What exactly made us like this? Let’s take a moment to look back.


    Before becoming who we are now, we were just freshmen starting our lives on campus and had been best friends since high school. Right before this strange incident, we were walking down the stairs toward the cafeteria. But then, someone pushed us from behind. Falling from a considerable height, we suffered severe head injuries and... goodbye. When we opened our eyes, we were already in these bodies.


    "Your Highness, let us return to the kingdom," a woman''s voice broke the silence, pulling the Princess back to reality. She turned to the source of the voice.


    "Who are you referring to as ''Your Highness''?" she asked, trying to confirm what she had heard.


    "You, Your Highness," the woman replied, her face filled with concern.


    Huh? So I’m a princess? No wonder this body has such a beautiful face and is so well-maintained! thought the Princess, finally realizing her current identity.


    In that case, this woman must be my personal maid, she guessed, smiling at her maid. But her smile only made the maid look more worried.


    The Princess must be ill, the maid thought.


    On the other side, a similar situation occurred with the Grand Duke’s daughter. Her personal maid, standing by her side, showed the same concern.


    "My Lady, it’s best for us to return to the Grand Duke’s estate," her maid said.


    The Grand Duke’s daughter turned with a surprised expression, though she hid it well.


    "The Grand Duke? Are you saying I am the daughter of the Grand Duke?" she asked to confirm.


    "Yes, My Lady. You are the sole daughter of the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess," the maid replied.


    The Princess quickly approached the Grand Duke’s daughter with enthusiasm.


    "I’m a princess, and you’re the only daughter of the Grand Duke. That means we’re important people here. No wonder everyone is crowding around us!" she said excitedly, still not fully grasping the situation.


    "Exactly. That’s the only logical explanation. Our messy appearance must be because they’re so drawn to us that they pulled on our dresses," the Grand Duke’s daughter replied confidently.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    Their words sounded increasingly odd to the maids, making them even more worried.


    "My Lady…"


    "Your Highness…"


    "You must return immediately and receive treatment!"


    ***


    Elarion Palace – The Princess’s Residence


    Despite the maids’ insistence on taking us back for medical treatment, they eventually gave up after we persistently assured them we were fine. Now, we were sitting in the Princess’s palace garden.


    We asked our maids a lot of questions, including their names. They seemed on the verge of tears seeing how drastically we had changed—even though, indeed, we were entirely different people. In the end, they concluded that we had been "cured of madness" that had plagued us for years. That was… well, let’s just forget about it.


    Our names are Seraphina Lyra Elarion and Calista Morvail Nocturne. The commotion earlier turned out to be caused by our fight, which escalated into hair-pulling. How childish. And worse, the fight was over… the Duke of the North.


    "How ridiculous. We fought over a man!" Seraphina laughed, sipping her tea.


    Throughout our friendship in the previous life, we had never once fought, let alone over a man. In our eyes, every man in the real world was just trouble!


    "What is the Duke of the North like?" Calista asked Jane, her maid.


    "According to the novels I’ve read, he must be cold-hearted!" Seraphina said enthusiastically.


    "Um… not cold-hearted, but he enjoys toying with women’s feelings," Jane hesitated.


    "He frequently changes partners," added Ella, Seraphina’s maid.


    "He’s also known as the ‘Bloody hands.’ He doesn’t hesitate to kill anyone who stands in his way, even his own father, to seize the throne," Ella continued.


    "A trashy man," Calista said bluntly.


    "Ha ha… and we fought over a man like that?" Seraphina laughed bitterly.


    "Alright, Calista, it’s time for us to fulfill our mission. Let’s fix our reputation, which has been tarnished for years!" Seraphina declared with determination, met with an approving nod from Calista.


    ***


    The Next Day


    The Solarian Empire was abuzz with rumors about our change. Gossip such as "Princess Elarion and the Grand Duke’s daughter have been freed from possession" or "They’ve been cured of madness" spread quickly.


    "Freed from possession and cured of madness? Isn’t this interesting, my cousin?" a voice said with amusement.


    "…"