I spent a month accepting my new life and recovering all of Elise's past memories, data that the book didn't mention, but that would be useful in knowing what to do.

As I said before, I am now bedridden, my body feels weak, I have no appetite and my stomach hurts badly.

Rina was near me and I waved my hand for her to come.

—How can I help you, miss? —Rina asked worriedly.

—It hurts... A lot... Bring a Wizard.

—Miss, with medicine you will be fine, besides you know that this kingdom has a bad relationship with magic, if we did it we could go to jail.

It's true, about 50 years ago all countries killed people who were related to magic because they were a threat to royalty.

Nowadays there is a big island in the middle of the ocean that is known as the magic island because the queen there is a sorceress and magic is allowed, but everything there is expensive and entering is almost impossible. So many magicians remain hidden in these anti-magic realms living a normal life. If no one finds out that they use magic they will live peacefully, but if magic is not used, it will accumulate until it kills the person, that is why my body is weak.

My mother was a witch, my father, Marquis Asis Martold fell in love with my mother at a ball, they got married, but he never knew that Amelia, my mother, was a witch, my mother knew that she had little time left and that at any moment she would get sick and then die...

When a witch falls in love, her love is forever, my mother found a solution to not die and to be with my father for longer... Or so she thought. That's how she got pregnant with me, with the plan of transferring all her powers to the fetus and she could live without problems like an ordinary human, but when I was born I not only took away her powers, but also her life.

—Rina... —I said a little tired—. I want tea, one made from the roots of a common aconite.

—But isn't that poisonous?! —She asked, frightened.

—Not in small quantities, make a cup and bring a spoon, I'll drink half a spoonful and I'll be fine, I read it in a medical book, and besides, my father will soon be back from the border and I don't want him to find me sick. —I smiled.

—But miss...

—Trust me, please. —I said as I took her hands.

—Okay, I'll tell someone to buy it.

—No!... Take care of everything yourself, send someone else to look after me... Cough cough —I coughed—. Hurry up.

Rina, with teary eyes, ran out.

The plant I mentioned before is poisonous, it can be used as medicine if the flowers are used, but the roots are where the most poison is, I won't die, in my case the opposite effect will occur, the more poison I take the more power I will lose, but as long as my body gets used to the change in magic I will go on without waking up. However, if I overdo it I can really die, I will drink half the cup, with that I won't wake up for four days or so.

In an hour Rina came back with the cup in her hands and left it on a table next to my bed.

—Here you go, miss...

—Thanks, you used all the root right? —I asked.

—Of course, oh, what a fool I am, I'll bring the spoon.

—Don't worry. —I take the cup. —The more the merrier, right? —I quickly drank the contents, but it was bitter.

Rina quickly took the cup from me as well, so I drank less than half, but it was the perfect amount to stabilize my powers.

Rina had a terrifying face.

I just felt my eyelids heavy and I fell asleep.

After five days I woke up, there was a doctor and two maids around me, they gave me a good scolding but the rest of the day I spent eating or walking around the palace.

The mansion was bigger than I thought and beautiful.

The next day I woke up early, around four in the morning, I guess my body doesn't want to sleep any longer.

I wrapped myself in a blanket and left the room.

My father had left with his wife, I don't get along with any of them, I remember that when I was little I wanted to get my father's attention, but I never succeeded, he hates me and doesn't want to know about me, the reason is my appearance, I look like my mother except for the color of my hair since she was black hair, after my mother died, my father was very hurt and seeing me made his pain worse so he distanced himself from me and when I turned six he married a widowed woman.

If I want to change my destiny I must have a good relationship with my father, there is still a year left until the engagement.

I went to the north garden, a neglected garden, big trees and tall grass everywhere, this garden was taken care of by my mother and since she died no one has touched it, I have come a couple of times when I was a child, but they always scolded me, according to the book of this world, there is a book of spells that my mother left, the book is buried around a big tree in the center of the garden, if I find it and learn to use my powers I will be able to escape.

I found a shovel and went over to the tree, dug a lot and finally found it. It was a big old book, it had no title, but it was all dirty.

I opened the book.

—"Chapter One, How to Awaken Your Powers"...

—Elise! —I heard my name being called from afar, it gave me chills, that voice was from...

I look at the sky and it is already morning, I wasted a lot of time digging...

I put the shovel down and stood up, walking with my head down to the door.

—Elise! —He said again.

I heard him nearby then I closed my eyes and slowly raised my head. I opened my eyes, it was my father.

—What are you doing there?!

—F-father... Forgive me...

—What are you waiting for to get out of my sight?!

—Y-yeah... —I walked around him.

—Wait... —He stopped me—. What are you holding in your hands? —My father asked.

—T-this... It's a book about... Gardening, I wanted to make this place nice again...

—I thought I said no one was to come in! —He shouted angrily.

—Stop yelling at me! —I said out loud.

I'm fed up, as Elise I'm afraid of him, but as Melanie I'll face him, anyway, he's just a character in a book.

—I'm tired of dad always talking bad to me, I found this book, it's from my mother, she wanted us to take care of the garden so let me do her last wish, I know you think that because of my birth mom is not with us, but it's not my fault, I spent my childhood without you, but I'm 15, at a complicated age it's hard for me to bear so many things that sometimes I feel like I need you.

—Stop talking nonsense.

—It's not nonsense! I want to be by your side, father, but I know you don't care about me one bit. Last month I had a bad headache and I was saying incoherent things all the time, then I got sick and I didn't wake up for five days... did you know that? If I can't be with my father, let me be with what my mother liked.

Well, I think it's something that Elise had repressed, you're welcome Elise.

—Go to your room right now!

I put the book on the floor and hugged my father.

—I think this is the first time I've hugged you, father, welcome home.

I pushed him away, bent down, grabbed the book and stood up.

—I'll get ready quickly, I'll have breakfast with you today, wait for me. —I smiled.

I ran to my room while laughing, I knew I was already dead...