Rosie's Games

Chapter 93: Mercenaries 11

The Lux Family are considered very powerful in this part of the continent yet, they were doing nothing to try and pacify the rumors. Those were meant as an insult.

"I wonder about these gossips too…" Of course, Federico's enemy Lachlan Blaize immediately joined in the conversation. "How could they say that the Lux Family has abandoned Miss Rosalind when she has been proven as a member of the family? Was it just because of her hair? Isn't that a little too… shallow? Does that mean that the Lux Family is this shallow?"

"Oh! His Blessedness Blaize is indeed right. The soldiers fighting in the north have heard about this news and we were perplexed by the rumors. How could they say that the Lux Family are shallow people? The Lux Family is one of the renowned seven families! Talking about them like this is unthinkable!" General Lytton added more fuel to the fire.

While Lachlan Blaize was asking if the Lux Family are shallow people, the General twisted his words and made it seem like the rumor was about the Lux Family being shallow for abandoning Rosalind.

Upon hearing this conversation, Rosalind could not help but feel different sorts of emotions inwardly. This was actually the first time that someone said something to defend her.

Although the General and Lachlan Blaize's intention might not be to avenge her, this was the first time that someone actually said something about this matter in front of both Federico and Martin's faces.

"If this was the north, the people who spread those rumors would already be dead." The General added. "I heard that the rules in your Empire are as strict as the north?"

"Ah… in my Empire, people who spread those types of rumors would be turned into ashes." Lachlan Blaize laughed. Clearly, the older man was enjoying the conversation. It looked like he finally found a long-lost friend as he even patted the General's shoulder in glee.

But this was enough. They needed to leave before Federico exploded.

"I think the General has had enough of saying his goodbyes," Rosalind mummered. "Father, Grandfather, we are going to leave." With that, she bowed to the two, showing her respect before she turned and started walking away. There is no need for her to stay in this very hostile environment. Why force herself to be with people that do not even acknowledge her as a member of their family?

The General also made a bow and left with her.

"This is going to be the start of the Lux Family's downfall," the General uttered as they made their way into a carriage at the back of the mansion. It was just near Rosalind's house.

"Why do you think so?" Rosalind feigned ignorance.

"They have been obsessed with becoming more and more powerful as the days passed. They have lost their way."

"Whatever makes you say that?" she asked.

"Federico wanted to stand at the top of the blessed families, becoming the leader. The blessings were given equally. He on the other hand wanted to prove that the Light blessing is more powerful than the other blessing. It was comical, to say the least."

"Comical?" She spotted the carriage and saw Milith waiting by the door, ready to assist her. She smiled at her smart maid. josei

"The blessing was meant to work together. Not against each other." The General uttered. "But this is no longer the concern of the North. We do not have a blessed one and that is a relief."

"Why do you say so?" For the short time that she had known the General, she discovered that aside from being really smart, the man was also very blunt and would not hesitate to utter the words that he wanted to say.

He does not care who he was talking to, nor fears that those people would hold grudges and try to have him killed. This character can be very good if you are an ally but hateful when you are not.

"Blessed ones… are greedy in nature. They want acknowledgement and to be treated as if they were gods. Just because they have something that the Goddess gave them made them think that they are somehow more important than the people that they protect. That is not the case."

Rosalind was silent as she let Milith assist her toward the carriage. The General and Lieutenant Henrye were going to ride their horses alongside.

"Young Duchess, we will be following behind you." General Lytton uttered then he instructed the coachman to go to the outskirts of the Empire. Since there would be about a dozen soldiers not including the General and Lieutenant, they were instructed to stay outside of the walls of the Empire to avoid any complications.

This has been a part of the law as long as she could remember.

This means that those soldiers could only stay outside of the gates and wait for her and the General. Of course, this is not the case with ambassadors from other Empires and Kingdoms who had their own soldiers and escorts.

This was only for the people of the North.

At first, the Empire denied any favoritism and said this was just because the Northerners have a stronger build and body and could easily defeat the soldiers of the empire in a fight. They did not want to lose the morale of their very own soldiers.

Then, they said that the Northerners came from such extreme places that they are not certain if their bodies have different diseases that might be fatal to normal citizens.

The North cried foul, but the Empire easily used other nonsensical reasoning and lavish gifts to silence them. In the end, the three Northern Kingdoms chose to follow the 'rules' and can only stay outside and send a few of their people inside.

"Young miss, those people— " Milith whispered as if one of her words could easily have her killed. She looked around the empty carriage just enough for four people before she continued. "Did the General kill them?"

"No," Rosalind uttered. The people that Milith was talking about were the mercenaries who attempted to take her earlier. As always her maid was shaken, yet managed to act calmly in front of her.

"Then— Did the General — "

"They were in Dorothy's quarters." Naked. But, she chose not to tell Milith that. She was certain that Victoria would do everything in her power to silence everyone involved and stop any news from reaching the Delibar household.

Oh… how good it would have been to see their faces when they see three naked men in Dorothy's bed?