Born As The Emperor’s Daughter - Chapter 177

Dear Alexandra,

The weather feels so nice here. Since it is autumn is about to end and Winter is going to come, it was gradually getting cold as days passed by.

I am doing fine although I am still trying my best to adjust to this academy. As usual, my desk was filled with multiple letters and baked sweets as soon as I entered the room. Some of the letters were invitations to their tea parties or ball and such. How bold of them.

I have learned so many things here including learning how to use and chant some basic spells although one of our classmates wasn’t able to control their mana properly and an accident occurred. Don’t worry, it was just something small and nobody was injured. It was just a small mistake, it’s not like those kinds of things don’t happen when you are trying to use magic. I am eating the baked sweets that were given to me as I wrote this letter, I couldn’t help it. It’s delicious and tasty, no wonder you and Brother Calixander likes sweets.

Speaking of Brother Calixander, they would come and visit me in my dormitory. Thankfully, my roommate was Brother Gilbert because we get along well. It if was Brother Chandler, I guess our room would always be a battlefield. You know that we don’t mix well together, I was water and he was the fire. But it’s not like our relationship was still the same as before, it gradually improves and we became close to each other but the bickering was still there. Brother Calixander would stop us if it goes overboard while Brother Gilbert would just watch us bicker or would just mind his own business and read a book.

I apologize but I might not be able to reply to your letters that much as I suddenly became busier, there is this exam that will determine what our grade will be and how well we did this year. It’s like a competition and I am going to do my best, I might train and ask my brothers for help since they already experienced this.

I can’t wait to see you next month when we get back. I will be looking forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

Your brother, Chrisitan

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Alexandra just returned to her room after eating dinner with her father and after she took a bath. Diana was still inside her room though and waiting for her to go to sleep before she leaves. “Would you like me to bring you a glass of warm milk or hot choco, young miss?” Diana called out to Alexandra as soon as she noticed that Alexandra finished reading the letter. Alexandra looked up to Diana and met her gentle and warm gaze, Diana was just standing beside the desk. A smile was graced upon her lips and Alexandra smiled back before she responded.

“Hot choco, please,” Alexandra said before she returned her gaze to the letter that she was holding. Diana nodded and walked towards the door to leave the room and get her a cup of hot choco. The night was getting cold after all and it’s not that bad to drink a cup of hot choco. It was perfect with this kind of weather. Alexandra stared at the letter and re-read it again as she thought of what she should respond to.

Christian’s letter is long as usual but it’s not like Alexandra hates it rather she was happy. The longer his letters are, it feels like Alexandra was talking to him personally. He talked about his life in the academy and what he was currently experiencing, it looks like he was having a hard time but he was also having fun. That’s good, she thought to herself.

Alexandra went to school before but she stopped after a year when her relative died, the one who accepted her and took her in. It was hard but she had fun although she only made a few friends and she barely remembers their names now, it’s not like they did something big in her life but they were still her friends. Alexandra let out a sigh and she put aside the letter, placing it inside the drawer of her desk. She was inside her room, it was bigger than her room in her palace even though her previous room almost occupied the whole floor. That’s probably why Calixander thinks that her palace was small and it wasn’t enough for her.

This room that she is currently in, it was hers in the beginning even before she was born. They already prepared this room for her but since they were expecting a boy, the wallpapers and decorations of it before were clearly for a boy so they have to change it to the one that would suit her and her taste. There were a few vases of flowers that were seen and along with it were the withered flower that blooms into different kinds of flowers every day was seen. It was placed beside her nightstand on the left side of her bed.

There was even a door that leads to a small library in her room, it’s not as big as their private library in this palace or the library back in Wistalia Palace, it was just the right size for her and she can spend her time reading there if she can’t sleep. That room was supposedly not a library but rather an office or leisure room but since Alexandra likes books and reading, they decided to turn it into a library filled with all the books that she likes and will like. The books were all new.

Along with that, her father asked Diana to buy Alexandra’s new dresses even though they didn’t take her out nor asked a professional to come to the palace. I don’t know how they did that, all my dresses fit me perfectly, she thought to herself. Well, it’s not like she minds it, as long as she still has something to wear. Despite her only being 10 years old, she owns a large amount of jewelry but she doesn’t wear that much unless it is really needed. She also has some new sets of ribbons, hair ties, and decorations for her hair that her father bought her. Is this what it feels like to live a life of royalty but hidden away from everyone?

Alexandra let out a sigh before took out all the things that she needs to write a letter, a pen and paper, obviously. She started to write a reply, pouring out all of her thoughts in one sheet of paper, gripping the pen tightly in her hand.

Dear Brother Calixander,

Since it’s starting to get cold, you should wear some warm and thick clothes. Even if it is just a scarf to cover your neck to keep you warm. You shouldn’t rely on your magic that much just because you can use a spell to keep you warm. It would be bad if you run out of mana.

I am glad that you are doing fine there although I understand that you are still trying your best to adjust to the academy. Have you made any friends yet? As far as I can recall, you wrote in your letter a few months ago that you are having a hard time talking with everyone as you are still not used to it. I know that our brothers are also there in case if you need someone to talk to but it would be nice if you have another friend, you know?

Brother Calixander is about to graduate and is going to turn 18 soon, I guess they will hold a grand ball for him to celebrate his birthday. How nice. I really wanted to try to attend a ball but I guess the only thing that I will do there is to eat, I bet there would be many sweets and food but I don’t want to look like a glutton. I am also glad that your relationship with our brothers improved a lot than before. Can you please tell them their little sister misses them and wants to see them again? By the way, our father bought another set of books and added them to the library. Too bad you aren’t here to read it but you will be able to read it all when you return from the academy in the next month.

I will be patiently waiting for your return and I am also looking forward to seeing you all again.

Sincerely,

Your little sister, Alexandra

I guess that’s good enough, she thought to herself as she finished writing it and she placed it inside the envelope carefully and she sealed it. She’ll just give this letter to Diana and the letter would be delivered. She leaned back on her seat and let out a sigh, setting aside the envelope with her letter inside. And as if on cue, she heard the door open and she turned her head to look behind her and saw Diana enter, holding a mug of hot choco, there was steam coming out of the cup indicating how hot it was. Diana walked towards her direction and placed the mug down on the desk.

“Are you done writing the letter, young miss?”

“Yes,” Alexandra responded and gave her the letter which she accepted. She took the mug, holding it with both of her hands. It wasn’t hot but it was warm which is enough for her, the warmth coming from the mug was felt against her palm as she held it. She closed her eyes and sweet aroma that is emitted wafted to her nose, she took a sip from it.

“How is the taste, young miss? Do you like it?” Diana asked after Alexandra took a sip from it. Alexandra placed down the mug and looked at Diana, giving her a thumbs up. “Very much,” There was a grin on her face right after she spoke and Diana let out a sigh of relief. It’s not like this is the first time that she made hot choco for Alexandra but seeing that she likes it, she couldn’t help but be relieved.

“Then after you drink that, you have to go to bed now. You have to sleep, it would be bad if you stayed up late reading again.”

Alexandra just hummed as a response and she continued drinking eventually gulping it all down. In just a few minutes. She was feeling sleepy anyways and she badly wants to lay down her soft bed, its warmth enveloping her whole body as the blanket covers her while her head was placed against the soft and big pillows that seem like marshmallows.

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“Sleep, my love,”

Diana decided to sing a lullaby as she tucked Alexandra in bed, making her feel sleepier than she was before. Alexandra couldn’t help but yawn as she listened to Diana’s voice.

“The wistalia’s will bloom tonight,”

Diana’s voice, as usual, was gentle and it sounded soothing to the ears. It was such a gentle lullaby and her voice was low and soft, it feels like she was the only one who can hear her voice. It was a whisper, it didn’t resonate inside the room nor it echoed and bounced off the walls.

“Bad dreams will go away,”

She remembered Diana singing this a few years ago. That night where she escaped her room just to go to the lake and that’s where she first encountered Harrison although she caught a cold right afterward. The memory was still vivid and clear inside her head as if that memory just happened a few days ago.

“Replaced with good ones,”

Diana sat beside her body and she caressed her cheeks lovingly and gently, her hand felt warm and soothing against her cheek. Alexandra’s eyelids felt heavy and her eyes gradually closed as seconds passed by and as Diana sang.

“Sleep tight, my love,”

The last thing that she heard before she fell into a deep slumber and drifted to the world of dreams was Diana’s voice and her gentle lullaby that kept on ringing inside her ears.

“The wistalia’s will glow tonight.”