Yeah, I have been to this reality before but I have never been able to visit a reality more than once so something was definitely wrong here.
Usually when I wake up to different realities and inside different bodies it's always a new one. I have never repeated a reality.
It was Paris last time and I was inside body of some girl called Camille. I also always inherit the memories of the person I'm possessing or taking over.
Before Camille I possesed a girl's body who was in an apoclyptic world and it did not end well. She didn't die but lost her limbs and it was god damn painful but I've handled worse.
Iosing limbs wasn't a big deal for me because I ended up being in a different reality and in a different body in Paris after a few months. Camille's life was the one of the most peaceful lives that I had taken over so far.
At first I thought I was dreaming when this started happening or that I was losing my mind but I eventually wrapped my head around it and understood that I was shifting between timelines of different universes. Sometimes I'd be in normal universes in 20th century or any other historical time but sometimes it'd be a survival games sort of universe and other times apoclyptic ones. I was even in an animated universe once and it was extremely weird but I got used to it.
I do not control when I'm gonna shift through the timelines or where I'm gonna shift or whose body I'll take over. It just all happens on it's own and worse thing is I can do nothing about it. It's not that I didn't try. It's that it was pointless. Whenever I tried understanding what or why it was happening to me or I collected any solid research papers, I'd just end up in a different timeline the next day. So I gave up eventually.
But now the issue is I'm back in this body and timeline again and I have never repeated a timeline before so I'm not sure if it's something bad or good.
"Your highness the bath is ready" one of the maids said pulling me out of my thoughts. "Yeah I'll be there in a minute" I said while trying to remember anything about this timeline from my last visit which isn't easy because I think it was decades ago or maybe even a century ago. Considering how many realities and timelines I've shifted so far I have lost the track of things like my age and time.
Last time I was in this timeline this body was only 7 years old and since this was body of a princess I was coddled a lot and just had some fun here but now this girl has grown up a lot and by the looks she seems 19 now.
I don't remember anything problematic from this timeline except that this girl who's body I have taken over is a daughter of one of the King's concubines. And there was some politics involved but I didn't bother learning much about that since I was possessing a child at that time and was gonna leave this timeline in few years anyway. What I didn't expect was to be back in this timeline again.
I assume I can just have some fun here and be coddled like my last visit or so I thought.
I took the bath and went to the brunch everyone kept nagging me for and apparently Royal people are lunatics which Of course I have realised throughout the multiple timelines I've been in but it's been a while since I encountered some of these lunatics.
"Brigitte you can't keep being disrespectful to all of us. You are a princess, act like one. you have a title to uphold" One of the women with light brown hair and brown eyes said looking towards me with a look of disappointment and disgust. From the memory of this Brigitte girl I could tell she was one of the other concubines who didn't like "my" mother. Her name was Sabine. The King favored her a lot but not more than "my" mother. that explains her behaviour towards me. And for some reason Brigitte's mother wasn't here.
Also for some reason I feel like some parts are blurry from Brigitte's memories that I've inherited which is common occurrence. It has happened before too so I'm not surprised.
"She is right, you should learn some manners and specially after the recent incident I don't think you're in any place to be bratty like you always are" another guy from the table added to the conversation. He was Brigitte's brother well step-brother. he is the prince who's next in the line for throne. From my inherited memories I could tell he had brief intreactions with Brigitte but he has never shown any favorable behavior towards her and that's because Brigitte had caused a lot of trouble over the years and All he ever cared about was reputation of the Royal family.
"I apologize for my insolence, I promise to be better in future. " I said trying to sound as convincing as possible. Everyone seemed to be in disbelief. They had one of those "did I hear that right?" expressions on their faces and well I couldn't blame them after how bratty this Brigitte girl has been.
"Well no need to discuss this further, she apologized and promised to behave in future so both of you can drop it now"
It was the King himself this time. It is weird that he is here since most of times the Kings don't have time to attend such Brunches but he's taking my side so I'm glad regardless.
"His majesty is right. We're here for a family brunch so let's just be nice and have a peaceful one" One of the women said in a cheerful tone. It was Brigitte's Step-sister Ursula. She has always been on Brigitte's side and they are close as far as I can tell from my memories.
The Brunch ended rather well and I was on my way to my room until someone called out to me. It was the prince or you can say Brigitte's step-brother Elias.
"Something like that can never happen again, I will not tolerate such behavior anymore. You almost brought shame to the Royal Family" He said looking at me in a disapproving manner.
"I thought we were done with this. I apologized and promised to behave. What more do you want? " I said trying get it over with because I need to be alone in my room and wrap my head around this timeline and whatever is going on here.
"You always do that and then cause a new incident within months. His majesty the king is too soft on you so you've turned out to be spoiled but know this, If you ever get out of line and do anything that brings shame on the Royal family, I will not let it slide. Consider this a final warning."
He said in a cold and scary tone then walked away before I could say anything in response to that. Who lacks manners now? God I knew these royal people were lunatics but this guy still boiled my blood just now even though Brigitte kind of deserved it.
"Ignore him, you know he's always like that. He just worries about our family and our image. He means well" It was Ursula my sister.
I turned to look at her and gave her a smile. "Thanks for always taking my side" I said and Ursula warmly smiled in response to that and I turned towards my room. Ursula was nice to Brigitte so I had no reason to be mean to her.
Well Elias wasn't wrong, Briggitte is a spoiled brat and has caused many incidents that could damage the Royal family's image so I can't blame him for acting like that.
I reached my room and was looking at the mirror to finally get a good look at myself. Blue hair and blue eyes that compliment each other, pale skin, somewhat good nose and small lips. The Body was alright, good enough to be a side character in a manhwa but the thing is looks have never mattered to me considering I keep changing timelines and taking over different bodies.
One thing I've learned from revisiting this timeline is that when I leave the person who's body I'm possessing they coninue living the life normally and think that everything that I did while possesing the body was done by them. Because being back in this Brigitte's body I can tell she doesn't have any memory of me possessing her. She just thinks she lived all those times when I was possesing her body so in conclusion people I posses never have any memory of me.
"Your highness, Can we come in?" One of the maids said from outside the door. "Yes of course"
She entered the room while holding something in her hands. It was a book. She put out her hand and pointed it to my direction. "Your highness, this is the book you asked us to search for few days ago, it took time but we have found it"
A book? I didn't think Brigitte was the reader type girl but from her memories I can tell she did infact ask for a book.
"Put it at the table and Thank you" I said eyeing the book with disinterest. "Huh?" The maid's eyes widened. Oh yeah right Brigitte is never polite to these people but well I'm not her so I'm gonna be as polite to these people as I can.
"I said you can put it on table and leave. Thank you" I tried to sound as normal as I could.
"Yes your highness" She bowed politely and left the room after putting the book down on the table. I'm not interested in checking some book out. I have more issues to think about....
And there's a big one that needs my attention.
That guy last night.
Who was that guy in my room last night? He broke into the apartment but he also gave me the pills. I was suspicious of him because the pills could've been anything but they were in fact just sleeping pills which means he knew I was looking for them, then does that mean he also knew why I was looking for them?
And the most weird thing
He called me Nora.