Rosie's Games

Chapter 100: The Unbelievers 7

"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 time. 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 some bitter tea. Do you want me to prepare them?" Milith asked.

"No need. I am going to sleep." She met Milith's eyes as she gave her a meaningful 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 meaning 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 met Mathies when he accompanied Mr. Mongomery Lucilla's father and the head of Primal Fangs to see if Alma's treatment was real. This man loved to wear white and seemed 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 informed that your room lit up, I immediately volunteered to get you."

Volunteered. Why would he volunteer?

She only smiled in response.

"Ah it has been such a long time since we last saw each other." Mathies beamed 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. Montgomery was coincidentally here to watch too! When I heard that you will be performing another treatment, I immediately 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 me Mathies. In fact, I am not that old compared to what I look like. I had some 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 time. 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 something interesting.

"There was an accident that made me like this two years ago?"

"You said you were studying something?" 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 some adventurers and explored some sites but sadly, I "

"There were only seven blessings, Mr. Hekhuis."

"Mathies. If you call me Mathies, then I will tell you about it." The man beamed. 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 me 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 mere 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 something 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 mere conjectures and of course I would not say this in front of other people, not even to Mr. Montgomery. However, I am telling you because I want to know the method that you used to absorb the dark curse. Perhaps, this would help me 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 me 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 someone that you can use for your research," Rosalind interrupted him.

"Oh I didn't mean 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 method. 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 something that was meant 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?"