Rosie's Games

497  Because of Rosalind n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

This time, Lucas stopped walking. He turned towards her, his eyes narrowed.

Obviously, the Princess took this as a sign that Lucas was interested in hearing about her dreams. "Please follow me. We need to talk in private."

Lucas followed her into a tea room. She immediately smiled as she began serving him tea. "I believe this conversation should — "

"I don't think I have the time for this, Your Highness," Lucas spoke. "Your people are dying, and yet you invited me to this place to brew tea?"

"I—" Isadora paled. "I apologize. Let me get to the point." Isadora then started telling the Duke about the few things that happened in her dream. Her dream began on the Quake too. "I saw my father and brother die. I saw everyone die. The tide… the tide of demons destroyed kingdoms, and even the blessed individuals couldn't stop them," Isadora spoke.

She stared at the Duke's serious expression. "I know about the power that the Duke wielded. I know you are powerful enough to kill a blessed individual, and I have seen it in my dream. The demons… it started with a tide. Soon, demons that looked like humans started appearing. They called them Princes. Some called them Generals, and some called them Dukes. They looked like us but were more powerful than anyone else. I watched as one Duke killed someone from the Fleur family without even lifting a hand. I watched them destroy Sloryn and Laimor."

She swallowed hard, recalling the very detailed dream. Even now, just memories of the dream sent shivers down her spine. "Everything that happened had been very chaotic. And I saw… I saw that the only one capable of defeating the demons was Your Grace. It was only you. The North became the place where humans survived. It became a safe haven for everyone. The last bastion of hope."

"Is this the reason why you wanted to become my concubine?" Surprisingly, this was the question that the Duke asked.

"I— At first, I wanted to save my father and brother, and I believed being your concubine was the best way to do that. Then… then I wanted to stand by your side as you saved humanity."

"What was the ending of your dream?"

"I—" Isadora did not want to tell him that she died in that dream. "I do not know. I just woke up in the middle of a battle." Naturally, she would never tell him about the destruction of the other Kingdoms in the north and the death of some of his people.

"Hmmm…" Duke Lucas just nodded. "In your dream… do I have a wife?"

"Huh?" Isadora failed to see the importance of this question.

"Answer me."

"No. You never married someone." Isadora really wanted to lie and tell him that she was his wife in that dream, but for some reason, she could feel as if the Duke could see through her lies.

It felt like his gaze could read her soul and knew what she was thinking. So, she abandoned her plan and told him most of the dream.

Suddenly, the Duke got up and started walking out of the room without saying another word.

"Your Grace…" Isadora hastily followed him. "I know what is going to happen next. Please let me come with you."

"Can you fight?" he asked.

"I— "

"Then you will become a burden." With that, the Duke continued walking. Again, Isadora followed him.

"Your grace, I can tell you everything as long as you agree to make my family seek solace in the north. My brother and father and I will follow you to the north."

The Duke did not answer, so Isadora continued. "Please, your grace. I can help you. I know what the future holds. I saw it. I can see it again. The demons… we can defeat them if we use what I know from the dream. Please let us go to the north."

"Your Highness…" Lucas finally stopped walking. "I do not think your dream will happen."

"But I have already examined the older documents that father has. The demons are real, Your Grace. Moreover, this quake also happened in the dream. The Howling Mountains will explode, and hundreds of demons will come to this place overnight. Then… thousands more will come. Rakha will fall into ruins, and I— " she swallowed, tears started streaming down her cheeks. "Please, Your Grace. I implore you to consider. My dreams— "

In her dream, the Duke never helped Rakha! He sent a few of his people, but he never actually came here to help everyone else!

16:03

"In your dreams, I did not have a wife." Lucas suddenly said, interrupting her words.

"That does not mean my dreams are not going to happen."

"It would not happen," Lucas uttered.

"Why? What made you so confident that this will not happen? We do not know what the future holds."

"Exactly," Lucas said. "In your future, I did not have a wife."

Isadora blinked. She… she could not seem to understand what the Duke meant. "But my dream…."

"Could be what happened in your past life, but it is not reality. The Princess should wake up and think clearly." Then the Duke started walking away. Isadora chose not to stop him as she thought about the fact that he had never married in that dream.

Still, it had nothing to do with the demons, so Isadora could not grasp the hidden meaning behind his words.

Naturally, she hated it, but she had no choice but to stop bothering him… for now.

Then she once again thought about her dream, and that was when she realized something.

In her dream, the Duke never helped Rakha! He sent a few of his people, but he never actually came here to help everyone else!

What could it mean?

"Sister?"

Isadora looked at her brother, who stood beside her. "Were you able to convince him?" the crown prince asked.

"In my dream, he never came here to help us," Isadora said.

"What do you mean?"

"It means that something changed. Something prompted him to come here and help us." Isadora was not stupid. She immediately knew that this had something to do with… the Duke's wife.

The reason why he came here was because of Rosalind and not because he cared!