Countess Fairy

“Woow~ I love the scenery.”

Blue mountains surrounding the vast river under the clear sky. It was a hard sight to see in Korea. It has been quite a long time since I saw such a clear sky because the sky was cloudy in the aftermath of fine dust these days.

My name is Lee Yuri. I’m a 24 years ordinary Korean woman.

My hobby is traveling around the world! I visited to New Zealand to spend a good time before I took a job. I came to New Zealand because I wanted to travel, but my biggest motivation was because of my dreams.

I’ve had the same dream many times since I was young.

As it is now, I dreamed of riding a boat along a huge river between mountain ranges, but when I looked into the river while riding a boat, it was particularly deep, making it look black in a large circle. When the boat passed there, it was suddenly drowned in a strange water.

It must be suffocating in the water, but my dream wasn’t at all like that, and it felt like I was in a very comfortable place.

It was very strange and peculiar to dream the same dream many times since I was young.

So, I thought I would have such a strange dream no longer if I saw the scene in my dream, so I searched for the tourist destination mainly on the cruise ship, and then found New Zealand.

It had been raining since I arrived in New Zealand, but when I arrived at the dock, the sky became clear and it was a perfect weather to set sail.

I enjoyed the beautiful scenery on a small cruise ship, but when I saw that everyone except me came with their family and lovers, my side ached.

“Tch, solo heaven, couple hell.”

I grumbled quietly over the scenery. I lowered my head and looked at the fast-paced current. The water glistened in the sun. Usually, lakes and rivers are not clear enough to see through, but it’s amazing how clear this river is.

Then the ship steadily slowed down and began to go slowly, and I heard the announcement.

[ In a moment … We will arrive. Everyone … I hope you all come out and take a look….]

“Look … I didn’t hear the important part.”

Basically I knew how to speak English, but I couldn’t hear things that were fast if it’s not in my mother tongue.

“What do you want me to see?”

When I heard the word “look” I leaned still on the railing and kept looking at the river.

And as soon as the ship was going slowly, something was caught in my eyes and my heart began to tremble.

“Wow~ look at that.”

“How could that be?”

Next to me, a couple hugged each other and admired the view that unfolded before their eyes.

It was a sinkhole, a blue hole, that formed in the water. And it was the same scene I saw in my dream.

“That blue hole is a recent one.”

“Really?”

“I don’t know most of them because it happened a week ago, but rumors are spreading. I heard it’ll be on air soon.”

“It’s fascinating, but it’s kind of creepy.”

[We will pass over the blue hole. Take extra care not to fall off.]

The announcement came out and people tried to get as far away from the railing as possible.

However, because of the people who came out to see the blue hole, the deck was crowded.

I lost my breadth to the wonderful view.

“Dream … It’s the same as it is….”

I was right to come here to see what I saw in my dream, but I was puzzled when I actually faced it. Somehow, the indescribable emotions swirled in me and my heart began to throb when I saw the blue hole getting closer.

I was neither nervous nor happy, but my heart was pounding strangely.

“What is it….”

I felt like someone was calling me in that water.

I leaned my head to see the blue hole closer and unconsciously hung on the railing.

The man who saw it next to me was startled and tried to grab me, but a person who was laughing and texting behind me accidentally hit me. And I just fell off the boat.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

“Someone … someone fell!”

Like slow motion, there was a shrill scream.

I fell into the water in an instant and couldn’t breathe, but strangely it wasn’t painful.

Ah … blue….

The surface from under the water was very beautiful. The sunlight shined through and the bright wave was so beautiful that it lost its width.

Gradually, my consciousness sank down there.

***

“Ugh!”

I woke up and took a quick, hard breath. My throat was sore and my whole body ached. I closed my eyes a few times and then opened them, but I still couldn’t see well because of my blurred vision.

I’m not dead, am I?’

I remember falling into the water.

Considering that I am breathing properly and that I can feel sensation all over my body, I do not seem to have died.

It’s fortunate because I stayed still in the water like a man determined to die.

‘Ha … that’s good. This must be a hospital, right? How long have I been down?’

My vision gradually returned and the view began to clear up.

I saw a canopy with a profound feeling and a luxurious bed made of solid wood.

‘Huh? Canopy and wooden bed? It’s not worth being in the hospital?’

When my eyesight returned completely, I was speechless at the unknown landscape. The furniture and interiors that could be used by western aristocrats caught my eye.

No, it doesn’t make sense to be an aristocrat.

At best, people who enjoy the antique interior design.

“No, but this isn’t!”

I scrambled to get up, but like a stuffed puppet with a broken thread, I couldn’t put strength all over my body.

I raised my hand in a panic. An even lower light was seen before my eyes.

“Why am I so white….?”

I could see clear and white skin that was different from my Asian skin. Looking at the white hands that moved like my hands was frightening.

At that moment countless images flashed through my mind like a film.

“Ugh … my head hurts….”

I felt like my head was going to explode as if someone had pressed a lot of film into a small box.

I cried because it was so painful that I thought I was going to die, but then aAll the pain was gone as if it had never been there.

I was awakened to the realization.

The owner of this body is Yuriana Frione.

She is the only blood of Count Frione, a noble, and the lord of Arbo—the second largest port city of Periose Empire. She lost her father in an accident at the young age of 19 and became the Count Frione.

The only person she could rely on back then was her fiance, her current husband now, Armin Frione, and Yuriana, who got married to him after dating, was happy.

No, I only thought so.

As usual, she spoke with her captain on a boat with her husband for reconnaissance of her estate. Then a servant came and brought her back, claiming Armin was calling her. She went to see her husband without any doubt, and he pushed her off the boat.

The last scene she remembers was Armin’s smile as he pushed her and laughed coldly.

When all kinds of memories of Yuriana came to me, I could feel all sorts of desperate feelings, including betrayal, despair and anger against Armin.

So I think of Yuriana, no, I felt great indignation at my husband who tried to push me to death.

It was as if the memories and emotions that had been pushed back so rapidly to me made me became Yuriana Frione.

I trembled and clenched my fist.

“Aaaaargh! Armin!”

I shouted in anger, but only a sour sound came from my throat.

“Son of a bitch! Push someone out of the boat…!”

The door burst open when I was swearing all kinds of curses in spite of evil.

When I stopped screaming and turned my head to the open door, a woman with brown hair and green eyes stood there in a green maid’s uniform. She was Bella, Yuriana’s personal maid, who was looking at me with an unbelievable expression.

“My lady!”

Bella approached me in amazement, and she held my hand in tears.

“Bella?”

“Lady! I’m so glad you woke up.”

It was a little embarrassing to see Bella looking quite desperate. Looking through her face, she felt more mature compared to my memory as Yuriana.

Bella sobbed for a long time! Then, she wiped his tears away and got up.

“This … this is not the time to do this. I’ll go get the doctor.”

“Wait!”

“Lady?”

“No one … hmm … don’t call him.”

“Yes? I don’t know what….”

Bella was embarrassed, then she calmed down and stared at her master.

“Don’t tell anyone yet. Why don’t you give me some water first?”

My already sore throat got worse because I screamed. Bella hurriedly poured the water from the table and slowly raised me up. As Bella pulled up my upper body, my whole body felt like a piece of wood, and there was a strong pain in my lower back.

It was the same pain that caused my back to ache after I had been lying in bed all day long.

As I groaned, Bella’s movements became more cautious. She helped me drink the water slowly.

After so two more drinks of water, my throat barely softened.

“What’s the date today?”

“It is 8th of March, year 594 of the Imperial calendar.”

“What? What year?”

“594. It has been 6 years since the Lady collapsed.”

“What!”

I couldn’t believe it because it was longer than I thought. I looked at Bella’s face, wondering if she was joking. She pressed her tears and kept her lips tightly closed.

When I looked down at my body, I saw thin arms and upper body.

I could see why my body became so weak.

Six years. I’ve been asleep longer than I thought.

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