As night fell and I finished my duties with the maids, I went to my room to sleep; tomorrow, I will start learning with a private tutor about the world, what skills are and what magic is, or at least I hope so. Otherwise, it will be boring.

  I am thinking about the maids; they changed their tune pretty fast and forgave me. But there is something else, this new world. I got used to it too fast, but I need something to take my mind off my past life; if I get a chance to live a second time, then maybe I should not waste it.

  A quiet knock can be heard on my door, then followed by other knocks of different duration and volumes; wait, this sounds like Morse code.

  I walked to the door and opened it, and as I expected, Hikari was standing in front of the door in her nightgown.

  “Hi there, remember what you said?” - Now that I am thinking about it, the meeting with Hikari was sudden, I don’t know why it happened that way, but I am happy she is here at least.

  "Yes, come in" – I invited Hikari into my room.

  “Take a seat here” – I pointed to one of the chairs in the room.

  "So, how have the years without me been? Did you find someone else? How was your health after the incident?" - Hikari sat down, and I did the same; I sat on a chair next to her.

  "They had been tough, to say the least. I couldn't find anyone else; I couldn't love anything or anyone else after I lost you, Hikari. And my health, well, both my mind and body were dying, so I took the only option I could, and now I am here." - Hikari extended her left hand and pced it on my right shoulder.

  "You never got over me, huh? I couldn't either. When I arrived in this world, I kept a journal about my past life, and I was contacting every reincarnated person that I knew in hopes that I would find you here. I wished for a way to see for myself if it's truly you in the body of the person you reincarnated; the Great Voice granted me the skill I used on you" – Hikari smiled wide, her lips touching each other.

  “I don’t want to ask too many questions, but I wish we could spend time somewhere, somewhere where the two of us can have more alone time” – I grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her head in my p.

  “Ask any question you want, love. I will answer any questions that I can. But let's not think too much; I haven't had a night where I could spend time with you like this" – She looked up at my face.

  “Let's get in the bed; the chair isn't as comfortable" – We both rose from the chair, but after a few steps, Hikari stopped.

  “Well, I don't want your dad to catch us here; he will surely fire me. I can't afford to fall asleep" – Hikari is taking a few steps back.

  “Don't worry, I want to just fall asleep in your arms; I swear, I will return the favour, even if Dad catches us; I don't care."

  “I don't have a good feeling about this, but I guess I can stay awake and watch you fall asleep. You are always cute when you are sleeping" – Both me and Hikari got in my bed, and she cradled me in her embrace; this warmth, I hadn't felt like this for a long time, and my chest felt like it was burning, my whole body is rexing.

  The next day:

  I woke up to an empty bed, and the image of Hikari being near me still burned in my mind.

  Knock, knock, I can hear a gentle knock coming from my door.

  “Miss Fatima!” – It’s Hikari’s voice, in a daze, I rushed to open the door

  “Coming” – I better call her by the name she was given in this world while we aren’t alone. It took me some time to remember but her name in this world is Alma, I was so used to calling her Hikari.

  When I opened the door, I could see my father and someone who I can only assume was an instructor or tutor for different subjects, and also Hikari was with them.

  “How can I help you, Father?” - I try to talk as politely as possible.

  "I fear that you have overslept, my dear. I said that from today you start to learn again about the way of the nobles and how our society works and many more. Please prepare yourself" – He's right; I need to prepare for this, I was in PJs when I answered the door.

  "I will at once, father" – I try to keep up appearances in front of the instructor.

  Getting ready was easy; I got used to this from the military; I didn't even wear typically female clothing while in the military, no dresses or anything bright and colourful, just your standard fatigues; I got to wear a dress after a few years. They felt uncomfortable for me after getting very used and attached to wearing pants for a long time.

  So, I put on the nicest and cleanest pair of pants I could find and a bck shirt that I had lying around. And I remember something just now, my daily training; I haven't been doing it; while I worked with the maids, I could do it every day, but now, I will have to manage to do my training alongside the learning. Now that I have a body and mind that are capable, I need to put them to good use.

  "Fatima, please dress the way a noble dy should dress" – My dad spoke in a soft tone. It doesn't suit him at all; everyone knows that he is faking it.

  "I think I look good enough" – I looked in the mirror only to see myself dressed in some sort of weird uniform, which I can only assume is a military uniform; it has that vibe.

  "My dear, that's your older brother's military uniform" – I guess right it seems, haha.

  "Well, I think it suits me well"