"The temperature is going to be colder than last night," one of the guards, who was keeping watch tonight, said. "Luckily, we have enough wood for the fire.
One of the guards glanced at the carriage where Miss Rosie had been staying. Earlier, they were instructed to stop putting wood in that carriage. He could not help but wonder if the woman staying in it would survive the night.
"I heard she's used to the South and this is her first ti traveling to the North."
"The temperature in the South is much warr compared to the temperature that we have in the North. How could soone like that survive here?"
"I heard she had not asked for any food either."
Slowly, the guards got to talking. All of them were from different parts of the southern continent so they quickly noticed that most people coming with them were from the North. It was the accent and the fact that they could easily walk around the carriage with little clothing. Even the maids would walk around without coats.
This was normal behavior for soone who had lived in the North all their lives.
This imdiately made them wonder about the woman with white hair.
"I heard that the daughter of that rchant guild had extre trauma because of what happened to her parents. I did not expect her to even know how to talk to other people, much less to heal a dark curse!"
"She will surely bring waves of changes in the Empires," the guard sitting on the top of one of the carriages said. This guard was undeniably older than the rest, and guards only knew him by his na Suarez. The man used to work as a rcenary and then worked as security for hire in various companies. The three of them had worked with Suarez before and were quite familiar with the way he spoke.
"What do you know, Suarez? You only spend your ti gambling anyway."
The rest chuckled.
"I lost my wife to the curse," Suarez's suddenly said. "I took her to see the Blessed patriarch Federico, hoping he would at least ease her pain. The man did not even bother to see her. He sent away with my dying wife. I have lost faith since then."
Everyone turned serious. Many of them knew soone who had been affected by a dark curse. They have seen people deteriorate to the point of losing their minds and even watched a few people end their own lives because of the curse.
Knowing that Suarez had experienced sothing like that was enough to ruin their moods.
"If only I have t soone like her" they heard Suarez mumble. The three of them stared at each other. After that, they chose to go back to their own posts. No one was in the mood to talk as they wanted to avoid saying things that could possibly get them in trouble.
Soon enough, the different sounds of beasts filled the night. Then it happened.
At first, it was just the sll of sothing burning.
"Fire!"
Almost imdiately, everyone in their carriages ca outside only to discover that the carriage carrying their food supplies was on fire!
"How was that possible!?" Lieutenant Fraunces could not help but raised her voice to the four guards. "How could a fire start inside the carriage?" While the fire was not able to burn every supply that they had, it was still able to burn a considerable amount of food!
Food!
How could they survive this long and arduous travel without food? Hunting was not only ti-consuming, but the sll of blood might even attract even stronger predators! As a soldier in the North, Lieutenant Fraunces knew how dangerous sothing like this could be.
She glanced at Rosie who was standing in a daze not far away from her. The woman looked like she just had woken up from a long sleep. Then their gaze t.
Suddenly, the Lieutenant noticed sothing on Rosie's face. It was the slight smile that she was giving her. The woman was smirking at her. Lieutenant's eyes widened.
"You "
She was about to rush towards Rosie when one of the maids gave her a report.
"We lost a month's worth of food," the maid said. "Luckily, we were still able to save so, if not" the maid did not dare to utter those words, scared that it might cause them more bad luck.
Hearing this, the Lieutenant once again turned her attention towards Rosie and realized that the woman already approached them.
"What an unfortunate thing to happen," Rosie said, her tone completely insincere. "I understand that hunting in the middle of the journey is perilous but the Lieutenant is blessed with a good physique and strong martial arts. We will be relying on you to survive."
Hearing this, Fraunces snorted. "Do you not know that hunting in the North is not encouraged, especially if you are traveling? The sll of blood could easily attract predators and could put everyone in danger."
"That sounds horrible," Rosie's eyed widened. Almost imdiately Fraunces realized sothing. This woman and that woman from the Aster Empire almost had similar looks. However, Rosie is undeniably more pleasant to watch than that Rosalind. Fraunces always had the suspicion that the Duke might have saved this woman because of her face. But how could the Duke, soone that she had admired since she was younger, do sothing like that?
The man was a dragon among n! A re beauty is not enough to fool him.
"Does this an the maids are no longer allowed to have three als a day?" Rosie asked while looking at the maids. "We cannot really starve the guards as they need the energy to keep us safe. Then that leaves the maids."
Rosie gasped as if she had just realized sothing. She covered her mouth and stared at the Lieutenant.
"Isn't that too cruel Lieutenant?"
Her words made Fraunces realize sothing. Rosie was sowhat similar to Rosalind, but this woman was more sinister and scheming. She narrowed her eyes at Rosie, her suspicions had never failed her, and right now, she had an idea of what just happened.
Rosie must have burned the supply carriage.
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