Rosie's Games

Chapter 287: Rumors

Chapter 287: Rumors

Rosalind froze.

She looked at Lucas who held her waist as if ready to leave this place anytime she wanted to.

"Miss Dorothy?" Piers Goosebourne, the second prince of the Aster Empire called out. "Is something the matter?"

"I" Dorothy lowered her head, her face flushed. "I must have sensed something earlier. I thought Perhaps, it was because I am too exhausted."

"Oh. I apologize for the late visit. It seems that I got too excited when my father told me that the construction of your temple was going to start very soon. I know you have spent the whole day healing everyone. I shall take my leave now." With that Piers got up and gave Dorothy a low bow something that a prince should not do to just anyone.

Seeing this, Rosalind elbowed Lucas.

They needed to leave now.

She did not want to cause a ruckus right now. It was already enough that she saw Dorothy being shrouded with something really dark.

Luckily, Lucas understood her and they both used their ring to teleport back to the black market.

"What did you see?" he asked.

"That was no longer Dorothy. Whoever is inside her body is using something dark. My guess is it is a sorcerer."

Lucas nodded.

Whatever it was, Rosalind thought that she should no longer concern herself about it. As long as the one inside Dorothy was not directly doing anything to her, then she should not do anything to it either. This was not her being a coward. This was her being practical.

She had more important things to attend to.

Moreover, she could use this situation to avoid attracting more attention from the other Blessed families. Now that she thought about it, she could use Dorothy as a shield to divert the attention of the Blessed families away from her.

"Shall we get my gold before we go back to the North now?" she asked. Right now, they were walking out of the room where they arrived after they teleported. Earlier, she was not able to get her gold because Mr. Montgomery gave her that arrow. Obviously, she was not going to leave this place without her money.

Lucas looked at her in a strange way.

"What?" she asked. What was wrong with trying to get her gold?

"I thought you would have more important things to worry about other than gold."

"Things like what?"

"Like the arrow? Or the dagger? Maybe even your sister."

"That woman is no longer my sister," Rosalind said. They then walked towards Mr. Pratt's study to get the gold that she had earned.

"Miss Lin!" Mr. Pratt immediately greeted them. "Your Grace." Right now, Rosalind did not know Lucas's connections to Mr. Pratt and she thought that she was in no position to inquire about it. She guessed that the two simply have a business connection just like Rosalind and Mr. Pratt.

"My gold" Rosalind smiled when Mr. Pratt handed her the spatial pouch. She did not need to check the amount of money. "Thank you."

"Would you would you like some tea?" Mr. Pratt said. "We just had a new batch of tea from Wugari."

"Thank you but"

"I insist." Mr. Pratt interrupted her. Almost immediately the atmosphere inside the room changed. Rosalind eyed Lucas who was calmly sitting next to her. His presence reminded her of a large boulder, intimidating yet she knew she would be safe if she stood next to it.

"Did something happen?" Rosalind asked. They were just gone for a few hours and Mr. Pratt's mood already changed.

"The crown is starting to inquire about you."

"Hm?" Rosalind frowned. "The crown?"

"The Lux Family."

"Oh." Rosalind nodded. "Are they not busy enough with Miss Dorothy?"

"Apparently not. The rumors that someone was able to heal the plague even before Miss Dorothy appeared started to spread a while back. It was already within my expectations that they would soon try to find out more about you. However, I thought Miss Dorothy would delay them. I was wrong."

"They knew that whoever is inside Dorothy is not someone that the Goddess sent," Lucas said.

Mr. Pratt's lips thinned. "For now, I have managed to keep your information safe. You can trust that in the near future, I will do my best to hide your information from the Lux Family."

"Thank you," Rosalind said. "However, I would like to ask you for one thing."

"What is it?"

"I want you to spread a rumor for me."

"A rumor? That is easy. What kind of rumor do you want?"

"Spread a rumor that it was Federico Lux who intentionally spread the plague to the neighboring empires. He wanted to use it to gain an upper hand on the other families."

"That" Mr. Pratt said. "That does not make any sense."

"Does it need to?"

"Then are we not just wasting our time?"

"To the general populace, it would not make sense, but it's effects on the other Blessed families is different. Especially the families that dislike the Lux Family."

"I understand. Then what do you want me to do next?"

"Spread another rumor that Federico is working with a sorcerer that has been pretending to be his granddaughter."

"Miss Lin, those rumors are baseless. How could we"

"To the normal people, it will be baseless, but not to someone from the Blessed family. However, Federico would never let anyone slander his family so he would do something to try and kill the rumors. Meaning, he is going to silence a lot of people."

Mr. Pratt stared at her. "Pardon me Miss Lin, but I do not seem to understand why we must spread rumors like this? Please do not get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with spreading rumors to create chaos through misinformation. This has been a classic move in the past. However the Lux Family is currently very reputable. Fighting against them would be very hard."

"Who told you that we are going to do the fighting?" Rosalind smirked.