Rosie's Games

Chapter 200: Determination

"Something must be wrong… why is his Grace not here yet?" Fraunces started pacing inside the small study where Leonardo used to hide to avoid his tutor and the Countess.

"Leonardo… may I know why the Count never had any other children?" Rosalind asked out of nowhere.

"Why are you asking so many irrelevant things?" Fraunces asked. "This has nothing to do with what is happening now."

Seeing Rosalind's blank eyes, Fraunces stopped pacing and sat on the floor since this place had no chairs. The only one that it had was a wooden ladder that one could use to access the books on the tallest shelf of the library.

"I don't know…" Leonardo said.

"The Count is healthy," Rosalind stated, since she had healed him she naturally knew almost everything about his body, including his ability to have more children. "Yet, he never had another one." Seeing the kind of attitude the Countess had, it was easy to assume that she wanted to have her own children because she would want them to inherit the title instead.

But she never did.

The two had been married for years and still they never had children. She looked at the Count who was peacefully resting on the floor.

Something else is going on here.

"You should not be thinking about that. Instead, you should think about ways to get Denys out of the dungeons. The dungeons in the North are very harsh. They do not have heating and most prisoners just die from the cold even before they receive their punishment. They are subjected to harsh treatment too! Denys has been with—"

"Did you really think he does not have the capability to escape a dungeon?" Rosalind asked. She had seen that man fight before, there was no way that he would not be able to escape this place… if he really wanted to.

"I—"

"I believe he received orders to stay in this place."

"What about Tabatha and the others? I am certain that they were —"

"I will get them."

"Then, I will come with you."

"You must protect the Count and his heir," Rosalind countered.

"You have no ability to fight."

"You are right."

"You cannot trust your sorcery when it comes to warriors. Do you not already know that?" Fraunces said. "A sorceress's weakness is close combat! I am going with you."

"There is no need for that," Rosalind said. Aside from rescuing them, she also had other things in mind. Things that… she considers personal. "I know it does not look like it, but I can take care of myself. Thank you so much for your concern."

"Concern? I was never concerned about you! I just did not want him to hate me for letting you die!"

"You mean, Lucas!?"

"You do not deserve to call him by his name."

Rosalind only responded with a smirk. As much as she wanted to tease this woman, she had more important things to attend to— things like getting back her chocolate cake.

Just the thought of it made her more upset. How could she not think of storing it in her spatial bag? Actually, the answer was pretty simple. She can not store fresh things like that in her space. She could easily store candies and beef jerky and other things that had been preserved, but a cake like that was… not one of them.

This was a sad reality that she had to live with.

"Since you insist on dying then this is on you. Do not blame me if you die!" Fraunces hissed. "And you… rest. Stop trembling! You are a man! Why are you acting like a woman?"

"I—"

Rosalind pursed her lips and got up. In fact, this Leonardo was acting too weak, he was even trembling, his face pale. However, she had no time to think about this man. She chose to focus her attention on her current mission.

Using the secret crawl space that would lead her to Leonardo's real study, she got out of the secret room and immediately used her illusion. Then, she started walking towards the room where she kept the cake.

After a few minutes, she arrived and, just as she expected, the cake was no longer there!

Looking at the vacant bed, Rosalind took a deep breath. She had to calm down. She would eventually get it back anyway.

So, she decided to go back to the Count's room and when she discovered that no one was there, she chose to go to the Countess's room instead.

Just as she expected, the Countess, the Crown Prince, the Princess, and even some people that Rosalind did not recognize were there. However, there was someone else that she had already met before.

Baron Teri.

This man was working with Duke Moller of Lonyth!

They had met in Toorin, the town where the demonic wolves attacked.

Lucky for Rosalind, they were currently drinking some tea and wine, so a servant was there to serve them. She used the timing of the servant to sneak inside the room to try and find her… cake.

No matter what, she was determined to take back what was hers!

"We need to find the Count, Caldarera," the Crown Prince said. "I have already been here for a few days. I need to go back to the palace." josei

"Your Highness, by now the King should have already succumbed to the poison, we just need to wait for the news of his death." Baron Teri said.

"Wait? Wait for what? Clearly, Duke Lucas is not here! Where do you think he is now?" the Crown Prince chided.

"No, that is impossible. Our spies are around the King all the time. They never noticed the Duke or anyone else that allied themselves to the King," Baron Teri reassured the Prince.

"The turbulent times that they feared are here," Crown Princess Freda said. "They refuse to show themselves now, but I am certain that they will soon come, bearing gifts to offer to the new King."

"My father is still alive, Freda. One cannot talk about the living like that."

Instead of apologizing, Freda only snickered.

"Either way, we need to find the Count and make this place ours. This is the only way for us to be safe from the Wugarians." Countess Marchiana said.

"Tsk." The Crown Prince clicked his tongue. "Those people are not part of the plan. Why did they have to come here now?"

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