REBOOT SIENNA

Chapter 25: Live To Sienna Pt.25

During the day, she sat down in the garden, drank tea and ate the cookies that the maid brought her. She was bored because she was alone, but she thought it was quite the luxurious picnic she was having. It was almost impossible to eat outdoors like that in Heidel because of how cold the area was.

“I would’ve enjoyed it more if someone was with me at least…’

Darkness sank in the garden as the sun went down. When darkness fell and the Lantern Festival began, she became disappointed that she wouldn’t be able to enjoy it properly.

“That would’ve been great.”

Sienna’s eyes caught the big tree in the garden then. The tree was taller than the third floor of the mansion, appearing to have been raised diligently. Because of its large limbs, it did not seem like it would be too difficult to climb it.

She looked around and back and forth. Fortunately, there were few people in the mansion that day, so no one was likely to see her climb the tree.

Sienna picked up her skirt and tied it to her waist, revealing her pantaloons, which looked similar to a pumpkin. She thought that others would probably say they were ugly, but no one had seen her.

“A tree like this would’ve burned fast.”

Sienna sometimes climbed trees like that one in Heidel. It was hard on cold days with blizzards, but when summer came, she used to climb the largest tree in the land and watch the knights train from afar. Even in the summer, the amount of snow and ice on the tree was the same, but it did not matter to her.

She calmly climbed the tree and sat down where she could see the lights.

“It’s a first for me to witness the Lantern Festival, so I’m excited. No, that’s not right. This isn’t technically my first time, to be precise.”

In the past, Sienna had watched the Lantern Festival every year, all alone in a remote part of the palace.

Though she had stood alone in that dark and deadly place, she had felt even greater loneliness when she had thought that those who had flown those countless lanterns had done so with their loved ones. Nonetheless, the colored paper and the flame lights covering the black night sky made for a spectacular scene. It was a waste to see it alone.

“But now that I think of it, I’m alone this time as well.”

‘Is this my destiny? Is it my destiny to stay alone all the time?’

Sienna felt lonely, so she shook her head to send those thoughts away.

‘Me fated to be all alone? As if! I’m not an adolescent to mope like that.’

Currently, she was eighteen years old, so she was in fact a teenager, but she had spent more time and had lived way past that age to be exact. Rather, she was at an age in which she was more comfortable being alone. What’s more, she thought she was lucky to see that beautiful sight come to fruition.

“I should have prepared for it and brought a bottle of wine with me.”

Sienna wanted to drink.

“Now that I think about it, I haven’t touched a drink since coming here. In cold Heidel, I drank a lot to heat up my body.”

Rustle, rustle.

She could feel someone climbing up the tree, so Sienna looked down, startled.

People who knew how to climb trees used the momentum of their arms to climb up more easily. She was too afraid to keep looking. Grabbing on to the branch, Sienna wondered if it was a thief. Who else would climb up a tree in a mansion in the middle of the night?