Rosie's Games

Chapter 279: Beautiful Show

"Your majesty," Queen Aurinda immediately approached her husband. "This is This is not what you think. We were merely talking about something from the past."

King Marlin frowned. He then stroked his wife's back. "If that is the case then you should probably go back to your quarter to rest."

"But "

"Escort the Queen to her quarters. She had been very stressed lately. She needed to rest."

"Your majesty, I am not yet done talking to Your majesty please " However, it seems that the knights behind the King were not playing around. They immediately escorted her out of the greenhouse.

"My lady " King Marlin was about to kill the back of Rosalind's palm when Lucas intervened. He was behind the King earlier but moved next to Rosalind.

"There seems to be a plethora of food in front of us, your majesty. It would be a waste if we stand her for pleasantries." Lucas said with a smile on his face.

"Ah? Right right My Queen prepared the best food for the lady." King Marlin awkwardly said.

"Your majesty, may I know what is this all about?" Rosalind asked. While she was thankful that the King saved her from that awkward situation, she wanted to know why he was there. To be honest, Rosalind had things to do aside from having tea.

"It is about Consort Leona," the King said. "I am here to apologize for what happened."

Almost immediately, Rosalind looked at Lucas. "You knew."

Lucas shrugged in response.

"My Queen's actions are not is simply not right. I begged Lucas not to hurt her. Do not worry, I will take care of everything from my end."

What was that supposed to mean?

"This is good," Lucas handed her a slice of cake with pink frosting and various fruits and petals on top. "You should try it." He then took a small spoon, scoop a little bit of the cake, and held the spoon towards her, expecting her to open her mouth and eat it.

"It does not have poison," Lucas said.

Hearing this, Rosalind opened her mouth and ate the cake. While the cake was delicious, Rosalind did not want to talk about this right now.

"Your majesty," Rosalind cleared her throat. "You do understand that if I did not sense that poison then I would be the one in a coffin right now."

"Lady Rosie "

"What would have happened if I was not able to sense it?"

"Wugari would burn," the King said. "I understand the implications of what my wife did. Because of this, I would like to beg the Duchess to forgive her. She was just a woman who who fell in love."

Rosalind blinked. A woman who fell in love.

She was once a woman like that. She could not help but look at Lucas as she wondered if she would one day fell for him too. Would she do something stupid all in the name of love?

"I understand," Rosalind said. "However, this matter has caused so much stress that I " she suddenly started massaging her temple. "I can no longer sleep. I could not help but think that since the poison failed, the assassins would soon come and end my life. Your majesty, my life has been a mess in the past few nights."

There was silence

And more silence

Then more silence

"Ugh " So, Rosalind continued. The Queen just attempted to kill her! The Queen was gambling. She did not know if the Duke cared about Rosalind enough for him to deal with the Consort. Yet, she did it! What if Rosalind did not sense the poison? What if she ate the cake and fell into a coma?

What if her very own man does not care about her and would leave her to die on her own?

This This is too much to think about?

This has caused her some heavy emotional damage.

"I was crying to my sleep even his grace said that I have lost some weight. It was because I could no longer sleep in fear of the assassins that would cut my head. I could no longer eat because I fear that the food will be poisoned and I could not even drink the water thinking there might be poison in it. Your majesty, you do not understand since you have not seen it with your own eyes however, I had to ask my maid to gather some snow so I can eat it! The snow might be dirty but at least it was not poisoned!"

Again, there was silence.

And more silence

"Ehem" King Marlin cleared his throat and looked at Lucas. "I understand Duchess. Please do not worry. I may not be the richest man in Wugari but I promise to compensate you for the suffering that you experienced because of my wife's carelessness. Tell me what you want your ladyship and I will do my best to give it to you. Be its territory, a title, even a kingdom! I would give everything to satisfy her ladyship's demands."

Rosalind frowned. What territory? What title? What Kingdom? Was it too hard to compensate her with gold?

All she wanted was gold!

"Your majesty, how could I ask you something like that?" Rosalind asked. This King is very smart. He immediately listed some extravagant things to show that he was magnanimous and was prepared to pay for his wife's deeds.

In fact, the King would never give this thing to her. He was only doing this for the show. Unfortunately for him, Rosalind knew this.

"Your ladyship, how could you say that? This is "

"She wants gold," Lucas's words interrupted the current stalemate. Both Rosalind and the King looked at Lucas who was eating the cake that Rosalind eat earlier. "She wanted compensation in gold."

"I Gold?" the King asked. "Is that true, Lady Rosie?"

Rosalind could not help but smile. It seems that Lucas is paying attention. However, this is a very embarrassing act. It made her look like someone who only loves gold. However, since Lucas already mentioned it, why would she refuse?

They are now talking about gold! Of course, she was not planning to make this easy.

"This lowly one is embarrassed to ask but I only wanted his majesty to have good health and live forever. That is the compensation that I wanted. However, now that your majesty mentioned gold then this lowly one will not refuse anything as long as it was from his majesty." Rosalind said, a shameless smile plastered on her face.

Seeing this, Lucas could not help but sigh. Then he took another cake and started eating it as if he was watching a beautiful show.