Mizu: So... starting a new schedule.

Konton: I've been shackled... to a schedule... I'm doomed.

Mizu: I will update every 15th, or around then. Konton WILL update every 5th unless he is physically unable to do so.

Konton: You do know you're stressing the WILL more than Chapter Three.

Chapter Three

I wake up sweating after having a nightmare... The truck ran me over in my dream I feel the pain that I felt in that moment again but it isn't physical pain, no the emotional pain of being hit.

I get up and put on my clothes, in my original life I was dominated by yin and thus I could be a bit feminine when it came to outward appearance. The maid considered putting my hair up but I adamantly refused, so she decided to keep my hair down and put in some hair pieces to decorate it. I must hand it to ancient woman, they are absolutely impressive with their lifestyle.

"Madam what are you going to do today?" Hana asks me. I ponder it for a bit looking at the gorgeous day and decide that I want to go for a walk into the city. I mean I found where my money was earlier today and I noticed the lack of a blade on me.

Since this was ancient times you would expect a woman to have some sort of protection but I have none, I think I will buy a dagger similar to the tanto. It won't help me in battle but it will be small enough that I can hide it and use for self defense.

"We are going for a walk into the town." I state, I know she is going to object because I get the feeling my standings in the house are really low.

"But madam... Young master expressly ordered you to never leave the mansion." Hana replies.

"I don't care, what is he going to do?"

"But madam he could divorce you!" Hana exclaims. Like I would care if he did that or not, from what I remember our family is in control the military city Beitai. While it isn't a powerful city it fields a good army and even has an army stationed there to protect it in case one of our neighbors declare war.

Actually now that the memories are coming back that is probably why Mother-in-law desired an alliance without family. Our house is in good relation with the emperor but our house itself is weak and we hold a strategic northern city close by to Zanori. "Then let him, he could probably do it right now if he felt like it."

"Then provoking him will push him towards that decision." Hana tries to explain, she continues to follow me out to the doors.

"Um, madam you aren't allowed outside." One of the guards wearily mentions when I walk up. His caution is smart because as soon as he says that I bring my glare upon him and he freezes up, he seems like a strong person but he is a bit hesitant to instigate a fight and thus will back down.

I walk past him and see the bustling city of Zanori, it is amazing. People walk in the streets and there are small booths out on the streets for people to barter with.

I find a booth selling blades and stand a little bit away from the booth to try and find out what a good price is around here. Hana gets impatient and asks me why we are standing in one spot but I just hush her. It seems that a good short blade is about 4 Zuans but the dealer with the blade I want sells them at a high price of 8 to 10 Zuans but if the person walks away he will cave in as long as the deal is fair.

"Sir I would like this knife for 5 Zuans." I say walking up to the booth owner.

"Ah, you have a keen eye young miss. Sadly this blade in 8 Zuans, I'll cut you a deal and sell it for 7 Zuans." The booth owner responds. A good strategy name an expensive price and sell it a bit lower making naive people think that they are getting a good deal.

"I am willing to pay 5 Zuans only." I stand strong.

"Young miss, you are killing me here, fine for you I will lower it to 6 Zuans but no less." He says and I begin to walk away, it's not that I plan to entirely walk away but I know he will sell it because one customer is better than no customer. "Fine miss, you can have it for 5 Zuans just don't leave!"

"Pleasure doing business with you sir." I say handing him the 5 Zuans and obtaining the knife. I then begin to continue my stroll.

"Madam, why did you buy the knife? I thought you hated blades with a deep passion." Hana questions me.

"For protection." I say curtly, the building are made of pretty good material so this is probably a trade city especially with all these different things for sell within the city.

I come across a park and relax in the shade for awhile. I meditate and listen to my surroundings. From what I gather people believe that the current emperor has an interest in the north favoring this over the southern expansion favored by his father.

It's a good thing he isn't militaristic like his father so it looks like he won't be going to war anytime soon and the people in the north don't have to fear an invasion.

I walk back to the mansion and see Katsuro in the courtyard talking with Junichi. Katsuro give me an icy glare that indicates he isn't happy I disobeyed an order from him. He seems like he enjoys relative freedom to use his power.

"Where have you been?" He asks, Junichi looks at me and Hana immediately drops to the ground and bows.

"Forgive this humble servant, I tried to stop her-" Hana says but gets cut off by me.

"I went for a stroll in the town." I said giving him a bored expression. I then head back to the study, Katsuro gives me a questionative stare and Hana jumps up and runs to catch up with me.

"Make sure to inform me when you plan to take a stroll in the future." Katsuro adds to my retreating figure. The mansion is actually pretty grand and the study seems to be impressive for this time period as well.

I continue to read in the study and I have grasped the written language enough to be able to read a bit of history. Most of it is minor and uninteresting but some of it might be good to remember in the future. The biggest thing though is this empire was set up on trade and to this day strives to take the entire east coast in order to dominate the continents trade.

"So you were here." Katsuro says walking in, "what are you reading about now?"

"History."

He sits down next to me and for awhile we just sit there reading. I never really took his looks in before but I must say he is a good looking guy. He is taller than Mizuki and she isn't short, not to tall though just slightly taller than average. He has green eyes and dark brown hair, he is muscular and looks as if he trains daily. From what I can tell he seems intelligent too, I think he looks down upon people due to his different outlook on life.

"I can tell that you are sneaking glances at me." He whispers into my ear. Well sorry for disrupting you, not like I like men anyway. Just that one should appreciate other people's looks.

"Oh..." I say in a quisitive tone. I go back to reading but for some reason I find it hard to focus on the words. I need to find a way to regain my focus.

Oh that's right, didn't think to hard about it earlier but since I learned the written form of Lotai the language seems to be like Chinese in sentence structure. The subject comes first followed by the verb and then the object. I didn't notice this when I was speaking because in this mind it is natural for this to be the sentence structure but once I start writing it out it becomes more noticeable.

I would like to mention the way I have been talking usually follows the process of I hear something and my mind takes it in, then my spirit translates it for me. If I want to say something then my spirit thinks it and my mind translates it and it comes out the in the other language. I have noticed that the body and mind are slowly forcing the language on my spirit so I am slowly just naturally learning the language and speaking it.

Funny how the mind, body and spirit try to force itself to work in harmony. Suddenly Katsuro opens his mouth, "What are you thinking of dear?"

"Language..." I say getting back to reading.

"Such as?"

"I am not going to get any more reading done, am I?" I ask and he just gives me a smile. "Sentence structure to be exact."

"What do you mean?" He asks me as if I am speaking a different language.

"Things such as Subject, verb, and object order." I try to explain, "Like here is the subject and it is followed by the verb and lastly comes the object."

"Oh, but why would you be thinking about that?" He asks, wait does this mean on the entire continent that nobody uses a different sentence structure.

"Well what if a language used a Subject, object and verb sentence structure?" I ask.

"You seem to be asking some weird questions, what language even does that?" He asks and I just shake my head and shrug. I really doubt they speak Japanese in this world.

"I was just thinking..." I mumble and I feel him smile at me from behind my back. I suddenly feel his gaze on my neck.

"Why do I detect a weapon on you?" He asks, I turn my head and stare him in the eyes. His face becomes stoic.

"That is because I have a Tanto on me." I say staring him in the eyes.

"Tanto?"

"It's a dagger." I respond and he just gives me a light smile and points at the scroll and asks me a question. "Don't tell me you need me to read it for you?"

"I would appreciate it if you did dear!" He says as he gives me a smile and lays down. I frown at him and begin to read it out loud, I would have ignored this request but since I have remember all the words reading it out loud helps me.

After reading for awhile my voice gets tired and I begin to meditate until it gets dark out. I get up and begin to dust myself off, Katsuro opens his eyes and looks at me.

"It's dark out, we should head to bed and get some sleep." I say and he closes his eyes and nods his head. I walk to my room and get dress into my nightwear. I see Katsuro from the corner of my eyes. "What are you doing?"

"You are my wife, I think I am sleeping with you." He says in a flat tone. He seems to be getting the attitude that he is the master of this house. Well I guess he is but it's going to take more than that for him to sleep with me.

"Well then the floor is a comfortable place for you to sleep." I say getting into bed, I feel him get in but he doesn't get too close to me so I don't bother him.

"you've changed..." He says in a hushed voice.

"hm, what was I like before?" I ask.

"You mean you don't remember?" He asks me interest seeping into his voice.

"I remember vague stuff from before the fever but nothing too much." I answer.

"Oh, well you were horrible, you often spoke about rumors and gossip and you were a pain to talk to."

"Was I?" I mutter.

"Yeah in fact I think you even tried to poison mother before." He says with a laugh.

"I still might, but the next time I will succeed."

"Well, you also talked loudly and acted in a way unbefitting for a lady." He finishes the conversation, after that we just kept quiet and eventually fell asleep.

Konton: I'll obey the all mighty schedule. *sob* *sob* Mizu: Please anticipate our releases, I enjoy working on them.