From behind the door, an aged old man appeared, a smile of relief on his face. He was the best medic of this stronghold, being a grand master professional doctor.
And when he obtained the Unique Class, World Healer, he used his deep experience and knowledge to gain Life Essence, and was now an Advanced Profession.
And he now held Skills to help him do what he believed he was born to do. To heal the sick, and help the wounded, like right now.
"Doctor Evans, how is my father?" Axel, as the eldest out of his siblings, came forward and asked in worry. His expression flipped so fast that, nobody saw how he did.
The man in nature, sighed, but the sigh was one of relief instead of despondency. "Your father is alright. It was only a heavy wound from his previous records as a war general, rising up due to some strange errors within his body."
"Like food poisoning?" Adonis hurriedly intervened, still not convinced about the whole poisoning matter.
"...Could be. I will make a proper analysis with the king once he wakes up. Until then, I'd advice everyone to return back to their abodes, and should return tomorrow." Doctor Evans suggested wisely.
"Your father your highnesses, and your husband my ladies, will be alright. All he needs tonight is rest, and he would appreciate it if he got it right about now. Thank you." The old man ended his reported professionally, and everyone sighed in relief.
"Oh, my Allianz, if not death by age, you will sooner or later be the death of me." Ella sighed in relief and collapsed down almost fainting. "Mother!!" Adonis rushed over to her aid, and she smiled at him. "It's alright, my son. I'm just tired and relieved."
"Yeah, but I'll still take you home. Eldest brother, eldest mother, eldest sister, second mother, third mother, Alonis, fifth mother, please enjoy your night. Mrs Ellenton, Mr Evans, you too." He bid farewell to everyone, being the first to leave.
"...Mother, we should go too." Alonis said a moment later, and his mother, Hannah, nodded back. And together, they left, Alison properly guiding her out as they hurriedly off to catch on with Adonis and Ella.
The only ones left were Axel, his mother Georgia, Amy, her mother Diana, Mrs Ellenton the king's chef and Mr Evans, the kingdom's best doctor.
"Then I'll be taking my leave as well, if you don't mind, your highnesses, my ladies." Mr Evans said as well, picking up his brief case and medicinal bag and left.
"Take care, Mr Evans." Axel waved him off until the old man disappeared along the corridors, and then turned to look at Lola Ellenton, the king's chef, and likewise, the best chef in town.
"You can take your leave. Even if by chance you are not at fault, do understand us, okay? We are only being careful." He said to her, and she nodded her head before turning around to leave, like an obedient puppy.
After she was gone, and the four of them were left alone, Amy sighed, "A false alarm it seems." She said, her words followed by a click of her tongue.
"Now now, be careful with what you say. What if someone is watching, and misinterprets your words, my dear Amy." Axel said with a smile, followed by a chuckle when Amy threw him a dissatisfied glare.
"What now? Your father is okay, and everything will go back to normal soon enough." Georgia said, and they all froze to think about everything that occurred.
Until a moment later when Hannah suddenly spoke, her tone a bit nervous, "What if, what if we... you know." She said, using her hand to gesture at everything that she was trying to saying.
"You mean...!!" Georgia widened her eyes in shock, at the clear blasphemy that her dearest sister was suggesting. But following such shock, was a smile of contempt. "You really are a bitch, sister." She added.
And Diana harrumphed at her, not saying anything anymore. The grudge between them was still warm even now.
"Now now, I don't think something like that is necessary." Axel kept his smile all the while, and spoke to take control of the situation once more. He then added, "The old man has already shown weakness, his rule is bound to be shaken."
"And sooner or later, he will choose a successor, or he will lose everything that's important to him, to all those untrustworthy retainers acting as City Lords." He concluded, taking the lead of leaving.
The other three followed after him, his mother keeping quiet, but Diana and Amy frowned. "The cities are far apart from each other. Even if the other cities wanted to revolt and fight back, they could not do it as fast as possible, you know." The former said.
"Don't worry about that, Diana. I have it under control." Axel said with a chuckle, then added, "I am confident I can take control of the situation, and create a platform where we will fight fair and square to who will become king, my dearest sister, Amy."
"..."
"..."
They finally arrived outside the castle, and Axel led his mother towards their carriage. Once they were in, he waved at the two outside and added, "Just wait and see. You won't definitely hate the idea, that's for sure."
"..."
"..."
Amy and Diana did not reply and watched the carriage leave, and once it was gone, Amy clicked her tongue once more in annoyance and left. Diana shook her head, and looked back in worry. 'This could've been avoided, had you just put in a bit of effort, Allianz. Now look...'
She thought with a sigh, following after her daughter. Meanwhile, within Axel's carriage, the young man kept his smile and told his mother. "Once we are home, replace Mrs Ellenton with a new chef from the main castle that we know. Do it under the pretense of; filtering out possible threats for the king's well being."
"...Ill do just that." Georgia nodded, not affected much by her his tone nor attitude. Nor did she question his commands. "Very good." He chuckled to himself, admiring the full moon outside the window. '...How beautiful.' He commented.
At the same time, still within the castle, Adonis leaned on a pillar within the hallway, and had his eyes closed. The dark obscured his face, but one could subtly feel that the young man... was burning with rage.
"Whoo~... It's alright. Mrs Ellenton, is she really okay?" He asked, and from within the darkness, Alonis sighed as well. "Not necessarily so. I think her mentality was affected."
"Magically?"
"Could be. Our eldest brother is not one to be lightly thought of." Alonis said, then turned back to leave, "Nor is our eldest sister. In fact, I don't trust Adriana either... The only one I feel secure around, is you, brother."
"..."
"So please take care of yourself. Don't trust others easily, that includes me and father, only believe in yourself. I wouldn't be happy if you were to die... I definitely wouldn't." He repeated, finally taking his leave.
"..."
Adonis remained behind, and sighed once more. "Did you... hear anything they said, Mrs Nine?" He asked, his voice directed towards the darkness.
"Yes." And a response came as fast, prompting the young man to sigh with a heavy heart. "Is their content aligned with what I'm currently thinking?" He queried.
He had a subtle feeling that his eldest brother and eldest sister were up to no good. He did not understand the feeling, but it was definitely haunting him.
His Unique Ability, Born King, was also ringing alarms to him. One of it's effects allowed him to have feelings depending on the well being of his path of king hood.
If he made a wrong decision that would affect that path, he would feel uncomfortable. And if he made a positive decision, he would feel happy all of a sudden.
And now, he felt mixed emotions. Both happy, and sad at the same time. A cryptic feeling he never felt before. 'What's wrong with me? If what I'm thinking is going to happen, then... why am I happy?'
"It is, more or less, aligned with it." Ninth said, appearing out of the darkness and standing before one of the many pillars. She then looked out of the moon, Aldo admiring it. "Today's moon, looks pretty. So pretty, it hides away the vile evil hiding behind the veils of darkness."
She left such words, disappearing out of sight as a puff of smoke. Adonis came out of the darkness and stood where she stood, looking out of the window as well, "Pretty, huh? Vile evil, hiding behind thr veil of darkness..."
He murmured her words, finally taking his leave. He wasn't sure what was happening, but whatever it was, he would make sure that by tomorrow... he'll be prepared for it.
'Happy or sad, it doesn't matter as long as I become king, and ultimately, the emperor of the whole of humanity... if possible, the emperor of the world, the emperor of existence.' He thought, his will hardening itself to be indomitable.
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