[ ??? POV ]

Sitting in front of the mirror with legs crossed with each other with folded arms only one thing comes to my mind while looking in the mirror 'I'm normal I'm not crazy'

Well maybe you are confused about the current situation why a beautiful 8 year old boy sitting in front of the mirror looking at himself in the mirror, okay I will reverse the plot a bit. Starting from the beginning of the story.

I am the daughter of a Duke I am the eldest of 4 children, My name is Jessely Anastasia Atelia Cassandra a very long name isn't it? You can call me Jessely, from the first time I was brought into this world People envy me Why not ? because i am the daughter of a famous duke i am beautiful and dignified and moreover i am engaged to crown prince in other words i will be queen in future

everything would be perfect if only there wasn't a third person between me and him....the third person is named Lizzy remembering her name makes me want to vomit,Lizzy is a maid in this house she is the same age as me of course I am prettier than her [My Personal Opinion].The Crown Prince and Lizzy met at the dance and fell in love and they made it seem like I was the third person in their relationship

After that everything was ruined overtime all my hard work just disappeared with just the crown prince's first glance with a maid isn't that so unfair?

[ Jessely POV ]

"Congratulations on your engagement, Lizzy"

A voice full of jealousy congratulated the person who had snatched everything from her "Young Miss Jessely Thank you" Lizzy said smiling as if mocking me for taking everything from me "Miss, the train is ready" a voice came to me I turned around and got on the train heading home without looking back again for good

"Jessely I heard you are fine" a soft worried voice came to welcome me home "Ophelia why are you still awake at night like this" I said to Ophelia "I... I was just worried about you" said Ophelia lowering her head "I'm fine just sleep Ophelia...today is very tiring I will go to sleep" I said while climbing the stairs to my room.

Arriving in the room I went straight to bed without changing clothes and buried my head in the pillow "Today is too tiring" I said I don't know what will happen tomorrow people mock me And look down on me 'Duke Cassandra's daughter has a very sad fate' 'A servant snatched the title from Duke Cassandra's daughter' 'Too bad' 'He is such a fool'.

"If time could be turned back....I wouldn't be messed up like this....my reputation wouldn't be ruined....my life wouldn't be ruined".

After pouring my heart out on the pillow, I fell asleep somehow that night. I woke up with blurred vision when I heard people calling my name softly.

when i got full vision again, i was directly face to face with a girl dressed as a maid she really looks like the person i really miss all this time madam lawarance oh...i miss her so much it's a shame she died of poisoning at my age

16 years. I would have done anything to save her if I had known it would happen to her.

"What's your name are you the new maid here?" I said With a hoarse voice Madam Lawarance suddenly looked at me confused and then chuckled "Miss Jessely, I have prepared hot tea for you to drink" Madam Lawarance smiled while making tea for me.

From the side of my eye I saw my reflection in the mirror. From the side of my eye I saw my 8 year old self sitting on the bed 'gosh I'm really tired to the point of hallucinating' I got off the bed and looked in the mirror with my own two eyes.

And here we are now back to the story of the beginning of the opening.

"Miss Jessely what's wrong" Madam Lawarance said

Madam Lawarance's voice Made me wake up on reflex I turned my head and turned to Madam Lawarance and said

"Ummm .... can you comb my hair" I said smiling stiffly while sitting in front of the mirror.

"Okay...I understand you must be tired from studying last night. You're confused this morning, aren't you?" Madam Lawarance said while stroking my hair. That's right… my very dreary childhood was spent studying, I should have learned how to reclass instead of being a good queen in the future.

"I guess so..." I said looking at myself and Madam Lawrence who was combing my hair in the mirror reflection 'Am I dreaming?'

*Knock...knock...knock*

A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts

Child's voice Calling my name behind the door "Jessely...are you awake?" I turned towards the door before replying "Yes...I'm awake come on in" I said to the person behind the door

the door was opened showing a 5 year old child entering my room she is 5 year old Ophelia Rose Vagher Cassandra she has brown hair, green eyes glow and moreover she is my sister.

we both have different looks but we are the same child of the Cassandra family.

"Young lady, what brings you here?" Madam Lawarance who noticed Ophelia's presence immediately asked her "I'm here to talk to Jessely, Madam Lawarance" Ophelia said as she walked.

“what do you want to talk about?” I asked Ophelia

"I want to take you around the village I'm bored...." said Ophelia sitting beside me

If only I was who I used to be I would definitely refuse Ophelia's request and choose to study again, again and again but now that I'm not myself who is needed by love and power I guess there's nothing wrong with relaxing for a day.

"Okay... I don't think there's anything wrong with accompanying you around the village" I said hearing this, it made Ophelia really happy, her sister who always spent time in the study room from morning to night willing to accept the invitation to accompany her for a walk

really a very step opportunity

"Let's go" suddenly I was immediately pushed up from sitting and pulled running towards the entrance by Ophelia "Wait a minute...." The scream made Ophelia stop reflexively and made her stumble to the floor covered by the carpet

"Jessely, why are you suddenly shouting is something wrong?" asked Ophelia innocently "please let me change my clothes first" I said getting up from the fall "sorry... I was too excited to not see the clothes you were wearing I'll be waiting at the entrance" Ophelia said before running towards the entrance "Huh. ..." Helaku before returning to the room.

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"Hurry up Jesslyn We won't arrive on time if you don't get ready" Ophelia said pulling my hand forcing me to follow her "Ophelia wait a minute I can't catch you if you keep pulling me like this" I said while trying to keep my balance so as not to fall and still be able to follow Ophelia's footsteps who were running while pulling me here and there.

Somehow I managed to make Ophelia stop running "Jesslyn did you know 2 days ago He came" Ophelia said to open the conversation "He?" I asked Ophelia "Yes, the crown prince do you remember" said Ophelia Ugh even here the crown prince still haunts me "No and don't expect to remember it again" I said "Well there is still much more to do than talk about the crown prince let's go" I said leave Ophelia "W-Wait" Ophelia runs after me.

"Are you okay" Ophelia asked walking beside me "Yep I'm fine" I said refusing to look at Ophelia "Why are you suddenly upset did I say something wrong" Ophelia asked again "Nothing at all" I said again without looking Ophelia and keep walking

"Jessely..."

*Brak*

"ow.." suddenly I bumped into someone and fell to the floor "Are you okay? Eh Jessely?" Femiliar voice Entering my ear made me immediately look at the person, we stared at each other for a while until suddenly. "Jessely are you okay" Ophelia said approaching me Ophelia's voice made me take my eyes off him "I-I'm fine" I said looking at Ophelia "thank you" Ophelia said holding my shoulders "Oh... what brings you here, Your Majesty?" Ophelia said turning her gaze to the person I accidentally bumped into.

the person I accidentally bumped into was the crown prince his name was Rei and also still my fiancé I don't know if this is luck or bad luck. Rei is the only child owned by the queen and king since childhood we are already engaged, I can say that Rei is a handsome and kind child.Rei's kindness and good looks attracted many other noble children including me in the past but now i feel nothing but hate and disgust every time i see him shadows of my past come to haunt me again i really hope i never meet or have any kind of relationship with him.

"I'm sorry for my negligence, it's really rude of me" I said bowing my head apologetically and refused to look him in the eyes "u-uh...yes I'm sorry too..." said Rei who seemed confused by my sudden change in my character.of course he was confused a week ago i kept clinging to him and suddenly talking as if i had no relationship whatsoever or clinging to him a week ago

remembering my behavior at the age of 8 made me want to dig in the ground and bury myself alive why would i do That's and more why I was so annoying when I was 8 years old.

"What are you guys doing here Jessley?" Rei said to me "why are you asking?" I replied to rei "Nothing, it's just weird seeing you out for festivals like this" Rei said putting his hands behind his neck "nothing special why I want to go out I just accompany Ophelia around while looking for fresh air that's it and why are you here?" ask me "My father asked me to attend this festival it would be rude if the royal family didn't come to this country's traditional festival" Rei said "Being a royal family isn't easy is it?" I said while looking at Rei who was looking down "Yes...you can say it" He said "If there's nothing we want to talk about anymore I'll excuse myself, I hope you have a glorious day" I said looking down slightly and then left Rei "e-e yeah I hope you also have a nice day Jessely" said Rei looking at me before turning around and leaving.

"Jessley are you all right it's strange to see you not so excited to see the crown prince?" Ophelia asked while following my steps why are kids like you so curious "Maybe....that... it's not good to act like that in public..?" I said and hoped that Ophelia would believe this one lie of mine "I understand Jessely you are really very smart" Ophelia said believing my lie "okay how about we take a look at the others" I said changing the topic hoping it would affect Ophelia "Of course" Ophelia said then pulled me around ah....now she's back to being very active

??? POV

"I'm sorry for my negligence, it's really rude of me"

the pink haired girl's words kept playing in my head it's so weird I can't believe she said such things the way she talks to me and the way she looks at me is totally different from the way she looked and looked at me 1 week ago that was 1 week ago she was very attached and wont leave me alone look full of hope on me now She looks at me like we have no relation what else what's wrong with her?

what if there's something I say or do that makes her stay away from me isn't it much better that we don't have to get married because of politics and parental coercion.

isn't that much better?.....