Rosie's Games

Chapter 288: Ruins of Lonyth

Rosalind wanted the other Blessed families to fight the Lux Family for her. josei

She understood the power of rumors and misinformation. Right now, people were scared for their lives because of the sudden influx of horrible things that had been happening lately.

The thing about fearful people was the fact that she could easily take advantage of them by creating a new narrative for everyone. There might not be many people who even believed it but the goal was to plant doubts in their heads.

That would prepare them for the next step.

Soon, they started talking about the specifics of her plan before Rosalind and Lucas went back to the North.

The next day, Rosalind received some surprising news from the King himself.

"The Thun and Gliss Family?" The one who asked was Elias. He was a member of the Blaize Family and Rosalind thought it would be good to let them know about the arrival of the Thun and Gliss Family members beforehand. Moreover, Valentin was also a member of the Gliss family.

"There is no need to worry about me," Valentin said. "I— I grew up outside of the house. I my mother was the daughter of a merchant and I was not able to awaken my ability during the awakening. Naturally, I was thrown out of the house."

"You did not awaken your Blessing?" Rosalind asked. Until now, she did not ask anything specific about their past as she did not want to pressure them into telling her anything that might have caused them trauma.

As someone who grew up in one of those families, she, too, had her own traumatic experiences that she would rather not share with people whom she just met.

"No. I cannot fully use the ice Blessing. Only water. I had some suspicions that perhaps my mother was someone who inherited the Blessing of water. That could explain why I cannot use ice and can only utilize water."

"What about you?" Rosalind asked Elias who was standing not too far away from her. The small library that she had turned into her study was too small for two tall men and it currently looked crowded. But it seemed that this was not the thing that was bothering Elias.

"Did His Grace agree?" Elias asked.

"He did."

"He agreed to let them in?"

"Yes. Is there a problem?"

"N— Nothing. I just — why would two of the Blessed families come here to join the fight when Rakha has been in chaos? They need more help than we do."

"They do," Rosalind agreed. "I supposed it had something to do with the fact that a sorcerer is going to marry into the Duchy." This was the only reasonable thing that she could think of.

"Why would they intervene?" Elias continued to ask. "This is the marriage of the Duke and he— he is not a member of the Blessed families. They have no business in his marriage."

"They wanted to know the bride, Elias," Valentin explained. "And see if they could use her against the Duke."

"You— How did you know that?"

"It is too simple," Valentin said. "Those people had been eyeing the North for centuries. They dreaded the existence of sorcerers and know that sorcerers are rampant in the North. They wanted to change that."

"Are they really going to use those resources just to own the North?" Elias asked.

"We do not know."

"I have been wondering why they have been trying to get the North from the Northerners when there is literally nothing in this place aside from the beasts," Elias said.

"Well, you have too much time to yourself," Valentin said. "There is no point in thinking about things that you will never understand."

"Are you calling me dumb?"

"I am calling you lazy. Instead of lying down in a tree somewhere, you should help me—"

"Alright…" Rosalind smiled as she stopped the two from their friendly banter. Since those two moved here, Rosalind noticed a few things. First, Elias did his own thing. He liked to stay in the trees, laying down on their branches and staring at the skies. He was grumpy most of the time and soldiers were scared to interact with him

Valentin, on the other hand, was the exact opposite. The man was a social butterfly. He drank with other soldiers and talked to them about their wives and children and many other things. Everyone in the tower adored Valentin.

Even Milith only had good things to say about Valentin.

"I can make some arrangements for you to avoid meeting them," Rosalind told Elias. She had already expected the man to dislike the idea of other Blessed Individuals visiting this place. "You can stay with the soldiers and just guard the castle. Do not approach the walls while they are here."

"I know," Elias said.

Not long after, Rosalind told them to leave as she carefully thought about Ena Thun's visit. Elias actually had a point. Why would Ena and that one from the Gliss Family come here just because of the Duke's marriage?

They were wasting resources and time by coming in here when Rakha needed their help.

Rosalind thought about seeing Ena with Lurea and that other person wearing a hood. Until now, she was not able to identify the reason why they were in Lonyth.

She had a suspicion that it might have something to do with the ruins.

"Magda," she softly called out. Almost immediately, Magda walked inside the room.

"Do you need me?" Magda asked.

"I am wondering about something," Rosalind said.

"In Lonyth?"

"Yes."

"What about it?"

"Have you seen the place?"

"Well… there is nothing much to see. It was an ordinary ruin full of darkness. People would normally not visit that place."

"Full of darkness?"

"Literally…"

"Can you please explain?"

"Well… about nine or so months ago… a black mist covered the ruins of Lonyth. The ones who walked inside never returned and even looking at It from the outside you would know that it was dangerous. Of course, we did everything to hide this from the outside world as it would surely frighten the people. However, Lonyth has barred anyone from going near that place."

Nine or so months ago?

Rosalind frowned.

Isn't that about the time when she… turned back time?

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