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"Young Lady, is time to wake up"
A knock sounded between the voice of the person speaking, then, another knock.
"Lady Amiru? I am going to get in, excuse me."
The door opened, and light steps could be heard. The person left a cup in the table next to the bed, then put a hand in the shoulder of the person in the bed.
"Lady Amiru~ time to wake up~ you don't want to be late for your meeting. You said that it was important."
She opened her eyes slowly, blinking to wake up. Her eyes saw the whole room.
"Ah, finally, lady Amiru, here is water to drink, to better wake up. I will be waiting in the next room, I already prepared the dress for the meeting with Young Master Gilbert" the person started to walk where she said.
[Lady Amiru]... she knew that name.
She sat in the bed, blinking again, she looked to her hands, blanking out…
Uh... who?
Amiru?
"Ah!" A heavy headache reached her, and she closed her eyes tightly.
A bunch of memories reached her. And she took a deep breath.
"Lady Amiru? It's everything okay? I heard a scream..." the door opened fast when the servant appeared.
Servant?, she didn't have... servants?... Wait... "Lina?..." with only one eye open, she looked at the other young woman there.
"Yes, Lady Amiru? Do you need help?" The girl approached the bed, with a concerned expression.
Amiru took the sheets off. And almost ran to the bathroom.
"Lady Amiru, sorry for keeping bothering, but I need to insist, are you okay? Need any help?" The servant's voice kept talking, worried.
Meanwhile in the bathroom, Amiru looked at her reflection.
First of all: What kind of person has green natural hair?
It's natural at least? Looking at the roots, it is.
Second: since when did she have green hair?...
'Since my birth? Why am I asking? Why can't I remember?'
Another headache attacked, not so bad as before, one of her legs trembled because of the pain, but it didn't last.
...
Now she can remember... She is... Amiru Ubarr... the heir of the Ubarr Household, of the Rowoon Kingdom.
But, she didn't was her... she is... uh, was? Kim Jin Hee.
This isn't happening. Why did she come to another world?! Her life wasn't the worst or the greatest, she was about to finish university. No problems in her world. A normal life.
She likes music, drawing a little bit, her career, her work at the little coffee shop. Her parents and her brother.
Why was that happening to her?!
Knock - knock.
Right, outside was a person waiting.
"Ah, am... Lina? Everything it's okay, it... ah, I had a, a nightmare... wait... wait for me in the... other room, okay?" Jin Hee touched her throat, her voice was so different. The language, was also really different, and was great that she understood everything.
"Oh, okay Lady Amiru, I think you will need to hurry up a little now, Young Master Gilbert will be here soon" the voice of… Lina, had now a happier tone, then the steps could be heard moving away.
Waiting a little, Amiru, no, Jin Hee, still looked at her reflection, touching her cheeks and hair.
Sigh.
Jin Hee closed her eyes. The memories of Amiru were still difficult to hold.
What was she doing before end up here?
It was night, she was finishing the dinner after her mom and brother left the table, because she was a slow eater.
She was... reading, on her handphone... that...
Amiru... Ubarr?
Wait, she was... that side character from... ah Damn it.
No, no, no, wait. She was re-reading that novel, [Trash of the Counts Family] because she finished it, she was waiting for the second part, and decided to re-start reading after a couple of months, and now, she was at the beginning.
Amiru Ubarr was there.
That story of Kim Rok Soo, who swapped souls with Cale Henituse, and ended up having that disastrous battle for, how long was it? Like, almost 3 years since he ended there.
...
Oh God, she ended there too?
...
Or...
Maybe not?
Kim Rok Soo was reading a novel too, before it ended there.
[The Birth of a Hero].
She could have ended in that world too...
This… is complicated.
She needs to know what day it was. She tries to recall the memories of Amiru.
That was a good thing by the way, having previous memories.
Kim Rok Soo didn't have memories of Cale, but he was a really good actor, no one could tell that he wasn't Cale. Well, not that too many people could tell, no one really cared about Cale at the beginning...
Days, months, Years... she didn't have memories about war, so it was early in the history.
What was the maid saying? She had a... meeting with Young Master Gilbert.
A meeting for what, she needs those memories.
The Ubarr territory. That place was the spot of the Naval Base in TCF, and a Tourists place in TBoaH.
She needed to know the day, for now, it wasn't important to think in her house, this was an important, and really worrying moment.
Sighing, she looked one last time at her reflection, and started to prepare herself.
...
"Thanks Amiru, Eric told me we needed to talk about this theme, I was... a bit worried" Gilbert took a sip of his tea, resting his back in the back of the chair. "I thought it will be more difficult, but we were talking about the tourist spot, so is not so difficult"
Munch.
The cookie broke when she ate it. These were the famous cookies that Cale always flatters? But those were Alver's cookies, and they never said a brand, maybe she could sheach them, now that she is here.
Wait, concentrate Jin Hee, you are talking with Gilbert now. Happily, with the memories, she could have the conversation on point.
She knew the day now, the moment. It was the 29th day of the 3rd month, 781st year in the Felix calendar. Holy memory Amiru has. But that means one thing.
It's the same day, the same day when Rok Soo change souls with Cale. That means, Harris village was already destroyed, and that means, Choi Han is going to the Henituse territory.
She let out a sigh.
"It's nothing Gilbert, you know I'm always here, and, well, here will be the place, so, it is important for me and my mother" Jin... Amiru smiled a little, eating another cookie, they really were delicious.
"So, Amiru" a 'cling' sound could be heard when Gilbert left the cup on the table "Are you going to the nobles meeting, right?"
Oh damn, of course she was forgetting something, the crown event. The terrorist incident too. Damn it. He's right.
She nodded, now taking her cup. "Yes, well, it was a little obvious" she laughed, "I don't have siblings, mom is in charge of the place, and Prince Alberu asked mainly for the heirs... so that leaves only me... I can't refuse the prince request"
That was one of the questions Jin Hee had at the beginning of the reading. It's understandable that in TBoaH, it wasn't needed, there the history centers in Choi Han. But in TCF? The history tells about how Rok Soo is in Cale's position.
What about the other families in the history? Obviously, the story should talk about the Henituse family, Cale was the MC in the novel. But, the Ubarr family? The Wheelsman Family? Eric was one of the last persons interested in Cale seriously. But they only tell that he has his father. Same as Gilbert. And for Amiru, she has her Mother, but, why only one parent?
It was a peaceful moment before the whole problem with the wars, so why does no one have more family?
Now with the memories of Amiru, she really knew that she, in fact, doesn't have siblings, and her father isn't there, and probably it was for something bad, because she couldn't call the memories with him. Like if something, maybe the real Amiru, doesn't let her view it.
"It's okay Amiru, I'm going too. Eric is going, I think he will be there 5 days before, since he is the closest, he wants to prepare everything." Another sip "I am a bit... concerned... about Young Master Basen"
"Huh? Is something wrong?"
"Oh no" Gilbert shook his head to deny "is only, I've got... this strange feeling, when I think about him."
Amiru looked a bit worried to Gilbert, leaving her cup, this could be his six sense? Jin Hee still needs to know what novel is this. But it was early to know.
If there is still Cale, Choi Han will beat him to pulp, and Basen will be going to the accident in the capital.
The novel didn't tell about what happened after with him.
'I hope he only ended up with bruises' Jin Hee took another sip, still with a worried face "hum... I hope nothing bad happens to him"
...
Another hour pass until Gilbert left the mansion. And she felt really concerned. What could she do while waiting for the plot to start? She couldn't look for the things Cale should do in his house now, that would be super strange.
Asking "Hi Cale, are you still Cale or Kim Rok Soo?"
If he said that he is Cale: "Oh no, you know? I know your future, that guy Choi Han ends in a War with a really bad guy. Uh? What happens with you? Well that bad guy will send another idiot to the County and he will eliminate all of your family except you."
And if he says Rok Soo: "Ah, yes, did you remember that you were reading that novel yesterday? Well, me too, but not that novel, I was reading your history. It is right, you're part of a novel too. And in my world, the apocalypse didn't happen."
Yeah sure Sherlock, JinHee will be the crazy one.
...
Maybe RokSoo could believe her, he is that kind of guy.
She could help him, but that depends if Rok Soo is there, if not, she needs to helps Choi Han.
... She needs to know about Ra- the Black Dragon, he doesn't have a name yet. That made her a sad smile.
"It seems that the meeting went well" the sudden voice scared her, almost making her fall off the chair. It was her mother, Popelina Ubarr, at the door.
"Oh Gods, haha, why did you get so scared?" She approached Amiru, and sat next to her "I saw you smiling when I was passing by, I was about to get out, oh right, Amiru darling, I forgot to tell you. I have to go to the Wheelsman territory. I'll come back tomorrow morning." She put a hand on his daughter's head, a similar smile as Amiru appeared in her face. "I know you can do the job for one day. I'll go quickly, I paid a Magician for a teleport roll, so I can go any time."
"Oh mother, you know you don't need to rush there."
"Yes I know, but staying away from you, is a torture, haha"
The littles sounds made by the servants, cleaning up the dishes, made the moment more comfortable, because that way Amiru, Jin Hee, could feel the memories of how to talk to her mother.
"Oh right, Amiru, one last thing." Now Popelina sat straight, something important apparently. "You maybe heard rumors about the meeting that the Crown Prince wants to do before the celebration of the King's birthday, and finally we received the invitation. So you are the one going."
Silence.
Aigoo, that was unexpected.
Amiru already talked with Gilbert about that. Apparently they hadn't received the invitation yet.
Oh well.
Details.
"What do you think, Amiru? Is it complicated?" Her mother put a worried face.
"Oh, no, no, is okay, I'm fine, ehem" Amiru coughed in her fist. "Gilbert told me, about that, he had received the invitation, so I told him that when we had the invitation, I knew I was the one going. I only, didn't expect the invitation arriving today"
"That's okay, darling, you will go in 10 days, okay? Tell me everything you think you may need." Popelina made another pat in her daughter's head "that hairstyle is new, I like it"
Amiru opened her eyes a bit shocked. Oh Gods.
"Tha-thanks mother, I tried, to do something different, haha..."
How did she forget that?! In the manhwa, Amiru always had a braid.
She now has a ponytail.
As Jin Hee, in her work, in college and the house, she always wears a ponytail, which is faster to do in every moment. And the maid didn't tell her anything about it. She did make some question faces, but no words were told.
"Well, it's time to go, I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" Popelina kisses the forehead of Amiru before getting up.
"See you, mother, good luck in the trip"
...
"Huuu... Amiru, Amiru, what will you do now?..."
She put her hands in her face, now all the frustration is appearing. Lying on her bed doesn't going to do nothing, but, is all she can do now. And she doesn't want to scream to let her anger out.
Not yet, at least.
Notes, she needs to make notes.
Jin Hee sat up, and went to the studio.
She didn't have the superpower that Kim Rok Soo has, she can't remember everything that she read with all the details.
Jin Hee looked for something, a little notebook. When she found one, as little as her hand, she started to write.
All names, it didn't matter if they were the most popular, and what they did in the history, mostly of the TCF plot, there are a lot more of people than in TBoaH. If she didn't remember the names, she only wrote the powers or the important things that the person did.
Next, the events in order.
"I need... really need to know in what novel I am..."
Knock knock.
"Lady Amiru, I got the dinner already, you want it here, or do you prefer it in your room?" That maid, Lina, was there. For her memories, Lina was the maid in charge of Amiru. In the Viscounty there weren't as many servants as she thought. Lina was one of them. She was only a few years older than Amiru, she felt like a big sister to her.
Now it is different. Jin Hee feels a barrier. Something is blocking her to feel good with Lina, now for her is only an employee... or some kind of, distant old friend.
"I'll have it here Lina, you may enter." As she said that, she hid the notebook in one of the drawers of the desk. No one could read what she wrote (unless is Kim Rok Soo or Choi Han, but, just in case.) Lina entered with a cart with a lot of plates. Amiru helped her to move the other papers of the desk for the plates.
"Hope you like it, Lady Amiru." Lina bowed before getting out as calm as when she entered.
"Thank you Lina..."
...
It was midnight already, and Amiru couldn't close an eye.
At this time, Choi Han is in the town... almost killing Cale, or, Cale guiding him to the estate. Please, she needed the second option, it is easier for her that way…
With a sigh, she got out of bed, put a blanket on her shoulders and sat in front of the mirror.
Even with the memories,it was difficult the change. Green eyes, green hair, even the height, she was a little smaller, the type of body too.
Sigh.
Jin Hee got up and went to the window, never in her life she thought of a place like this, only in photos of foreigners. And so close to the sea. It was beautiful.
And she needs to protect this place.
She really missed her past life, but she read a lot of things, and only 1 or 2 novels or comics take the protagonist back to their world. Maybe she already… died in her world. So she needs to live in this one.
And that naval base is necessary.
...
"Lady Amiru, what happened here? Did you sleep at all?" Lina was at the door the next day. The first thing she saw was Amiru, writing something on the desk, her eyes, had big baggy eyes.
She didn't stop writing "hi Lina… I'm, in something serious right now, and no… I didn't sleep…" her voice showed how tired she was.
"Lady Amiru, you need to stop writing, and take a nap, that thing can wait 1 or 2 hours" the voice sounded close.
"It, it can't wait, is really important, I, I need this before the trip…"
"Hah…" the hands of Lina stopped Amiru's hands "Amiru, it's serious, you need to sleep, the trip is in nine more days, you can do this another day, you are that type of person"
"What… type?"
"The type of person that can do the things that she wants, the person who can archive what is proposed"