The Novel

"Roses And Thorns."

It was a light-hearted romance novel that is a hit with a lot of buyers. It was one of my favourite novels on the internet. I used to read the novel on my phone whilst getting the train home from work.

I don't know how many times I read this novel but now... I really regret it.

The story was about the heroine which was the rose in the story. Rose Chambers. She healed the hearts of many men that were the thorns. There were countless men, too hard to even count. In the end, she became the empress and did good for the country.

The heroine's sister, Claire Chambers was the quiet person in the family. She was friendly to her sister and would protect her but her sister's luck only gave her misfortune. Rose was the centre of everyone's attention whilst Claire was not.

The villainess of the story then charged at Rose with her magic because of jealousy but Claire took the hit instead. Unfortunately, she died as the person that no one remembered.

There are 5 types of magic in this world. Fire, water, earth, light, dark. Rose was blessed with with light magic.

However, Claire was unfortunate from the start. She had black magic and black magic users don't have the best reputation. They are known to be cold and meticulous but that clearly wasn't true. She was cast aside by her family.

There were ten people in this country that had light magic and black magic... well, the novel said that there were less people with black magic...

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Suddenly, a huge flood of memories came rushing through my head along with a sharp pain.

Ack!

This must be Claire's memories. This is all just so sad. Don't worry Claire, I'm going to take back your pride and happiness you weren't able to have.

I walked up to the door with my head held up high and opened up the door. The maid that woke me up ran up to me.

"We're already late enough! Now Rose is alone at the library."

"And why does she always need someone at the library? All she does is make me hold her books.

"You should know your place, Miss."

"No. Amanda, you should know YOUR place. Your job is to serve ME. Not tell me how to serve another person."

Amanda, my maid, was quite taken aback by this.

"Y-yes, miss."

Amanda accompanied me to the dining room after clearing that issue. This is a start.

Mother was sitting opposite father whilst Rose sat next to Father. They already started eating without me. What a nice family! -.-

I sat next to my mother.

"You're quite late, aren't you." Mother said.

I nodded.

"Ha, this ungrateful brat. You're meant to apologise, got that?"

Huh, what's that? I saw Father shoot a glare at Mother. Mother didn't notice but.... has he been doing that this whole time? Father normally stays quiet during these times. He never really speaks to either of us.

Now, to deal with this bitch.

"Why should I?"

"What did you say?"

"Educate me Mrs Chambers. Why should I?"

"Mrs Chambe-- ha... it's basic etiquette!"

"Basic etiquette? Then how come you guys don't do that then?"

"Claire, it's okay.... as your sister, I know what your going through but it's not good to take your anger on someone else." Said Rose.

Me? Taking my anger out on Mother? Haha.

"As my sister? You clearly don't know what I'm going through! You clearly don't see the difference in treatment between me and you."

"Claire, that's enough!" said Father.

""Says the great father that stands there and watches my mistreatment. Father award of the year really goes to you! Haha!" I laughed.

He looked quite taken aback by this and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"Well, I'm done. I'm going to my room."

"Wait! Why didn't you come to the library with me, sister?"

"Sorry sister but I don't want to hold your books. My arms are tired."

My father was surprised about this as well. He definitely didn't know about this. The whole mastermind of making me Rose's maid is of course my mother. Rose is too naive so she didn't know about this.

I left the room and returned to my bedroom. I took a book and read it on my bed. A few minutes later, I heard a few maids gossiping outside.

"I wonder how well the girls are going to do at the magic academy."

"I heard Sir Carlos is going to be there!"

"The Prince Of Darkness? I mean I've heard of him but..." Another maid said.

Prince of Darkness? I've never heard of him?

"How can you not know him? The royal family bows when they see him! The most respected person here. He's got so much power that no one dares to go near him..."

Not even Rose? Well I guess it doesn't match the concept...he's surrounded by Darkness whilst she's surrounded by light! But he's even more superior than the royal family so why wasn't he mentioned once in the novel.

The rest of their conversation was just about the magic academy. There are sets split up. Fire, water, earth, light and black magic. Each person goes to their assigned levels. That was where Claire was killed. I wonder, did Claire meet Sir Carlos?