Rosie's Games

Chapter 179: The Princess's Deeds

The Prince's eyes turned wide, and it looked like they would jump out of their sockets, the moment he laid his eyes on the Count.

He stared at the pale Count who was sitting on the couch. The man looked alive, albeit pale and weak looking, but he was alive.

How could someone like him survive? There was no possible way for the Count to even be conscious after everything that he went through.

In fact, the assassination attempt was something that the Prince planned for the Count. He knew that it failed and that the Duke intervened in the end, however, he still had another plan and that one involved the Countess.

A second cursed object was inserted into the Count's body on the very same day.

How could someone this old survive? josei

*Cough*

*Cough*

The Count started coughing and a woman with gray hair immediately handed him water. Now that the Prince thought about it, the woman was not dressed like a maid. Instead, she was dressed like a noble. Although she was not wearing anything on her face nor any jewelry, her elegant movements were still enough to catch the Prince's attention.

"It seems that this was the wrong time to visit the Count," he said. All he wanted to do was leave this place and investigate exactly what happened. He wanted to know what caused his plan to go so wrong. He refused to believe that the Duke did not have a hand in it!

"Please, Your Highness… it is this lowly ones' fault for not being able to entertain you. Please forgive me. This lowly one is rather weak and old. I—" Again, the Count had another coughing fit and again, the woman handed him water.

"No— Please— there is no need to be polite," the Crown Prince immediately got up and looked at the Duke. "The Countess had arranged—"

**BANG**

Everyone turned towards the door where the Countess was now standing.

"Husband?" Countess Marchiana's tears flowed like a waterfall when she saw her husband. Her face contorted before she started sobbing. She was about to approach the Count when Denys blocked her way.

"The Count is very weak. Unless the Countess wants to kill her own husband for his wealth, then I suggest that the Countess takes a step back and let the Count rest."

"You—"

Denys words rendered everyone speechless. Kill the Count for his wealth? Who would dare accuse the Countess of wanting to kill her husband? However, before the Countess could say a word, a loud resounding slap echoed inside the room.

Princess Freda slapped Denys without a second thought.

"How dare a mere knight disrespect a Countess in her own estate!?" Princess Freda pushed Denys when the man did not budge, her eyes narrowed into a glare. "Are you going to disrespect this princess as well?"

"Crown Princess of the Lonyth, the daughter of Earl Varma who owns a whorehouse and has been raping children as young as eight. A crown princess well-known for bullying her maids and the other noble ladies, and who bullies the Crown Prince's concubines and the Emperor's grandchildren," Duke Lucas said before he looked at Denys. "Apologize to the honorable Princess, Denys. Beg for her forgiveness and hope that her royal self will forgive you or else… she will die by my sword today."

"You—"

"This lowly servant begs forgiveness from the Crown Princess of Lonyth, daughter of Earl Varma who owns a whorehouse and had been raping children as young as eight. A crown princess well-known for bullying her maids and other noble ladies, and who bullies the Prince's concubines and the Emperor's grandchildren." Denys bowed. "Please forgive this lowly one or you will die by the Duke's sword today."

The Princess's face turned purple from anger. She glared at the Duke and then towards Denys. Everyone in the room seemed to have stopped breathing. Luckily, there were no maids or other knights inside. Currently, the only people to witness what was going on were the Count, the Countess, the prince and crown princess, the Duke and Rosalind, and of course, Denys.

"You dare—"

"Do you think I would not dare to kill a mere princess?" the Duke asked. Despite his words, he was calmly sitting next to the Count. "Why don't we try and see if the King will forgive me for killing a Princess?"

This time, Princess Freda's face lost all color. Who didn't know that the Duke killed a princess from Cirid in the past simply because she mocked him in front of her father? That Princess was the daughter of the King and she still died in front of her very own father. Everyone thought that the Duke was unreasonable and rumors started spreading about his cruelty; however, the King of Cirid said nothing about it.

In fact, the Duke left the palace with gifts given by the King himself.

Many wondered what happened and that was when the nasty deeds of the Princess were revealed to the public. Apparently, that woman liked to kidnap younger men and tie them up to use them for her own sexual pleasure.

It was then revealed that the Princess also frequented gambling houses and offended a lot of people, not just inside the palace, but the common citizens as well.

Many people testified that the princess was actually a tyrant, yet the King could not personally get rid of her because of her maternal family who were also nobles.

Soon, rumors that it was actually the King who wanted the Princess dead started to spread. Again, the King did nothing to stop it.

It did not take too long before the rumors stopped. However, those rumors have already reached the neighboring kingdoms, including Lonyth.

What were the odds that if something like that happened again, her secret deeds would also be revealed to the public? If that were the case, then she would be remembered as the nasty princess and not the vulnerable woman that everyone thought she was.

"It's alright. I— It was me who made a mistake," Princess Freda said. "I— I am not feeling well because of the cold. Countess, lead me to my quarters."

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