Rosie's Games

Chapter 34: Playing the Game 6

"Older sister" Rosalind frowned. She thought Jeames would be here, but for some reason, the man was nowhere to be seen. "I don't understand"

"You were having tea with me before I fainted! You must have added something to my tea!"

"I"

"The Young Lady agreed to see you out of the goodness of her heart! How could you!?" Lellana hissed as she pointed at Rosalind.

"But I " Rosalind's eyes widened. It looked like they had completely shifted the blame onto her. How convenient. Without the Duke, everyone would have thought that she was the one who arranged the meeting.

"Is this true?" Victoria asked. "Did you do something to harm your sister?"

"Mother I"

"Madam, I am telling the truth. It was the Young Miss Rosalind who insisted on seeing the Young Lady."

"Cut out her tongue," the Duke's sudden words surprised everyone. However, no one would have expected what happened next. A man suddenly appeared next to the maid, a dagger glinted in his hand.

"Stop!" Victoria yelled. "You have no right to harm someone in the Lux Household!"

"Is that so?" the Duke asked. "Then shall I tell the Emperor that the maid of your daughter insisted I am a liar?"

"I did not say that. I" Victoria looked flustered. She turned to the maid and then towards her daughter. She had been the madam of the Lux Family for years and this was the first time that someone had embarrassed her in her own house!

"What is happening here?"

Everyone turned towards the Marquess who just made an entrance with his father, the old Federico Lux. Seeing the scene, the two men immediately frowned.

"What is this nonsense?"

"Father! Grandfather, you must give me justice! Please" Dorothy begged. "You must help me!"

"Victoria, explain everything!" Federico ordered.

"Father, I" Victoria gave a quick explanation of what had transpired earlier, including Princess Isabel's appearance. She also mentioned that the Duke claimed he was with Rosalind all this time.

"Is that true?" Martin Lux looked at the Duke.

"Yes." Duke Lucas answered. "I met Lady Rosalind, and we had an interesting conversation so, I send someone to inform you that I needed to take my leave."

"That happened," Martin said. "Father was with me when someone came to tell me that you were leaving."

"And Lellana was telling everyone that it was Rosalind who did this?" Martin asked. Seeing her father's reaction, Rosalind understood why the Duke told her to leave this place with her head held high instead of scheming her way out.

She had been very careless. She gambled and used every bit of her Blessing without thinking about what would happen next. Right now, many people wouldn't believe that she was capable of pulling off a stunt like this.

Meaning, they were going to blame the one who supported her, and that was, the Duke.

If one would think about it clearly, the Duke was very capable of setting up Dorothy with Anthony. One would think that he was doing this because he did not want to marry Dorothy. Judging from the Duke's past record, weird things would happen to the woman who wanted to become his bride.

Most of them ended up dead or just simply vanished, but other things happened to some of the women none of it could be explained by simple logic.

With this in mind, she stared at the Duke's handsome side profile. She was certain that the man already knew what was going to happen. He could have left her then and there, he could have ignored her and pretended not to see her.

Instead, he stepped up and saved her.

Although she was certain this was because of her Blessing, Rosalind was still thankful for the gesture.

She would remember this favor in the future.

She could only blame this on her inexperience in scheming. In the past, she wasn't very good at those things either. Isn't that the reason why they treated her like a fool for more than forty years?

"Father, please do not believe them"

"Stop it!" Martin said. "Victoria, take her to the mansion."

"But father"

"And you!" Martin pointed to Anthony. "Get the Count. We will talk about your upcoming wedding with Dorothy!"

"Marquess"

"Listen Young Delibar" Martin said. "You would not want to cross the Lux Family!"

Anthony frowned, then he bowed and left.

Seeing him disappear, Victoria also helped Dorothy, who was already a mess, towards the mansion. Obviously, the others who were not really a member of the Lux Family left as well. Being in the presence of two people who received the Blessing was too much for them to handle.

"Did you do this, your Grace?" It was Federico. As expected, the older man didn't hesitate to ask Duke Lucas about his involvement in the matter.

"I do not see any reason for me to waste my time embarrassing the Lux Family," the Duke answered without batting an eyelid. "There are no benefits to it."

"Young Duke, no one has ever embarrassed my family like this."

Duke Lucas didn't answer. Beside him, Rosalind was also speechless. She knew that the old man was fearless and very strict, but she didn't think that he would actually confront the Duke right then and there!

'What boldness!' She thought inwardly.

"I do not appreciate your tone, Blessed one," Duke Lucas took a step towards Federico. The two faced each other like two large boulders, their pressure enough to crush the surrounding individual.

"Are you calling me a liar?" the Duke asked.

"Are you looking down on the Lux Family?" Federico fired back.

Again, the Duke said nothing.

"Tomorrow, I am sending a letter to the Emperor. I am going to marry Rosalind Lux." Duke Lucas suddenly said.

"You cannot marry her without my permission."

"Isn't she just some trash that you wanted to get rid of?"

"She is a Lux and she cannot "

"You don't want to cross me, Blessed one," the Duke said. Seeing Federico's speechless expression, the Duke continued. "I am tired of your people looking down on the people of the North. Next time, you will suffer from the consequences of your actions.

The Duke narrowed his eyes at him before looking towards Martin. "None of you will hurt Rosalind Lux. Consider yourself warned."