Rosie's Games

Chapter 130: Famished 3

"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 time traveling to the North."

"The temperature in the South is much warmer compared to the temperature that we have in the North. How could someone 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 someone who had lived in the North all their lives.

This immediately made them wonder about the woman with white hair.

"I heard that the daughter of that merchant guild had extreme 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 name Suarez. The man used to work as a mercenary 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 time 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 me away with my dying wife. I have lost faith since then."

Everyone turned serious. Many of them knew someone 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 something like that was enough to ruin their moods.

"If only I have met someone 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 smell of something burning.

"Fire!"

Almost immediately, everyone in their carriages came 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 time-consuming, but the smell of blood might even attract even stronger predators! As a soldier in the North, Lieutenant Fraunces knew how dangerous something 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 met.

Suddenly, the Lieutenant noticed something 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 some, 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 smell of blood could easily attract predators and could put everyone in danger."

"That sounds horrible," Rosie's eyed widened. Almost immediately Fraunces realized something. 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, someone that she had admired since she was younger, do something like that?

The man was a dragon among men! A mere beauty is not enough to fool him.

"Does this mean the maids are no longer allowed to have three meals 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 something. She covered her mouth and stared at the Lieutenant.

"Isn't that too cruel Lieutenant?"

Her words made Fraunces realize something. Rosie was somewhat 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.