While getting carried away, I only stopped playing the game when dawn arrived… Sure enough, I barely got any sleep. I changed into my uniform, just splashed my face quickly with some water, and headed towards the front door without even combing my unkempt hair.
I heard my mother nagging “but all high school girls would be embarrassed to look like this” and smoothly pretended to listen.
After leaving the entrance I jumped onto my favorite bike from middle school and pedaled with full force. After reaching the street from my house and continuing downhill I let myself loose even more while pedaling. Turning the pedal even further, even further. Turning more, more. Turning turning turning… turning so much that I can’t stop. The bike continued this way to a street with a lot of traffic. In my fading consciousness… I heard the endlessly repeating voice of my family saying “this idiot!”
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These memories from my previous life… I just remembered them because my head was hit pretty hard. Katarina Claes, aged 8. As the only daughter of Duke Claes, I have been raised and pampered lovelily like a flower. As a result, I grew up to be a selfish, pompous princess.
Today, I was escorted to the royal palace by my father. Also, the third prince of the same age was scheduled to be guiding me around the royal palace gardens.
Meeting the prince for the first time, his blonde hair and blue eyes were so beautiful that it was like an angel’s face. He was so calm and composed that you would not think he was only an eight year old child. I fell in love with such a prince at first sight, and single-mindedly stuck myself close to the prince. Since I was spoiled, I did not care about bothering others whatsoever. Then, since I was following the prince so closely, I finally got too close and fell on him. The falling momentum was not a big deal, but… the location was bad. There is an ornamental rock garden right before us, and I hit my head there strongly. I hit my forehead, and apparently it was spouting quite a large amount of blood. All of the prince’s servants accompanying him were in a panic.
…… However, to me, something such as my blood flowing was no problem whatsoever. Anyhow, the shock had caused my previous life’s memories to return. The previous me had been a seventeen year old high school student. This meant that in the current eight year old’s memories and mind, seventeen years of memories came flooding in. Frankly speaking, I thought my head would short-circuit. The stunned me was taken to the infirmary for treatment just like that, and then deported to the mansion right after.
After that, I kept having feverish nightmares for the next five days.
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Five days later, somehow both the fever and the memories settled down, and I was finally able to get out from bed. Then, somehow to such a person as myself, the Prince has come to inquire as to my well-being. It seems that, the prince was concerned about me that could barely get up from my bed and visited my bedroom.
“Hello, how are you feeling now, Miss Claes?”
The third prince Jared gave me the honor of his angelic face and voice, I was lost on cloud nine. Ahhh, it’s such a cute and lovely face…
Before the previous life’s memories returned, Katarina just seemed to be in love with Prince Jared, but… The me that had regained seventeen years of memory would never entertain the idea of love with an eight year old boy. However, Prince Jared healed me just by being able to look at his adorable appearance of an angel. Onee-san seems to have involuntarily become something like a sister. Thinking there was no way, even while appreciating the thought, Prince Jared turned towards me with a clouded face.
“Really, I am so very sorry. To have injured your face…”
It seems that Prince Jared was bowing his head for some reason…
In the first place, it was because of my singlemindedly following closely that caused the fall, and because I caused bloodshed at the lovely royal palace garden… I said and truly felt “no, no, it is I who should be saying sorry.” I replied in a hurry.
“Please, raise your head, Prince Jared. This incident, it is entirely my fault alone. Rather, since it is multiplied by the inconvenience to the castle people, I must go back to apologize to them.”
And when I admirably lowered my head, the prince had an extremely surprised face.
Thinking about why that was so, I remembered that I was still a selfish princess when I met with the prince. By the way, these surprising features of mine after these five days were all the rage amongst our house servants. The princess that was raised like a flower was an arrogant princess even at home, and had always conducted herself arrogantly.
But, after regaining my memories of seventeen years as a commoner, I was unable to act as bossy and arrogant as I was previously… Now, the mansion is abuzz with rumors that the lady’s personality has drastical