11. Emma

Four years later

~~~~~~ Emma's Perspective ~~~~~~~

—I heard that the third prince will return soon. —says my mother with an excited smile.

—Adam and Lucas will also return. —I said smiling

"How happy, I can't believe it's been so long." Her voice was noticeably excited.

My mom is very happy, she recently found out that my brother will be back soon, she is so happy that she is practically the only thing she talks about.

Four years ago a conflict suddenly broke out between a neighboring kingdom to the south and four years ago they went to fight for the Celestial kingdom, they have not returned since.

Four years ago was also when I met Duke Calixto Blake.

Duke Calixto is a villain from a somewhat clichéd romance novel I read in my past life.

The name of the novel was "Dawn with You", it is a cloying and cheesy name, which is why it caught my attention in the past.

The novel was romance, fantasy and how to forget the wonderful reverse harem that the protagonist had.

Even though the novel wasn't that great, I liked the amount of cheesiness there was in it, and some characters were kind of yandere; some incredibly possessive guys. I love that in fiction, that added points to the matter and I ended up reading it.

Although the novel was so incredibly long for the "simple" plot it had, it was just a bunch of corny stuff and the protagonist kissing each of the members of her harem.

Even though the novel had 721 chapters, I read each one of them and even the novel had parallel stories about what would have happened if I ended up with a different character, there was even the wonderful harem route, although it was not a video game, there was the parallel story! of harem and that was a delight for me to read.

I remember that I was excited when I read it, ahh those were the times!

But leaving my reading preferences aside, Calixto was so… so… How do I say it?

It was approximately four years ago when I met him and he was not as crazy and psychopathic as the protagonist Aela described him, well at least, he did not murder me; at least until that day.

Even so, I still distrust him, it's been a while since I saw him and I don't know what he'll be like now, I'm curious about him but at the same time I don't know if I want to see him.

But... who am I kidding?! Yes I want to see it! Since it makes me very curious, why is he so different from how the protagonist described him?

In the forest I was training and I remember that I mistook him for a pervert but it turned out that he wasn't, I was embarrassed that day!

He insisted on taking me home, in the end I couldn't refuse and I had no choice but to accept because he is the villain; I didn't want to make him angry, even so I never expected the villain to be so kind.

Although it could also be because he thought he found me injured, after all at that moment my training clothes were all stained with blood, blood that was not mine by the way.

—Daughter, we should engage you with Count Jules Holbien. —My mother smiled and grabbed the jug with fruit juice.

I took a sip of my coffee before I could answer him, I don't like to talk about that topic.

Once again there is the issue of commitment, since I turned fifteen my parents have not left this issue alone.

—Mother, I am too young to marry. —My mom looked at me with a serious look, she crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, I think she's tired of the same excuse.

But, what can i do? Get married? No, thanks! I'm too young for that. Besides, getting married is not exactly the dream of my life nor is it my priority.

—Daughter, don't delay too much, it is our obligation to find you a good husband —mother worries a lot about that issue, she wants her to have a good life, but I think she worries too much.

Usually women in the Celestial kingdom get married at fifteen, I know, that's crazy, why the wedding so early?

—I'll go out to the garden. —I got up from the seat and left.

I have heard of women who marry later, but that is the privilege of high ranks like royalty, the daughters of dukes and marquises, that is, those at the top.

The daughter of a viscount like me could barely postpone this for a couple of years, I am from the nobility, however my family is not part of those important nobles.

It's true my brother Adam and Lucas will return in a few months, I will ask them for help with this, maybe they can help me with something.

My mom says that if I get too old no one will love me; that my youth is not eternal that I should take advantage of it and similar things and the truth is that he is right but getting married as I said is not my priority in this life, in this kingdom I have noticed that some people can be too superficial, maybe my mother just tells me what that they taught her; That reminds me a little of my old life.

In my past life I met superficial people, but nothing very serious.

I died when a thief attacked me, I acted brave because she was drunk, in the end she shot me three times.

I think he wouldn't have died if he had given him all my things, but it's not my fault I was drunk at the time; Oh well yes it's my fault, but in my defense I don't see the future, how would I know?

When I finally died, I could see my bloody and lifeless body, I was floating to the side.

That's why I could see that the unfortunate man shot me three times, but I think I died with the first one.

And then when I thought I would be a wandering soul for the rest of eternity, I felt an unknown force take me away. I opened my eyes and I was in a dark place, what do you think it was?

It took me a while to realize, but it was a fetus; I don't know how long I was like this; Time seems to not exist in those situations, when I least expected it I was ready to be born. That's right, I had been reincarnated.

He had been reincarnated in a novel, but I didn't know that at the time.

End of Chapter 11.