Chapter 205: Blood as Payment

Chapter 205: Blood as Payment

"Why is the fire not stopping!?" The Countess looked hysterical as she continued yelling at the few servants that were trying to fight the fire with water.

"Madam, that place is"

"I know what that place is! Where are the others!? Call them and tell them to help!"

"Madam, the Crown Prince, and his people have captured the others so"

"You"

"Calm down Marchiana, isn't it just a supply room?

"Your Highness, you do not understand. All of the supplies and meat that we own are in that room! Go and call the others!" Once again, the Countess yelled. "Ah let me go and talk to the Prince!"

"Countess!" Luckily, they did not have to call the Prince as he was already there. "I ran as soon as I saw."

"We lack people, Your Highness, we need as many servants as we can or the fire the fire will"

"Alright, go and tell the others to bring the servants here we need them," the Crown Prince said. "Do you know what started the fire?"

"We do not know yet. It was it was too fast. This is where we store our wood for the stove, the ones that we use for cooking and heating the mansion. Everything inside the supply room is combustible and"

"Let us go inside. We cannot"

"No. We must stay here" the Countess rejected.

"Bring her inside," the Crown Prince chimed in. By now, he was almost certain that this was the work of the Duke's people. That could only mean one thing, they still had access to the house. "Keep the mansion dark," he said.

"Your Highness?"

"They are using the light around the mansion to their advantage. Turn it off."

"But that would mean, our people can not see as well."

"The sun will shine in a few hours. All we need to do is to make sure that we stay near the vicinity of the house."

"What about the others? I meant the servants?" the head knight asked.

"What What is this?" Fraunces asked when Rosalind started removing some food from her spatial bag. There was beef jerky and food that had been preserved. These were things that she was able to save before they started the fire.

Rosalind said nothing, instead, she continued taking out the food that she had 'borrowed' from the supply room.

"They are going to kill the rest of the servants," Rosalind informed everyone.

"That is What are we going to do now? Any news from the Duke?" Fraunces asked.

"No, there is none." It was Denys who answered.

"We must save them," Fraunces said. "Is there a way to end this? Can't we just escape this place? Maybe all of us can leave together and"

"We cannot do that."

"Unless the Count wakes up," Fraunces said.

"Even if the Count woke up now, there is no guarantee that they will not kill him if he shows himself," Rosalind said. If the Count showed up, it would be very easy for them to kill the old man and claim that he was possessed by something evil or that he was not the real Count.

They could easily weave some stories and make everyone else believe them.

To them, creating another story about the Count was as easy as pie.

All she could do was try to prevent that from happening.

"Then what do you suggest we do?" Fraunces asked. "Stay in this room until the Duke arrives? Those people I am certain that they will not stop killing people unless... unless we reveal ourselves. They must be doing this because they know that we will stop them."

"That's it," Rosalind said. "We will not stop them."

"What are you saying? Are you telling us to allow them to kill innocents?" Fraunces asked.

"No. We will not stop them. We cannot," Rosalind said. "What we can do is delay them."

"But how?"

"I--" Rosalind's lips thinned. She was not intending to save anyone, all she wanted to do was punish that Countess. "I will kill Baron Teri."

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