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Future Reflections

Maikling Kwento · Romance
By:  Flowers in StreamsKumpleto
Language: English
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Synopsis

Winning Back the Wife

Love after Marriage

Independence

Bias

Tragic Love

Feel-Good Story

Plot Twists

On my wedding night, I saw another me from fifty years in the future through the bronze mirror on the dressing table. The old woman in the mirror was in the same manor I had just married into. Blushing, I touched my hair. "Fifty years from now, will I be surrounded by family, living peacefully together?" But the old woman only leaned against the dark bed in silence. Then, a yellowed painted portrait slipped from her sleeve and fell at her feet. I shyly said, "Is that the portrait Matthew promised me on our wedding night? He said we would grow old together, hand in hand." Only then did the old woman scoff and slowly move closer to the mirror. I looked carefully. The woman in the portrait on the floor was... Sabella, my closest friend. A chill went through me as my future self forced a bitter smile and stared straight at me. "The truth is that Sabella Lane was abducted and violated on your wedding night, and then she died. Because you stopped Matthew Cross, he became certain that you had sent people to do it. After that, he hated you and tortured you for fifty years. "Gwendolen Shaw, I have now revealed to you the truth ahead of time. Whether you still stop him from seeking out Sabella tonight or not is your choice."

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9 Kabanata
Chapter 1
I froze where I stood, unable to believe a word of it.Matthew and I had known each other since childhood. After more than a decade together, everyone in the royal capital of Kingsport knew how much he cared for me.To marry me, he had barely passed the two trials my father had set for him. Then, he petitioned outside the Shaw estate for three days and nights before my father finally agreed.He had said he would never marry anyone but me.Sabella Lane was also my closest friend. She had not been in Kingsport for long, but we were alike in temperament. It wasn't long before we shared everything with each other.She knew Matthew was the only man in my heart. She had even once teased me by saying that if she were a man, she would fight Matthew for me.The two of them even got jealous over who could invite me out that day.To say they had been secretly involved with each other and that Matthew would torture me for fifty years because of her?What a ridiculous joke!I was about to
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Chapter 2
Matthew left those words behind in a hurry, and he soon vanished into the night. But the moment he turned away, my expression turned cold.The noise outside slowly faded. I stood there quietly, listening as he gathered men and rode away at full speed.The candles in our bedchamber still burned, but it felt unbearably ironic.I turned and walked toward the bronze mirror. In the mirror, I still wore my wedding hair ornaments and gown. I looked dazzling, but the icy look in my eyes could send a chill down anyone's spine.I took out a carrier pigeon and wrote a letter. Then, I raised my voice and ordered the people outside. "Prepare a carriage and follow the marquess!"The carriage raced through the night. I sat upright inside, holding the bronze mirror tightly in both hands.In the mirror, the old face from my future fifty years later remained clear.Her hoarse voice sounded faintly beside my ear. "On my wedding night, I refused to let Matthew leave no matter what. I cried and made
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Chapter 3
In that instant, I could feel the chill in my bones. Oh, how cold the bitter frost traveling through my veins was. The person I loved most had pushed me into the bandit's hands for the sake of my closest friend.I felt the edge of the blade against my neck, but I was not afraid at all. It was said that there was no greater sorrow than a dead heart. This was probably what that meant.When the bandit saw that he had me in his hands, the panic in his eyes turned vicious. He grinned and pressed the blade tighter against my neck. His foul breath brushed my ear as he spoke in a voice only I could hear. "The legitimate daughter of the General of Ironwall? If you want to blame someone, blame it on the person who paid a high price for your life!"My heart skipped a beat as I sensed the killing intent surging inside of him. The bandit raised his sword, but at the last second, I used all my strength and bit hard into the wrist that held me.The bandit screamed in pain, and his grip loosened.
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Chapter 4
A sharp pain in my shoulder blade woke me from my sleep. I opened my eyes, but there was no one beside me. Only the bronze mirror that connected to the future was safely placed beside my bed.The old woman in the mirror looked at my miserable state and chuckled twice. "Foolish child. Matthew ignored and tortured me for five decades, and I only learned the truth yesterday. Sabella never died. He kept her in another estate, hidden away as his mistress for fifty full years!"They lived happily together surrounded by children and grandchildren, while I lived with guilt and blame for hurting my closest friend. I spent my life with only a rosary and prayer books for company, alone and miserable."I listened quietly to her accusation. Every word was soaked in blood. However, my heart no longer stirred. "The one hundred thousand silver coins you gathered for him became the wealth he used to support Sabella."And back then, it wasn't that he failed to bring back the frost rose during his tr
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Chapter 5
I looked toward the voice and saw a tall figure standing at the courtyard's entrance. He stood straight with his back straight, surrounded by the air of a man long hardened on the battlefield.With one look, he silenced all the noise in the courtyard.It was my older brother, Gunter Shaw.He had rushed back overnight from the military camp a hundred miles away after receiving the letter I had sent last night.Matthew did not recognize him, however. Gunter had been tasked to reinforce the border for years and rarely returned to the royal capital, so Matthew had never met him.When Matthew saw me looking at Gunter, panic flashed in his eyes. It instantly turned into the ugly rage of humiliation. "So this is he, Gwendolen?! I was wondering where you got the courage to demand a divorce! It turns out you'd already found your next man on our wedding night!"He pointed at Gunter and cursed, "Where did this man come from?! How dare he barge into my estate? Men, break his legs!"Before h
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Chapter 6
I walked to the dressing table. The old woman in the mirror was still leaning against the bed, her eyes empty and lifeless. Perhaps my resolve surprised her too, because a faint glint seemed to appear in her clouded eyes.I did not ask her anything more.I already knew the truth. From now on, I would walk my own path and create my own future.I wrapped the bronze mirror in a cloth and placed it in the box I had prepared earlier.When I walked out of the estate's main entrance, I looked back one last time.Matthew was gripping the bandit's collar, his face dark as he questioned him.I smiled coldly as I climbed into the carriage and returned to the Shaw estate without looking back.The wheels rolled on, crushing everything from the past behind me.When I returned to the familiar estate, my parents were already waiting at the gate. When my mother saw the wound on my shoulder, she burst into tears.After comforting my parents, I returned to my courtyard alone.From a brocade box
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Chapter 7
The dream was over.When Sabella opened her eyes again, she was in a cold, damp dungeon.In front of her, Matthew sat in a chair and stared at her with a dark sneer.Sabella sat bound to the torture rack, her hair messy and her face terrified. "Matthew? Where is this? Why am I here?"When she saw Matthew, tears immediately welled in her eyes, and she put on that pitiful look again. Matthew's expression was hidden in shadow and hard to see clearly, but the pressure around him was terrifying.He did not answer. Instead, he simply clapped his hands coldly. Two guards dragged a bloodied man and threw him in front of Sabella.It was the bandit.He had been beaten beyond recognition and had only one breath left.Sabella's eyes narrowed, and all color drained from her face, but she still forced herself to stay calm. "Matthew, what... What's the meaning of this?"When the bandit saw Sabella, he struggled to raise his hand and point at her as if he had seen a lifeline."It was her…. I
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Chapter 8
After running out of the dungeon, the first thing he did was go to the Shaw estate.He pounded on the estate gate every day, shouting Gwendolen's name until his voice went hoarse. I ignored it and merely made tea and read books in my personal courtyard.Gunter blocked him outside and stopped his harassment for me.At first, he simply kept Matthew outside the gates. Later, Matthew tried to force his way in. From beyond the walls of my courtyard, I would then hear the dull sounds of fists hitting flesh, along with Matthew's painful groans.Gunter would not hold back. Every time, Matthew had to be carried back by the servants of his estate. But the next day, he would appear on time again, and the cycle would repeat.I was very annoyed, but I was also too tired of him to pay any attention.Only half a month later did he finally stop coming, and I thought he had finally given up. But a servant came to report that Matthew had sold all the lands and properties under his household's name
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Chapter 9
One night, I looked into the bronze mirror again.This time, the old woman in the mirror spoke first. Her voice was no longer hoarse, and her eyes were clear with a gentle smile in them. "I listened to you and left that place. I used the little money I had left to open a small school, where I took in homeless children. Watching them read and write made my heart feel alive."I was sincerely happy for her.From then on, I began expanding my business beyond the royal capital. I traveled over mountains and rivers, saw smoke rising over the desert, and watched rain falling over the river towns in the damp south. My horizon grew wider with every landscape and scenery I had seen.Ten years passed in a flash.I was invited back to the royal capital to attend a royal banquet in the palace. During the banquet, the idle chatter of several noblewomen drifted into my ears."Have you heard? That marquess froze to death in the abandoned temple west of the city a few days ago.""Which marquess?
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