Naroaika

Chapter 5

(Note: In the previous chapters, there were some missing words in some sentences that I had overlooked. I've corrected them and sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks to all who reported it to me!  
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"Oof! Easy girl."

I slowed down the horse and got off the saddle. It's been a month since I started horse riding and I can say that I've gotten quite good at it. The first few days were disastrous as Uma (the name of my horse) didn't even let me touch her but now, we were the best of friends.

"You've learned how to tame it very quickly Lady Jerinah, I'm sure the Duke and the Duchess would be very happy to hear about it." Zed said.

He was observing me from a distance.

"Any way, how are you feeling? Any sort of dizziness?"

"No, I'm all right." I replied.

Ever since I started my horse riding, Zed kept asking if I was feeling sick or if I needed anything from time to time. I understood why he kept worrying since the Jerinah of this world was always sick until I came and now this body is so fit and fine!

Once I tried to push the bed a little further away from the window by myself because the sunlight always fell on my face in the morning and I didn't like it. One of the maids happened to see that and nearly fainted. Since then I tried to do things at a minimum.

"Lady Jerinah, there's a letter for you." A maid came over to me.

That must be from Al, I thought. Earlier, I asked the maids to directly bring the letters to me if it was in my name. Al and I sent letters to each other every time we got the chance to and also in case we found any clues on returning to the real world but we never got any such clues.

I sat on the chair and took out a new paper to reply to Al. I didn't tell him about the sorcerer who lived outside of Azalea as I thought it'd be better to tell him in person and I didn't get a chance to tell him at the palace during the celebrations.

As I started writing, a maid knocked on the door and told me that Juliette had come to visit me. I slipped in the paper inside the drawer and went to greet her.

"How are you feeling today, Lady Jerinah?"

Even Juliette kept asking about my health every time we met.

"I'm fit as ever, Princess Juliette. I'm so glad you came to visit."

I got used to Juliette addressing me as 'Lady' and me, addressing her as 'Princess'. I got comfortable with Juliette as each day passed. I told her how happy I was that she visited me every week since nobody else did. Thinking about it, did the old Jerinah not have any friends at all, aside from Juliette?

"Maybe you should hold a small garden party." Juliette said.

"A garden party?" I asked. I really didn't know what that was.

Juliette went on to explain what a garden party was and it sounded like fun; fun because there would be tea and sweets.

"You could just invite a small number of people."

As Juliette said that, I counted the number of people I knew. 'Juliette, Al and maybe Keilan.' That was three and including me, it's four.

"Can it still be a garden party with four people?" I asked.

Juliette looked at me. Was she looking at me with pity?! Because that's what I saw in her eyes. Back in the real world, I'd invite Juliette and Kai over and it would be the four of us including my sister and it'd still be a fun party. 'I don't understand what makes a party in this world'.