Meet Bandit Group

"You can be Queen of this Country without having to marry Azzamar."

"R-really? B-but how?"

"You have to get rid of Azzamar and her sister. Including the King and Queen. I will help you to get rid of them. After all of them are gone, you and I can rule the Palace and this Country. How?"

Xavia was surprised to hear what concubine Lyra said. She didn't expect that Lyra's concubine would say that to her. She was now at a loss as to what to say in reply to Lyra's concubine.

"Why should I do that?"

Xavia tried to answer Lyra's concubine's words calmly.

"Don't you want to be the ruler of this Country? With you taking control of this Land, you can change the rules for yourself and your family. Apart from that, you will also be respected and feared by the residents."

Xavia put down her cutlery and started to stand up. Xavia bowed respectfully then said goodbye and left the residence of concubine Lyra.

On Xavia's journey towards the east pavilion, she met princess Floressia.

"I heard you were invited to dinner by Mrs. Lyra. Is that true?"

"Yes, that's right. I got an invitation to dinner from concubine Lyra."

"I am happy to hear that."

"Why is that?"

"Because that means Lyra's mother trusts you and you're the only one she's invited to dinner. I've never been invited to dinner. Even though we live in the same pavilion, Mother Lyra is very close to us."

Xavia just smiled when she heard that. She couldn't possibly say what she heard from concubine Lyra to Princess Floressia. She was afraid that he would cause trouble later.

"It's very late. I want to take a quick break."

"Okay. Good night."

"Good night, too."

Xavia chose to quickly leave from the west pavilion and head for the east pavilion.

*****

"How? Did you manage to sneak into her residence?"

Sorry, princess. I didn't manage to do it. When I managed to enter the west pavilion, I was prevented by the crown princess' maid. So because I didn't want to be found out, I had to run away."

"You are useless!"

She got hit hard.

"F-forgive me, princess."

"Get out of here!"

Now she was pissed off. Her plan to find out about the conversion failed.

*****

This morning Xavia took a walk outside the Palace accompanied by Vamery. The two of them head to the place where Vamery first found Xavia and she wakes up in the body of someone named Xavia. That place is the rainbow waterfall. As the name suggests, the water there is rainbow colored which adds a beautiful impression to Xavia's eyes.

As they were looking at the rainbow waterfall, suddenly there was a voice from behind.

"It felt weird when I heard you were found here when you should be found in the middle of the forest."

Xavia stood up and turned to see who was speaking to her. It was prince Quintis who was also strolling around the rainbow waterfall area.

"What do you mean by that?"

"The bandits met you in the middle of the forest and tried to hurt you. If you did survive them, your servant should have found you in the middle of the forest. Not in this place."

In her heart, Xavia confirmed the words of prince Quintis. It's kinda weird when you think about it. But it is clear that she is not Xavia. She was another person trapped in the body of a person named Xavia.

"Why are you silent? Am I right? If so, who are you exactly?"

"Why do you always ask the same question with an obvious answer? What do you really want from me?"

"I just want to know who you really are. Pretending to be someone else will burden your punishment."

"But I am Xavia. Xavia Resha Antania. I'm not someone else!"

"Then how do you explain the strange incident just now?"

"It is possible that Miss Xavia's body was thrown into this waterfall. Isn't this waterfall close to the forbidden forest? So it makes sense that the bandits thought Miss Xavia was dead, so they dumped her into this waterfall to destroy any evidence of their actions."

This time it was Vamery who answered. She was actually very annoyed to see prince Quintis here, then her frustration grew when prince Quintis started to suspect Xavia again.

"I will prove that you are not that poor girl."

After saying that prince Quintis suddenly disappeared.

Xavia's hands clenched hearing prince Quintis call her a poor girl. The haughty and arrogant prince seemed to hate the person named Xavia.

"Vamery."

"Why, miss?"

"Why does he hate Xavia so much?"

"I don't understand either. Maybe it's because Miss Xavia can't do anything even though she's about to turn 20 years old. Someone who can't shoot or ride a horse will be put to death, but not Miss Xavia. The king even wants to make Miss Xavia a part of the kingdom."

Xavia nodded her head. No wonder prince Quintis was very suspicious of him. She shouldn't have been able to shoot and ride a horse, but she did those two things that made Prince Quintis sure that she wasn't Xavia.

"If I get caught me and Xavia's parents will be put to death. But what punishment will I receive if I tell the truth?"

"The punishment remains the same. It's just that only Miss was sentenced to death. Meanwhile, Miss Xavia's parents will be safe."

Xavia sat back down on the rocks and dipped her feet in the rainbow waterfall followed by Vamery who sat next to her.

"So what if people who don't come from this dimension come here?"

"It is because-"

Suddenly there was the sound of an explosion not far from where they were.

Xavia and Vamery who heard the sound of the explosion immediately looked for the source of the sound.

The two of them continued running through the forest to find the origin of the sound of the explosion. When they arrived in the middle of the forest, they saw a group of people carrying some stuff in their hands, then some other people blew up the house in front of them.

"That's them."

"Huh? What do you mean, Vamery?"

"They are the bandits suspected of killing Miss Xavia."

"Is that true? Then what do they want from Xavia?"

"The moon stick which was a gift from the Moon Goddess to Miss Xavia. Miss Xavia had a dream from the Moon Goddess to find the staff in the southern part of the forbidden forest to protect her. But after Miss Xavia got the moon staff, the bandits came and stole everything that Miss Xavia brought including her moon staff."

"All items? Did Xavia bring anything at that time?"

"Only food, drinking water, and a small knife. Then some 100 gold coins just in case Miss Xavia needs anything or has to pay for something."

"No wonder she was targeted, she just brought that much money."

Vamery looked at the group of bandits who were currently staring at their hiding place.

"Miss, we better get out of here. Come on!"

They had not had time to leave, suddenly one person from the group threw something towards their hiding place and there was a big explosion. Luckily Xavia and Vamery managed to dodge, otherwise, they would both have died.

The group of bandits came up to them and gave Xavia a sidelong glance.

"You're still alive huh? I thought you had died from the wound in your stomach at that time. Isn't it great that you can still live with such a bad wound?"