Rosie's Games

Chapter 230: The Voice Inside her Head

"Why did you come?" Valentin confronted her when they were alone. Elias was already off somewhere, probably hiding in one of those trees while Sofia was talking to Captain Gaudy not far away from them.

"You have to leave this place," Rosalind said.

He frowned.

"Did you come to warn us?"

"No."

"Then?"

"I was only curious, I did not intend to come here." Rosalind could not help but wonder why this man seemed to dislike her. When they were with other people, he was clearly nice and accommodating. However, when they were alone, he would show his fangs.

"So, you are not going to tell me why we needed to leave?" he asked.

"No."

"What would happen if we did not leave?"

"Nothing that would concern you," she uttered.

"You"

"I am leaving."

"That man Lucas. Who is he?" Valentin said.

"Why are you asking?"

"I heard that the Duke of Wugari is now inside the castle, but we never saw him arrive. He must have been inside the palace, but we heard no news about that. Which means, it is either that he came in secretly or he simply teleported."

"It would be the latter," Rosalind said simply. The Duke had a way to get inside the castle.

"That's not my question."

"The man that I was with is my husband." Rosalind smiled as she started walking away.

Valentin said nothing as he watched her walk into the darkness.

"You are just letting her leave like that?" Elias appeared the moment Rosalind left.

"What do you want me to do? Do you think I can stop her?"

"You can do something."

"And attract everyone's attention?" Valentin argued. "She disappeared."

"Like she teleported?" Elias asked.

"Yes."

"Why do you think she wants us to leave this place?"

"I wouldn't know that."

Elias sighed. "Let's depart early tomorrow morning. I do not want to stay in this place any longer."

....

After Rosalind left them, she teleported around Siluria until she was confident enough to absorb more darkness without suffering from it.

"Where were you?" Magda's face was ugly when she saw Rosalind inside the room. "Do you have any idea how many people will suffer if something happened to you?"

Rosalind said nothing. Rather, she couldn't. She just stared at the woman.

"I feel better now."

"The Duke said, there is no need to force yourself and to just"

"We should get going." Rosalind started to turn around, however, Magda suddenly held her wrist. To her surprise, however, Magda let her go. It was as if touching her was a huge mistake.

"You" Magda then touched her forehead. "You are sick."

"What?"

"A fever. You are steaming." Magda turned and found a box in the room. "Take this, it should lower your temperature down."

"I don't"

"You do."

Rosalind did not feel sick, what was happening to her body? She touched her forehead and for the first time, felt that there were some changes in her temperature. Almost immediately, she tried using her light Blessing but the darkness inside her repelled it. She could only sigh inwardly.

"What is this?"

"We use this when we are sick, it would make us better for a day. After that, we need to rest or we will become even sicker."

"So, its effects are not permanent," Rosalind said.

"It's better than getting sick while doing something important."

"You have a point." Rosalind accepted the small vial, opened it, and was assaulted with a sour-smelling liquid. She scowled.

"Take it."

She nodded and took it without saying anything. Rosalind was not exactly worried that this was poison as she was already immune to all of them.

"Take your time. Sit down. After an hour I am certain that your fever will"

"We don't have the time. We need to leave." Rosalind met Magda's eyes. "Now."

In response, the woman sighed. "You really are as stubborn as His Grace. I wonder if he chose to work with you among all sorcerers who wanted to work with him because of this."

The two of them then left the inn and went to the first dark bomb. There were only four left and Rosalind thought that she could absorb all the darkness in them as long as she did her best. Moreover, she could also teleport back and forth just to get rid of the excess darkness.

'How could someone be so dull?'

"What did you say?" Rosalind looked at Magda who was standing behind her. She turned. "I told you not to say a word."

"I did not say anything."

Rosalind frowned and continued absorbing the darkness. This was the second time that she heard something. She was now wondering if she should stop absorbing darkness for a while after this. Was it causing her to hallucinate and hear things?

After a few hours, Rosalind finally finished absorbing the first one. They quickly moved to the second one and soon, to the third orb. Sadly, it was already daytime when they finished the third orb.

"Your hands," Magda said.

"I know." Rosalind pursed her lips. In less than two hours, the coronation will start. She had no time.

"This is the last one. If you if you cannot do it. Please tell me so I can take it away from this place."

"What about you?" Rosalind looked at her.

"What about me?"

"You will die."

"That is a part of my job."

Rosalind shook her head. Dying was never a part of anyone's job. She turned her attention to the fourth orb and took a deep breath. Luckily, this one was in an abandoned smithy house. No one would come in today.

"I will start," she said. "Please take care of the rest," Rosalind said as she closed her eyes. Almost immediately, memories of the people who suffered started filling her head.

'Let it go,' for the third time, she heard the voice inside her head. It sounded like a whisper. As if the woman in her head was just next to her. This time, she did not open her eyes. Instead, she asked in response.

'Let what go?" Rosalind said inside her head.

Just as she expected, she did not hear any response.

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