Rosie's Games

Chapter 128: Famished 1

"How is she?" the Duke immediately asked when they saw Rosalind walk inside the room he and Pratt were sitting in.

"Better, she is currently asleep now. I will do another treatment after two weeks."

"Two weeks? I thought it would be weekly? What about her— I mean the pain?"

"She will not feel any pain for the next two weeks."

"Is that true?"

"Yes."

'Then— when will the treatments end?"

Slowly, Rosalind started explaining everything to the anxious Duke. "The treatment has been successful and the Princess will no longer feel any pain. However, I need to do more treatments to completely remove the curse. For now, the Princess needs to recover. She needed to sleep and eat healthy food in order to gain back the weight that she lost.

"Thank you! I truly— "

"Now, shall we talk about the elephant in the room?" Rosalind sat next to Mr. Pratt. "The last time that we talked, the Duke did not want to undergo any treatment. I am curious if that is still the case now?" she asked.

"I— "

"If the Duke is curious about my goal, then I can tell you that I have no interest in politics. All I want is to heal people." Her direct words must have surprised the other two men in the room, but she was not actually saying this because she wanted to. It was just… she was running out of time. She had been here for four hours.

She needed to go back to the carriage or the other people will notice her absence.

She was in a hurry and had to pretend that she was all calm.

"I would like to think about it. I will tell Mr. Pratt once I have decided."

"I see," Rosalind suddenly got up. "Since that is the case then… please excuse me. I just finished treating the Princess and I have exhausted my body. I needed to rest."

"I understand."

"I took the gold that his Grace has given me. It has been a pleasure. I will see you in two weeks," Rosalind said. With that, she walked out of the room and waited for Mr. Pratt to follow her. After a few minutes, Mr. Pratt made his way out and saw her.

The two of them went back to the black market where she received another batch of the relics that she asked him to collect. Rosalind gave the man another list and the gold to pay for the items before returning her the carriage.

Unexpectedly, the treatment had affected her body this time. Usually, absorbing the darkness would give her energy, but this time, the opposite happened. Her head started to turn heavy, cold sweat beaded on her forehead, and her limbs started hurting. It was uncomfortable.

However, she did not want to show this weakness in front of other people, so she hurried back to the carriage to rest.

Right now, she needed time to assess her new abilities.

Quickly, Rosalind fell into deep slumber the moment she arrived in the carriage.

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Rosalind woke up from the noise outside of her carriage.

She frowned and got up. The light from the blinds seeped inside the carriage. In the North, the darkness of night was undeniably longer. At four in the afternoon, the skies were already dark and usually, the sun would announce its presence around nine in the morning. Once it got dark, the beasts would start to appear, and thus, traveling in the dark was not something that any sane man would do.

Meaning, they only have about seven hours to travel.

"Someone," Rosalind said. Almost immediately, there was a knock on the door, and a maid with a basin of clean water walk in.

"Madam, the Count had to leave because of some official business. He wanted to tell you, but there has been an urgent problem in his estate so he had to leave even before the sun rose."

"He left even when it was still dark?"

"Yes, he only took two soldiers and their horses."

"How far is his estate?" she could not help but ask.

"Ah… about ten days worth of travel if he does not sleep during the night. Knowing the Count and those soldiers, they should arrive at the estate in about fifteen days."

Rosalind frowned. "How many soldiers do we have now?" The Duke did not want this trip to attract any attention so there were only a few soldiers around.

"There are eleven soldiers, four servants, and four coachmen." josei

"I understand," Rosalind knew that the North was very dangerous, but she also knew that attracting the attention of those from the Aster Empire could completely ruin her plans.

"Here is water so the Young Madam can wash her face. Breakfast will be served soon. Please tell us if you need anything else."

With that, the maid left the carriage. Seeing the maid's actions, Rosalind could not help but frown. That was suspicious. She looked at the water and sensed nothing, but her expression grew dimmer when she touched the water.

It was… freezing cold.

Since those maids arrived to assist her, this was the first time that they have given her cold water to wash her face. Was it because the Count had left? She closed her eyes. Luckily, her headache had already disappeared and she was not in the mood to deal with them. She touched the water again and slowly Blessed it.

Using Blessed water to wash one's face was completely unheard of. After all, Blessed water had its own healing properties. Moreover, only the Lux Family could give Blessings using this light. Meaning, having Blessed water was also very rare and expensive. The people who were lucky enough to have Blessed water would save it and not waste it in washing their faces but instead, use it as a medicinal drink.

After washing her face, she called the maid and informed her to take the dirty water out. Seeing her fresh face, the maid blinked but said nothing.

"Ah… please do not forget my hot breakfast," Rosalind gave the maid a meaningful smile. "I am famished."