Thup!

A hardcover book was closed, as it was sandwiched between two small hands.

" Finally! Another one down "

Pair of slender legs swinged slowly, rhythmic, on the edge of bed.

" Li if, someone didn't know might think you took down an enemy, rather complete a book "

Suddenly legs paused swinging, stop to complete stillness. The girl in her teens, got out of bed, she walked toward girl standing accross the room, as she placed book on side table near bed.

" Well, Cel this novel is tougher too take down than fighting a real person "

As she spoke, Li slightly tugs at IV needle attached to drip on stand which was dragged along.

tsk.

" Oh, come on Li, I know you like reading this stuff but, how can it be any different from the transmigration novels from past "

Li shoved the stand with IV drip to Cel

" you know what cel? Just leave, before we fight over this again "

Creak!

Thump!

Sound of door footsteps descending the stairs, slipped through as door of room was closed.

Li slips back into her bed. Stares at curtains drawn over the window. Can't help but, feel too tired to push curtains back, too tired.

*******

" Little miss "

" little miss, wake up "

Li can't help but, grumbled as she tried to dig her head in people, to cover her ears and eyes, shutting out the light and calls to wake up.

' Who in their right mind asks a sick person to wake up early '

" little miss "

' little miss who is joking this early morning '

Unable to control anymore, Li turns over and sit up as she tries to open her eyes.

Li fell in daze as she stared at the colorful room full of vitality, bathed in sunlight poured through huge glass window. It was a big, beautiful and stinking rich from every corner. Nothing like her dull, small, battered room with small stained window with long used curtain.

' what a sweet nightmare '

" little miss, the eldest miss and second miss are ready for school. "

' now… now... I can't be at peace even in dreams '

Li turned towards the voice calling for her to wake up expecting a blurry face but, instead met a small round face with pretty round eyes. Dressed in a black and white maid dress.

' Wow, fantasy in dream? Is it an aristocrat era fantasy, seems like one '

" little miss you're up " the maid slowly lifts her up to carry.

' Wait, even if, it's a dream it's ridiculous to carry a teenager '

Maid walked across the room to another door which lead to bathroom, while Li was in her thoughts she didn't even notice change in her surrounding.

' Since dreams don't have mirror I can't even imagine what I look like in dream—'

Maid had already put her down on a stool in bathroom.

Li stared hard at the reflection in the mirror, as she frowned, the reflection frowned, trying to comprehend everything in front of her as reflection was too beautiful to be her.

A sudden realization dawned as she stared at the toddler reflected in mirror.

' MIRROR!!!!! '

' that's a fukking MIRROR '

Hazel brown eyes of the reflection in mirror widened in horror, tiny arm raised in reflection touched its chubby face, amazement filled big beady eyes.

' purple-black hair are pretty '

" Miss Liora, bath is ready "

Liora...

Liora....

Li felt everything fade and blurr away in dark.

" MISS!!!! " maid screamed in panic as she rushed to hold Liora's swaying body.

...****************...

Li felt very light-headed as if, to tell her that she can feel physical things in dreams, a dream with mirror, dream she hoped for it to be.

But, her hopes were dashed as unfamiliar images flashed in front of her eyes, growing familiar as it went on. It really turned out to that reality is sweet nightmare, and she lives in it.

The only thing that mattered to her from out of all things was—

' Did I die ? '

' Cel still didn't get what it meant '

Li stared at the darkness around her for a while, before she started to make sense out of nonsense.

She is now in the novel, just somehow, no way truck can't run over me at a second floor of a building, right?

' So I'm in a book, in which fl travels into a book in Cannon fodder character and develops into main fl while OG fl becomes the Cannon fodder '

' And now I'm that Cannon fodder fl '

Li went through all the memories slowly, and saw that little Liora actually remembers her end of future and had already experienced same thing twice as she will always forget those memories eventually as plot will start to play, this time to avoid torturing herself, she decided to take action before plot starts, while having all those memories she took rat poison before going to sleep for forever.

' WOW, what a family no one bothered to even know why she died, neither even tried to hold a funeral for her, no wonder she preferred to kills herself over feeling abandoned, hated and looked down upon by her own family '

' died in a plane crash, died by getting run over by car and dying by getting caught up in an arson next door and stabbed by arsonist '

' according to what I read she was driven out by fl to another country and she died in accident on the way '

' While in her memories she died three different death, since author didn't bother to explain what accident, since she was supposed to just due '

Li stared at the last images of Liora's last life death, it kept playing in repeat. She watched as arsonist while trying to get away from police ends walking into liora on the footpath, while unexpectedly police chasing the arsonist didn't even stop for her, which arsonist wanted, they just ran past her while she pressed her stab wound, her own blood dyed her hands red, her feets lost any bit strength as she fell on footpath, after few seconds she let go her wound and stared up straight at the sky as snow around her was soaked to red.

' it must be cold, right?'

Li reached out to touch Liora's cold face only to realize that it is a memory, her hand just passed through it.

Unknown to her that every time liora died, her soul would float around her body for few days, every time she has to watch some strangers holding her funeral, an empty mourning hall with no visitors, no one calling out her or grieving for, just one or two strangers staring at her name placed over table instead of her picture, their eyes were filled with pity and questions for why no one even tried to reach them out for her.

There were times when she would hear strangers thinking that she must have been an orphan girl who didn't even have friends to visit her funeral.

Li decided to stop watching memories again and again. She started calculating time she has left, to get away from the plot and avoid dying miserable death. As time went by her frown got deeper and deeper.

' mess! '

' this shi† is complicated '

' Liora Quintel, you really have left with quite a lot of problems, you better live next life happily... and thanks for this life and body, from today I'm Liora '

While Li was accepting Liora's identity and memories, her maid Illy was scared out of her wits as she held 6 year pale, little body of little miss. Soon in a second she recovered from shock and carried liora to bed and laid her down, started to check for any sign of illness on one side while calling head maid to inform about situation.

Soon resounding of feets thumping against floor could be heard, it got clearer at every next moment.

Soon, the door burst open and people barged into the room.

...****************...

Illy was sweating bullets as it has been more than an hour since doctor left after letting them know that it's food poisoning which led to low blood pressure and low blood sugar. Even asked if Liora was stressed or has experienced anything frightening. Doctor left after prescribing some meds and advising rest. According to doctor liora should have woken up after 10 minutes of medicine administration, but there has been no sign of liora waking up for so long.

If not for her training, she would have already lost it and would be crying in freight.

Illy was not the only one who was scared, everyone was tensed, from head maid to kitchen staff, their little miss had food poisoning, responsibility is going to crush anyone whoever shoulder it fell to.

While kitchen staff is hoping for it be outside food, letting maids take fall of being negligence of little miss.

While maid where hoping for it to be kitchen staff.

None of them can bring themselves to look at Madam Quintel.

Liora slowly opened her eyes and felt the tension in air, she slowly supported her little body up. Her sudden movement caused her to feel dizzy all over, as she was about to fall back, she felt a warm on her back as she looked up she saw a pale faced, beautiful woman, she had melon seed face, big almond gray eye with a pair of heart shaped lips, with light violet hair.

' Elira Quintel, Liora's mother '

' the only person who can't bring herself to hate liora '

' well according to novel '

" Hey baby, how are u feeling ? Does eat hurt anywhere "

Elira asked her in soothing voice as she caresses her head while holding Liora in her arms. Liora responded by shaking her head in denial, while looking down at blanket.

" Does it feel queasy ? "

Feeling warmly being held with a slow rhythmic patting on her back, Liora's dizziness has washed away but, she still doesn't know what she had been diagnosed with, she can't say that she is all fine. Especially with the fluid needle in her hand.

" Dizzy "

" Okay, then don't get up, just lay down" said Elira as she helped liora lay down while adjusting the blanket without disturbing the drip.

After watching Liora drift back into sleep Elira left the room leaving behind some maid to watch over liora.

Elira walked downstairs, as she reached last few steps, she noticed her eldest daughter standing at the end of stairs, as her eyes stayed on Liora's room side.

Now looking at her eldest daughter made her feel guilty.

Few hours before

Everyone were ready to sit for breakfast, waiting for head of the family to come. Only for them to watch as he rush with a suitcase in a hand and on a call with the other.

Due to sudden absence of Cael from parents-teacher meeting, Elira expected Sereia to throw a little tantrum but, unlike what she anticipated, Sereia just nodded in understanding once she got to know about it.