"New wives?" Rosalind scoffed when she heard Milith's report.
"Apparently, they are not going to be wives, but just concubines. They will not marry into the family and will be living in quarters that have been abandoned for years. The Madam is currently asking everyone to clean those quarters now. There are rumors that they will be sent away after giving birth."
"That's cruel," Rosalind said. Yet, they already tried to do it before to her mother. However, she never expected that they would be so blatant about it this ti. Then she snorted.
No. They were not the ones who were blatant about it. It was Victoria. The woman must be devastated but could not do anything about it as she cannot really reveal that Rosalind was the one who received the blessing.
"The General sent us so bitter tea. Do you want to prepare them?" Milith asked.
"No need. I am going to sleep." She t Milith's eyes as she gave her a aningful gaze.
Milith nodded. "Alright, young miss. I will make sure that no one else will be allowed inside your room." Milith did not hesitate to exit the room without turning back or asking any questions. Milith already understood the aning behind her words.
She would be leaving the room on her own.
Of course, the smart Milith did not ask any questions and just guard the door. She smiled before she found a cloak, put it ont, and then used her ring to teleport out of her room.
The next thing she knew, she was already in the black market. However, Mr. Pratt was not waiting for her outside of the room. Instead, there was a man that she did not expect to see.
Mathies Hekhuis.
She first t Mathies when he accompanied Mr. Mongory Lucilla's father and the head of Primal Fangs to see if Alma's treatnt was real. This man loved to wear white and seed to be giving her a very very weird gaze.
"Miss Lin!" Mathies gave her a low bow when he saw her. "I would like to apologize for surprising you but Mr. Pratt is currently preoccupied and when he was inford that your room lit up, I imdiately volunteered to get you."
Volunteered. Why would he volunteer?
She only smiled in response.
"Ah it has been such a long ti since we last saw each other." Mathies bead as he started walking next to her.
"How have you been? Are you here to heal Miss Alma? Is it alright if I watch you do it? Mr. Montgory was coincidentally here to watch too! When I heard that you will be performing another treatnt, I imdiately got excited and I thought I would never waste this opportunity to see you and the wonderful "
"Mr. Hekhuis, it is nice to see you too," she uttered.
"Please call Mathies. In fact, I am not that old compared to what I look like. I had so accidents while studying light and dark blessings two years ago. The next thing I knew, I had aged like this. However, to my surprise, I have not aged since that ti. Do you think "
Rosalind stopped walking. She stared at the man, frowning. "What did you say?"
"Oh?" Mathies smiled. "Since the accident, I no longer age. I believe "
"Before that." She thought she heard him say sothing interesting.
"There was an accident that made like this two years ago?"
"You said you were studying sothing?" she asked.
"Ah yes I was studying the light blessing and the possible existence of another blessing."
"Another blessing?"
"In the absence of the light, there can only be darkness. If there is light, then there is darkness. So I thought about it and started my own research. I joined so adventurers and explored so sites but sadly, I "
"There were only seven blessings, Mr. Hekhuis."
"Mathies. If you call Mathies, then I will tell you about it." The man bead. It seems that he was very excited to talk about everything.
"Then Mathies. There were only seven blessings and seven families."
"But what if there is one more?"
"You are telling that there is a blessing of the darkness?"
"That is a possibility. There is fire and there is water. What about light and dark?"
"That is an interesting notion," she started walking again as she pretended to act calm. "But the history "
"What if it was altered?"
"What are you trying to suggest?"
"Well this is nothing but re conjectures of a bored man. But what if the seven families altered the history books to suit whatever it is that they wanted to tell? To suit their own personal goals?"
"That is" she looked around. " Preposterous. Saying sothing like that could easily get you killed Mathies. You should be more careful with your words. Especially in public places."
"Hah many people would say that, but those families were not gods. They were humans and humans were greedy. Again, these are re conjectures and of course I would not say this in front of other people, not even to Mr. Montgory. However, I am telling you because I want to know the thod that you used to absorb the dark curse. Perhaps, this would help more in my research!" Once again, the man started talking about the things that he had been doing.
The more he talked about things, the more interested she was to hear more about the dark blessing.
"So tell about it," she encouraged. "What made you think that what I have is connected to this eighth Blessing?"
"Because normal humans would die if they tried to absorb a dark curse. And you not only did you not die, you even thrived! You are not "
"Not soone that you can use for your research," Rosalind interrupted him.
"Oh I didn't an it like that. I just thought that maybe the dark blessing would interest you. What if what if you have been blessed by the Goddess and "
"My teacher can also do the things that I can do Mathies. What I have is not a blessing but an absorption thod. I do not think that a dark blessing exists. If they do then. Where were they all those years ago?" she asked.
However, she was well aware that those questions were actually sothing that was ant for her instead of the man standing before her. "Why did the seven families remove it from the history books?" she asked.
"I "
"And assuming that the Goddess gave the darkness blessing to an eighth family, then where are they now?"
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