To Love the Villain Again

Alice woke up in the middle of the night only to find herself flooded with sweat and chills. She leans against her side and looked in the mirror. For a brief moment, she was confused. Was she Alice, the Marchioness, or the Alice in front of the mirror? Her eyebrow crossed as two memories mixed in her mind. She was sure that she is Alice the Marchioness, who was in the middle of a battleground fighting for her family glory, meeting Zeux Winterfrost, and falling in love too late. But the girl in the mirror says otherwise. It was a frail-looking girl with an exhausted expression. In a while, a maid comes into her room and gave her a glass of water. She wasn't focused enough to hear what the other part was saying nor was she in the right state of mind to think. After finishing the glass of water, she shook her head and gently shift her vision to the woman beside her. It was Mary, her personal maid. She wan to speak but the confusion was too much for her to even cope with the situation. The morning has risen and Alice had barely slept after the incident last night. She kept shifting her vision to the mirror, thinking that this was reality. It took her a few days to cope up with the current situation. While she was sure of her memories, she couldn’t deny that the ‘her’ right now was Alice Del Von, who will turn twelve in a few months. Whether it was faith that she was able to return to the past or it was a prophecy in the future, her feelings and state of mind were of Marchioness Del Von and not Alice, the fourth child of Marques Del Von. Within the Liberta Empire, four great families have been blessed by the Goddess Arthene regardless of their noble ranking. Each family was blessed with different power and is bound to inherit it every two generations.  The Ageld family, with a baron title, was blessed with the power to manipulate water and has the power to call out the rain but only in drought season. The Del Von family, with a Marquess tile, was blessed with the power to manipulate the wind and the only exclusive family to be able to cast wind chants. Next would be the Fribella family, with a Duke title, who is blessed to have a Saintess born on their bloodline. Only when the current Saintess dies can a new Saintess emerge. They are well known to have a very strong recovery and healing ability with the Saintess having a unique Light magic ability. Lastly is the Winterfrost family, with an Arch Duke title, their family is blessed with the power of fire. They have the strongest Army in the whole empire. Above this is the Royal Family, who has called upon the Goddess Arthene and gained her favor. They were granted a special ability to give fertility to the land they rule and manipulate the land. With this, they are the only mortal family who can call upon the Goddess in times of need. Alice, who was reminiscing her newfound memories concluded two things. One, she must find a way to stop the great tragedy that will happen two decades from now. The second is for her to correct her life and meet the love of her life once again. As she slowly sip her tea, a guy in his teens walked in front of her. It was Mark, her Third brother. “What are you doing here? Are you out of your mind!” He shouted as he grabbed the table cloth and crumpled his hands. Alice knows why he was acting this way, she has set up a meeting with her father this afternoon and talked about her line of succession. In her past life, she was the type to do her best and have a position in the family. But to prevent her brothers from dying early, she must do the right thing and give up the position of being a Marchioness in the future. She needs a bigger power to change the future and to prevent a catastrophe from happening again. Alice put down her cup of tea and gazed at her brother “Brother, would you like to have tea with me?” She replied in a happy tone. It was so long since she last saw her brother, he might be a little mischievous now but in the future, she realized that he was just protective of her being the only daughter in the house. He was taken aback by her sister’s reply. Typically, she would be rude to him or argue back. She was acting weird today “I.. I really don’t under you! fine do what you want”  Alice giggled as she watch mark stride away with a flustered look. It was a fresh breath seeing him again and it made Alice think that knowing what the future hold, she must be sterner with her goals. She looked across the table down to the bushes and trees. Because of her experience in the past life, she can feel someone watching them closely. She don’t want to show hostility and pretended to finish her tea time before leaving. - Nearby, a man with distinct purple eyes and silver hair was watching the sibling quarrel. He clearly knows that the delicate girl whose feature resembles him was the real threat to his position. Having the fact that she has the iconic silver pink hair of their family, she was also a prodigy at a young age. His shadow slowly disappeared as soon as he felt the girl’s gaze shifting in his direction.