A/N: When I first wrote ITBOMM, there was a lot of information that I wasn't very aware of (reasons being that the novel hadn't been fully translated, the manhwa didn't have an official English translation, etc, etc), so I took a lot of creative liberties.
It's a bit of a no-brainer that if Athy was born a boy in canon, she would've automatically been the heir to the throne, but I never bothered thinking like that when writing ITBOMM since it didn't feel that important until I started the rewrite. For the most part, ITBOMM was written with the intention of being gender neutral and focuses instead on the order of birth when it came to inheriting titles.
This chapter focuses more on the twin's interactions as they grow up, so it's mostly dialogue heavy. They'll meet Claude in the next chapter!
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Act 1: Beginning of The End
Chapter 1: let's just live day by day
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"Let's just live, day by day
And not be conquered by our sorrows
The past can't hold us down, we must break free
Inside, we're torn apart
But time will mend our hearts"
Song: Let's Just Live — Jeff Williams ft. Casey Lee Williams
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The day was unremarkable like every other day — a simple repetition of eat, sleep, play, and start over. He was a baby, so he did what he does best: cry, look cute, and relax.
Unfortunately, his newly acquired sister didn't get the memo.
For god knows why, she was constantly thinking about her plans for the future. She was scheming left and right about gathering as many treasures as she could in order to secure her future funds. Granted, none of those thoughts ever went into detail.
(Technically, he was also included in her planning, but he elected to ignore that in favour of doing absolutely nothing but sleeping.)
'You think too loud,' he thought tiredly.
'And you sleep too much!' Athy huffed. 'Lily's worried about that, y'know.'
'I'm a baby, it's okay,' he flatly thought.
'That's your excuse for everything.'
'SNORE,' he thought to her, pointedly closing his eyes.
'Seriously? You're literally just saying it. You are such a...'
'Snore, snore. I can't hear you! I'm sleeping.'
'Fine! Sleep for all I care!' she pouted.
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He could admit that sleeping all the time was, in fact, boring. Although, when it came down to sleeping or worrying about his life like his sister did, it was clear which he would rather do.
Besides, what they needed was confirmation about the world before planning.
Lily was proof enough that they were definitely in the world of The Lovely Princess novel. Athy confirmed that their father had the same name as the deadbeat tyrant from the novel based on a book Lily read to her — which happened before he transmigrated. He needed to know more, though, and that wasn't happening until they were five at the very least.
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re: in the back of my mind
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