Week 1 Day 3

Melina Noirey is the oldest daughter and child of Marques Kayser Noirey. Her birth was a delight and joy to the Noirey household. But the joy didn't last long. Melina's biological mother faced her demise due to an unidentified disease. If the disease was identified in time, then maybe she would have lived longer. Thus, a guilt continued to reside in Melina's father's heart.

Melina had inherited her mother's genes, the same red colored hair with waves at the end. The older she got, the more resemblance she held of her mother. Making it hard on Kayser to take a look at her.

So he continued to avoid anything related to her in the household unless it was an emergency or if they needed to attend some place together. He remarried in hopes that his wife would take care of his daughter in a way that he wasn't able to, without thinking about the consequences.

Melina was 5 when her mother passed away. She was 9 when her father remarried. She thought she was going to finally get to be in the warmth of a family again as the new mother and brother entered their household. However, the thought didn't last long.

....

Because of such poor state of the body, Sici couldn't leave her room for two days. She attempted to stand and work around the room alone to quickly recover her strength while cursing everything and everyone she could think off.

Now here she was, staring at the screen in front of her while sitting in the leisure room for afternoon tea time.

[ Time Remaining : 4 days, 9 hours, 25 minutes, 4 seconds ]

She continues to regret as time is slowly clocking away and she hasn't been able to think of anything related to Milena's death.

Even if the time was wasted being inside, she still made use of whatever memories she was able to collect by dreaming, carefully considering how to treat the family members.

"Luke isn't even related to you by blood and you still continued to silently take in whatever insults he threw at you?"

"He's not even qualified to take over the Marquess title," she scoffs in annoyance, "And you fucking let him talk to you like that."

In the memories, she saw that Luke never showed respect nor behaved properly towards her. Melina also never took proper actions against it. Her step-mother was partly to blame as well.

[ He behaves like that to get a reaction out of me. I refuse to give him that ]

[ People Never Expect Silence ]

[ Therefore, Silence Was The Best Option ]

She sighs out loud, "I get what you're trying to say."

"However, don't expect that from me."

[ Don't bother adding fuel to the fire ]

"What if It's not a fire? He's all bark and no bite, seeing how things turned out that day. I'm not one to sit around and be treated like trash either."

[ I am giving you my warnings ]

Sici brushes it off, "If you listened to your warnings so much then you wouldn't have been poisoned in the first place.."

[ You should do what you're told off ]

"Then you shouldn't lecture me on how I decide to do it!"

A knock on the door allows her to compose herself. A gentle voice calls out, "Can I come in?"

Sici coughs to clear out her throat, "Yes."

The door slightly creaks open, poking out sapphire blue hair. The child cutely takes a peak before entering the room. Sici's heart is won by the cuteness she just saw, "Leisha?"

Hearing his name, Leisha gets startled, "Y-yes, sister?"

Seeing how she guessed correctly, she's in silent awe. If she could, she would give him kisses and a tight hug. She makes inviting gestures with her hand, careful not to over do it like a child. Leisha goes over and takes a seat.

"Did you have something to eat yet?"

Leisha shakes his head. "Take this then," she offers her cup of tea to him since she didn't take a sip of it yet, "It's freshly made. I have already ate so don't worry about me."

Leisha was hesitant but he didn't dare to refuse his sister's kind gestures. Sici liked how cute he was, making her curious about his clothing. She quietly voiced her thoughts for Milena to hear, "Does she not like dresses? Though it's fine wearing a boy's clothing.. She would look so much pretty."

[ Why would a boy like wearing dresses? ]

Her eyes widen as she looks at the response.

[ Leisha Noirey. Male. 10 years old. ]

Sici starts to feel embarrassed for thinking of him as a girl, "Anything else that I should know about?"

[ He hates being mistaken for a girl because of his looks ]

[ Thank god you didn't ask him about dresses ]

She gulps, "Yea.. That would have taken a wrong turn..."

Another door knock is made before a maid opens the door, she had short brown hair with jasmine like eyes. Her name was Layla. She spoke softly keeping her head low, "Pardon me m'lady. You have a guest. Your audience has been requested."

"Who is it?" She says nonchalantly.

"Your fiance m'lady, third prince Eren Briar."

Sici starts coughing hearing those two words in one sentence, "Uhm.."

She did her best to hold her expression, "Where is he now?"

"In the guest room. Should I bring his highness here?"

"N-no.. I will go.. You can leave now."

Layla bows one last time before taking her leave. Leisha starts talking, feeling awkward, "I shall take my leave as well, sister."

"Uh oh.. Yes.."

Seeing him leave she stops him, "Join me for tea time again, Leisha" Hearing her words, Leisha gives a nod and leaves the room feeling ecstatic.

"Milena!" She lets out her frustration.

[ Yes? ]

"I keep telling you to give me the important details! You never said you had a fiance! Moreover, he's a prince? Are you kidding me?"

[ One thing at a time please ]

It takes a while before Milena gives her response.

[ I broke off the engagement. It seems it hasn't been approved yet or they are purposefully calling him my fiance. ]

[ You don't have to worry about him ]

"What do you not worry about him? His status-"

[ Don't get involved with him ]

"It's not like I want to-"

[ Quit asking then ]

She starts to get annoyed seeing how Milena was treating this issue. "What's up with her? She's behaving more rudely than normal," she thought.

*Ting!*

[ New Mission ]

She blankly stares at it, "I don't think I agreed to do to extra work." She gets no response, the screen doesn't change either. Out of patience, she tried tapping the screen. To her surprise, it works and views the new mission.

[ Break Up With The Prince ]

"Uh, What the fuck.."

....

Awkward silence falls on the room as Sici and Eren takes their seat after greeting each other formally.

"The recovery memories don't include anything about him. How am I supposed to behave here? Moreover that weird mission she gave me with no context whatsoever," her head started to hurt from all that thinking.

Eren nervously spoke first, "I.. I know you said we should end this.. I still want to be here.. I love you, Melina."

Sici holds onto her poker face as she is out of context in this situation. As the system makes sound, she looks at the screen to see Melina helping out in a proper way.

[ Say - I believe I told you to never come here again. ]

She avoided his gaze and repeated the line displayed on the screen.

[ I never loved you. I am fed up with putting on that act. Do not refer to me as your fiance again. ]

Even though she doesn't know what happened between them, she starts to feel guilty. "He looks super sad and hurt. I don't understand why Milena is doing this", she thought.

She stood up, preparing to leave the room, " I don't like repeating myself. I hope we are clear this time. Please take your leave, your highness.." She bowed politely and left the audience room before he could say another word.

"Shouldn't we have at least listened to what more he had to say?" She asked.

[ No ]

[ I already know what he would say ]

[ Don't waste your time ]

[ Focus on what is asked of you ]

Sici lets out a small laugh, "You're acting weird.."

A thought crosses her mind, "What if..... There's no harm in making a guess anyway."

"Melina, is he the one who poisoned you?"

[ *Ting Ting* Wrong! ]

[ Not the reason for being poisoned ]

[ Try again ]

"Okay, is he involved in your death somehow?"

[ *Ting Ting* Correct! ]

[ He involvement is indirect. Can not be classified as a clue. Therefore, time won't reset ]

[ Try again ]

"What the.. Hey! It says correct! Why isn't this a clue??" She's astonished by the ridiculous words she just read, "This doesn't make any sense!"

[ You asked a question and a yes or no was given to you. What more do you want here? ]

[ If it isn't a clue then it isn't ]

"Life is playing me good, huh?"

[ Whatever conclusion helps you focus on your missions ]

"You're no help whatsoever!" She goes back to relying on the memories again as no progress is made today, again.