One

"I wish to break off the engagement, Your Majesty," she said straight into the eye of the Empire's King. His red hair truly stands out and you can easily discern him to be the most powerful man in this Kingdom.

'His gaze is too much. This pressure. But for the future of our family, I must do this! Keep it, Loisa.' she thought in her mind while facing the King. He put his fist under his chin, and looked at the lovely lady in the middle. He was sitting on his throne so he was quite elevated.

"And why do you wish so, Lady Arkwright?"

"Because I know that Prince Exousia has someone else inside his heart. I see the sincerity in their eyes, and I don't want to be a hindrance to the future King and Queen of this Kingdom." he said and nodded to him. The King gasp at her last remark.

"You came all the way here to tell me that?"

The reason for this is because the Arkwright Estate is far from the capital. It is located in the far east shore, because of their family business. They own vast land and control the trade in the shores of the Stern Kingdom. That is why, a good relationship with them and the royal family will greatly support the Crown prince if ever he became the future ruler, even if his maternal support is weak.

The Arkwright family is a humble family that has been there since the founding of the Kingdom. They prefer to work in the shore, and did not participate in the politics. That is the reason why they do not have a noble title. But over the years, their power has been drastically increasing, and the Royal Family is considering them as a threat in power. That is why they proposed an engagement to the family, and there happens to be the only daughter of the family in a right age to be betrothed. And a noble title of a Count will be given to the current head of the Arkwright.

"Yes, Your Majesty," she answered straight while keeping herself together. She knew from the start that this will not be easy, considering all the troubles she have gone to, this is nothing if that means she can finally be free from what is going to happen in the future.

***

"Your Majesty, don't do this to me! I will do anything for you! Please!" she pleaded while crying in pain, and those glaring nobles did not do anything besides looking at the pitiful girl with hostile eyes.

"Your family, the humble Arkwright family has been accused of treason because they have the glide bottle in their possession! And do you know what is the glide bottle used for? That is to open the gate of the Spirits!" he shouted and looked at the pitiful state she is in while kneeling down in front of the guests in the Imperial Banquet.

"Moreover, you had used one of the glide for your sake and tried to feed it to Monica! You wrench!" Prince Exousia told her while she is kneeling in the floor in front of him and the noble guest. Her tears kept falling from her cheeks.

"Your Majesty!" she pleaded.

"She is the only daughter of the Arkwright family? How pitiful," one of the nobles who whispered in the corner.

"They sure met their downfall. Now, every part of the family will be subjected to execution since this is a treason and she tried to assassinate the crown princess!"

Those are mixed thoughts of the nobles who came to watch the scenario.

"N- no! My daughter will not do such a thing!" and her father came to defend her honor. They are not a noble, but was considered a powerful family, but there is no specific title.

"Sir Rudy Arkwright!" the knights get a hold of him.

"This is a mistake! Arcana will not do such a thing!" he said and looked at his daughter who is shivering at the moment and was not able to look at him. Arcana looks down in the ground and is not saying anything because she did not know how to face her father. All this time she was doing something that will make them lose face, and there is a chance for him to execute her family.

"If you do not broke the engagement, I will make sure your family will suffer." he said that with straight face back then. And now, he lean on her and whispered on her ears.

"I told you so," her eyes widen and all the energy in her body is gone with just one whisper. Her jaw is shaking and is unable to say anything.

Right now, the palace doctor is taking Monica out of the royal banquet. While the knights had arrived at the scene and grabbed both her arms.

"Take her away!"

"No!"

And her agony did not end in that. That night, a grim news had enveloped the whole Empire.

Newspaper: "The humble Arkwright Family committed suicide due to humiliation brought by Lady Arcana Arkwright."

It was all over the palace. She did not know that happened.

"I need to talk to Prince Exousia! At least let me talk to him!" she pleaded in the knights nonstop, and was unable to take any sleep at all. Her situation is distressing and disastrous, and she just awoke from the nightmare right after she knew that will not happen.

Her loyal knight, Jordan, had arrived secretly. He was wearing a magical hoodie so that his presence won't be noticed, but his body can be seen by the naked eye.

"Sir Jordan!"

"My Lady!" he said and looked at the wretch state she is right now. His Lady is someone who always uphold her values tight, but her love for the Crown Prince had made her go blind in things like this.

"H- How did you came here? What about my father?" she asked and looked at him with that sincere eyes.

"I sneak out. However, about Sir…" he stopped midway and looked away.

"What about my father, Sir Jordan?" she asked with the trembling expression of her face anticipating that at least the threat of Prince Exousia to her family is not real. That at least they can spare them. It was her fault after all. And she is ready to face execution for what she did.

"The head…" he was stopped when there are footsteps coming towards the special cell prepared for her. Sir Jordan immediately hide.

Her face looks awful the moment she saw his face. It was really handsome, and she can feel her heart jumping upon knowing that despite all the things he did to her.

"What are you doing here?" she looked at him with those daggers glare in his eyes.

"Ha! Are you not the one who pester the guards all night to see me?" he asked with those arrogant glare of him. Although she is madly in love with him, she still needs to uphold her pride. At least, she can die with her honor intact, or that's what she thought.

"You told me to give her that liquid as your present to heal her internal wound." she said straightly, "Who would have thought that is the glide?!"

He scoff off her mad expression.

"You used me." Arcana said. "You took advantage of my love to you." she said and looked at him with grimace, accepting the reality that she needs to face punishment for this. And the one whom she put everything and oved with all her life has…

"…you betrayed me…" Arcana then slumped on the floor with tears in her eyes realizing everything.

"You saw it now, I warned you!" he said, "Look at what happened to those who do not adhere to the warnings! HAHAHAHAHA!" and he chuckled like a mad man that night enjoying that moment.

"You really are an idiot…" he whispered but nothing can hurt her more now.

"Damn you!" she said and spit on her face, accepting her reality.

Five days has passed and there is no one coming to visit Arcana. She could not believe that even her father is not visiting her right now.

"Lady Arcana Arkwright…" the messenger told her. "The Imperial Court of Justice has ordered for your execution tomorrow. Imperial Year 717, Day 118th".

She bit her lips. But she had to braced herself. There may be more rulings since their family is powerful. And her family must have been preparing an escape route for her.

But how come no one even visited her right now?

She thought that night that being executed is nothing because she is reaping what she sow. But in reality, she is trembling in fear and anxiety is filling her. Being told that they are going to kill you later is indeed scary.

"Damn it… why has no one came to see me?" she is biting her nails in fear inside the cold cellar, where the only light is coming from one candle. She hugged herself and cried silently. Because, there is nothing she can do right now.

The day of the execution arrived and there are numerous number of people in the plaza. The nobles were sitting on the special seat for those who wanted to witness it, while the commoners have all been standing now.

There are a lot of opinions from the people. Her hand was handcuffed, and she can feel the hostile gaze of other people in her. But she held her head high and walked towards the guillotine platform.

Right now, all she wanted was to see her father. She knew that it was inevitable. That she might not survive this execution.

She looked up to see what awaits her. There on the right side is the crown prince who had orange hair, from her mother who had a green hair and the current King, who had red hair. She grinned. All the royals are present now.

All those who seems to be good to her at the surface.

"Arcana Arkwright, the eldest daughter of the traitorous Arkwright family, guilty of defamation of the royalty, tried assassinating the crown princess, and her family tried to rebel under the regime of King Exodus Sternal III, has been sentenced the execution." the announcer said.

She could not take it. She scan the place and she could not even see her family. Her father would surely save her. But he was not here!

"My father will never abandon me…" she said in a low voice.

"Where is my father?!" she shouted in pain trying to stand before the royalty. But the extreme silence and gasps of the people made her ask more of what is being ask.

"W- why…?" she thought, "This is my last wish. I want to see my father!" she said pleading.

"ha! The nerve of this woman to wish after all the crime she did!" Duchess Sivon said and pointed at her. However, the Queen glared at her for being rude. She really wanted Arcana to be the next Queen, that she fought with the King but it was Crown prince who refused her request.

After accepting the truth, she saw a foot in front of her. When she looked up, she saw that fascinating orange hair.

"You didn't know? I thought your loyal servant told you," he said and then he flick his finger, and Sir Jordan with something on his mouth to prevent him from speaking was there, being dragged down while his hands are tied with rope, opposite of what she had.

"S- Sir Jordan!" she said and slumped on the floor like her. He is not a noble that is why he had something to prevent him from saying anything. Arcana looked fiercely at Prince.

"I truly regret loving someone like you," she glared at him and spit on his shoes. "You are disgusting." she said and was slapped by him. The reaction of the commoners at what she did to the beloved Crown Prince shocked everyone.

'Right now, I don't really care. I'm going to die anyway…' she thought. 'I just wished to see my family for one last time.'

"You really are a…" he said and his face wanted to torture her, but his image will be worsen because there are a lot of people watching him. She is still a descendant of mighty Arkwright family who supported the Kingdom for so long.

"Fine then!" and told his servants to grab Jordan and took the things in his mouth. "Why don't you tell her what happened to her family?" he grinned whispering that this is the last time he will take pity on her.

"S- Sir… R- Rudy…" he kept stuttering that it made her annoyed.

"Why are you speaking like that?! What happened to my father?!"

"S-Sir Rudy… committed suicide." he said. And in that moment she felt her world has stopped.

Loisa's point of view

And that was the end of the novel that I read in my previous life. It was not completed because the author died before she can publish the next chapter. After I open my eyes, I cannot believe that I possessed Arcana's body in a much earlier time. I will do everything in my power to get out of his way and prevent my execution.

But then after returning to my estate, The crown prince Exousia sent a letter to my estate asking me to come to the Royal Palace tomorrow. I bit my lips. I am happy because this means that the Emperor is taking this seriously and he move fast. I massaged my forehead. It was him who wanted to see me but he wanted me to flew off my way towards the capital, and it has just been a week since I return from there.

He said in the letter that he does not want to break the engagement at all?! As if that was that easy. Damn.