Every proper story needs to start with an introduction; this one is no exception.
My name is Eleonore Gray, aged thirteen as of this writing. I am the only daughter of Viscount Gray. This is a position that comes with my privileges and responsibilities.
As a noble lady, I'm expected to learn etiquette as well as master a musical instrument of my choice. My father also took it upon himself to teach me such things as archery, horse riding and basic swordplay. I must admit that it was an unorthodox thing to do. I suspect that he did so either out of amusement or a deep-seated longing for a male heir.
According to the staff, my mother was a frail woman who couldn't bear the strain of childbirth. I have no memories of her, but my handmaid told me that I look very much like the late viscountess. Unlike my father, I have violet eyes and snow-white hair. The only similarity between the two of us is in our needlessly intimidating smiles.
I won’t remain a single child for long, though. In a few months, my father will remarry to a commoner woman and make her son - my younger brother - his heir. I, in turn, will become a fiancee of our kingdom’s second prince, August, to secure the Gray family’s future.
However, the second prince will try to stage a coup and assassinate his older brother, Prince Julius, and his father, King Octavius, with the help of his loyal cronies during his own graduation ceremony at the Royal Military Academy. His plan will be foiled by a group of talented students, who will manage to defeat August at the last minute.
The reason I know all this may sound absurd, but it is nonetheless the truth. I am aware of the future events because I was born with the memories of my past life.
In my past life, I lived an ordinary life, and my main hobby were video games. I wasn’t a hardcore gamer per se, but I did finish plenty of those, and the one game I considered a masterpiece was “Fables of Blazes.”
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It was an RPG game that told the story of Alan Piers, a commoner boy who one day found out that he was a direct descendant of a legendary hero. He then enrolled at the Royal Military Academy where he participated in all kinds of misadventures and created unbreakable bonds of friendship with his classmates.
The player’s job was to control Alan and his comrades during the battle segments and to help him befriend other characters by picking the right dialogue options. The game itself had multiple endings based on what decisions the player made.
One thing I should mention is that the first game in the series ends with the main character and his party defeating the second prince of the Albion Kingdom, August Lux Albion, and thwarting his plans to overtake the country.
The second prince’s fiancee is one of the bosses you have to defeat in order to reach the perfect ending in which she would save August from a stray arrow by shielding him with her body. It was a beautiful scene that made me shed a few tears.
By the way, her name is Eleonore Gray. She is the older sister of one of your party members and the only daughter of a viscount. She has violet eyes and snow-white hair, and all her smiles looked ridiculously sinister. Also, when she was thirteen, her father remarried a commoner girl and adopted her son as his heir. And since the “Fables of Blazes” series only followed the perfect endings of their games, she only appeared in the first game even though the fans found her popular. August, on the other hand, joined the hero’s side in the second game and remained a mainstay, going as far as to become the mascot of the series.
To conclude, I am Eleonore Gray. I’m the person who’s supposed to become a mid-boss and then disappear.
Frankly speaking, this sounds horrible. The reason Eleonore loved August so much as to sacrifice herself for him was because he was the only person who ever showed her anything resembling love. Her father practically abandoned her to start a new family, so it was only natural that the poor girl desired affection so badly. It’s a tragedy, no matter how you look at it.
However, I’m different. I don’t want to get myself involved with this ridiculous charade. It’s fun to watch heroic journeys from the sidelines, but there’s no way a rational human being would ever intentionally put herself into so much danger deliberately.
I will escape this fate by any means necessary.
* Signed, Eleonore Gray