Rosie's Games

Chapter 222: Boxes from Wugari

The basement was not that different from the interior on the main floor, except this one was full of curse weapons.

Rosalind swallowed as she recalled what had happened when she encountered cursed weapons in the past. She did not want to accidentally touch anything and absorb it, so she stayed close to Lucas while scanning the area. This time, she was almost certain that the thing that she felt was in the corner of the room.

Sadly, she could not see it, as there were a few boxes neatly stacked on top of each other.

"As you can see, we have yet to unpack the others," the storekeeper said.

"When will you finish unpacking everything?" Rosalind asked.

"Ah, it would take us a week as we needed to do inventory and other stuff. If you come back after a week, then maybe you would be able to see everything. For now, why don't I show you some things that would suit your needs? We have daggers and short swords. Although they are not as strong as the others, I think it is perfect for a small little girl like you."

"Ah this one is small"

"Arrows" Lucas uttered. "Arrowheads."

"Ah, for arrowheads then perhaps, I can recommend something"

The two continued talking while Rosalind observed the weapons. The fact that there were a lot of cursed weapons in a normal store like this was a little alarming, wasn't it?

In the South, cursed weapons were only available on the black market and could not be found in an average weapon store. Moreover, the black market in the south did not have this many smaller cursed weapons.

The difference was simply day and night.

After a while, Lucas settled on buying a few more arrowheads, all of them cursed. The moment they left the store, he immediately asked her about the mass of darkness that she felt earlier.

"It was in one of the boxes," Rosalind replied. "We should check out the other stores."

Lucas agreed.

Not long after, they arrived inside a fabric store and, just like earlier, the store had new stocks that they had yet to unbox. Rosalind could tell that just like the weapons store, the mass of darkness was also in one of those boxes.

"These fabrics are from Wugari. They are made of snow mantle, a very rare mantle that can make silk."

"Wugari?" Rosalind asked.

"Yes. This is very popular in the North as it is very good in this type of weather. We have a few more silks in those boxes. However, we have been very busy lately because of the influx of refugees from Cirid. Many people want new fabric for the grand coronation."

"Right."

"Aren't you here for that as well?"

"Of course." Rosalind smiled as she held Lucas's arms. "My husband and I wanted to wear something new for the coronation. May we see the dresses that you have made?"

"Of course. We have matching dresses for couples and some new ones that are made of snow mantle."

"May I see what was in those boxes?" Rosalind gave an awkward smile. "When you told me that those are snow mantles, I just got too excited. I really wanted to see them."

"Ah unfortunately, that is not possible right now." The middle-aged attendant smiled. "We have yet to check it out as it just arrived today. Our manager would not want to damage them before we do a complete inventory."

"Is that so that is very unfortunate, isn't it?"

"But you can come back after the coronation. We should be able to open those boxes, probably three days from now."

Rosalind nodded. Not long after, the woman was already showing them a catalog of new clothes that they just made. Although they were matching clothes, they were mostly made of very thick material that should be perfect for the winter.

So, Rosalind chose to buy a few pairs for both of them. In fact, she insisted that they wear it immediately.

"You look rather good," Lucas complimented when they walked out of the store in matching thick red items of clothing. The white fur on the red jackets was especially eye-catching.

"Thank you very much. Although I am well aware that I look good in everything." Despite the fact that they altered their appearance and made themselves more ordinary, she highly believed that this would not affect their overall appeal.

At the end of the day, she believed that her confidence would make everything that she wore look better.

She glanced at him and caught the awkward nod that he gave.

"You look good yourself."

"Thank you. I see that your confidence has grown since I met you."

Rosalind snorted and pointed at the part of the plaza where they sold some different types of street foods.

"Of course," he nodded.

"We should check it out tonight," Rosalind said. "I have a terrible feeling about it." Despite her words, she was smiling at the people who were looking at them. To outsiders, they were simply two newlyweds so in love that they wanted to dress like silly newlyweds.

"Tell me about the darkness that you felt."

"It was suffocating," Rosalind answered. She had a feeling that she had seen that much darkness in the past and had touched it, but there was no such thing in her memories. "It It made my skin tingle."

"What do you think?" she asked.

"The fact that those boxes came from Wugari is alarming," Lucas said.

"Are you thinking what I am thinking?" she asked. Clearly, whoever sent them wanted to involve Wugari in their plans. This was becoming more and more complicated.

He nodded in response.

She pursed her lips and eyed the stalls not too far away from them.

"Good" Rosalind smiled. "Then shall we go ahead and get some candies before we tackle our thoughts?"

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I wanted to thank everyone for the support. Moving forward, I will aim to publish 3 chapters everyday. I already talked to my editor and she was on board with this. Honestly, we are having problems with our sched since she lives in a country with the opposite timezone. The moment she wakes up is the time that I go to bed. T.T

However, I will try to write more just to have a stockpile. School isn't as busy as its intramurals this week. So, I hope I have time. Thank you for the support!