Prologue

Year 2020, Tokyo, Japan.

8:18 AM

As I drive through the roads of Tokyo to go home, a rush of thoughts came flooding in my mind.

Why am I living like this?

The faces of those beside the sidewalks as they walk, chattering with such a joyful emotion.

I wonder what made them so happy?

Perhaps they were lucky enough to be born in a good family, or maybe they had a good physique and healthwhen they were born, I didn't know.

I couldn't be like them.

When I was brought into this world, I've always been frail because of my heart.

The doctors said I had a congenital heart disease, although it cannot be cured, it could be treated. I was one of the many cases that didn't really need treatment, however, I still had to be cautious especially when it comes to physical activities.

And this disease... was the reason why my life has become such a dull, and hollow one.

I enjoyed physical activities, running, jogging, exercising and the like was the source of my euphoria. Trying out new stuff was fun for me too, but because of my heart I couldn't do any of it. When I was younger, I tried to enjoy these activities, but I didn't. I had enough common sense as a child, I wasn't that foolish.

Although, in exchange for my frail body, I was somehow granted intelligence. I was regarded as a genius by everyone I knew.

I was able to read and write at the age of two, to solve basic mathematical problems at the age of three, and to understand a few languages at the age of four.

I can't deny that I really am smart, but I wasn't happy with it. I just can't be happy with this intelligence of mine.

I had to bear with it though, because it was the only thing I had. My body is frailer than normal individuals, my appearance isn't all that astounding since I had the generic black hair, and eyes that probably 90% of the human population has, and my family isn't that rich either (I could make my family rich through certain...plans...but I don't really want to, responsibilities are a pain)

Those many people who were given such a strong body, why aren't they satisfied with it? Why do they even want it to be a certain shape? They are able to run as they please, a feat that some people like me cannot do. Something that frail people like me are envious of. Their greed confuses me, I don't understand their way of happiness.

Time passed and I am finally in front of my apartment, I was going to go inside and take a rest after a long day but then...

A boy was beside the rails of a bridge near my apartment, judging by the way he was acting, it was apparent to me that he was attempting suicide.

It had absolutely nothing to do with me, even so, I couldn't let anyone die in front of me. Taking ones own life is nonsensical and is a sin, I couldn't bear the thought of witnessing someone to do such an outrageous thing in my presence so..

I ran.

As fast as I could.

My heart was beating a tad too fast.

My distance was a street away from him, then when I finally reached him, all I was able to do was mutter a few words.

Please value your life.

After that, I fainted.

I was falling deep into An abyss surrounded by darkness.

Ah...

Is this the afterlife? Man, my life sure ended before I even accomplished something that can make me happy, huh.

For some reason, my mind thought of reaching out to God. So I did.

"God, do you really hate gifted people that much that you would give them something valuable but in return you will take away their happiness?"

"God, I know this is impudent of me but... in my next life, if ever reincarnation truly exists, please..."

"Give me at least a healthy body."

"I hope this isn't too much."

I was slowly devoured by the darkness, my life little by little is withering away. Unknowingly to me who was losing control of my own self, a voice said something that I never heard.

"It certainly isn't."

Then I woke up.

Wait... I woke up?! Wasn't I in the depths of the abyss just awhile ago?!

The moment I opened my eyes...I was sitting on a canopy, holding a knife up on my throat. I threw the knife on repulse, it surprised me. I just fainted a while ago, so why am I sitting on an extravagant bed and attempting suicide right now?

I jumped off the bed out of shock, and while doing so I hit my head on the sides of this canopy.

"Ouch!"

I was going to try and pinch my cheeks to check if I'm not dreaming but it seems like I do not have to do that anymore since my tendency to feel pain is as real as it can be.

I immediately went for the mirror I saw. It is true that it's more logical to inspect my surroundings first, but my instincts screamed at me that I should take a look at the mirror first.

The moment I saw my face in the mirror, I gasped.

The appearance that I saw—was not. mine.

The pale skin I had before had turned into a healthy, fair one, my eyes were the same color as a sacred seven, and my hair was white like snow. My eye shape is the same as ever, it was still monolid-shaped.

I was shocked beyond words, for a moment, I lost all of my rationality.

Next came a massive headache, a new set of memories were being poured into my mind. I let out a loud shriek, I grabbed onto my hair harshly.

A group of girls who were wearing maid uniforms suddenly stormed into my room in a hurry, I wasn't able to inspect them thoroughly but they were wearing panicked faces. They all ran next to me, the girl with a ponytail hair then asked something with a worried voice.

"Young miss?! What happe—"

I couldn't hear anymore than that, I was losing consciousness.

After awhile, I woke up. I was brought onto my bed, and a doctor was beside me. There were a few maids that were standing in a distance and all of them had worried faces.

I now recognize most of these faces because of the new set of memories in my head.

The brunette maid was Sally, the dark-browned hair maid was Clara and the almond-colored hair maid was Veronica. They were exclusive maids.

Apparently, my name here is Sierra Arabelle Asclepius, a Seventeen year old girl. I am a daughter of the house of Asclepius, one of the 'Four Great Families of the Kingdom'.

The Four Great Families of the Kingdom are the families with unique magical prowesses, they have abilities that are only able to be used by that specific house. The strongest out of the four comes from the Royal Family, they possess the power to control the four elements and are said to be very intelligent, the second strongest one is the house of Soleil, they are able to use the fires of the Sun within their swords, to put it simply, they wield fire magic swords, the third strongest is the house of Luna, in contrast to the house of Soleil's ability to wield fire magic swords, the house of Luna are able to use the moon's darkness within their spears, for short, they are able to wield dark magic spears, and last but not the least, the house of Asclepius, they are able to use the power of healing.

As I've mentioned, I am from the house of Asclepius, the weakest amongst the Great Four Families but is still significantly strong. My family often goes to war as a medical soldier.

The Great Four Families have distinct eyes that separates them from the rest who are seen as common.

The Royal Family has purple eyes, the house of Soleil has brightly yellowed eyes, the house of Luna has a bewitching white color and the house of Asclepius has orange eyes. The eye colors of these families serves as proof that they were blessed by the Gods, you can tell by the color which God blessed who. Those who have purple eyes were blessed by Zeus, those who have yellow eyes were blessed by Apollo, those who have white eyes were blessed by Hades and those who have orange eyes were blessed by Asclepius.

I was indeed from the house of Asclepius, however, I also had purple in my eyes together with the orange eyes that I was supposed to have. It was proof that my soul was adored by both Zeus and Asclepius.

When I received this knowledge, it confused me. If I was blessed by two Gods, then why was I trying to commit suicide? Shouldn't I have been living a fulfilling and fun life?

My sudden question was answered when I remembered a lot of scenes that were witnessed by the original owner of this body.

I was suffocating from the expectations of the high society.

Since I had both blessings of those Gods, everyone expected me to be perfect. They expected me to be able to control the four elements and be able to heal people at the same time.

But I wasn't able to do any of that.

They thought I was a disgrace, and my eyes were a mere decoration.

I wasn't even an smart person, in fact, I was very normal.

I wanted them to acknowledge me, so I studied and studied and studied until I fell asleep from exhaustion.

Sadly, my hard work wasn't enough. My brain couldn't handle all the information from the books.

Everyone ridiculed me, saying "why bother working so hard when you're nothing but a decoration?". They lost all the hope they had for me over time.

This devastated me, though it wasn't enough to make me attempt killing myself. What really drove me to this act was when Marchioness Lin, the Marchioness who disliked me a lot, wanted to ridicule me and shatter me completely.

It was at a tea party hosted by me, we were all chatting about random gossips until Marchioness Lin decided to open up a new topic.

She showed a disgusting smile at that moment, it was a smile ready to humiliate someone innocent.

"My, my. Lady Asclepius! This reminds me, your eye color really do suit you. A mixture of the royal family's eye color and your family, huh?"

I had a bad feeling about that comment of hers.

"Ah, yes. Thank you for the compliment, Lady Lin."

Her smile became even more disgusting after that.

"Since you have the purple eyes, you must be really intelligent, right?"

I gulped, I knew I was in a dangerous position. I then answered idiotically because of my pride, and dignity.

"U-um, y-yes..."

"I see, I see! Is that so? Then that would mean you will be able to manage a house's budget, yes?"

I was shaking hard, accounting was my weakest point and someone just had to use it against me. If I decline, my reputation will be destroyed even more, so I quietly nodded with a forced smile. The Marchioness then smirked.

"I'll leave it to you then, I'll be taking it back tomorrow, and I expect a very wonderful computation."

She handed me several papers that she has been holding since the start of the tea party.

I was able to tell that she was being sarcastic. Everyone in the room seemed to be in awe, they're probably thinking that "maybe she can pull this off, and her incompetence was just a rumor" or "I'll finally see this fraud be banished from high society" or something like that.

Later then, after the tea party ended, I rushed into the library in a panic. Fortunately, no maids saw me running or else they would've been worried about me.

I tried to reread books about accounting again, but I just couldn't understand. I cannot manage this house's budget since my computation was a mess.

This frustrated me a lot, after several hours passed and it was already past midnight, my mind was a mess.

Why can't I do anything?! They say I'm blessed but why am I so useless?!

Similar thoughts like that ran in my head and that's when I thought of suicide, so I sneaked into the kitchen to get a knife, sneaked back to my room then did my attempted suicide.

Then the mind of Thalia woke up.

This body's past was a tough one, damn, she had a healthy body and all but she wasn't able to be happy at all because of something so ridiculous.

I just want to give this body of hers a little bop.

"My Lady?! What are you doing?!"

"My Lady! Is there something that is hurting in your body?"

The maids suddenly shouted with shaky voices.

Ah crap, I forgot that there were people around me.

"No, no. I'm fine, it's just a little bop, you see. To... check if I don't have that massive headache again."

They sighed in relief, even the doctor sighed too, he then spoke.

"My Lady, I am the local doctor attending you since your father, the duke, was away and so is your brother. May I ask about what you're feeling right now?"

"I'm actually quite alright, you do not have to attend me anymore. I'll have the maids attend me in your stead."

"O-oh, okay then. I will then lend your maids a pill for headaches in case you get another one and your family is yet to return."

He bowed, sent his farewell, and eventually left my room and the estate.

My maids rushed next to me, they all started asking me questions.

"My Lady, are you truly okay? I saw a knife beside your bed and the window was open!"

"Yeah, and your shriek was like you were about to get murdered, my lady!"

"Was there someone trying to assassinate you last night, my lady?!"

I answered their questions saying that there was indeed an asassin trying to murder me and he quickly got away after I shrieked, I also said that because of the shock it gave me a headache with a straight face even when all of those answers were all lies.

I can't tell them that I was another person who suddenly woke up on this bed in this body, obviously.