Rosie's Games

Chapter 199  Death of Wugarians

"Madam, the young master is also missing. We already checked his room. Now, the others are trying to find him."

"What do you mean… missing? I told you to guard him!"

"He—"

"He what?"

"He said he wanted to talk to the Duke and asked us not to follow him."

"To the Duke?"

"Yes. However, we also checked his room. There was no one inside aside from a box."

Rosalind's expression changed when she heard about the box. She— she had forgotten about it because she panicked earlier! What about her cake?

"Did you open it?"

"No… we came to inform you."

"Then, let us go see it!" the Countess said.

"I have to go," Rosalind said.

"What about us?"

Sadly, Rosalind cannot really leave them. If she did, the illusion would not last that long as she could not maintain two illusions at the same time.

She gritted her teeth as she thought of her own carelessness.

"We need to leave this place," Rosalind said. "We have to find a safe place until the Count recovers. Moreover… I cannot hide us for hours."

"I agree… but what about the others?"

"I will find them and I will get them." Rosalind was talking about Tabatha and the maids. "Do you know a place where we could take your father and hide him away? I am certain that he will be alright tomorrow." In fact, the Count no longer had any wounds. However, he was an older guy and his body had been cut open and then healed, poisoned and then healed. Naturally, it would experience some problems.

These problems would eventually vanish once rested.

The thing was… they did not give him the time to rest.

These people must have realized that so they decided to act now.

"There is a place in my room," Leonardo said.

"We should leave." Rosalind was just about to leave when Denys walked inside the room.

"Sir Denys… please tell me you were able to take care of the assassins," the Countess said.

"Everyone is dead."

"And the Count?"

"Safe," Denys uttered. "Someone let them in," he looked at everyone else in the room. "That is the reason why they were able to get inside with ease. We need to investigate the matter. We will—"

"As much as I want to take you up on your offer, Sir Denys, I am afraid that I will have to decline it. This is not Wugari, this is Lonyth and we are serving one King. You on the other hand…" the Crown Prince said. "I would like to talk to the Duke."

"There was an urgent matter. HisGgrace is occupied."

"Well— the Crown Prince has spoken, I do not want to complicate things. I do not think this is something that someone from another kingdom should concern themselves with," the Countess Countered with a smile. "So Sir Denys, I would like to thank you for protecting my husband but… he currently needs his wife."

"The Count will come back… once everything has been taken care of."

"Well then please return the Count to us. We will make sure that he is well-guarded and remains safe," The Crown Princess said.

"He will come back after the incident has been investigated properly and the culprit… has been captured." Denys looked at the Countess. "Isn't that right, Countess?"

"Well— the Crown Prince has spoken, I do not want to complicate things. I do not think this is something that someone from another kingdom should concern themselves with," the Countess Countered with a smile. "So Sir Denys, I would like to thank you for protecting my husband but… he currently needs his wife."

"The Count will come back… once everything has been taken care of."

"Are you refusing to let us see the Count?" the Crown Princess asked. "He is someone who swore an oath to our King! Someone from Wugari does not have the right to hold him captive!"

"Captive?" Denys asked. Even Rosalind, who heard it, was surprised.

"Isn't that what you are currently doing right now? It seems that the Wugarians have finally lost their mind. Did you think we would really let you bully us into submission?"

Deny's face turned uglier and uglier as the Princess continued spouting nonsense.

"Knights! What are you waiting for? Arrest this man and the rest of them! The Wugarians took our Count! They are holding him captive!"

Rosalind's heart dropped when she heard the Princess's words. She looked at Denys who was ready to fight for his life. Thankfully, he did not resist and just let those men remove his weapons.

"Take him to the dungeon and ask him about the Count. This must be some sort of conspiracy to frame us! These people's goal must be the Count and his heir!"

"Those people are insane! What are they doing!?" Fraunces hissed. She was about to approach them when Rosalind held her arm.

"Any action… will be taken as a provocation that could lead to a war," Rosalind said.

"But what about Denys?"

"He will live," Rosalind stated. "Bring us to safety, Leonardo. For now, our priority is to keep the Count safe. Tonight, I will take care of the rest."

Fraunces gritted her teeth. She glared at Rosalind but ended up not saying a word. The three of them waited for the rest to leave before they made their way to Leonardo's room. They immediately noticed that most maids were now gone. The people walking around the halls were all knights in full battle attire and weapons.

Those people were clearly working for the Prince.

"It seems that they are desperate to have the Count's territory," Rosalind said.

"Why?" Fraunces asked as she carried the Count on her back with ease.

"This is just an assumption. This place is the entrance to Wugari, if they wanted to… attack Wugari, they would have to own this place or they would have to go through the dangerous mountains and fight the beasts on their way to Wugari. That is… simply not feasible with the current weather."

"You seemed to know so much about war," Fraunces said.

"I studied a bit," Rosalind answered. While she might be weak physically, she was very confident in her strategies and… her knowledge of wars. This was thanks to Dorothy who brought her everywhere in her past life.

"The people of Lonyth know that the Wugarians are strong. There is no way that they would attack us. They are not brave enough for that."

"Perhaps not you…" Rosalind said. "Owning this territory is like owning the barrier between Wugari and the rest of the kingdoms in the south. This is a very advantageous position." Taking this territory is akin to taking away the road connecting Wugari to the rest of the continent.

And that… is akin to death.

The Death of Wugarians

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