The Princess With a Future Set in Stone

Chapter 28: Two Years Ago

                  "There are secrets that even the most innocent people have" -Anthanasia

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Jennette wasn't actually her sister.

Jennette took a step back at the impending reality. Anthanasia had just found out the secret she had kept for two years.

Two years ago she was excited at the fact that she would be introduced to her family. 

Two years ago at Anthanasia's debut ball, she was introduced to the imperial family. Her family which she had always hoped for.

Two years ago, she learnt that, she...wasn't the Emperor's daughter.

It had happened a week after she had been in the imperial palace.

The sun was bright in the sky lifting Jennette's mood. She felt like going to greet Anthanasia who had just woken up from a mana overload.

On her way she hadn't been concentrating on her surroundings and had accidentally bumped into someone.

She held her head which had hit the person's chest and immediately apologised "I'm so sor-

Before she could complete her apology she was shoved away by the person "Don't you look were you're going to, you chimera!"

As the person replied to her rudely she raised her line of sight and met with the person's red ruby-like eyes.

His black hair made her recall his identity.

'He was the one wizard who healed sister' Jennette thought to herself as she internally scolded her clumsy demeanour. 'But did he just call me a 'chimera'?

"I'm so sorry sir. But if I may ask, why did you refer to me as a chimera?" 

The wizard sneered at her and answered "Because that's what you are. Don't get close to me. Your black magic disgusts me" The wizard was about to turn away from her when he suddenly exclaimed. "Jeweled blue eyes?! Whose daughter are you?"

Jennette felt perplexed about his sudden change in the subject but answered calmly. "I'm the daughter of Emperor Claude"

"Claude? Your saying that you're Anthanasia's sister? Do you think I'm a fool? You may be related to Anthanasia, but you're not her sister" His words were said seriously so she didn't take his words lightly.

Though she didn't believe his words she still asked. "Not her sister? What proof do you have?"

"I also want to see the way how they used black magic to make you, so come to the magic tower" She came there that afternoon. He casted a spell on her.

He held a glass of liquid and shook it. "If the liquid glows blue you're Anthanasia's  sister. If red, then you are just some other relative"

Then one day, when she was out of the palace for the first time, she encountered an old lady.

"You are not Anthanasia's sister"

That day, it had glowed red. She panicked when she discovered this. She considered confessing to Anthanasia and the Emperor. But she didn't. She couldn't.

All her life she had dreamt of having a happy family. She was afraid. Afraid that they would hate her. So she kept this secret for two years.

But today, Anthanasia had just found out.

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Anthanasia mulled over what she had just scene. Jennette wasn't her sister. But instead her cousin.

"I'm sorry that I never told you!" Jennette became frantic. Her legs shivered at the impending reality. Her secret was found out. "Please forgive me! Please don't hate me" She had been truly happy about the bond she had created with Anthanasia.

She knew Anthanasia would surely feel betrayed.

"Even if you are not my fathers daughter. You will forever be family to me. Even if you hid the truth from me, you will always remain dear to my heart" Anthanasia smiled at Jennette as she spoke.

These words were her true feelings. Whether she was her sister, cousin or whoever, she had become family.

"You will never have the family you desire" Two years ago, when she had gone out of the palace with Lily, an old woman had said this to her.

Back then she didn't actually believe the old lady's words. But listening to her, she thought this was the truth.

She was a princess who was scorned by society while being compared to her bright sister. A princess who was hated by her father. A princess who had no friends.

But she eventually found people who would become her family.

Tears brimmed at Jennette's eyes. Tears of joy.