I hate my mother and father. No... I don't even want to call them that. How could I ever forgive the people who killed me and made me suffer so many hardships?
My name is Charlotte Laviassa Orellia Larressa, the first princess of the Larressa Empire. I'm the beloved daughter of the Emperor and Empress.
But i wasn't always a princess. My real name is Eleonora Julianna Vandelle. I was the youngest daughter of duke Vandelle. I was engaged to the crown prince, Lucas. He was my childhood friend, and I was in love with him. But he fell in love with Sasha Grey, a fallen baron's daughter.
I knew this but I didn't bother them, it's not like I wasn't bothered, but I just couldn't do anything. One day Lucas broke his engagement with me, and declared his engagement with Sasha. I was humiliated, all the noble ladies started to look down on me.
"Pfft look at crown princess Eleonora..oh wait! She's not the crown princess anymore!"
"Pfft..poor Lady Eleonora!"
"I bet she's completely devastated!"
All the nobles laughed at me, I used to be the leader of the noble ladies and now no one was on my side. And things got worse for me. My father was arrested when he got drunk and killed a count and his daughter. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
My mother was devastated at the news, she became depressed and started getting addicted to drinking. And as if the Vandelle household reputation isn't bad enough, my brother started having mistresses and love affairs everywhere! And it was eventually found out by the other nobles. His fiancee was very upset and broke she their engagement.
Everything was going wrong for me, and of course it got worse. My father escaped prison and after days of him being missing, a rebellion was staged by my father. He failed and got arrested again. But this time the whole Vandelle household was arrested and sentenced to death.
'I suffered so much, even though I didn't do anything...yet they won everything!? I can't let it be like this...Lucas...you are such...a bastard..'
In the past, I knew Lucas was seeing someone else behind my back, but I did nothing. I loved him and I was prepared for him not to love me back. After he broke the engagement, I endured all the humiliation. I even congratulated them at their engagement party! I showed them my support, even though it hurt me greatly!
And this...is how they repay me!
After my death Lucas and Sasha became the emperor and empress and lived happily ever after. Their love story became very popular among the commoners.
The fallen baron's daughter, married the crown prince after facing many trials together. They didn't know that someone who did nothing wrong was killed for them to be happy.
Then my wishes came true, but not in the way I wanted.
I was reincarnated as Lucas and Sasha's daughter.
Right now I'm the 4 year old Charlotte, the first princess of the empire. I've been acting like the perfect princess and perfect daughter, but one day I'll make their life a living hell!
Lucas and Sasha has been doting on me ever since I was born, from the outside we look like a perfect family but I was secretly plotting my revenge.
*****
Charlotte was drinking tea and reading a book in the garden of the princess's Palace.
"Aww! The princess is so adorable"
"She's so mature for her age!"
"Our princess is so wonderful!"
Charlotte's handmaids were whispering to each other, but Charlotte didn't hear them.
"The emperor and empress has arrived!"
Lucas is now the emperor of the Larressa Empire and my...father. I feel disgusted everytime I have to call him "father". He was my first love and my ex fiancee...now he's my father... disgusting!
And Sasha is my mother now. She was an innocent and sweet girl but I don't think she makes a good empress. She makes tons of mistakes, but no one blames her. Maybe it's because she cries when she made a mistake, and no one can stand to see her cry. What kind of empress is that!? Is she really supposed to be the mother of the empire!?
"Lottie, come here!" The Emperor, Lucas called out to Charlotte.
Charlotte let out a sigh then immediately smiled sweetly at Lucas.
"Father!" She said while running to lucas. Lucas then picked her up.
"Lottie..! Aren't you going to greet your mother?" Sasha, now the empress pouted.
Charlotte wanted to slap that pouting face. But instead acted cute and kept smiling.
"Hehehe! Hello mother!" Charlotte said while smiling.
Sasha took Charlotte from Luca's arms. Charlotte let out a disgusted expression.
"Lottie? What's wrong..?" Sasha was confused
Charlotte immediately started smiling then said "it's nothing mother! A bug just touched me..!"
*****
Charlotte was reading a book and flipping through the pages in silence in a lounge.
"Hmm... isn't it a little strange...?" A maid whispered.
"Hm? What do you mean?" Another maid asked.
"The princess is cute and beautiful don't get me wrong...but sometimes... isn't she's just...too quiet...?"
The other maid glanced at the princess and nodded.
"I have a little sister, and she was very playful and loud when she was at the age of the princess...." A maid said with confusion
"Do you think the princess is sick..?" A maid asked with concern
"I don't think so...." She said with a shaky voice
"Maybe the princess is lonely! She doesn't have any friends"
"Ah! That must be it!" The maids agreed.
Charlotte wasn't lonely. She's just used to being quiet. Back then, when the nobles criticized her for being dumped, she tried to defend herself but it was only drowned out by the mean words from the nobles.
So eventually she came to a conclusion that her words didn't matter. She eventually stopped talking and only spoke when she needed to.
She stopped reading for a moment and looked at the maids.
"Can...I be left alone for a moment?" She asked in a gentle voice.
"Ah..." The maids looked at each other.
"of course, princess. We will wait outside" the maids bowed then left the room.
As soon as they left Charlotte sighed. She looked up at the ceiling and closed her book.
Charlotte approached a window and placed her hand on the glass window, and looked out at the garden.
The book she was reading was a fairytale book. It was about a smart and hardworking commoner. She caught the attention of the crown prince and they ended up together.
The book said everyone who is kind, patient, and hardworking will find their happiness and happy ending.
"Pfft.. how pathetic..." Charlotte said sarcastically. She was hardworking, although she was born into nobility, she still worked hard and studied hard. She was patient and remained silent when she was humiliated. She was also kind, but yet....
Where was her happy ending?
She isn't happy...
She let out a defeated smile and looked down at her feet. She suddenly felt so helpless and defeated. It was a weird feeling. She couldn't explain it, but there was pain in her heart. She has definitely felt this before....what was this feeling called again..?
Oh yes...it was envy..
She wished she could be happy like Sasha. She feels so empty and confused. What did she lack? Did she lack something Sasha had in the past?
Beauty? No
Intelligence? Of course not!
So what..!? Did she deserve to see her entire family die!?
Charlotte sighed. She suddenly notice something red on the window.
...it was blood?
She looked at her hand and noticed one of her fingers was bleeding. Turns out that there was a crack in the window and when she too was deep in thought, she accidentally pressed her finger too hard on the cracked glass. Which caused her finger to bleed.
But something was odd...
She didn't feel pain..?
It didn't hurt at all!
She pressed her bleeding finger. Her finger kept bleeding, but she felt nothing.
She just noticed that she didn't feel pain at all ever since her reincarnation.
It just felt numb..
Charlotte didn't feel pain anymore because of her past. Specifically her execution....
When she was being executed. The executioner used an axe and he wasn't very skilled. So when he tried to cut of her head on the block, it got stuck...
It was so painful. Charlotte felt so much pain. The executioner had to keep pressing down on the axe, stuck in the middle of her neck, and finally was able to kill her.
It seemed that her execution was so painful, and she was so much in pain and trauma that she turned numb to pain...
The blood from her finger dropped to the floor, but Charlotte just kept staring at it with lifeless eyes.
"It seems that I don't feel pain anymore..."
Note: this will be the only chapter so far for this novel..since I will be mostly working on my current novel "The Villainess's Great Revenge". But as soon as I finish "The Villainess's Great Revenge" I'll work on this novel. So this will be the only chap so far, unless I change my mind-