"Allow me to examine you" Dr. Charles said.
Alice nodded. He removed her bandages and inspected her wound. He then put ointment on them and neatly wrapped the bandages again.
"Young lady, if you don't mind can you answer my few questions?" Dr. Charles asked.
She nodded.
"You don't have to force yourself to answer. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, please immediately inform me" he said.
Everyone in the room looked at the doctor and his patient curiously, wondering what they might discover.
"Do you know who you are?" he asked.
Alice shook her head. She isn't lying. She really doesn't know who she is.
"Do you know who they are?" he asked pointing at the duke and the duchess.
"I guess my parents" she said, clearly showing her inner doubts.
"Do you remember what happened to you?"
"No, I don't."
"Do you remember anything that happened before the accident?"
"I don't. I am completely blank."
"I understand" he said with a sigh.
"Milady" the doctor said her in serious tone, "I fear you are suffering from amnesia. Due to an accident, you suffered a big wound which led you to go into coma for three months. Judging at the current situation, I fear you might never recover your past memories."
"I understand" his patient said calmly, nodding her head.
"Alice, my dearest" the duchess said sitting by her side, "we were so scared when you had that accident. Your father and I could not sleep properly since these three months."
The duchess suddenly hugged Alice and said, "even if you have amnesia, we are fine. As long as you are not lying in that vegetative state, anything is fine with us."
Alice could feel the warmth of a mother in her hug.
"Alice, even though it is weird but let me introduce everyone to you" the duke said.
"As you said, I am your father" he continued and pointed at the duchess, "and she is your mother."
"I will introduce others to sister" the little girl spoke up.
"Sister, I am your cute sister, Stella" she said with a bright smile and pointed towards the boy, "and he is your serious brother, Daniel. We are twins but our personality is poles apart. We are nine years old. My hobby is to make everyone laugh and his hobby is to scold everyone."
"Stella, are you done?" he asked, which felt more like a warning.
The little girl pointed at the elderly lady dressed in black again, "this is the head maid, Maria. And let me tell you she is so scary, that all servants shiver when they see her."
"Lady Stella" Maria called with serious face.
"And this is Ben, our butler." she said pointing at the man wearing black tail coat, "he looks thin but let me tell you he has stamina of running around the mansion thirty times."
"Lady Stella" Ben called uncomfortably.
"This is Emma" she pointed at the young maid and said, "she is your personal maid since our childhood. You both looked more like friends then master and servant."
"Lady Stella" Emma called, flushed.
"Fine, I will stop teasing you. And this is" Stella said and walked towards Dr. Charles, "our almighty family doctor, Dr. Charles. Since our childhood, whenever we fell ill, he'd give medicine that immediately threw away our illness."
"Lady Stella" Dr. Charles said with a red face.
Alice looked at everyone with red face, some due to anger while others due to shyness.
"Pfft."
She can't help but to let a laugh out of her mouth, while others stared at her with curios face.