Rosie's Games

Chapter 369: The Howling Mountains

"What?" the woman frowned when she noticed Lachlan's gaze. "What are you looking at? Do you want to take my food?" Her gaze turned wary as she blinked at him.

For some reason, her actions reminded him of a cat who was scared that someone would steal her food.

"How old are you?" he asked.

"It is rude for a man to ask a woman's age," the woman answered before she started gobbling up her food. "Although, I am certain that I am older than you."

"Then why do you want to go to Wugari?"

"A Blessed Person cannot be trusted," the woman said. "It is bold of you to assume that I will tell you something like that just because you helped me cook my food."

Lachlan was speechless. So, he started eating the demonic rabbit instead. "Can we really eat this?"

"I purified it. I took away the darkness."

"You can do that?"

The woman rolled her eyes in response. "Have you been living under a rock all this time?" she asked.

"You are a sorceress"

"How long must you repeat those words?" She glared at him.

"Help me understand why you decided to help me."

"I did not help you out of goodwill. I helped you because I needed fire."

"You are a sorceress, can't you make fire?"

"Do you think I am a god?" she fired back without batting an eyelid. "If we are that powerful then there is really no reason for you to exist anymore, right?"

What is this woman talking about?

"We would have destroyed the Blessed Families a long time ago if we were that powerful."

Lachlan nodded at her words. He was taught that sorcerers were evil. They worshiped the Dark Lord so they must be killed.

He met sorcerers in the past, but all of them had malice and only wanted money or blood or a person's heart in return. He had never met someone like her before.

While he still had so many questions to ask, he decided to focus on his food instead. He was actually starving as he had depleted his Blessing earlier and needed the food to recuperate.

Not long after, they finished their meal and the woman started asking him about Wugari again.

"So you are on your way to the Rothley Estate?" The woman asked.

"Yes," Lachlan could not see any reason for him to hide his destination anymore. The woman saved him. The least that he could do is help her reach Wugari.

"So you are going to that place too?"

"What place?"

"You are a Blessed Person. Don't you already know this?"

"I wanted to help them fight the beasts," he explained. At least a part of him really wanted to help them fight the beasts. Naturally, the other half wanted to fight against the Duke.

"Oh they need no help."

"How did you know that?"

The woman just shrugged in response.

"We should be here," Lachlan said after he studied the map. "It is still Lonyth. We would need to go to a nearby town to get horses. Then we can go to Wugari."

"Ah is that so" the woman looked towards the East where Wugari is at. "I believe it is not good to go to towns."

"Why is that?"

"Those people who wanted to kill you must be looking for you. Their best bet is to look for you in a town or send their people to towns to alert them of your presence. They know that you are injured and need medical attention so it is only logical for them to think that you will be visiting towns to get some help."

Lachlan was left speechless once again.

For the first time since he met this woman, this was the first time that she actually sounded like a woman her age.

"What?" She asked when he noticed his eyes on her.

"How did you know that?" he asked.

"Are you really that stupid?" The woman seemed shocked. Her eyes were wide. "I was raised to believe that all Blessed Individuals are very smart and dangerous, but you do not look that smart at all."

Lachlan was at a loss for words.

This woman was truly peculiar.

"We should just continue walking then," Lachlan said.

"How long would it take us to reach Wugari if we just walk?" She asked.

"Probably about a month."

"A month? Is it that really far? It looked so near in the maps, no?"

"It will be if we do not get horses," Lachlan answered.

The woman was silent for a few seconds.

"We should just walk.'

Lachlan said nothing. He had a feeling that there was more to this woman than what she was showing him.

He was not actually in a hurry to find out her secrets.

For now, his focus was on his recovery.

A month should be enough for him to recover.

Once he has recovered then he would do his best to punish those two people!

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"That is Howling Mountains?" Elias asked as they arrived at the shore that was just right across the well-known howling Mountains.

They traveled in secret and all of them were wearing their own disguises.

Even Rosalind and Lucas were wearing different faces just to avoid detection.

"That place is dark," Valentin mumbled. "Do you not think so?"

From the shore, they could see the ominous presence of numerous volcanoes that dotted the island's landscape.

Each of the volcanoes bellowed thick plumes of smoke into the sky, making it very hard for them to see the entirety of the island.

Seeing this, Rosalind sighed.

"What is on your mind?" Lucas asked, his tone soft too soft.

"The demons," Rosalind responded. Until now, she could not forget what happened in that room. She had been having nightmares about that demon and could not get some proper sleep on her own.

Lucas said nothing. However, his fingers intertwined with hers, providing a reassuring touch.

She smiled and once again focused her attention on the Howling Mountains. For some reason, she could feel that this place is going to change her forever.

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A/N: In my outline: This is the end of another volume. The romance will be focused in the next volume! Ehem... Thanks for the support my dearest readers! You are the best!

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