Rosie's Games

Chapter 190: Dorothy's Cold Eyes

Rosalind blinked. Then she blinked again.

"That was—"

"That was the only relic that was left," Mathies said, almost absentmindedly. It was as if he could not believe what had just happened. "The last relics…" He met her eyes.

"I— I can replace that—" Rosalind quickly put the dagger away, and she got a few relics from her spatial bag. Then she handed them to Mathies.

However, the moment Mathies accepted them, they started floating and then vanished.

"That—"

"Did that dagger absorb them?" Mathies asked. "Did it absorb them?" He grabbed her hand and examined the spot where the dagger tattoo was. "It's real! I was right!"

"What is it?" she looked at the spot and discovered that there were now two marks.

"Summon it."

She complied and summoned the dagger.

Then she stared at the two cursed daggers in both of her hands.

"It multiplied," Mathies said, smiling. "I told you— this is the reason why that disease is infecting many people. A cursed disease is not supposed to infect other people!"

Rosalind stared at the daggers, she had not even sensed its changes. With this in mind, she got herself a few more relics from her spatial bags. This time, however, it no longer reacted to it.

"It's not working…" she said. Rosalind was a little disappointed, she wanted it to work! She wanted more of these weapons!

"Not for the second time, but what if…"

The two of them met each other's eyes and left his room. Then they went to where some of the curse objects were placed. They were still precious marketable items so not many people could go inside, but Rosalind showed her token and told the manager that she wanted to take a look and possibly buy some.

Once inside, she bought a few cheap and ugly-looking weapons before leaving with Mathies. Then they immediately tested it out.

Sadly, it did not work.

None of those weapons were absorbed by Rosalind, and none of them absorbed the relic and multiplied.

In the end, she kept all the cursed weapons in her spatial bag.

"I heard that Miss Lin has bought more cursed weapons this time," their conversation was interrupted when Mr. Pratt arrived. Since Mr. Pratt saw her absorb that dagger, he was immediately curious about the weapons that she bought.

"It was in my spatial bag," Rosalind said. "Ah… are you perhaps done talking to the Duke? Does this mean we are going to start the treatment now?"

"Yes, the Duke is ready. He asked that you take some rest, but it seems that there is no need for that. Shall I bring you to the room where you are going to treat him?"

"Yes please." Rosalind beamed.

.........…..

Aster Empire

"I completed the ritual last night. Why isn't she—" Victoria stopped muttering. She looked at Dorothy who was peacefully sleeping. It was already night time and yet, her daughter was not screaming in pain.

She looked at Jeames.

"Do you think… the ritual worked?"

"Perhaps," Jeames answered.

"She said there is no guarantee but—"

"You should calm down and take a seat. Tonight, we will see If the ritual really worked." Jeames had a complicated look on his face as he stared at Dorothy. The ritual that they did was not subtle. It involved another life— a young life, and that was something that he had never done before.

In his life, Jeames never thought that he would one day take the child of an innocent to save the woman he loved. However, this was his choice. Although that woman told them that it might not be successful, he chose to do it and was prepared to face all the consequences that came along with it.

"Hmmmm…"

The two of them stopped moving when Dorothy started groaning.

"Dorothy?" Victoria approached her daughter and used her palm to touch her forehead. She was not as hot as the other nights when she had experienced the pain from the curse. She looked rather normal, too.

"Dorothy?" she called out. Slowly, Dorothy's eyes opened.

Victoria gasped.

"This—"

"Mother?" Dorothy's mumbled. "Is that you?"

"Oh, my daughter!"

Almost immediately, tears ran down Victoria's cheeks. She held her daughter's hand and carefully kissed it as if she was scared that she would somehow hurt her fragile daughter.

The reunion lasted for a few minutes before Jeames handed Dorothy a glass of water as a physician examined her body.

"This— This is a miracle!" The physician that they let examin Dorothy was a trusted physician that had been working with Victoria's family for years. She, along with Victoria's family, had been trying to look for clues to help Dorothy and ease her pain.

"I must inform the master about this."

"There is no need to do that for now, Seone," Victoria said. "I will personally inform father about it. For now, you may leave us."

"Yes, Mistress." The physician named Seone left.

"Jeames?"

"Madam?" Jeames approached them, his face was devoid of any expression. "No one else must know about this."

"Yes."

Victoria nodded. Then she called out to Loren.

"You already know what to do?" she asked.

"Yes, Madam."

"Good. Get rid of her. Silently."

Victoria said. Seone had been working with her father for years, but this did not mean that she would just trust her. Dorothy's well-being was her current priority and she would do everything to keep Dorothy's secrets.

Loren nodded in response before he disappeared into the night.

"Seone has been helping Dorothy," Jeames said. "She was sent by your father."

Victoria frowned. "I do not like your tone, young man."

"I just—"

"Seone is a liability and all liabilities must be taken cared of," Victoria said. "Do you understand me?"

"What If it did not work?"

"Then we will find another physician. I do not lack gold, I can pay for another one. Everything… has its price Jeames. You, of all people, should know that."

The two were so busy talking that they missed the sadistic smile that appeared on Dorothy's face….just as they missed the coldness in her eyes.

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