Rosie's Games

Chapter 206: The Baron is Dead

"The Duke should be on his way here and I know he will find a way to arrive as soon as possible. We do not have the time, Your Highness."

The Crown Prince glared at his wife.

"What do you want me to do?" he asked. "We cannot find them because… somehow, the woman who has been staying in this house for years does not know which room they are hiding in. How is that possible?" the crown prince scoffed. "You tell me."

"Your Highness, we need to—"

"I did not ask for your opinion!" Prince Baltazar's voice boomed inside the study. "You should not be here! Go back to your rooms and stay with— this woman!"

"Your Highness, how could you—"

"You were the one who suggested that we start killing people, and look, not only did they burn our supplies, they even burned our carriages. How are we going to be able to go back to the capital without it? You were the one who suggested that we pay that sorcerer for the device that could stop someone from using runes and teleporting. It was all you who did that!"

"Your Highness—"

"Tell me Freda… are you even on my side?"

"Your Highness, I think this is the wrong place to argue," Duke Moller intervened. "The Crown Princess is right. we no longer have the time to spare."

The Crown Prince snorted.

"We need to find them and kill the Count," Baron Teri stated calmly. "We cannot just let them continue playing this game. Currently, they have the advantage because of the child. We need to start killing people and let them reveal themselves."

"Very well," the Crown Prince said. Originally, he wanted to kill them when the sun rose to show everyone what kind of punishment he was willing to give to anyone who would dare disrespect him. He needed to teach them a lesson and he wanted everyone to remember it. However, at the end of the day, the Crown Prince realized that his wife might be right. The Duke of Wugari was coming and they could not do anything with him here.

"Start killing people," the Crown Prince instructed. He needed to prioritize the plan before his ego.

Not long after, the door opened and they sent someone else out to do their bidding.

Unbeknownst to them, by opening the door, they also let Rosalind in.

.........

Once the prince finished giving his instructions, the Crown Princess and the Countess decided to go to their respective quarters to rest. They wanted to be able to rest for a few hours before the sun shone.

"Are you certain that this sorcerer will be able to find them before the Duke arrives?" Countess Marchiana asked, her heart had been beating loudly in her chest since the supply room caught on fire.

The Crown Prince informed them that it was the work of the Duke's people and she could not help but hate them. That supply room contained a lot of things and while they were able to save the majority of it, they also lost a huge amount of food and wood that they needed for the winter.

As the future owner of this territory, she would find it hard to gather a lot of supplies before the winter ended.

"Your Highness, I apologize, I did not mean to show this side of me," she sat on her bed and started massaging her temple. "I did not know it would be like this."

"This is unexpected. Both of us… even the Crown Prince did not plan for this to happen. I have heard about the Duke's people, but I did not know that they would have someone that could easily — how hard would it be to find a boy and a group of wounded people? They should be—"

The princess stopped talking and took a deep breath.

"Take a rest. I will… talk to him."

"Thank you, Your Highness. I— I cannot thank you enough."

Princess Freda walked out of the Countess room.

"Your Highness…"

"Give her something to keep her calm."

"And that thing?"

"Give it to her as well. There is no reason for her to be involved anymore. From now on, do not let her come out of her room."

"I understand," the servant that used to work for the Countess said.

Seeing the servant scurry away, Princess Freda rolled her eyes. This situation had taken an unexpected turn and it was already stressing her out. She gestured for her servants not to follow her inside her room, she needed some time to think. Moreover, someone else was going to be here tonight.

"Her Blessedness wants to know what is taking so long."

Princess Freda flinched when she heard the cold voice of the woman from behind her.

She turned around and looked at the hooded figure that was standing behind the door.

"We need this territory and those people need to be killed," the voice continued. "You swore an oath to her Blessedness."

"I am going to do it as soon as I can," Freda said. "However, there are other people around and I can't make it too obvious. There is no way that I would let them think I am some bloodthirsty Queen."

"We are waiting," a zapping sound echoed inside the room causing Princess Freda to flinch.

"There is no need for something like that. I— I am going to deliver my promise. We are currently looking for the Count and as soon as we kill him we can take over this place. You can do what you want then."

"We do not like empty promises. You wanted the crown, so we gave you the crown. We are going to expect you to deliver your side of the deal… promptly."

"That is not possible. If we— I mean if I just suddenly kill everyone, they would see me as a tyrant. How could a tyrant rule these lands?"

"Does it look like we care?" the voice responded. Hearing this, Princess Freda bit her lower lip, her gaze turned complicated.

"If you want to live… you will do everything that you promised to do."

"I— I wanted to live."

"Then kill." The voice said before another sound echoed. The next thing Freda knew, the woman in the robe was already gone. She let out a loud sigh, but before she could take a seat, a maid barged into her room.

"Your Highness, my apologies. There is an emergency."

"An emergency?" josei

"The— The Baron— Baron Teri is dead!"

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