I Did Not Ask For Responsibilities: The Dragon Ring

A world of fantasy imagined by Chrisnaelle D

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     Art by Rose DJ.

Published by Chrisnaelle D.

Chapter 1

Esme Avriel

Now when it comes to being reborn, never heard of it, but just like a leaf, the wind has taken me to another location.

As a failure in life, this was gonna be great. Being reborn in one of my all-time favorite novels as an unknown aristocratic lady of some undiscovered land. That character has never made an entrance into the novel. Which means this is the new volume? All talk, but I don’t believe in it, well that’s until I was here.

No technology? I did not know how I was gonna make it, but my knowledge of the events of the novel is useless cause this is a new volume I haven't read. I was looking at my luxurious black curly hair with purple ends and those beautiful light brown eyes with long legs. Funny how I was looking at myself in the river.

There are no mirrors in this big castle. When I asked them, they believe I was crazy. It comes to me that the setting takes place way back 300 years ago from the present time which is 2022. This unknown land is different from the modern world and it’s not part of a world map. It is the world written by a mysterious writer that captured the hearts of their fans with the well-written characters and handsome male characters.

Now that I think about it three days ago, I was lying on the ground bareback. I could feel the grass on my back the wind blowing in my hair, the burning sun on my face. But I couldn’t move a muscle. I know there were two men near me they ran to me. Back then it was my first time in this world. I had consciousness but could not bring myself to wake up or lift a finger-like all my energy was sucked out of me.

“Hey, are you alive?” Someone said running towards the body.

“Wait up Walter!” Someone said from a distance.

I could hear their footsteps and I can hear their voices trying to reach out to me.

“She is still breathing”. He said as he place a finger under my nose trying to feel my breath.

“Stop that Wilbur, your not a doctor.” He said with mockery.

“Wow, Walter is that what you are worried about in this situation when a body is in front of us”. He said with a questioning tone

“I do not care dear brother it’s a woman a giant one at that”.

“She is an aristocrat, we can’t leave her here”.

“How would you know she’s an aristocrat?” He said questioning the other man.

“Look at her clothes”.

I was wearing an emerald queen Anne top with an A-line bottom dress along with an emerald green wide hat. I had on an emerald necklace.

“Hold on, bring her with us Walter you carry her.”

“No, call the guard you think I can carry her she is taller than the both of us”.

I remember being carried away and we enter a place where there were a lot of chatter and people asking questions.

“Give her to Adelina”. He commends the Guard.

After that, I was taken to Madam Adelina who was the head mean of the palace where I was taking in. When I woke up there were two young men who looked the exact same were standing next to the bed. They had fair skin, and silky brown hair, they had a beauty mark near their lips and they were the same height. They were wearing Royal Attire to the point where I thought they were cosplayers. “Look she’s awake”. He said as he approach my bed a little closer.

“Who are you guys?’ I ask curiously.

“The name is Walter Schmidt and This is my brother Wilbur Schmidt”.

“Where am I?”

“You are in the Dukedom of Schulz,” Wilbur answered with no hesitation.

It’s like something hit me in the back of the head and I was regaining memories of the body I was in, I did not get much information except that her name is Esme Evriel and that there we no such Dukedom in the real world and it’s not like I know geography anyways.

“Can I please borrow a mirror?” I ask in a polite manner.

They both looked at me like I had three heads, as far as it may concern I did not say anything strange.

“A what?” Walter asks with a confusing face.

“A mirror”. I repeated myself.

“Never heard of such a thing”. Wilbur said.

“I believe she hit her head too hard your good sir.” A lady that looks about 40+ said”.

“What year is it”?.

“Was she laying down there for years?” Walter ask

“It's 1720”. Wilbur said looking at me with a confusing face.

I jump off of the bed I was laying on and landed on the floor while pulling my hair and sitting in the corner.

“She has gone crazy”. Another man said walking into the room.

Everyone who was there bowed to him, but I was too busy sulking in the corner of the room. The man approach me and bowed to me.

“It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance Duchess Esme”.

I was confused and I didn’t know what to do.

From my understanding, Duchess Esme is the owner of my current body. I also gained her memories. The Retribution of the Duchess is based on Duchess Emmy Avriel the half-sister of  Esme that died in volume two. So I believe The retribution of the Duchess started after Esme showed up since I never got to read the new release. On the other hand, I was accepting this too quickly. I knew who those twins were they were comedic relief characters in the novel series and their father is The Duke of Schulz.

“The pleasure is all mine Duke Schmidt”. I bowed down in courtesy.

“Wait she’s Duchess Esme of Sagein”. The brothers said in sync.

“Yes, I rushed over when it was reported to me that, A  lady with long black hair with purple ends and was wearing all emerald green and had an excellent height arrived at the palace I left my duty and rushed here.” He said while he sat at one of the chairs that were in the room.

Just like that my new life began. It’s still unknown why and how did not get here.