Rosie's Games

Rosalind's eyes narrowed. If Victoria was really planning on killing her then… why was she here? Why was she still alive?

This didn't make any sense.

It would have been easier to just kill her while she was still sleeping.

Now that Rosalind thought about it, the one who wanted the cursed weapon must be Victoria. After all, she needed one in order to kill Rosalind while avoiding the curse of the Goddess.

"What do you want?" she asked.

"Your death."

"No, that's not it. If you wanted me dead, you could have killed me while I was unconscious. However, you did not."

Victoria chuckled.

"Loren… bring her here."

A man suddenly appeared next to Victoria. The man bowed before he went outside.

Loren.

Rosalind did not expect to see him here and working next to Victoria nonetheless. It seemed that Victoria and the Foster Family were indeed involved in Federico's downfall.

After a few minutes, Loren walked in with none other than Dorothy and… Jeames.

Seeing Rosalind, Dorothy immediately smiled.

"So it is you," Dorothy said. "The reason why you were so eager to leave the Empire was not just because you wanted your freedom, but it was because you receive the Blessing."

"Go ahead and give her the knife," Victoria said. Just as Rosalind had expected, it was Victoria who wanted to buy a weapon that could kill a blessed one.

"What must I do?" Dorothy asked her mother.

"Stab her five fatal points. Make sure to keep her alive and only end her life by stabbing her heart."

"Do I have to do this now?" Dorothy asked.

"We do not have much time. By now, everyone is already aware that Rosalind and I were attacked and are currently missing. They must be waiting for the letter demanding some gold. The Northerners would immediately try to find her. If you want that Blessing you must do this."

"You wanted to transfer the Blessing?" Rosalind asked.

"Shut your mouth. Loren, go ahead and cover her mouth," Victoria said before she continued to convince her daughter to hurt Rosalind.

"Mother— "

"There is no time for that, Dorothy. If you wanted the Blessing, you must do this."

"But I cannot— "

While the two were arguing, Rosalind met Jeames's eyes. Loren, the tall man working for Victoria already covered her mouth with some cloth and she was not going to stupidly waste her energy trying to wriggle her hand out. She needed to do something else.

She concentrated on the ring and once again failed to teleport out of the place.

"We need to talk," Victoria hastily said. "Come…" With that, she pulled her daughter out of the room before telling Loren and Jeames to guard the door and make sure that Rosalind did not do anything funny.

Seeing them gone, Rosalind let out a sigh of relief. She knew she should be panicking right now, but what can her panicking accomplish? This is not the time for that.

She thought of the ways to access the bracelet that the Duke had given her. She could use it to communicate with him. Sadly, it seems that the inscriptions also worked on the bracelet. If that is the case then… she had no other choice but to use her dark Blessing.

She thought of the dagger and it did not take too long for it to appear in her hand. Slowly, she used it to cut the cloth around her wrist.

She really needed to learn how to fight!

She had delayed learning swordsmanship and fighting as she had not want anyone to suspect her sudden interest in learning how to defend herself. Moreover, it was not normal for women in the capital to learn how to protect themselves. Unless of course, they grew up in a warrior's family.

Because of her negligence, she would have a problem fighting the two men outside. After freeing herself, she immediately took a step away from the chair only to realize that the inscriptions actually covered the whole room! She could not teleport out!

She wanted to leave this place without fighting as she knew she was currently useless against a knight. She was not a coward. She was simply aware of her capabilities!

She had tried it earlier and was pretty sure that these inscriptions also worked on her light Blessing. This room was actually made for someone like her.

But her Darkness was a different thing.

She was going to use it to get out of this place!

Without having second thoughts, she kicked the chair and watched it fall on the floor with a loud thud.

...…..

"Mother— I cannot just kill her without proof that the curse will not affect me at all," Dorothy said.

"Are you doubting your own mother?"

"Those were mere rumors! If this was indeed true then… why are the others still alive? I have never heard of a Bblessed individual dying like this! I have never heard of a Blessing being transferred!"

"Then are you just going to let them bully us?"

"Mother!"

"Federico wanted your father to take other women. He wanted someone else to replace me in your father's heart!" Victoria lied without batting an eyelid. "While you— you are going to marry a waste! A drunkard! A man who does nothing but play in the tavern with those… women! Is this the kind of humiliation that you wanted?"

"I— "

Victoria approached her daughter. She tucked a loose strand of Dorothy's beautiful hair behind her ears. "You and I— we are the only ones who can trust each other. Men are not our allies. They would do everything to prove that we are not capable, then they would throw us away like used rags. This is not our fate, my lovely daughter. You and I are bound to have the best things in this life. Do you understand me?"

"I— "

"Good— " Victoria stroked Rosalind's cheeks. "Strong women like this are bound to make sacrifices to win the game. Do you understand me?"

"Mother."

"I arranged everything for you. All you have to do now is walk in there and… kill her. Go ahead. We do not have the time."

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