Rosie's Games

Chapter 248: Cirid Has Fallen

"This is called a flowerrete cake simply because they are made to look like little flowers," Queen Aurinda smiled as she handed her a cake inside a small circular bowl. "However, instead of sweet, the chef added some lime, adding to its fragrance and giving it an extra citrusy taste."

Rosalind smiled. She wondered if Lucas told them about her preference. "Thank you." She caught the two of them looking at each other.

"The Duke insisted that we wait to introduce you to the nobility until he arrives," King Marlin said. "I agree. It is best that you two are together when we introduce you to the noble families of Wugari. I hope you do not mind that."

"It is not a problem."

"For your training, my lady-in-waiting Salina will assist Miss Monoroe in teaching you the responsibilities of a wife."

"If you are talking about the management of the duchy, then I have no problem letting the Butler continue managing it," Rosalind said.

"Pardon me?"

"You might not know this, Your Majesty but I am planning to stay at the wall, fighting the beasts."

"Well— that is— I did not think that you would want to spend your time on the wall," King Marlin said.

"Is there a reason why you want to stay and guard the people?" Queen Aurinda inquired.

"No. It's just that…" Rosalind gulped. "I was trying to stay by my husband's side." Her face flushed as she lowered her gaze. Almost immediately, the two royals in front of her started laughing— a response that surprised her.

It was not laughter full of mockery and disdain, but rather it was something that came out of an uneasy person.

"How entertaining!" Queen Aurinda said. "I have never—"

"Your Majesty, Consort Leona is here with Consort Marissa. They are asking for an audience," a man wearing the same black, gold, and red suit said, interrupting their conversation.

"Send them in," King Marlin said.

Rosalind was already aware that aside from the Queen, the King had two other women. One was Consort Leona, and the other was Consort Marissa. Both of them had already borne two children for the King.

Because men tended to die earlier than women, as they were usually on the front lines of the beast wars, they were allowed to have their own harem as long as their salary could support any children.

Aside from this, other laws in the North were focused on 'making children', which might be embarrassing to a woman who just came from the South.

One of the laws was the fact that a wife should give birth to at least one child for her husband or her husband had the right to abandon her even without divorce. Now, according to the lawmakers, they were not exactly looking down on the wife, but instead, they wanted to focus on producing children to increase the population.

Another law stated that one man was allowed to have a maximum of six wives as long as they were from a noble family. Meanwhile, soldiers could have as many as three wives.

Of course, the man had an option not to marry another woman as long as his wife was able to bear a child for you. If a man's wife was not able to bear a child for that man and the man refused to find another wife, then he needed to at least impregnate another woman. He could then take the child and raise it with his legal wife.

These laws also apply to the King himself.

Because of this very law, the King was forced to find another woman that could bear a child for him. Yes, the Queen had yet to bear a child for the King.

Even Lucas was not exactly an exception to this law. It's just that all women that were about to marry him died before the official wedding. While everyone knew that he did it, no one would dare call him out on it.

At the end of the day, the nobles got tired and just let the Duke do whatever he wanted to do. josei

Of course, there were still nobles who had been pushing for the Duke to marry a woman. In response to all this, the Duke would ask those nobles to let their daughters marry into the Rothley Family and see if they survive long enough for the wedding.

It was a blatant threat.

However, those threats were enough to stop them from suggesting such a useless marriage.

Rosalind looked at the two women who had walked inside the greenhouse. Both of them looked beautiful in red clothing. While Rosalind was not exactly familiar with the rules in the Harem of the King, she was pretty sure that they had rules about the colors of the gown.

While both the King and Queen were wearing black, the two consorts were wearing red. While the King and Queen wore jewels and gems, the two were wearing simple accessories, none of them bigger than the Queen's.

"Your Majesties," the two women curtsied. "We are here as you ordered."

"Please serve us some tea," the King casually said.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The King then gestured to the woman who started brewing tea for them.

"This is Consort Leona from the Peter Family of Lonyth and this is Consort Marissa from the Plero Family of Cirid. Since Cirid has been overtaken by the beasts, her family has been staying in Wugari and is planning to establish some trading posts to the south."

Hearing this, the two women bowed at Rosalind.

"So, Cirid has already fallen?" Rosalind asked.

"It seems so. I just received some news from the people that I sent to Cirid. According to them, the Kingdom of Cirid has fallen and the beasts are already on their way to Rakha Kingdom."

"That is awful," Queen Aurinda said. "The North had been attacked by beasts for centuries, but none of the attacks were as… large as this. The last time this happened was when the Dark Lord was born. Do you think—"

"Let us not talk about this matter now, Aurinda. The Dark Lord is dead, sealed away by the seven families. I believe that it was not the Dark Lord's doing this time," King Marlin said. The King met Rosalind's eyes as he added. "Humans have always had a greedy heart. It would not surprise me to know that the one responsible for the beast tide… is a human."

"How could that be?" Queen Aurinda asked. "Not one human holds such power. Unless, of course, they are the Dark Lord."

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