Rosie's Games

Chapter 136: Bandits 4

Rosalind listened, and she continued to listen for the whole night. This time, she did not sense anything amiss. The things that she sensed earlier did not happen again. At one point, she started wondering if it was all a hallucination. How could something like that happen?

Was it because she had been too tired?

That night, she spent most of her time watching, yet nothing happened. She then started to check the black stone relics that she had collected so far. Looking at their black sheen, Rosalind sighed. In the past, many people would discover that this ordinary-looking stone was actually something that could harm the beasts in the North after it received the Blessing of the Lux Family. Not only that, the black stones could be turned into powder by crushing it and used to harm the body of a Blessed individual.

The one who discovered this was none other than someone from the south. They then tried to use it against Empress Dorothy. Obviously, it did not work as the real one who received the Blessing was Rosalind. Still, Dorothy and her husband, the Emperor, immediately used it to spread rumors.

No one was able to tell who did it, so everyone was suspicious of each other. This, and the fact that the Duke of the North's power was increasing, created a destabilization between the empires. Soon, they used the Northerners as a scapegoat.

The seven families were not able to trust each other. For some reason, they thought that one or two of them were working with the Duke of the North. The problem did not end like that as a new curse would spread far and wide. Famine, drought, and war; those three calamities would wreak havoc on the continent, killing millions of people and leaving death in its wake.

The war between the empires followed and then she lost her Blessing. For some unknown reason, the Blessing inside her body vanished. Slowly, her body turned weaker and weaker until she discovered Jeames and Dorothy's treacherous deeds behind her back.

Now that she thought about it, the current timeline was very different from the past timeline. She expected it to divert further and further away from what she knew.

Slowly, she held the black stone and closed her eyes. She recalled what she had done in her past life when she accidentally discovered that she could absorb whatever it was that was inside the relic. At that time, she was worried that it was something related to her dark Blessings, so she did not pursue the matter.

After all, she did not want to associate herself with her dark Blessing.

The cold chill inside her body seemed to react when she thought of absorbing whatever it was that was inside the stone. She continued until something cold penetrated her hand. She flinched, but did not stop it from flowing into her veins until it reached her heart. Again, it tried attacking her heart but failed because of the warm membrane surrounding it from her light Blessing. One cold, one warm. The two of them clashed for a few seconds before finally settling down. The warmth occupied her heart while the cold occupied her navel.

When she opened her eyes, the stone in her hand was no more. What was left of it was a black powder that amounted to a pinch of salt. In her past life, this did not happen as she immediately let go of the stone when she felt that initial absorption.

She put the powder in a small pouch and kept it in her spatial bag before she decided to experiment with her power.

Because this place was dark and cold, the dark Blessing was going to thrive very well. She was very excited to see what her dark Blessing could do now that she was planning to use it more. Was it going to enhance her teleportation? Or is it going to make her do other things?

With this in mind, she closed her eyes and thought of teleporting. She wondered if the Duke of the North would be surprised to know that she could teleport into

"Eh?"

She opened her eyes when she notice the sound of water splashing somewhere.

She was no longer in the carriage? It looked like she was inside a small bathhouse? The wooden walls and the steam was pretty much something very common in the house of normal folks. She blinked and turned around only to realize that there was someone inside the room.

She covered her mouth, her eyes wide. Luckily, there was a thin cloth that separated her and the person inside the room.

"If you wanted to see you could have just told me."

Rosalind immediately paled.

She recognized that voice!

"Your Grace?"

She heard a swosh and then the lights inside the room died. She immediately took a step back. How come she was here? Why?

"I was rushing to meet with you"

She heard a voice behind her. She immediately turned and then took a few steps back until she felt someone holding her head.

"You will hit the candle," he said, his large hand blocking whatever it was behind her.

"I did not mean to come here," she cleared her throat. What was happening here? She did not even think of

Did she just teleport because she thought of him when she closed her eyes?

She could feel her face turn hotter. Luckily, there were no lights, or else, he would have seen her blush. She could feel him standing in front of her. Not that close, but close enough for her to feel his heat.

"You teleported here" he said.

"I did not know that."

"I see"

Then there was silence. She immediately took this as an opportunity to try and run away. She thought of carriage and then she felt her body move. The sudden absence of his heat calmed her down. She was back in the carriage.

"Young Miss?" Tabatha's voice interrupted her stupor.

"What is it?" she asked.

"We just received a letter. The Duke is coming our way. We are going to meet him in the next town. It's about an hour or two from here depending on the thickness of the snow."