Rosie's Games

Chapter 325: The Lost Relics

Federico almost wanted to kick the door of his own study. If not for the fact that there were already knights who opened it for him, he would have destroyed the wooden barrier.

He could almost not contain his anger! He wanted to scream and kill someone!

"Father, where have you been?" The one who welcomed him was Martin.

"What are you doing here?" Federico snapped. He recalled telling him to go and heal the soldiers who were suffering from the tide.

"I have been looking for you. Your aid informed me that you went to the black market," Martin sounded morose.

"What of it?" Federico sat on his chair and glared at his son. "Do not tell me you cannot even manage those soldiers?" he asked.

"That is not why I am here," Martin said. "I cannot heal all those soldiers. I— The tide is endless. I do not—"

"So you came to complain?" Federico asked.

"I wanted to know why the beasts would show up when it is morning! The sun is up! How could something like that happen!?"

"How am I supposed to know that?" Federico hissed before he started massaging his temples. The situation earlier really made him very upset, all he wanted was to find that woman's identity and make her suffer. However, Martin's appearance reminded him that the tide was currently raging outside of Aster. josei

If they did not do anything about it, then the Empire would suffer.

"You can leave, I will talk to the Emperor later."

"Father are you—"

"I said leave! I will find a solution for the tide!" And he was going to ask the other seven families why they were not here yet! The Aster Empire needed help! How could they piddle around when the beasts were threatening to destroy one of the Seven Empires?

"Alright, I will go to the palace to talk to His Majesty about the current situation outside."

"Ah, what of that sorcerer that took Dorothy's body? Is she refusing to treat the wounded?" Since Dorothy refused to see him and Martin, Federico started to call her the 'sorcerer'. He believed that the only one that could do something like that, the only one that could possess another body was a sorcerer. Of course, he did not inform the Emperor or anyone else about it.

However, the fact that Dorothy refused to help right now would immediately raise a lot of questions, not just from the one sitting on the throne, but from the nobles and even the citizens of Aster. How could someone who was claiming to be following the will of the Goddess refuse to help the wounded soldiers and mercenaries that had been trying to save this empire?

Was it because the Goddess chose to abandon the empire?

Federico did not want this to happen.

"Victoria is accompanying her. She is still refusing to see anyone else. She claims that this is the will of the Goddess."

"Ha… that Victoria really refused to see anything wrong with that daughter of hers! Let them be!" Federico was already in a foul mood because of what happened at the auction house. This news is not making him feel better!

After Martin left, Federico made his way to the teleportation circle in the Palace. Each of the Seven Empires had a teleportation circle that could transport them to each other's empires at will. However, the only one who could freely use this was someone who received the Blessing.

There were other ways for them to take someone with them, but the numbers were always limited and there were certain conditions that they must follow. For instance, Federico needed to physically hold his company to make sure that the teleportation circle would take them too.

However, since not one member of the seven families wanted anyone else to visit them freely, they have chosen not to improve this circle.

No one volunteered to improve the circle because of their very own selfish reasons.

It did not take too long for Federico to arrive at Ena Thun's abode. The Raston Empire.

"Your Blessedness…" two maidens greeted him the moment he arrived. "Her Blessedness is waiting for you, please follow us," one of the women wearing white said. Federico followed the woman without saying another word. Just like how Ena would occasionally visit him, he too would visit Raston Empire if he had something that he needed to do, like heal Ena's father.

Because of this, he had grown familiar with this place.

"You are here," Ena said. She had her back on him. However, he could clearly see that she was holding a wine glass in her right hand as she looked outside of the window from her study.

"You lost the relics," Federico said. The last time that he came here was a few days ago. He wanted to confront her about the relics that could lure beasts. However, he was informed that Ena was currently not in the Empire and would be back after a few days.

"They were stolen," Ena turned towards him. She was wearing a black dress that contrasted her pale skin. "There is a difference."

"You lost them," Federico reiterated. How could someone steal from Ena?

"The Duke of Wugari stole them from me," Ena shrugged.

"Wugari? How? How would they know about it?"

"I would not know that. However, the Duke… himself had been spoiling all of my plans lately," Ena said. Now that Federico took a closer look at the woman, he immediately noticed that she seemed to have aged by a couple of years. Her once-perfect seams were showing signs of wrinkles.

The normal Ena would not let that happen.

"That man embarrassed me!" Ena gritted her teeth before she finished her drink. She started pouring herself more of the wine. "He made a deal with the King of Rakha and stole the relics. Then he let that Lachlan Blaize embarrass me in front of all Rakha. Do you understand the control that I need to stop myself from committing murder?"

Federico said nothing. In fact, he understood her words. After all, he just experienced something like that a couple of hours ago.

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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!

...A/N: I already released EVE's GAMBIT! Please check it out and add it to library please....