The lonely princess last wish

The countdown

Months has passed since the execution of the two noble families and no one mentioned it again, athanasia reputation skied rocket as the princess who saved obelia and ruthlessly killed the former emperor, she celebrated her birthday two days ago because she's crown princess she had to have a banquet but she did celebrated privately with her friends

athanasia's and Claude's current relationship is still rocky as she still wants nothing to do with him while he's trying to fix things between them, she does her crown princess duties and sometimes join him for tea where she'll give short answers to his questions about her, now that she's seventeen she doesn't have much time left to live and she knows she has to break the news sooner or later

"I heard the king of siodonna send you a gift" Claude said sipping his tea, currently they were having tea taking a break from papers

"Yes Arnold, as you know him and mom were close friends so we met a couple of times when I visited uncle, he even tried to give me a the title of princess there but I denied it" athanasia said eating her chocolate cake, the king of siodonna only had one child, a son name Callisto who was around the same age as Athanasia only a few years older, they gotten along pretty well for people who barely see each other

"What did he give you"

"A sword and a armor because of my love for swordsmanship, it's been awhile since I practice I've been too busy with my duties" she said they stayed in comfortable silence with Claude not knowing what to ask her, while athanasia poured herself another cup of tea, she has lost a lot of appetite recently she could barely stand the smell of food now  which was surprising because athanasia loved eating, it was her coping skill if she wasn't drinking or hurting herself

*THUNG* a sound of a bell ringed her ear, she flinched by the sound she looked at Claude and Felix who seemed to be unaffected by the sound or they didn't hear it, the sound of bells runged again and in a distance a clock stand ticking, athanasia breathe hitch and air became cold, she confused why it became cold all of the sudden and how come there's a clock in the middle of the garden ticking loudly seemingly coming closer, she looked at claude once again but he wasn't here, she looked around and realized it was only her in the garden, what is happening she thought

"KILL THIS SINNER" cheers interrupted ringing her ears, she was no longer in her garden but back in the arena where her execution was held, in front of her was the noose that was waiting for her, she began to panic breathing heavily

" HOW DARE YOU POISON OUR LOVELY PRINCESS JEANNETTE" snarls were thrown at her, that's when Athanasia realized she was back in her first life, she was chained and getting dragged to her death

" WAIT NO, I DIDN'T DO IT" she screamed trying to free herself from the guards grip, she looked up to see Claude staring at her coldly, she found the countess she killed grinning at her with roger alpheus and ijiekiel looking at her with pity she shook her head refusing to believe her reality

"NO NO YOU WONT DO THIS TO ME AGAIN" she screamed again, she heard the clock she saw in the garden once again and was now standing next the execution noose, no this can't be happening no no no no

" KILL HER"

" DIE WITCH"

" athanasia"

" DIE BITCH"

"NO I DIDN'T DO IT, IT WAS ROSALIA"

" Athanasia"

" Athanasia!" Claude interrupted her out of her vision, Claude who was trying gain his daughters attention for five minutes seeing her state, she was pale and trembling dropping her cup with tears threatening to spill from her jewel eyes, she looked at him In fear while Claude stare at her concerned by gaze full of fear, athanasia body began to feel weaker while her head was spinning feeling like the world was spinning fast, she hissed at the pain and got up from her seat but when she got up blood came out of her mouth and darkness quickly consumed her