Rosie's Games

Chapter 317: Reincarnation of a Goddess

"Yes, Your Blessedness. The Emperor wants you in his study to talk about the current situation at the borders."

Without saying another word, Federico ran out of his own study and went to the Emperors.

"Your Majesty," Federico greeted. "Did you receive the right news?"

"Your Blessedness, the beasts have been spotted at the borders of Aster. I already sent two generals to confirm the current sightings of the beasts. It was said that the beasts left Rakha. Do you think—"

"Impossible!" Federico insisted. How could the beasts come here? No. That was not possible. He glanced at the map on top of the king's table then he took some extra minutes to examine it. The borders had already been marked with red.

"Those areas are where the sightings happened. Luckily, our soldiers were able to deal with it, but I am afraid if this goes on… a tide might happen."

Federico gritted his teeth. Their conversation was interrupted when the door burst open, revealing Martin and General Gustavo, one of the famous generals of the Empire. josei

"We heard the news," Martin said. "Is the tide upon us?"

"Do not overreact…" Federico said. "There is no way that the beasts would reach us so soon. General Gustavo, please prepare your men. I will personally visit the walls of Aster. You will be escorting me there."

"Yes, Your Blessedness."

"What if— what if it is actually true?" the Emperor asked. "What if the beasts are coming to Aster?"

"Then we fight!" Federico said. "Do not fret, the other seven families will surely come to our aid." He thought about Ena Thun. Federico had been aware of the relics that could attract beasts. After all, Ena informed him about this in the past. Because of that, he was very confident that the tide would not come to Aster. After all, he was Ena's ally.

He could only wish that he was right and that the relics were still with Ena and her people.

If those relics fell into the wrong hands then… they were going to have a very… big problem.

"I heard that the tide in Rakha was… terrible and that the one who helped Rakha was the Duke of the North," the old General said. "The other members of the seven families did not even bother responding to Rakha's plea for help."

"Do you think we are as weak as Rakha?" Martin hissed. "We will fight against the tide and we will win."

….

The news about the beast sightings around the borders of Aster immediately spread. Many merchants who passed that area swore that they saw the beasts and that those beasts were not going away. In just a day, the news spread to all of Aster. Even those in the black market.

"It is just as she said," Mr. Montgomery stated, his face dark.

"The beasts have come," Mr. Pratt continued, his expression equally as dark as the man standing next to him.

"Do you think what Mathies said about Miss Lin is right?"

"That she can talk to the beasts?" Mr. Pratt snorted in response. Because of Miss Lin's words, they were able to make some preparations to save themselves and the important thing in the black market just in case the beasts could breach the walls. This was only thanks to Miss Lin. However, since Miss Lin came, Mathies had never been the same.

The man started talking about some ancient texts and saying nonsense stuff like Miss Lin could talk to beasts and that she might be the reincarnation of the Goddess.

"The man had been reading too much nonsense lately," Mr. Pratt said. The reason why Mathies loved staying in this place was because of its access to forbidden books. There were some very rare books from the people who wanted to auction them or sell them to people who had been collecting them in secret.

Obviously, Mathies took advantage of this and started reading those books.

Mr. Pratt warned him about it. He told the man to be more skeptical about the information and not believe in it. At that time, Mathies agreed with him. However, after witnessing Miss Lin do incredible things, like absorbing a cursed material and healing the curse, Mathies had become convinced that she was some sort of a goddess or someone who received the Blessing of the Goddess.

"Then do you think this was all a coincidence? The moment the war in Rakha ended, she came to us and told us about the upcoming tide."

"So you think Mathies could be right?"

"Me have spent more time with Mathies in the past. He is very intelligent."

"The fact that you are intelligent does not mean that you are right all the time."

Mr. Montgomery nodded without saying another word.

"The group will not be fighting this time. We had a few people who were still wounded when we went to Rakha."

"I heard everyone received some good compensation."

"Ha…" Mr. Montgomery snorted. "That was not the only good thing that we got in Rakha. The fact that the Duke and his people personally came to help has now spread all over the place. The Kingdom, the King himself did not recognize the rumor, but my people saw what they saw. Everyone else saw that the Duke and his people were there. The one who saved Rakha was Duke Rothley."

"What about the other Blessed Families?"

"Lachlan Blaize was there. He should be able to attest to what everyone saw. Moreover, it seems that the rumor about the Blaize family and the Thun Family is quite true. Lachlan embarrassed Ena Thun in front of everyone and called her out for only arriving when the war was over. It was a sight to see. Me wish me was there to see it!"

At that time, Mr. Montgomery decided to visit Alma and Lucilla who were still hiding in a safe place because of the plague and the beast tide.

"Ah… it seems that the seven families are not as strong as they used to be."

"He was right," Mr. Pratt smiled.

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A/N: So, Eve's Gambit is R19 and it will tie up some loose ends on Rosie's Games like how did Rosie turn back time and stuff like that. It is also darker as Eve is scheming and pretty is a morally gray character. I really hope you will like it. Add Eve's gambit to your library please! Thank you!