The Time Is Coming Near

"My lady, his grace the duke has sent you a letter"

a brown haired maid entered the room

"give it to me"

the maid walked towards lapiz and handed the letter to her and left

[dear lapiz,

how have you been, I apologize that I haven't come to see you yet, I am currently buried under paper works which seems to have no end, I am sending this letter to warn something to you, the royal palace will soon arrange a ball for the return of the lazuli's, I will send you a dress to wear and arrange all things but the only thing you need to do is to stay by my side in the ball as it's not too safe, many people will try to get close to you and also underestimate you so don't mind them

Also, I heard what went on the tea party don't think about it too much since they won't pull the strings at the start, be careful because the ball is their motive to control the lazuli]

The letter continued. As time passed, lapiz finished reading it

"I haven't seen him since I told him about my past"

[and also a ball?]

[is it related to the tea party]

lapiz got up from her seat and walked towards the window

[i still don't know anything about this bodys powers nor anything about the outside world]

[i wonder if yuna also came to this world]

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"Lady Aries, please slow down"!!

A young lady around the same age as lapiz was rushing through the garden with a small maid following her

"ugh! I told you not to follow me"!!

She shouted at the maid madly

"I apologize, but the lord told me to follow you"

the maid stood straight and looked at her mistress

"my lady, where do you want to go so badly"

"I want to go back to Seoul"

she replied with a sad face

"Seoul? Where is that"

the maid asked with a confused face

"right you won't know it, anyway stop following me"

she continued rushing through the garden without the maid

'Ah ri....'

'Are you safe'?

'Did you escape from Korea'

'please tell me you did'

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"ACHOO"!

Lapiz suddenly sneezed loudly, lily who was behind her flinched and came near her

"Are you alright"?!

Both of them were taking a walk on the garden in the cold wind,

'I am fine'

lapiz replied with a tired face

[i feel like someone is talking about me]

lapiz look left and saw Sebastian's second son Albert running towards her

"Albert? What's wrong"

she asked Albert, who was panting heavily, he was a young man around the same age as lapiz, he had a silver hair obtained from his mother and black eyes which were inherited from his father

"my lady, the dress the lord sent has arrived and-"

he suddenly stopped, Albert was wearing a tired face he glanced at lapiz and again looked down

"and what"

lapiz asked him

"the princess has arrived at the mansion along with the first prince"

lapiz flinched at his statement and ran to the mansion, while lily also followed her

"My lady! Don't run like that, it's bad for your health"

[the princess and the prince]

[Khalid didn't tell me what kind of person the prince is]

[and the princess, she is way too suspicious]

[but those two suddenly arriving at here all of a sudden]

lapiz finally reach the main palace and saw the royal carriage outside, she opened the main door and saw both the princess and the prince in there, climbing the stairs, they both looked back only to see lapiz who was panting but still maintaining her posture

[THAT WILL PROVE WHAT THEIR TRUE MOTIVE IS]

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"I see"

Khalid was looking out of the window in his office with three people wearing black clothes and mask which had the symbol the of Alodia in it

"the royal bastard's has already started moving"

he wore his coat which was hanged on his chair and walked towards the door

"looks like i gotta help her a bit"

[lapiz would probably deal with Charlotte however, that prince is a wicked fox]

[he is a fox that I hate so much to the point where I wished I killed him before lapiz could even see his face]

"call Jericho for me, we will be heading out in a moment"

a maid with black hair covering her left eye, her hair was cutted short, her eyes were also pitch black as if there was no more life left in her

"yes master Khalid"

the maid's name was Ciaran, she was an assassin working for Khalid who disguised herself as a maid to get her job done faster

[seeing how Leo isn't here, I guess he is protecting her]

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"Lady Aries, you have got an invitation letter from the palace"

Aries looked back to see the head maid in her household bowing

"is that so, leave it there"

Aries was sitting on the garden she specially prepared to clear her thoughts

[a letter from the palace means that the famous ball is coming closer]

[the awakening of the lazuli heir and also the marriage, which will be recorded in the history]

[if this place isn't earth then there is only one answer, It's either a novel or that my soul was taken from earth and landed here which ended up on this body whose owner died after drowning, It's either that she died when my soul was travelling and since her body was empty my soul entered hers]

[well either way it's good that I ended up in a body who is rich, I have been living in this place for 1 year and one thing I am sure about is that this bodies parents are not that much of a good individual]

[Aries was the first daughter of the count's family who lived far away from the capital, unlike her siblings]

[she withdrew herself from succeeding the family and lived in here, gaining money from her properties, she has no interest in money but has interest in love of a family, the complete opposite of me]

[but seeing how no one knew that their true owner is dead, it seems she and me act the same, that's a relief since I don't have to act]

'I hope that nothing bad will come when I go to the capital'

TO BE CONTINUED....