"It seems that they threw away a good seed," Rosalind said.
"What was that?" he asked.
"What?"
"Sorcery?"
"No." Rosalind shook her head. "I am not like that."
"Then…"
"I am just like you and him."
"Elias."
"Right."
"What do you an?" he asked.
"Let show you." Rosalind then held her hand and a ball of light appeared in her palm.
"Light," he muttered in disbelief.
"Right now, no one can see us. Not even Sofia's maid who was trying to spy on Elias not too far away."
"Ah, that—" Valentin gave an awkward smile. "Please do not mind them. They have been doing that since Elias revealed his strength."
Rosalind nodded. Still, Valentin did not drop the shield around him.
"How did you recognize ?" Valentin said.
"I can sll you."
"What?"
"Well… not . My Blessing can feel yours," Rosalind lied without batting an eyelid.
"That's a lie. There is no way that the light Blessing can do that. I have not heard of that before."
"I have not heard that the Gliss Family and Blaize Family had abandoned two powerful bastards either," Rosalind responded with a sarcastic tone.
"You—"
"I was jesting."
"How could you say sothing like that?"
"Isn't it only because I am like you?" she asked. "A bastard abandoned by the Lux Family?"
"You— You are revealing too much information about yourself."
"Is that your way of telling that I cannot be trusted?" Rosalind said. She could read the reaction on his face. "That's understandable, I guess."
"The Lux Family would never abandon their own."
"They did not know anything about ," Rosalind said. "And I was not born with that light blond hair."
"You— I have heard of you!"
"Well— I am going to take that as a complint."
"You are the curse of the Lux Family!"
"That— might just be true," Rosalind said blandly. "Do you want to talk about this over tea?" she asked.
"I—"
"Do not fret. I am not going to go inside your tent." Rosalind then took a tea seat, a table that can be folded with matching stools that she kept in her spatial bag. "A hot tea would be very nice when it cos to a discussion like this. Don't you agree?" she smiled at him.
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VALENTIN
"You are one weird woman," Valentin said as he sat opposite her. Even if he was already sitting, he chose not to drop his shield around his body. It was still better to be wary and not regret his actions.
"Why would you bring sothing like that in a place like this?" he asked. Why would soone bring tables and chairs and act like this was so fun trip when they are in the middle of a war?
"For comfort," Rosalind said. "And my husband told to do so."
So when Rosie said that she was that woman, he could not help but wonder what happened to her. However, this was not the ti for that.
He nodded. Again, his eyes landed on her face. "I can easily see if soone was wearing a skin mask." He wondered if this was her real face. When Valentin was still younger, he heard so people inside the family talking about the child born with black hair in the Lux household. They were saying she would be the end of the Blessing. At that ti, he did not think too much about it, as frankly, he had his own problems to attend to.
So when Rosie said that she was that woman, he could not help but wonder what happened to her. However, this was not the ti for that.
"Why are you in the North?" he asked.
"I am working for the Duke of Wugari."
"His Grace Lucas?" Valentin frowned. He recalled Rosie's husband and his rather ordinary face. Was it possible that— No. He shook the thoughts out of his head.
His Grace Lucas Rothley was well known for his dislike for won. anwhile, the 'Lucas' earlier was acting very sweet and even kissed Rosie. There is no way that His Grace would actually travel with a woman and even kiss her. Moreover, they had been telling everyone that they were married.
His Grace Lucas would never do that.
"Yes. He asked to sort out the problems in Lonyth."
"Huh?" Valentin frowned. "Problems in Lonyth?" It had nothing to do with Wugari. Then his eyes widened. "His Grace is close to the King of Lonyth."
"Yes."
"He wanted you to save the King?"
"I cannot tell you the details of my mission."
Valentin said nothing. That was understandable. However, this did not remove his suspicion that the woman was lying about sothing. "Why did you reveal yourself to us?" he asked. There were only two reasons why she would do that. First, she wanted to use this to her advantage, aning, she would probably blackmail them or make them do her bidding. Second, if she wanted to work with them.
Seeing that it was only Rosie and Lucas, Valentin was leaning toward the second reason.
"My... of course it was because I wanted to extort you," Rosie calmly said. Almost imdiately, Valentin's face turned ugly.
He knew that the woman was joking as she was smiling but this imdiately left a bad taste in his mouth.
"I was fooling around," Rosie said. "Lightened up Sir Gliss, you are too—"
"Do not!" Valentin hissed, his face turning red. "Do not call that again."
"Yes, Sir." Rosie casually nodded. "But the reason why I revealed all this is because I want you to work with ."
"Pardon?"
"Work with . Aren't you planning on going to Wugari? You can work with the Duke and ."
"We were already planning to work with the Duke."
"Well, I am offering you to work with ," Rosalind said.
"Why would you do that?"
"Because I wanted to bring them down?"
Out of nowhere, Valentin burst out laughing. "I— I apologize. I thought I heard you say sothing funny."
Rosie shrugged. "I wanted to bring down the Seven Families."
"Uh… " Valentin did not know what to say. Who in their right mind would try to bring down the seven empires that ruled this continent?
This woman was clearly out of her mind!
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