to live a good life, aren't you?"

I couldn't count how often I had heard those types of sentences from my parents' guests in occasional conversations. Every time they gave me lip service and complimented me, I gave them a reserved smile in return as the answer to the following question. If only they knew more about my parent's plans for me, would their laughing expressions change? I guess I'll never know.

Right. I lived a "good" life. I was born and raised into a useful household with excellent finance. Who would ever be unhappy with it?

If anything, I was only unsatisfied with the invisible chains that my parents put on me.

To exchange for that "happy" life, I had to sacrifice any wants and curiosity feelings to make preparations for the future my parents envisioned. But besides that, I lived a pleasant experience and did not mind for it to continue. My parents have always treated me well, so even though I harbor regrets towards them every now and then, I had a feeling that they were doing it for my sake.

I believed in them and closed myself off from the world for the past twenty years, preparing for the future they envisioned me to live in.

I was sure that there was nothing that could affect my parent's thoroughly planned future for me.

But...

"Where am I?"

A scenery that I have never seen appeared before me.