Obelia's Rose

Chapter 3

- OBELIAN ROSE, CHAPTER THREE, BY VIICERENE

ATHY AND I GLANCED AROUN THE FLOWERBED WE SAT IN. "Wait, where are we?"  Athy asked. We must've traveled a little bit far, away from the Ruby Palace. "We are definitely, far away from the ruby palace," I replied to her.

"And we've gotten lost... Again." I said. But I was sure, that was a wall. It was a castle wall, just like the Ruby Palace. "Hey, let's go there. I see some walls." I said to Athanasia. "Oooh! Okay!" Athy agreed.

We both ran to the walls a little bit slower than usual, not to destroy the flower bed that could've taken months to grow. But as we arrived at the castle, It didn't look at the castle at all. It didn't have the red outlines, and it was bigger than the one we lived in, the Ruby Palace.

My and my sister could only wonder how far we walked. The only thing we could hear at the moment were birds chirping. "Nobody is using this place?"

Athy asked me, looking down at the foot of her dress. "How could it be this maintained if it's not used?" I asked her, questioning her logic.

We both entered the castle, the two of us sneaking around. We kept peeking into different parts of the castle, and it was huge. Maybe even bigger than the Ruby Castle. No... It is bigger than the castle I and Athanasia live in. "Hm..." I hummed.

"This really looks like a castle of a sovereign."

Me and Athy's eyes twinkled in curiosity. "Oooohhhhh!!" Me and Athy marveled. It was indeed pretty.

"If no one's here I suppose I could use it?" Athy said, waiting for my opinion on this matter. "I suppose we could use it," I said. Me and Athanasia were wondering where we could hide our riches for our future escape because we can't hide too many in the ruby palace.

But as long as we're careful when they clean this palace, we would be able to escape and live a free and happy life. "I choose this as my secret hiding place for my golds and riches," Athanasia said to me. 

I just simply nodded, backing her up. "This is the main palace... But I doubt it isn't used anymore."

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ATHY'S POV

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I was wondering, what happened to my previous body? Did I overdose on those sleeping pills and die? Maybe I froze to death? It was the middle of winter and I didn't put the heater on. I was an orphan so it's not like I left everything behind. 

I don't even have a family. My father left me alone here and there. Is this a curse? 

But at the same time, I don't want to go back. I'm living the life of luxury and I'm living my dream life with relatives and a younger sister a few minutes younger than me here.

Ignoring the part where she dies, Athanasia's life is like heaven on earth. There's food, no need to earn money, and she owns (?) real estate. Castles too!

Maybe It's because I was reborn, but learning the language wasn't difficult either, with the help of Y/n. This world doesn't seem to teach reading and writing at an early age. So when me and (Y/n) wrote down some letters...

We were praised.

"OUR PRINCESSES ARE INTELLECTS!!!!!" 

Well, I screwed up. Me and (Y/n) weren't trying to live a life with a spotlight, but we had a small talk last night because I told her to write a letter so I can show it to the maids.

And thus, came forth our early education. (Y/n) was much more successful in etiquette, and I'm guessing that she lived a royal life when she lived in a different world. But, that didn't seem like it.

It seems that it is her first life, unlike me who lived three lives. In my first life, I was executed by the guillotine. 

In the second, I must have overdosed.

And my third life is currently happening right in front of my very eyes.