Chapter 146 - Pretty Crazy, Huh? (1/2)

Katie finally stopped crying and grinned up at her sister. ”So. What do you think of my life here? Pretty crazy, huh?”

Crazy was an understatement. The village she lived in looked like something out of a period drama from the early 1900s, she inhabited the body of a completely different person, and she was married with a child.

Abby couldn't believe it. Katie was really thriving here. Based on how she had reacted when she thought Katie was dead, it was highly likely she wouldn't have been able to do the same.

Had her sister even tried to look for a way home or accepted her life here from the get-go? Well, her situation was a little different. Her body was dead back home so there was nothing for her soul to go back to.

And even if it wasn't…Katie was healthy here. All of the chronic pain, constant illnesses, and general restrictions to her life were gone. Catherine du Pont appeared to be in the peak of physical health. She was practically glowing!

Mariela had told her how Katie originally planned to leave Al with Marcy and run away somewhere to have a normal life but she had thought about doing that here as Catherine du Pont, likely feeling like she had no other option.

Abby couldn't blame her for it. They thought differently. And whatever strange power had brought her here probably wasn't accessible from the inside of the novel world since the author had been the one to send Abby to the other side.

A lump rose in her throat. Katie was truly happy here. That was all she had ever wanted for the sister who worked so hard to keep their family together after their parents died. In a roundabout way she had found true love, fulfillment, and gotten healthy.

”In case you were wondering, I am happy here,” she said as if reading Abby's mind. ”I wasn't at first…I was homesick and missed you and hated all of the restrictions of the nobility. And missed the food. They don't even have mozzarella cheese here!”

Abby laughed remembering the pizza incident in the novel. The poor thing had a really hard time adjusting.

Katie continued. ”But Al made it bearable and eventually made me look forward to building a real life here. We've done a lot of good and had fun in the process since rebuilding this region. I still missed you, and occasionally the technology and the food, but this is my home. Now that you're here everything is practically perfect!”

Al was holding his wife's hand and nodding along to what she was saying. Of course he would know better than anyone else how much his wife had missed her home. They had a lot of long conversations about it in the novel after she finally fessed up about who she was.

It was actually pretty cute how much he loved her. Once he found out the truth about her home he immediately began proposing plans to try and make things as similar as possible when everything with Sigmund ended and they could leave the palace.

Did men like that even exist in their old world? Abby had certainly never met one who would do anything in their power to make the woman they loved happy.

Katie suddenly sprang out of her chair and addressed Blaise, doing a salute from Shibatsu she had seen him do a few times. It was one meant to express gratitude. ”I apologize for speaking so freely about something you must not understand. Thank you for safely bringing Abby to us.”

Blaise, who had been completely forgotten in chaos of the conversation, gave an aloof nod.

”Your thanks are unnecessary, Madam Clan Leader. It was my honor to see her here. As for the rest…I believe I understand more now than I did before. Miss Abby mentioned how the two of you came to this part of the world previously.

”As I said before, I would like to have the chance to speak with you about an idea I had for the future of your country's military. You are free to dismiss my suggestions but I swear I have no ill intent making them.”