Jennifer Williams
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All she wanted to do was live, to be given a chance to thrive after the betrayal in her past life. And now, here she was, a few kilometers away from the border that separated the North from the Aster Empire. In a few minutes, they were going to pass by the walls. She glanced at the Duke who was nonchalantly reading a book in an unknown language. He wasn't showing any signs of worry. "There is no need to think too much," he spoke, his eyes still on his book. He was resting his chin on his hand, his legs…
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Rosalind tilted her head. She had been drinking with Lucas for a few hours now and it seems like the alcohol had finally shown its famous effects. She was getting sleepy. "There is a way to cure it?" she asked. "How?" They were talking about dark curses and cursed weapons. She told him about the curse that she left on Dorothy and he said that there was actually a way to heal it. How? She had never heard of a method like that before. "The weapon that was used to inflict the wound could be purified by…
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THE ASTER EMPIRE Since that night, Dorothy had been suffering from bouts of pain and this would never sit well with Victoria. The fact that her daughter suffered was because of that woman! Rosalind! The least that Victoria could do was show her daughter the corpse so Dorothy could burn it and feed the rest to the dogs. "Are you certain the fall would have killed her?" Victoria asked for the umpteenth time. "Yes. I am certain of that matter. The rocks are sharp, they would have turned her into…
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"Francheska, calm yourself. Why would you talk to the Duke like that?" Another voice responded. "Hmph!" "Apologize!" "I will never!" With that, the cloth covering the entrance of the tent opened and a morose-looking Fraunces stormed out. Of course, she took time to glare at Rosalind before stalking away. Seeing this, Rosalind wondered if coming here was the right thing to do. She turned around intending to leave. "Since you are already there, come in. There is no point in trying to leave now."…
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"Your hair has changed… " the Duke said, his face stern. "I asked a physician to examine you while you were asleep and he was able to confirm that there was no dark curse in your body, nor was there anything from the outside that could have prompted the change." This was unheard of. Even in her past life, despite her always using the light Blessing, her hair had never changed to white. "When?" she asked. Was it that night? Was it that pain that she had experienced? "The morning after we rescued you.…
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She knew that only a few minutes had passed since she started running, yet to Rosalind, it felt like forever. A part of her wanted to stay. She wanted to help Huig fight Loren, but the other part of her knew that she would only be a burden if she did. Her light was useless and she was about to exhaust her darkness. Luckily, the other mercenaries that Victoria had hired chose to leave when they saw her cursed dagger and Dorothy and Jeames had decided to leave in order to save themselves. The two of them…
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"You—" Dorothy's eyes widened when the dagger cut her skin. She was not near enough for a clean hit, yet the small cut was enough to draw blood. Seeing this, Rosalind smiled. The dark curse on the dagger was very potent. "Hold her!" Victoria screeched. Earlier when Rosalind swung the dagger, the other two people who held her were also wounded by the weapon. It did not take too long for them to start screaming in pain. The dagger was cursed. Rosalind smiled when Victoria realized this. "Kill…
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Jeames could not help but shiver when the light suddenly returned. He looked around and found no one in the hallway. Just as he expected. it was nothing but an illusion! "What are you doing here?" Jeames looked at the annoyed Loren. "I told you to inform them about the matter and yet you have been here for a few minutes, in a daze!" "I think she did something in this hallway. An illusion perhaps." Jeames said. "You believe that an untrained woman could perform an illusion in a place only…
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Rosalind's eyes narrowed. If Victoria was really planning on killing her then… why was she here? Why was she still alive? This didn't make any sense. It would have been easier to just kill her while she was still sleeping. Now that Rosalind thought about it, the one who wanted the cursed weapon must be Victoria. After all, she needed one in order to kill Rosalind while avoiding the curse of the Goddess. "What do you want?" she asked. "Your death." "No, that's not it. If you wanted me dead,…
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"So, you were indeed planning something," Rosalind snickered. "I have no idea what you are talking about." Victoria leaned back. "It was not me who asked the Emperor to hold the banquet. I told them not to. After all, you are leaving and never coming back. Why would you need a banquet? In the end, Martin convinced me that this is for the best. He told me to at least pretend that I am happy about it. He did not want the Crown to hear about any disagreements on my part." "So you agreed to play the…
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