Rosie's Games

Chapter 313: [Bonus Chapter]Selfishness

"What do you—" before the prince could finish his words, he spotted a shiny object from Amoni. His eyes widened before he grabbed his sister and pulled her towards his embrace.

"AHHHHHHH!" Amoni's voice felt like a clap of thunder in his ears. Lyssander opened his eyes and immediately saw Amoni on the ground, a dagger not far away from him.

"You— What—"

"He is here to kill you," the woman said as she started checking Amoni's body.

"Are you alright?" Lyssander asked his sister.

"Y— Yes but Amoni is—"

"Dead," the woman answered. "We should find a place to stay, His Grace will handle that demonic beast."

"I need to be there—"

"Are you stupid?" the woman asked. "You have no guards, your aid is dead and you have your sister with you. Do you think you can fight off a beast with that sword of yours?"

"I—"

"Do not speak like that to my brother! He is the future King of—"

"Then stay here." The woman spoke casually. Without saying anything else, she turned her back on them.

"Hey! Where— where do you want us to stay?"

"Brother…"

"She is right. I would not be able to defend you and myself at the same time."

"Then we leave! We still have time!"

"No. We are not leaving." Prince Lyssander shook his head. "Let's go to the barracks."

"But—"

"Now, Isadora! Now!"

Seeing the two left, Rosalind shook her head. She then looked at Amoni's corpse. She did not expect that those people would actually have someone standing that close to the prince. Amoni's goal must be to kill the prince and cripple this Kingdom.

"I was able to gather rest," Rosalind heard Valentin's words. "Here…"

"Thank you."

"Can you sense another one?"

"No. That should be it," Rosalind said. "We should be done here. The Duke will wrap it all up. Hide for now," she looked at Elias. "We do not want Lachlan sensing you two."

"How about you?"

"I am going to leave. I will see you later tonight," Rosalind said before she vanished. When she reappeared she was already in the black market in Aster.

The moment she walked out of the room, Mathies is already waiting for her.

"Did something happen?" he asked.

"I need to talk to Mr. Pratt."

"I will accompany you," Mathies said.

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"There is a what?" Mr. Pratt almost could not believe his ears when he heard Rosalind's words. "Miss Lin this is…"

"I know this is a presumptuous request, however… I can assure you that the other empires will come to Aster's aid. They will not let Aster fall."

"Miss Lin this is… I did not mean it like that, it is just that. It was so sudden. I— I have not thought of ways to profit from something like this."

"A day or two would be enough before the beasts will start to appear in the borders of Aster," Rosalind said. Rakha and Aster were just next to each other. Once the beasts from Rakha sensed the relics in Aster, it was only a matter of time before they changed directions and ran toward Aster instead.

"Call my father-in-law and the others. We are going to have an emergency meeting," he told Mathies. However, Mathies did not move. Instead, he just stared at Rosalind.

"Mathies!"

"Ah?" Mathies blinked toward Mr. Pratt.

"Go ahead and call the others! We need to talk about this."

"I— Uh— I am curious about something, Miss Lin." Mathies ignored Mr. Pratt. He was looking at Rosalind without hiding the curiosity and anticipation in his eyes. This was the same reaction that he had when he knew that Rosalind could absorb the darkness and the reaction that he gave her when she absorbed the dagger and the arrow.

"What is it?"

"This information that you spoke of. How reliable is this?" Mathies asked.

"It is very reliable, Mathies." Rosalind did not tell them about the relic. Instead, she told them that the beasts were changing their direction towards Aster. She informed them that the beasts were coming to Aster!

"Is it because you can control the beasts?"

"What?" Rosalind blinked. As an unbeliever, Mathies's beliefs were different from the usual citizens of this continent.

"Mathies, what are you talking about?" Mr. Pratt asked.

"I want to know if… Miss Lin could talk to beasts and control them."

"No," Rosalind answered firmly. "I cannot do that."

"Did you give it a try in the past?"

"What?" Why would she give it a try?

"I mean talking to the beasts. Have you tried it in the past?"

"Now, Mathies, Miss Lin has no reason to talk to beasts. They are dangerous creatures. Go ahead and call the others now."

"I— I just thought— nevermind. I apologize for my questions. I will go ahead and call the others for a meeting."

With that, Mathies left the room. josei

"Miss Lin, I apologize for what happened. I did not expect him to actually ask something like that."

"It is fine." Although, Rosalind was surprised to hear that question from Mathies. After all, someone who could speak to beasts and control them was unheard of.

Mr. Pratt let out a loud sigh. "Mathies has been very weird since… since he met you. He has been obsessed with the idea of absorbing darkness. Lately, he had been studying beasts and cursed weapons and some banned books about some long lost history about the continent."

"That is understandable," Rosalind said. She was honestly curious about the information that Mathies had. Sadly, she was going to be very busy today.

"Anyway, thank you for the warning, Miss Lin. I do not know how to repay you…"

"It is not a problem. Just please be safe. I will come back tomorrow night and perhaps help heal some mercenaries." Of course, this is not for free. Business was going to be good when there was a war like this.

Rosalind smiled inwardly.

She knew it sounded evil, and her plan had bigger repercussions for Aster and its people. Rosalind was not planning to justify her actions. This was a choice that she made to keep herself safe.

It was selfish…

However, a part of her did not care.

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