Chapter 1

As proud daughter of House Monique, Aristia was raised to become the next empress of the Castina Empire. But with the appearance of a mysterious new girl, everything has fallen apart: the Emperor has turned his back, and Aristia’s miserable life as a lower queen is cut short by death. However a second chance to change her fate sees her reborn ‒to 7 years earlier! “Is this a dream or reality? Will my destiny repeat?”

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"Waahh! Silver hair, to think this colour really existed! Hello? What's your name?"

The child of the divine, a mysterious girl whom God gave to the empire. Everyone loved her, as she laughed at me with a dull face. She was constantly praised for her innocent looks, for a smile that just looked like an idiot to me.

"To the emperor's moon, I, Aristia La Monique greets your majesty."

If things remained as what it was supposed to be, I would still possess the middle name: Castilla. However, Castilla is the middle name given to the empress or the potential empress.

When the emperor abandoned me for that mysterious girl, I gave up that middle name, as I was now deemed as unworthy to possess the honor of Castilla.

"Aristia? My name is Jieun. Can I call you Tia?"

"... ... Your Majesty, that is an honor"

Tia? Does she know that for a noble, one's pet name can only be called when someone is very familiar with the other person?

It is a well-known fact that nicknames are composed of relationships, such as a very close friend or a lover.

"Well nice to meet you. Again, they call me Jieun, let's get along in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Even though Tia's face is so pretty, your speech is so stiff. Can you just relax?"

"Yes, I will obey you, Your Majesty."

"Obey? Ughh, this is not a historical drama. Don't do that, just call me comfortably. Please? It's because I feel uncomfortable when you're speaking to me this way."

It was essential to be formal between nobles, and in the imperial system, there was a rule stating to use formal language.

However, she was called the child of the divine, a mysterious girl who was loved by God, but even so, she was using common speech the commoners used and was considered to be very ignorant.

Is the law still in effect? Or is she just ignoring the law?

Let's not show any indecent behaviour, Aristia. It's a bad idea. She still doesn't know who I am.

"Tia, would you like to go outside with me?"

"Where?"

"Well, I'd like to go outside the palace, but I don't think the maids would let me go out alone. Let's just go out on a stroll together. Can you?"

"Maids?"

"Yes, the maids who take care of me. Do you know how scary these maids are? This is why I'm uncomfortable around people that are older than me."

As I mumbled this country's courtesy, suddenly Jieun looked at me vacantly. It was very unpleasant, and more like offensive.

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Oh, poor Aristia~ Seriously, I wanna give the her a hug. I don't really like this new girl Jieun, she's got some attitude. Who agrees with me?

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