Chapter 11 - Magical (1) (2/2)

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Amethyst wasn’t sure if this was a fairytale. She could only conclude that it was a different world. She was 16 years younger in this world, and her real body had been left behind in a different dimension.

God must have taken pity on me and given me this new opportunity.

Amethyst mocked her situation, trying to find the humor with this incomprehensible turn of events.

‘I don’t know what has happened to the real Amethyst Lohikin or when she is coming back. I really don’t care right now. I have an opportunity to live for myself here, and not live for others. It may be selfish but I am exhausted of my life as an unappreciated mother and wife. I can just pretend I am on vacation in a foreign land and simply enjoy the new experiences.’

Amethyst felt sorry for Count Lohikin but had firmly rejected the idea of getting married. The only thing left to do was to adapt to this new world. It would be nice to live as a daughter of a Count. Life of a noble’s daughter must certainly be one of comfort.

The daily chores of her previous life had been endless: her constantly hungry family, the piling dishes, the daily laundry, and a messy home. The children who would fight all the time or whine for anything and everything.

‘It should be okay to escape for a while.’

Her new life was like a beautiful dream. Amethyst couldn’t remember the last time she did anything leisurely for herself. In this new land, however, all she had done so far was relax, eat and sleep. What a vacation after 11 years of struggle.

She couldn’t set aside the nagging anxiety of being forced into a marriage by the Lohikins though. Her current self was not a ravishing beauty by any means. It would be best if maintained a low profile.

She wished she could do whatever she wanted but this seemed to be a conservative society, albeit a comfortable one. Fortunately for Amethyst, her new parents were wealthy and her new brother Matin was their heir. Their attention was not on her.

She wanted to go out and explore however.

The Count’s house was great but there were too many who knew this Amethyst well.

Any action could garner suspicion, and she always had to be on her toes in case her identity roused any suspicion. The servants were probably just doing their job, but Amethyst did not know if they had been placed there to spy on her.

“‘I’ll do everything I want to do in the Count’s house.”

‘I will learn swordsmanship, then learn to ride a horse and to hunt. I should at least be able to protect myself.’

And then the thing she most wanted to do was to travel. “It’s a waste of my time to stay in the Count’s house when there is this this amazing world out there to explore!”

‘Perhaps I could use studying as an excuse to travel.’

‘It would be great to learn magic too…or maybe that’s too complicated for me. I guess you need to have talent for that. Well you never know what hidden talents I have. I have lived a repressed life for too long.’

Amethyst was considering the different possibilities when Yellie opened the door and interrupted her thoughts.