Chapter 5 – Reincarnation

She felt like she was falling into a bottomless abyss.

The feeling of being swallowed up in an endless darkness felt more comfortable than she originally thought. Whatever it was, it was better than the moment when she existed as a hindrance between Lucas and Trisha’s sickening love affair.

She hoped that she would not wake up from this sleep if possible, and if ever she did so, she would be able to return to her original self, a person from a different reality. But after getting caught up in the story, she realized nothing would come her way. Sure enough, the world of dreams simply vanished away and she followed the plot as it exactly was.

Instead of escaping, she reincarnated back to Diana’s teenage self.

“Lady Diana, it’s time to get up.” A middle-aged woman was shaking her shoulder as she managed to open up her eyelids.

The white blanket and the nicely decorated room before here were vastly different from the imperial landscape she was used to as the empress. Moreover, the title of ‘lady’ was far from her title as ‘empress’ which made her believe without a doubt she had gone back in time.

“Did you sleep a lot?” the maid asked in her state of confusion.

The original Diana was inherently shy and naive, she felt insecure meeting the crown prince alone. Therefore, she had inserted a lively Trisha in their first meeting supposed to be shared by only the both of them. And as expected, thanks to Trisha, the atmosphere had considerably improved.

But this time, “No…I’ll go without Trisha,” she said.

“Are you sure, lady? She might be on her way now–why all of a sudden?” Charlotte looked at Diana with a bewildered stare.

“I’ve changed my mind.” Diana turned and stared at Charlotte. Although it seems like she had woken up from a deep slumber, she looked strangely mature.

“If Trisha comes along, I won’t be going.” The seventeen-year-old Diana said decisively.

Now that she knew the flow of the story was unchangeable, she made her first decision entirely based on her own feelings.