Aurora looked at the ceiling above her.
If she had to say, this was something that she didn’t want to confirm the most. Because it meant that her sister had died.
The body was still there, but her soul was no longer the same.
It should have been a ridiculous thing, but for some reason, Aurora chose to believe in it. Even if other people might think that Aurora was crazy, but only she herself knew that it should be correct.
But it was a truth nobody wanted.
’Shall I test it again?’
To be honest, Aurora didn’t want to believe it. All evidences pointed in this direction, which only made Aurora felt even more desperate and a bit confused.
She was not even 11 years old yet, but she had to face this.
The problem is...
Aside from her, her parents didn’t seem to notice it. Even the servants didn’t find anything strange from Adela.
Even if Aurora were to bring this matter up, there was nothing that she could do but to accept that her beloved younger sister was no longer here. The one in her sister’s body was a stranger, someone who might know the future and also someone who treated everything here like a book.
It was ridiculous.
Aurora pulled herself together and put away the paper containing the scribbles and put them somewhere save. The rest of the papers were burned in the fireplace so as not to leave any trace.
"I really hope... You won’t treat this world as nothing more than a story or game."
Looking at the word villain, villainess, protagonist, and other tags there, Aurora’s eyes deepened.
If Adela were to treat this world as game...
Then she would have no qualms in doing some things that might have been spurned upon by many other people. Or even things that might have crossed her own bottom limit.
Because if Adela truly did that, then Aurora would have no other choice but to truly stand on the opposite of Adela. Just like how Adela wrote in this text that Aurora White is the villainess.
But if Aurora had to be honest...
She didn’t really want to stand on the opposite side of her sister.
Shaking her head, Aurora put it all away.
She would see how it is in the future.
The next event written by Adela in that paper... should happen within a year’s time?
...
The next day, Aurora woke up early and after her breakfast, she went to the training field at the back.
The training field was usually used by the knights and also Duke White to train. Since Duke White has no sons, no one else usually used the field. If he had a son, the son would have to learn swordsmanship here.
Some of the training areas were usually empty, but now one of them has a female knight ready.
"Eldest Miss, I’m Knight Mira and I’ll be responsible for your study in swords." The female knight bowed in standard posture.
Aurora raised her head and looked at the female knight. The female knight has long blond hair and looked very energetic. Looking at her appearance, she seemed to be of noble descent too but it might have been the poor one.
After all, not all nobles have territory and rich.
Some of them only have title but no territory.
"I’ll be under your care, Knight Mira," Aurora replied and followed the bow.
Since she was not wearing any skirt, it was a bit hard for her to perform her standard courtesy. It would be better to follow the knight’s bow.
Knight Mira smiled. "Eldest Miss, first we’ll warm up with running and I’ll adjust your training based on your stamina and ability."
"Yes."
Aurora knew her physical strength was by no means the best. She spent most of her time studying under her teachers and her parent’s arrangement. This made it impossible for her to practice her physical strength.
Even if she did have some walk when moving from one room to the other, but it was by no means an exercise.
After a while, Aurora soon realized that she was indeed very weak.
The few laps Knight Mira asked her to finish was already close to her limit, so after that, Knight Mira asked her to do some light exercise.
The sword training was only swinging the sword with the same stance for some time before Aurora’s first classes was done.
After that, it was only natural for Aurora to be sent back to her other classes.
The other teachers were already waiting.
And...
’It’s really painful.’
Aurora already knew that she was going to suffer when she decided to learn swordsmanship. But when it was really time, Aurora really felt that her body was heavy. She was sure that tomorrow, it would be even worse and this made Aurora sigh.
Well, for the sake of her future, she should hold on.