I was about to get in but Jasan widened his hand waiting to escort me inside.
What the hell?
"Come on, Anemone," He said with a smile.
His hand. The same hand that killed me. The same hand that cut my finger and took my fingerprint in my dying moment. I---I don't want to touch it. I don't want to touch him!
I---
"Madam, are you alright?" The maid asked.
"You must be cold, madam...you are shivering. Someone, bring madam's coat from inside"
Am I shivering? Is this fear? I still remember the pain. I still remember the suffocation inside that sand. I will...
"Anemone, are you alright?"
I will kill you, father...
"Hahaha" I wanted to laugh at my circumstance so much that I forgot where I was.
"Anemone?" Everyone is staring at me with weird looks. They must think I went crazy. Heh, that's good too.
I got on the carriage by myself past my father. I can feel his glare without even facing him, but It's not like I care.
"It's fine if you don't want to take daddy's hand, haha. I know my Anemone is big now" He quickly covered his anger with a fake smile.
The old me don't know this at all and had always thought that my father is a very good person who never gets angry. He always loved me and doesn't have a choice when it came to some things. I thought I am a burden to him and wanted to do everything I can to help and support him. But even after everything, he still killed me.
"You should be on your best behavior after reaching there. You---"
he said the same words in my previous life. Really, is nothing changing? But the maids and this dress... this changed. Maybe some parts won't, but I can change my fate.
"Lady Cicelia is---" He likes her. My father likes every person on this earth who have money. Money rules him. He would do anything to gain a penny. He could go too far in length. Likewise, he won't care about anything. Not only that, but he would not even hesitate to sell and kill his own daughter.
It might've been unfortunate if I had ended up with some psycho person or family, but lady Cicelia is a very warm and lovely person.
Lady Cicelia ebdout, the only daughter and the sole heir of the ebdout family. The third most prestigious family in the capital. They produce iron from iron mines. They were not so powerful before lady cicelia was born. Although they have money, Lord Ralf ebdout, the father of lady cicelia couldn't keep up his fortune or the responsibility of his family name. They almost went broke but lady cicelia is the one who brought the family back to its position. Honor and power. Money and respect. She brought everything to her family. She discovered the iron mines in her land first before anyone could and started an export business from that. Her fortune increased. Power came to her feet. She is richer than anyone in the kingdom. Even more than the incompetent king.
Due to a lack of funds, because the king decided to invest all the kingdom's money in his queen. Many disasters happened. One of the big disasters is the Lotav river festival. Kingdom Halel, the largest kingdom in the world, has a drift of large rivers on the four sides with the capital in the middle. Naming the same river, River Lotav. The merchants, always travel by boat to reach the capital. The richest zone for marketing and marketers. And the fisherman's lives depend on the river. It is a part of the empire.
But it was a known fact that the river raises when it rains extremely. The floods are no small issue. Even if the emperor knew about this. He did nothing. And one day, a disaster happened.
Every year on May 1st, the lotav river festival is celebrated. Boat races, lanterns, boat rides, and food on the water. Everything is celebrated on the boats on the water.
That day, suddenly it started raining heavily. All the boats in the river tried to reach the ground quickly but, the river level raised, and the strong wind made them unable to move the boat. As a matter of all, the people in the water died by drowning.
Of the retrieved bodies were 500 approximately, but many went missing in the water. It was a very drastic tragedy. Lady Cecilia, a kind soul like her, couldn't leave this matter alone. She begged the emperor days to build a bridge on four sides, but the emperor refused. He implied he doesn't have any funds for such a large project, so my mother took the matter into her hands.
She started using her own family money for it and built a bridge on the four sides. She was praised. Furthermore, she became famous. Everyone started understanding and loving her.
The emperor couldn't take this but he doesn't have any choice but to praise her for her contribution. So he gave her a small land to rule. The west land crossed the river. It was a barren land with no proper people living on it. Hardly having food to eat for one time in a day. The land and the people both were dying. The emperor knew this, but he wanted, mother to rule it because if everyone there dies, he can easily push the blame for not ruling properly onto his mother. He was an... ASSHOLE!
*Ahem*
But of course, my mom is no easy person. She is as scary as kind. She developed that land into a beautiful home. She looked after the people with love and care. She didn't marry and solely lived for her family and people. She had the sense of responsibility to protect everything under her thumb. Soon the land became prosperous. She is such a great person and I am proud to become her only daughter.
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