Episode 4

It's been two days since we've been on the river, truthfully this is like riding a yacht and I like it.

The good thing is that this river takes you directly to the Solty Empire, this empire is made up of three houses that are the most powerful, first the imperial family, then an Archduchy and lastly a Duchy that resembles the Archduchy (I still haven't decided on the names). The Archduchy is on the northern border, right where this river passes, the Archdukes are in charge of all military power, the Duchy is south of the empire and is in charge of all foreign trade, and in the center of the empire is the imperial family.

Where I was before was the Lunne Empire, it is a small but strong empire but nothing compared to Solty.

Luna—Miss, where will we be staying?

Me—Don't worry Luna, we will arrive at our destination very soon—

I recently discovered that Jasmin is not adopted, she is simply the daughter of the duchess, but not of the duke. According to what I found out, my real mother died when I was born. That's when I realized that the duchess's hatred is because I am the daughter of the duke's first wife, which led me to try to find out more about my real mother and that brought me to the Archduchy of Solty, since it turns out that my mother is the daughter of that archduke. You wonder how I found out, easy I went to the black district and managed to get a detective, so to speak.

I know that when I get there I will meet them, but I must be very careful, since they are unknown people to me and I must be very alert to what may happen, what throws me off the most is that in the novel I read it doesn't mention anything about what I managed to find out, so it's somewhat confusing, so I don't know about the new characters that await me there. But of one thing I am sure and that is that it will be better than where I was.

It has been five days since we have been on the river and it seems that we are about to reach our destination, so I will prepare.

Me—Luna, it's time to get off this carriage—

Luna—Where are we going, miss?

Me—You'll know soon, dear—

Luna—Okay, miss—

After packing our things that only consisted of storing them in the other dimensional bag

Me—Okay, we have to get off here, do you know how to swim, Luna?

Luna—Not much, miss—

Me—It doesn't matter, just don't be afraid—

So we jumped into the river and swam to the shore. If I'm not mistaken, the archduchy is in this part, so we'll walk for a while to see if we find any soldiers, although it would be better if they found us and not us, but oh well.

Luna—Miss, there's a path there—

Me—What a good eye, Luna, let's go, we have to follow the path—

We start walking towards the path, it looks like a well-maintained path, it seems that carriages pass through here, since there are several tire tracks.

Luna—Miss, where are we?

Me—We are in the Solty Empire—

Luna—Really, are we in that empire, miss? I have heard that it is a very powerful empire—

Me—That's right, Luna—

She remains silent because we hear horses and a carriage coming, so we move to the side of the road and continue walking, I feel that each step is closer to us.

X—Girls, get out of the way now—

I turn to look at him and give him a threatening look, since I didn't like the way he said it, who does this ridiculous human think he is.

Me—There is enough space for you to pass—

X—I told you to move and not block the path of my young master—

Me—Stupid, don't you see that there is enough space—

Y—What's going on? Why is this fuss? Can't you see I want to rest—

X—These peasants who don't move, sir—

Oh, this man, I swear I'm going to kill him at any moment. The person who came out of the carriage turns to look at me and his eyes open wide, what could he have seen? A ghost?

Me—Sir, are you okay? Did you see the devil or something—

X—Stupid girl, don't talk to him like that—

Me—Don't you see that I'm a defenseless girl— I say while doing a somersault and kicking him right in the stomach and that's how he fell off his horse.

Y—Cristal, is that you—

Me—I don't know who Cristal is, sir—

Y—You look so much like my sister, child—He says as he comes next to me and caresses my cheek and I can see a couple of tears falling from his eyes.

Could this be a relative of my real mother, but what confused me is that he said Cristal. As far as I know, that is not my mother's name, unless she was kidnapped and they changed her name. If that could be, I will have to find out more details.

Y—Let me introduce myself, I am Cristian Montenegro—

Me—Nice to meet you. I am Alessia, but I would prefer you to call me Ginevra—I think it's better to use the name of my old life, so no one will know where I am.

Y—Why do you want me to call you Ginebra, little one—

Me—Because that way where I escape they won't be able to find me—

Cristian—Okay, I like that idea, and I imagine that she is your maid, right—

Me—That's right, she is Luna, my maid—

Luna—Nice to meet you, sir—

Cristian—Okay, it's time to get to the archduchy so you can meet my parents and they can do a DNA test, since you have a resemblance to my lost sister—

Just as I thought, my mother was kidnapped, but why they did it is something I will have to find out later.

Me—Okay, and if it turns out that I am nothing to you—

Cristian—My heart tells me that you are my niece, so I don't think that will be a problem, child—

Wow, I have that hunch too.

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