The Duke let out a sigh of relief.
"The Prince has the curse," Rosalind said. "And Federico is doing sothing to hide it from everyone else. Another concubine is involved, but I have no information about her identity." Rosalind recalled that obscene thing that she overheard in the temples. Then she suddenly thought of Lucas's hard body.
What did this have to do with Federico and that concubine? Irritated, she pushed the thought out of her head. She is here for business! Not to think about soone else's anatomy.
"You should hurry, Your Grace," she added. "The continent is changing faster than you can even think."
"So, I was right," he sighed. "They are indeed hiding sothing like that. Are they going to make him the crown prince, then?"
"Yes, that is their plan." In her past life, Lawrence beca the crown prince. At first, she thought that the man had beco the crown prince and later on, the emperor, because of his skills, but it turned out, she was wrong.
It was because of Federico.
That man wanted soone stupid and easy to manipulate, and Lawrence was definitely the best candidate for his plans. Manipulating him by using Dorothy was even easier.
"Thank you for letting know."
"It was an exchange, Your Grace," she smiled. She knew that the Duke would find a way to confirm the information that she had given him. From there, the Duke would surely take proper asures. "But you must be careful of the Lux Family, they are not your ally."
The Lux Family, especially Federico Lux, wanted power and authority. His closeness to Miss Ena Thun was also very suspicious. Because of this, Rosalind chose to warn the Duke.
"Thank you. I will keep that in mind."
Rosalind nodded.
"If If the Emperor of Aster would change, do you think it would be possible for you to" he hesitated for a few seconds. "To work with the Empire?"
"No," Rosalind answered without batting an eyelid. She will not work with any Empires in the south.
"I already expected your answer," he nodded in understanding. "Still, I want to thank you for helping us out."
"Your Grace, this is not helping you out," Rosalind said. "It's an exchange." After treating the two, Rosalind would beco a very rich woman. As long as she hid it well and learned how to properly use her wealth, she could survive on this continent even when people learned about her marriage with Lucas!
"Thank you. How about the treatnt?"
"I will do it right after I treat the princess."
"You are going to do it now?" He seed surprised. Did he expect her to do it after another week or two? Rosalind decided to do it now simply because she is going to be busy in the coming days. Her arrival in the North would an a lot of unwanted things from other people.
And once they revealed her ability then things might beco even more complicated. She did not want to miss any treatnt because of other people.
"Yes."
"But the pain"
"No need to worry, I have made preparations. Besides, there have been a lot of problems in the empire lately, we need a new ruler."
The Duke gave her a tight-lipped smile. Then he called Mr. Pratt and Isabel so she could start absorbing the curse. This ti, Mathies arrived as well to observe the situation. With Rosalind's newfound strength, she was able to absorb the darkness from Isabel in no ti.
Soon, she started healing the Duke's legs.
"In another month, I will perform another treatnt. For now" Rosalind poked the Duke's leg. "Try moving your toes. You should be able to do it now."
The Duke imdiately tried moving his toes and succeeded. Seeing their surprise, Rosalind imdiately excused herself so the Duke could talk to Mr. Pratt.
"Pardon may I co with you?"
Rosalind looked at Princess Isabel. It seed that the woman followed her out of the room.
"Is sothing the matter, Your Highness?"
Isabel smiled. "No nothing like that. I just want to thank you."
"Oh" the two of them found a place to sit and a maid imdiately began serving them so tea.
"The curse the pain from that thing is sothing that I will never forget," Princess Isabel said. "But everything was my fault."
Rosalind nodded and waited for Isabel to elaborate, but it seed that she was not planning to talk about that incident in the forest. If the Princess knew that Miss Lin and Rosalind were the sa person, would she still have the kind of gentle smile that she was wearing now? Rosalind could only wonder.
"I hope the Princess will feel better soon," Rosalind said.
"I told my father that I will be traveling after everything," Princess Isabel said. "Surprisingly, he agreed."
Rosalind said nothing. She knew that the only reason why the Duke agreed was that he did not want to drag his own daughter into whatever it is that will happen after the Duke recovers.
"I know he had his reasons " Princess Isabel started, "Still, I cannot help but think that he is hiding sothing from ."
"All parents hide sothing from their children, Your Highness."
"You spoke as if you were an old woman when in fact, you only look my age," Princess Isabel said. "Father told you are wearing a mask. Is it a skin mask?"
"That is not sothing that you can just say to soone who is deliberately trying to hide their appearance."
"I apologize. I did not an to offend you."
"None was taken," Rosalind said. Honestly, the fact that Princess Isabel was so quick to apologize bothered her. It felt like she was talking to a different person. She quite liked the annoying Princess and she was not prepared for these changes. However, the Princess experienced sothing that changed her life forever.
Princess Isabel, just like most people who were infected with the curse, must have thought about ending their own life because of the pain. To them, death was the only escape. Surely, pain that would want you to die instead of continuing to endure for another mont could change even the toughest person in the world.
"Please call Isabel," Princess Isabel encouraged.
"Pardon?"
"In the Empire, people both hate and fear . They call many nas, but none of them dared to call by my given na. I want you to be the first one to do it."
Rosalind was speechless.
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I made so changes to this chapter about the treatnt. Thanks.
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