Matters of past

The capital city, Venus

 In the darkness of the night, one of the streets of the capital was still brightly lit, the red district. In the famous brothel's last floor sat a beautiful woman. Even the darkness could not dim the sparks of her beautiful emerald eyes and the shine of her silver hair when the moonlight landed on them. The voice of the door opening brought her back from whatever she was thinking but she did not turn her head to find out who came in.

- "Master, she is here" - said the voice of a man. 

 Caelum was one of Dea's most trusted. Usually, he, with the other three companions, who were all saved and trained by Dea, took care of many things that did not need her involvement, be it business or anything that did not particularly catch her attention. She was quite lazy after all and did not like to deal with these things unless it was an emergency.

- "We have such an honorable guest today, we can't disappoint her or our reputation might get ruined. Make sure she gets the time of her life, make it unforgettable" - As her beautiful voice landed, her lips curved up a bit and she once again drifted into the sea of memories no longer paying attention to Caelum.

 Five years ago, she transmigrated into this body, she does not remember how exactly she died, there were bits and pieces she managed to remember so far but nothing was clear yet. 

 After she got into this body, she got the princess's memories and understood the situation. That day the crown princess was killed in the woods by the assassins and she woke up in her body. She managed to get up with great difficulty, fortunately, the assassins did not take her belongings. Dea found the river nearby and washed the blood that was already dry on her skin. After she changed to clean clothes, she decided to go through some of the original owner's memories.

 It seems like Dea was not the daughter of the queen. The Queen loved her mother and they were sworn sisters, so when Dea was 3 her mother asked the queen for help exact details were unknown to her but the queen did not want to say much about it. 

 Matters about her curse were also quite complicated and because the queen brought Dea from outside when she was 3 everyone thought she was a wild child. But because of her silver hair and green eyes, which looked exactly like the founder of the Libra country, the first queen also known as Queen Dea was named crown princess. 

 Names in the Zodiac continent are not always chosen, 1% of the population is born with it. Their names are carved on their bodies like birthmarks or tattoos. It is believed that God has chosen them, usually, these kinds of people are very strong and have great achievements so they are very well taken care of since birth. 

 Dea was one of these people, and so was her sister Ivy (name symbolizes eternity and faithfulness) and queen Eliza (the name means God is my oath). The Queen had other children but they were not part of the 1%. 

 After Dea was brought into the palace, she did not go out much in fear that someone would find out about her curse so her only playmate was her sister Ivy who came to visit her a lot, out of curiosity. Ivy was a tall and headstrong girl with red hair. She was a sincere person who was only interested in fighting, in other words, she was a fighting maniac and her other interest was this new sister of hers which she liked a lot from the start. 

 Because Dea did not go out much, some rumors about her started. Some said she was disfigured, others said she could not cultivate. When Dea was 8 the queen called for her in her study, it seemed like some people were planning to go against the imperial family and they had a strong backer, so their first target was her, the crown princess. Queen did not know how long she was able to protect her so she wanted to play an act as if she was not favored and driven out of the castle, 

This would give her time to grow stronger, 

 Before leaving the queen gave her a letter and a ring. She said it was from her mum. Unfortunately, their plot was leaked by someone, and assassins were sent after her. They killed all the guards the queen had sent with her and they killed the princess too. 

 Right after Dea finished going through memories she heard footsteps, after confirming they were not enemies, she went out of hiding. One of the people sent was the queen's personal guard, Lionel, when he saw the princess, he called out

- "Crown princess! You are alright" - and he breathed out in relief. Then he got on one knee and said.

- " I am sorry for being late. It's a relief that you are alright"

- "Assassins?"

- "They got away"

- "Good"

Dea's answer took Lionel for a surprise

- "Let them think I am dead for now"

Lionel was a smart person, he understood what the princess wanted to do.

- "Yes, princess."

- "I will be going alone from now on, I don't need guards" - After that Dea took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it, when she finished, she folded it and gave it to Lionel.

- "Give this to the queen, personally"

- "Yes, But princess, it will be dangerous if you go alone. Let at least a few guards follow you"

- "No. It is safer to go alone. Guards will draw attention, just do as I say "

 Lionel was a bit troubled by this, but he could not defy the royal command so he had no other choice.

They parted their ways and that was the start of her 5-year journey before today.

***

 As Dea remembered the past she looked at papers in her hand. They had information about a few high-ranking people in the country and their family members. On one of the papers was information about today's guest, premier minister's daughter, Aria.