Chapter 116-Love at first sight

(PRINCE MOISES P.O.V)

Shortly after my father revealed to us who Marshall's father was, my father fell unconscious again. Leaving us to speculate amongst ourselves.

“His body is exhausted, we must let him rest as much as he can before he returns to the palace” Na'mah said as she stood beside Doctor Williams.

“In the meantime, we'll do everything we can to sustain his body. We will try to give him the same treatment as Her Majesty and Princess Rosemary, but in his majesty's case he has consumed over a 100 different types of poisons. He is immune to the majority of them, but the one that is deteriorating his body is the one that her majesty has been consuming”, Doctor William suddenly said.

My heart felt crushed as I continued to learn about my father's condition. This whole time he has been silently suffering while trying to protect us.

My thoughts were interrupted when I heard Morgan say, “It's starting to make sense”, he said.

I turned my head towards him.

“The timing of everything, it's starting to make sense.”, Morgan said once again. “Marquess Radisson and two of the palace advisors were the ones who went to the free nation of Katou for diplomatic reasons. It's around the time I became suspicious of Marquess Radisson unusual movements.” he added.

“Unusual movements?” I asked, curiously.

“When Marquess Radisson returned to the kingdom, one of my advisors reported to me that he saw Marquess Radisson leaving Marshall's office in the main palace. A few months later, one of the palace guards came rushing into my office unannounced and reported to me that he saw an unconscious young girl that favored our mother. That's when I sent Sylvester, who was in my office to the palace dungeon. He had just resigned as a palace guard to take over the Synovial knightage. Later that day, he reported that Princess Sage and Natalie were both in the palace dungeon. Until this day, I still have no idea where Marshall kept Natalie hidden for all those years.” Morgan explained.

“Wait, so I wasn't in the palace dungeon that entire time I was locked up.” Natalie asked, as she was in disbelief.

Morgan shook his head, “No, you weren't”, Morgan replied.

Suddenly, my mother began to speak, “Do you think Marshall is aware that Marquess Radisson is his father?” She asked.

“I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if he found out on his own” Morgan replied.

I watched as Morgan started to walk towards the door.

“I have some work to do, I need to prepare for the trial.” Morgan said and left the room.

Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation.

Right, I mumbled. We all have some work to do.

I turned my head towards my grandfather, “I'll begin my training with the Winter knights.” I said and watched as my grandfather nodded his head.

“I would like to train with you”, Christian suddenly said as he walked over towards me. He stood in front of me with a determined expression.“I will make father acknowledge me”, he said.

I nodded my head and said, “Prepare yourself”

(NATALIE'S P.O.V)

After Moises and Christian left the room, I walked over towards Doctor Williams and Na'mah. As I was walking, Na'mah turned towards me and said, “Sister, there is something I must show you”

I followed behind Na'mah as we left out of the room. We walked through the hallway of the first floor of the castle until we reached the side of the castle's massive garden.

Na'mah continued to walk ahead of me until we reached a certain isolated area of the garden.

Why is this part of the garden isolated, I thought as I followed Na'mah.

When she suddenly stopped walking, we were standing in front of a field of weird looking flowers.

Na'mah turned towards me and said, “The Tulsi flower” she said.

Wait, is this the legendary herb Ella and Macy spoke of? I questioned.

Suddenly, we sensed someone approaching us and noticed Duchess Mary walking towards us. She was holding onto her cane as she walked towards the area.

“Queen Malaysia mentioned her mother has been growing these flowers for years”, Na'mah suddenly said.

The antidote, I thought.

“It won't work for his majesty. From the result we found, his majesty's body will reject the antidote and cause his body to shut down” Na'mah explained.

“Is there anything we can do for him?” I asked, in a sorrowful tone.

Na'mah was about to speak but we were interrupted when Duchess Mary suddenly said, “Those flowers were once native to the Principality of Giordano.”

Na'mah and I turned towards Duchess Mary as she stood a few meters away.

“Principality of Giordano, one of the fallen kingdoms?” I asked, No wonder Macy knew about them since that was her mother's birth place.

“When Einar and I visited the Principality of Giordano many years ago before it was conquered. I was given some of these flower seeds as a gift from that kingdom's Saintess. She related to me that it had the powers to only heal individuals with magical abilities. Many years later after that kingdom was conquered the Saintess disappeared”, Duchess Mary said.

.

Ah, so that's the reason it won't work for King Lincoln since he is pretty ordinary compared to Queen's Malaysia and Moises.

“The Saintess?” Na'mah asked, curiously.

“She had divine magical abilities and was one of the most powerful herbalists in history”Duchess Mary explained.

I noticed Duchess Mary had a saddened expression on her face.

“When I found out Lincoln was protecting Malaysia instead of harming her from Einar. I became regretful that I wished he would also be poisoned in her stead. Now my only child has to watch her destined partner suffer on his own.” Duchess Mary said.

“We'll do everything we can to save him for Queen Malaysia and Moises sake” I said.

What Duchess Mary said next caught my attention.

“If only we had another Saintess in this cruel world, maybe she would be able to heal Lincoln with her healing magic,” Duchess Mary suddenly said.

Wait, healing magic? I questioned myself.

(KING LINCOLN'S P.O.V)

“Father, what should we do?”I could hear Malaysia's voice as I struggled to open my eyes. My body was feeling heavy and refused to respond to my demand to wake up.

“Just let Lincoln rest for a while, we'll figure the rest out once he wakes up again” I could hear Duke Winter's voice as if they were standing near me. Hmph, I don't remember if Duke Winter ever showed his concern for me so openly before.

I could hear the sound of sniffing followed by the sound of crying. Is Malaysia crying again? I questioned. I could feel the pain in my chest as my heart began to break even more. Having to listen to her cry again, I hope she doesn't cry herself to sleep again.

I must wake up but my body continues to refuse to respond.

All of a sudden, I heard the sound of the door shutting and it was completely silent right afterwards. Did she leave with her father, I thought.

“Lincoln”, I suddenly heard Malaysia's voice again and felt as she kissed my forehead. A second later, I felt as she grabbed ahold of my hand.

I must wake up, I thought again.

“Lincoln, I never regretted that you are my destined partner. Even though our life wasn't what I expected it to be, I never regretted meeting you on the battlefield. It was our first time seeing each other, even though we were formerly enemies the moment I stood over you with that sword and you looked up at me like you had already embraced the thought of death. I was mesmerized by those light gold eyes that stared directly at me” Malaysia said.

My dear, you have it wrong. It wasn't the first time we met, at least for me.

It was when I was 14 years old, I snuck into your kingdom while being in disguise after hearing about the most beautiful girl and the youngest most powerful aura user in the Winter Kingdom. I was curious and begged my brother until he gave in and he covered for me while I traveled to your kingdom.

There you were sitting on the top of the carriage waving at the citizens during one of your kingdom's festivals and I handed you a white rose.

The moment I saw you, it was love at first sight.