The story of a reincarnated villainess.
"It's your life now."
Sometimes we find peace in our constant suffering, sometimes we break free of our suffering,
but sometimes, we escape to a foreign land were, where newfound family becomes our own.
Th...
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"We believe deploying more knights to the streets would be a better idea-"
"But isn't it about time that some other family does the opening ball-" "We should be worried about the economy of the Empire instead of the ball!"
Words are bouncing off the walls and coming at me all at once at the speed of sound. While everyone is preparing for the festivals with joy and laughter, I sit here with a bunch of nobles, with many opinions and questions.
Derek beside me seems to have given up and is now making origami with the documents presented in front of him.
"The trading routes are all open this year and we are getting all positive feedback-" Count Osyth said calmly as he sipped his tea.
"But the borders of the West still seem to be an issue!" Marquess Eirian slammed his fist on the table as all the nobles present and Derek glared at him.
"You seem rather eager to send me back to the borders, Marquess" I speak up after a long time, setting my eyes on him to meet him. Marquess seemed to have regretted his words as he looked away and apologized.
"Well, I will have a word with the captain and the vice captain regarding the border issue before the festival" I said with a sign as the discussion among the nobles started again.
I stared out the window as the chaos began to unfold once again. I watched the gardeners outside crafting new art pieces by trimming the leaves of the plants before the festival. It can be said to everyone all around Alastaria. To be fair I didn't didn't get the time yet to take a look around the royal grounds and watch all the preparation and the decorations, so far I have been cooped up in the Emperor's castle with different nobles in different batches of meetings.
The royal castle of Alastaria is situated on the hilly grounds beside the capitol, and touches the beach which also acts as an outlining border of Alastaria and from very specific towers of the castle, one could oversee the entire capitol.
Not to mention, the design of the castles. In general, the four main castles are placed like a rectangle.
I heard one of the nobles yelled about using magic to make flying transport. Is this the potential discussion about making aeroplanes? This conversation was derailing faster than a cheap kids train set.
Soon after that, Derek passed me the origami of Marquess Eirian, the ugly mole on top of his nose was detailed to perfection. I don't know why he did it but the more I stared at it the more I could see the details on the ink dot.
That was it, I am losing my mind.
"That's enough for today, the meeting is dismissed." I ordered as the whole room fell into silence. I hear Derek from the side breath out a sigh of relief which makes me wonder if the mole origami might have been intentional but regardless we exited the halls.
