Chapter 245 An Apology

Chapter 245 An Apology

"You asked for pastries?" Magda asked for the second time in a row. After they talked about their plan for the tide, they asked Rosalind to leave the room, as they still needed to discuss other things. When she left, Magda was already waiting for her outside.

"Yes."

"Pastries?"

"Are you deaf?" Rosalind asked.

"Why?"

"That's what I need."

"You could have asked for gold."

"Right."

"I was serious. They saw your skill and were willing to pay you, but you actually asked for something like that? Why not gold?"

"I don't need gold."

"But— I am certain that the future Duchess of the Wugari Kingdom would not need gold."

Rosalind nodded at that. She could earn gold using other ways. The two of them then rode a carriage towards the tower so she could prepare for her dinner with the King and Queen.

"You are coming with me, right?"

"Yes," Magda said. "I was tasked with being around you all the time."

Rosalind nodded.

"Can you really do that?" Magda asked.

"Do what?" Was she going to ask about pastries again?

"Enhance a lot of people."

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"Sorcerers don't do that."

"You seemed really familiar with sorcerers," Rosalind noted.

"Sorcerers are more common in the North than in the South. It is considered normal for us to see one or two in a lifetime. Some people even live to see three of them."

"Is that so?"

"Yes. Those people would suddenly appear on the walls and fight some beasts. Then they would disappear without saying a thing. All of their abilities are very... destructive. I have seen one who was able to destroy a large beast from the inside. Do you understand how messy that was? The —" Magda immediately narrated what she saw and the things that sorcerers were known to do while on the battlefield.

"May I know why Dame Fraunces came to see me?" Rosalind ignored her question.

"I came to apologize."

"If you are scheming—"

"I am betrothed to someone."

"Oh?"

"We are going to have the ceremony in spring."

"In just three months?" Rosalind asked. Her eyes landed on Fraunces's stomach.

"I am not with child."

"Alright." She was not exactly wrong to assume that, right? After all, Fraunces was a healthy young woman.

Fraunces shook her head in response. "It was wrong of me to assume that the Duke would not marry another woman. The past Duke never had a Duchess and I just— I thought he would never have one too."

"My father wanted me to marry someone and bear a child. It is my responsibility."

Rosalind said nothing.

"Did your father force you to come here to apologize?"

Fraunces shook her head in response. "It was wrong of me to assume that the Duke would not marry another woman. The past Duke never had a Duchess and I just— I thought he would never have one too."

"Your honesty is quite surprising."

Their conversation was interrupted when Milith arrived with a few snacks.

"The North is different — so different from the South. If you need anything to make you more comfortable, I may be able to help you out."

"You do know I do not trust you, right?"

"I expected that."

Rosalind quite liked this woman. She's very bold, and a little stupid and naive, but she felt open and exposed. Rosalind could easily read her like an open book.

Although, she was still not sure if Fraunces was sincere about her words.

"I did not see you as someone who would agree to marry another man," Rosalind uttered. She could not help but wonder if this had something to do with the Duke. Did Lucas threaten the poor woman?

"My father is — he is getting older," Fraunces avoided her eyes. "It is time for me to stop dreaming about something impossible and take matters about our territory seriously. I decided to start training younger people so it would be easier for them to become a soldier once they were ready."

"That is understandable," Rosalind said. "At least you are smart enough to focus your attention on something that you can achieve."

Fraunces only gave her an awkward smile in response. The two talked about the capital of Wugari and the things that have been happening in Wugari lately before Fraunces bid her goodbye.

"Magda, do you know if something is happening in Count Lytton's territory?" Rosalind asked when Fraunces left.