Chapter 10

Lucas Pattinson's Point of View

I'm glad... my sister's fine now.

Seven days ago...

The high priest came to our estate sooner than expected. With his pure, white hair, wiping the floor as he walked elegantly to Velvet's bedroom.

With his blue eyes as beautiful as the sky, he scanned Velvet's condition.

"Hmmm..."

Without a single word, he placed his right palm on my sister's forehead and a bright light came out of his palm.

" She's healed..."

What?

That fast?

" Umm, excuse me, your holiness. But, can you tell us the cause of her sickness?" -Mother.

"..."

The high priest took a while to answer.

" I am sorry but I can't tell you."

!!!

" Is it serious?" Father said with a worried expression.

" It's not that serious, but it would be best to not tell you. Anyways, your daughter is perfectly fine now but she will be asleep for 6-8 days. When she wakes up, she will be as good as waking up from her regular sleep in the morning."

Whew...

We sighed in relief.

My father nodded.

" I advise you to avoid her stressing out on her surroundings and have fun. She can do whatever she wants after she wakes up."

...

Then I'm gonna take her to the festival!

J-Just me and my sister...

" Oh... and please tell her to come to visit the temple sometimes." he said while curving his eyes into a smile.

" We are truly grateful to you, your holiness." -Father.

We bowed to him to show our respect and gratitude.

" Then, I will be taking my leave now, marquess, marchioness."

Velvet Pattinson's Point of View

It's been 2 weeks since I came here, in this family, in this mansion, in this world.

And I'm thinking...

It's not that bad.

I expect myself to go to hell after death, knowing what I've done in the past.

I used to beat guys up and sent them to the hospital.

PAST MEMORIES

" Shut the hell up!"

" I didn't copy your answer at all!"

" What did you say?!"

" Just wait until the teacher comes!"

Nghh...

I didn't have a good night's sleep last night because I got addicted to reading comics and I finally had my nap.

But of all times, of all places...

WHY IN FRONT OF MY DESK? WHY THIS TIME?!

*demon eyes opened*

" For f*ck's sake..." I hissed.

I stand slowly...

The two boys in front of me halted as if they heard a lion growling and realized how dangerous their situation was.

I crossed my arms and glared at them with sullen and eye bagged eyes.

" Waking me up? Are you serious?"

I grabbed my chair and threw it at the blackboard.

If you're thinking that I'm really overreacting, I AM NOT.

Even my sister doesn't have the guts to wake me up.

The chair was shattered.

The attention of the whole class was given to me.

TREMBLE

They trembled in fear.

I can see them shaking and biting their lips.

In the end, I hit the two bastards, one slap per person.

(A/N she said it was just a slap but it was a slap of a devil)

I knew it was just a slap but why are they injured so badly?

***

Aaandd...

We ended up in the principal's office...

I don't care what they say but I'm sleeping in front of the principal, the two students, and their mamas and papas.

I can hear them swearing at me but I don't give a d*mn.

I heard footsteps outside the office.

KNOCK KNOCK

CREAK...

She came...

Her long, straight brunette hair is slightly covering her hazelnut brown eyes. She's wearing casual clothes; pants and a white t-shirt.

My sister entered the room without a word and took a seat on my side.

" Everybody's here, I shall start the meeting. Mr. XXX's and Mr. XXX's guardians wanted to file a suspension for Ms. Louise's behavior. So I--"

Even though the principal's statement is not done yet...

" Oh for goodness' sake, I don't have time for these. These boys are injured so I'm responsible for handing them their hospital fees and I'll pay whatever casualties this brat made."

...

As expected of my sister.

We're really alike.

" You can't buy us with money! Look at what you've done to my son!"

" You deserved suspension at all cost!"

My sister sighed.

She picked some kind of paper from her pocket and asked me to let her borrow a pen from me.

I immediately gave the pen to her.

Hahaha.

" I'll give 10,000 US dollars to each of your boys' hospital fees and another 10,000 US dollars for the broken chair. Don't say anything, I don't want your opinion." My sister gave them the checks. I'm trembling at the sight of their reactions. I need to hold my laugh at all costs!

My sister and I left the office without a word.

" Slapping them? Really?" she said while we're walking in the hallway.

...

" You could've punched them! Why can't you use your monstrous strength to show off?"

Ha.Ha

" I'm not a devil, you know."

" Ha! You're saying that now?"

Haa...

" SIGH. And you spend 30,000? You could've just bought me high-quality Karategis as a gift you know? Or you could've just used that money to buy another estate in different countries."

(A/N Karategi (空手着 or 空手衣) is the formal Japanese name for the traditional uniform used for Karate practice and competition.)

" You have hundreds of them. And I'm not interested in buying a new estate. And I have my budget for saving you from suspension or keeping you from getting expelled by donating to the school. A triple ten thousand is not that of a big deal."

Not a big deal my ass. You're wasting money for a simple slap and a shattered chair.

" Since your classes are over, wanna hang out?"

!!!

Eh?

" What about your work? I thought the company's very busy because there are a lot of investors from different countries?"

" Oh come on, I want to reward you for having a black belt recently."

(A/N To many, the black belt is a sign that one has mastered the art of karate. However, holding a black belt, while a very impressive accomplishment, does not mean that one has reached the upper echelons of karate skills.)

I sighed...

" That was years ago, old hag."

"Puahahaha, years ago? Then I want to reward you for winning another tournament. And do not call me an old hag I'm only 30! You little brat!"

" You're old alright. You should start finding your lifetime companion, get married, and have a baby already and name her after me!"

She flinched.

" N-name my baby after you?"

I nodded. All my life, I wanted to have a family member younger than me.

" There's no way I will name my daughter after you! What if she inherits your traits? I want her to be a delicate lady! And...and... I have no boyfriend yet! Don't say such painful things!"

I can see a red shade on her cheeks.

Look at this old hag. If she wants a husband, just find someone already.

" If you're thinking that I should find my love already then I refuse! I am too busy managing the company!"

I shrugged my shoulder and closed my eyes for a minute.

" Fine fine, you're so noisy. I want to go to a bookstore."

A bookstore where there are lots of comic books!

" How boring! wouldn't a bar be better?"

I opened my eyes and gave her a blank expression.

" I'm underaged."

"Underaged my ass, I started drinking when I was 16. Well, if you don't want to go to a bar then let's go to an arcade."

Haa...

" Do what you wish."

END OF FLASHBACK

That big sis of mine sure handles things quickly.

I placed my right elbow near the window and rest my chin on my hand. Staring in a dark sky with a shade of orange and birds flying around is very relaxing, yet.... sad.

"Ha... hahaha" I laughed as tears filled my eyeballs.

I am curious as to how I look so I stand in front of the full-body mirror.

I'm wearing a casual, plain yellow dress with white laces on the ends of the dress. I didn't tie my hair because I feel like not tying it up.

And then, I stared at myself...

I used to look just like her. Everybody says we're twins.

We look alike, act alike, speak alike, and think alike.

I never called her by her name before...

But now, I feel like...

Saying her name...

"Jamie... you old hag..."

KNOCK KNOCK

" Are you ready?"

!!!

I heard his deep voice outside on the other side of the door.

I didn't expect him to come here himself!

" b-brother Lucas? A-ah yes..."

I opened the door and I saw him smiling sweetly at me.

He's holding a small blue box and he handed it to me.

I was puzzled.

Is this a gift?

" What's this?"

" You don't want to go to the festival with that appearance, right?"

???

Huh?

I was puzzled by what he said.

" Do I look weird?"

He was startled and panicking by what I just said.

" Ah! No no... I mean, just open it."

As he said, I opened the small box.

A simple silver ring. No gems, no stones. Just a plain ring.

" A ring?"

He smiled.

" It's not just any ring. It has illusion magic cast on it."

" Magic?!"

He nodded.

" Try it on..."

I excitingly wear the ring to my right index finger.

And...

My jet-black hair that's flowing from my shoulder to my tummy became light pink.

"What..."

" You can't go around with that appearance because we need to hide our identity or the commoners will be freaked out."

He put something out from his pocket, and it's also a ring. His hair turned light pink too..

Cool...

...

" But why pink?"

He scratched his cheek.

" Uh... mother's hair is pink."

Oh...

We left the mansion using a brown carriage and reached the town.

Crowded...

Colorful...

Noisy...

And a lot of booths and games...



THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT!

To be continued~~