The Solitude of an Emperor [TO BE UNPUBLISHED]

SIDE STORY 5

One thing that Darya realized from all her lives is that she remembers the life of the body she gets transmigrated to when it is in another world. And she would not remember the memories of the original owner of the body if she transmigrated into another body in the same world. It started in her eleventh life. She could remember the memories of the bodies she gets transmigrated to and she started getting transmigrated in another world every life. Just like now.

This time, Darya lived a long life as she started from when she was born from her biological parents until high school. So far, she had not met someone like Esteban, Renald, Kael, and Zeron that she held dear to her heart. During all these years she lived in this different world, she had finally moved on from the lingering feelings she had and this time, she would try not to be attached to anyone. This is why… she had no friends. 

To her parents’ view, they first thought that there is something wrong with their daughter as she acts too mature in her young age. They visited a psychologist and they were told that their daughter might have a mental illness but she is harmless. She does not need medication and she should just be left living on her own will. Because of this, in her young age, her parents do not decide on what she wants and they let her be. As long as she does not cause trouble then everything is okay.

Lisandra had been consecutively the smartest student in every school she attended. Her scores in every exam are always 2 times higher than the second place in the campus. She would win academic competitions and even in sports. Even her teachers are wary of her because they are worried about being corrected by a student. However, in Lisandra’s point of view, she just does not care and she does not plan on making another title in her name.

Smart, elegant, sporty, princess, queen, campus crush, and favourite are just some of the adjectives her classmates and schoolmates call her. She was surrounded by many people but she never considered any of them as a friend because of her one principle “to not be attached to anyone”. 

She has approximately lived thirteen lives now. All of her emotions are slowly disappearing as time goes by.

To not be entangled with her previous classmates, Lisandra decided to go abroad for college after being invited by a prestigious university. With a good scholarship, she does need to rely on her parents for money but because her parents are still worried about her, they would send pocket money to her monthly.

Linsandra took architecture with a reason “to try it”. During her first week, she immediately took an interest in her field and started looking forward to it. Her college life was smooth but she is constantly reminded of her death of what kind would it be? Would it be because of overworking and stress? This is why she is taking her course lightly. Is it an accident? This is why she did not take a car and lived in a nearby condominium. Is it an illness? Every two months, she would take a full body exam for medication. And why is she doing this? It is because…

“It is a pleasant day to everyone in this room. I am Desmond Allivar, the President of the Supreme Student Council in this school year…”

She recently broke her only principle for a man she did not even have a chance to talk to. Desmond… his name is somewhat familiar to her and as a former Emperor, she can feel a sense of great leadership to this man. It was a whim. She did not even realize that she started thinking of him after just seeing him on the stage to introduce himself. Among the thousands of students, Lisandra is one of those who admired President Desmond at that moment.

Because of Lisandra’s current enthusiasm, in just one semester, she was able to build a physical model of their university. The university bought her work and displayed it on the administrative building of the university. This is why students have recognized her name as her masterpiece was placed in a space where everyone could see.