I ONLY HAVE TRICKS TO DEFEAT MY ENEMIES

Chapter 2

I wake up seeing Cree on my side. I can not help but sigh helplessly when I can greatly feel his tight grip on my hand. Alas! I can not imagine how he must have felt when they saw him laying close to the room with no sign of life. However, it also made my heart warm, with the idea of him being afraid of losing me. I tried to wait for a whole hour trying to see if he would wake up on his own and as I did that I scanned my whole surroundings. It was a simple and plain room. I can have a mud bed and a water clay pot on the side. I search and fumble quietly for the quilt so that I can tuck Cree in bed. I don't know what to feel when I see a ragged piece of coarse cloth with many patches. It was quite evident that it has been used for quite a while now. I quietly closed the door on my way out then Uncle Jiang came to me.

"I will go out for a walk, Uncle Jiang"

He nodded as he arranged the stacked wood beside the stoned kitchen

"Be careful Bellona, I will let your older brother called you when I finish cooking"

As I walked, I scanned my whole surroundings. I do really come back to prehistoric times. I can see brick houses, deep wells, and endless fields and mountains. According to this body's memories, this mainland country is called "The Great of Pallova ''. As far as I remember, there was no such name in my history class. I dozed off, lost in my own thoughts as I remember my past life. I was once a secret trained officer of an organization in the late 18th century. We are the people who belong in the dark forces. We do odd jobs, assignation, being a spy, gathering information. We do things that the police can not do under broad daylight because of those laws and restrictions, however, the government silently consents to it. It is like having a license to do things that we are not meant to do. I was forced to do so. I was raised from a long line family of doctors, both include Eastern and Western Medicine; however, after I turned 15 my parents were convicted of medical malpractice then we lost everything.

I was then kidn*pped and forced to join that organization. It was hell. Only the strong have the right to live. We are forced to train day and night, till our body surpasses its limit. I was there suffering for a whole 5 years and because I was particularly gifted with my high IQ I was given a choice. I can either choose to become a foot soldier for 20 years or become a mercenary for 5 years so that I can cut off time with the organization.  I then become a part of a mercenary group, as the strategist and doctor. After I completed my training and accepted the mission I had tried to look for my parents, we were never close, even when I was a child because they are always occupied with their careers but it was okay because growing up I had my grandpa with me. I was never a pampered child but I was not neglected because I was taught that I must depend on myself to survive.

I don't know how I got here, in this body but since I'm given a chance to live again I must live the way I want to be. I look through the water and I can see myself. Woah! I gasp. I can see some resemblance from my previous face.

"Jie, it's time to eat" Cree is shouting his way to me. Albeit he was afraid that I couldn't hear him HAHA. I chuckled. We got inside the house and I helped him wash his hands. I sat down beside Seeley and then ate. Alas! Life is really so hard, all on the table was dried ration made by coarse powder and corn porridge.

"Meimei, this is for you" Big Brother Allardy gave me a piece of roasted sweet potato. I was touched because I know that this is the last piece that we had and I especially leave it for me.

"Cree, let us both have a half" 

"No Jiejie. You must do it all. You must strengthen yourself" He was shaking his head in disapproval but he was eyeing this piece as I can see his eye going to it from time to time. 

"No, you go and get this half. A child needs to eat more." I stuffed his mouth with the remaining piece.

"Euno what happened to you yesterday?" I was stunned.

"I was poisoned" It was true that this body was laced with toxins. The poison was called "morte subita". After the victim drinks the poison, it will stay in the body for at least a month, then they will suddenly die without a reason nor rhyme.

"WHAT?!" They all roared.

"I'm okay. I already detoxified myself" I spoke to them calmly.

"How---How's that happened?"

"I...I don't know. All I know is that I was poisoned a month ago" I really don't know what happened, even if I had received this body's memory. 

"THOSE BASTARD" Seeley pounds the table. 

Based on my memory, I mean this body's memory, we came from a prominent family in the Capital. The Noble Marquis Feng Residence. Both of our parents are coerced to banish their own homes by their own paternal relatives. In my memories, I can see a sweet and warm family. This body's father--NO. MY Father was the second child of the Noble Marquis and was an outstanding official in court but my paternal family is full of unscrupulous 'wolves' and they shamelessly stole our residents. If Uncle Jiang had not saved us, maybe we are now a pile of bones in an unmarked grave.

"Second Young Master, please quell your anger" Uncle Jiang tries to calm him down.

"I should really thank you, Uncle Jiang, if you have not saved us we would already be kil---"

"I don't deserve your thanks Young Miss, this is what your servant ought to do" Uncle Jiang immediately went to his knees and bowed.

"Uncle Jiang didn't stand on ceremony with us" Big Brother Allardy helped him get up and sit. Uncle Jiang is the head steward of the family. He could flee and leave us but he chose to protect us that is why he was gravely injured and now can only walk using a crutch.

"Big Brother" "Uncle Jiang '' I seriously looked into both of their eyes. "This time there will be no mistress and master, we are no longer part of Marquis Feng resident" They were shocked. I know that even in our current plight they all wish to retain our former glory soI paused, and calmly waited for their response.

"Euno is right Big Brother, those who harm us are no family" Seeley tries to reason with them.

"Hmm" Eldest Brother flimsy nods his head. "Once those bastards knew that we survived they would immediately send someone to finish us."

"What we need is to live not a platinum title" Seele affirmed.

"But...How about Master and Mistress?" Uncle Jiang asks weakly.

"I didn't mean that we would stop looking for them, we would just try and gather our strength first. We need to quietly build our forces so that we could guard against them"