MASKS TO UNVEIL! CHAPTER 9: His Warning
Naxzi let out a sigh when he saw that Sencha's condition became stable. He looked at the doctor that he ordered to treat Sencha. The doctor heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Sencha's condition became good now. When Sencha was fighting for her life, Naxzi was restless, and the doctor felt like Naxzi was creating holes on his back.
The poor doctor was very troubled and thereby did his best to heal Sencha. He still wants to live. He still wants to hug and watch as his children grow, but in order to do that, he must make sure that Naxzi will stop glaring at his back.
Sanc looked at his master and nodded when he saw that Naxzi's complexion turned normal unlike when his wife was almost on the verge of dying. He was the one who claimed that he didn't trust his wife because of the chance of her being one of Duke Yen's people, yet he was the one who overreacted.
Naxzi shouted and menacingly glared at the physician earlier, who was doing his best to treat Sencha to the best of his abilities. Sanc felt bad for the physician. But the fact that they came from Imperial Concubine Yen's chamber means something had happened between his second master and Loushin Yen.
Naxzi must have been worked up because Imperial Concubine Loushin used a different person to know his weakness. Sanc shook his head at the pettiness of Loushin and exhaled deeply.
The physician stiffly and awkwardly gathered the tools which he used to treat Sencha and faced the crown prince with great terror in his heart.
"Your Highness, Crown Princess will wake up soon. How-however…"
Naxzi lifted his gaze from Sencha's figure to the pitiful physician in front of him and darkly stared at him, asking, "However, why?" Naxzi felt so mad because Loushin didn't waste any minute and beat his wife right after their wedding day.
Has she really lost her mind or does she really think he wouldn't get revenge?
The physician was filled with cold sweats and answered in fret, "H-however, because of the wounds on her back, especially on her stomach, she might wake up after three days."
"What did you say? Didn't you mention that you treated her to the best of your ability? What kind of nonsense are you spewing now?" Naxzi tilted his head, and the look on his face was the exact opposite of his 'Pitiful, sad, and gloomy crown prince', but a 'Sadistic, Menacing, and frightening crown prince'!
The doctor shivered and replied,
"T-the thing is, I felt that her body was weak due to past bruises and wounds. If you saw it last night, on your wedding night, the scars on her arms might not be the only ones that's making her currently weak. He-her energy has been drained and it seemed that she had been controlling herself to overcome the scars."
The physician didn't know what to do now.
Naxzi frowned. Why would he know when he didn't touch her last night? No, he did. He saw her body when he was changing her clothes. She was indeed dressed with scars.
That explains if she is one of Duke Yen's people or not. But mere scars can also be the exact reason why she can join hands with Duke Yen. However, if she was one of his people, why would Loushin hit her and even whipped her? Being Duke Yen's people is impossible.
Naxzi lightly shook his head and waved his right hand, "You can go now. Thank you for the hard work."
The physician let out a relieved sigh and bowed, before saying, "I will come again tomorrow and will be doing that until she wakes up. Would that be fine for you, Your Highness?"
Naxzi shifted his gaze from the physician and nodded without saying anything.
When he left, Naxzi turned his wheelchair and stood beside the headrest of the bed.
"Was what you said to me earlier true?"
He was asking about the information that Sanc found out about Sencha. Sanc bowed and politely nodded.
"Does she have any friends?"
Sanc pitifully glanced at his second master and with a close eye, he wordlessly shook his head in disapproval.
Naxzi let out a sneer and glared at the door, "It seems that my father's intention was clear and obvious."
Sanc fretted and told him, "We can still turn the events down, your highness."
Naxzi crossed his arms and smirked slyly, as if he had already had a plan on his mind. Naxzi looked at his bedridden wife and breathed out.
"For now, we can only confront them. And given the situation, my wife used her Blue power to fight."
Sanc frowned and asked, "Is it really not possible for her to possess the Lavender power?"
"It's possible, but seeing that she has already aged enough past age to awaken the Lavender power, it will be difficult for her to do that."
"Why don't you assist her?"
Naxzi was silent for a while and sat on the wheelchair again. "... Are you saying to unveil my identity that fast to her? I don't even know her that well."
Sanc turned the wheelchair around and told him, "But you loved her when you were children, didn't you?"
"That itself might be one of the reasons why my father married me to her, but those feelings have long gone alongside my legs."
He spoke, implying that the lie that he was paralyzed was also the day that he had decided to forget everything that had been weighing on his mind, so that he can't be disturbed by his own selfishness. It was also the day when he forced himself to forget her; Sencha.
Naxzi dejectedly looked back at the sleeping Sencha, who was oblivious of what was happening. Maybe the feelings he had back then didn't all completely vanish, his heart still feelings ticklish at the sight of her.
But it doesn't make sense, it has been over a decade since they last saw each other, so his feelings should have subsided by now. Is it because of the fact that she was his first love?
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Sanc stood in front of Loushin Yen's residence and shouted,
"His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince arrived, Your Highness."
Loushin, who was inside her chamber, peaceful and calm, flinched and shivered, when she heard that the Royal Crown Prince returned. She smiled crookedly and was stiff. No, if she asks someone to open the door for them, the crown prince will surely take this chance to threaten her.
She can't do that.
No.
Wait.
She can.
The crown prince never came back even after she killed five of Naxzi's guards, but he came back especially because of his wife! Which only means that she caught what his weakness is. His wife! If she uses Sencha to her own advantage, she could fully control the crown prince!
She craftily arced the corners of her mouth after some meaningful hesitation and stood up, after being refreshed, feeling that she was intelligent after acquiring what she wanted.
But before her maids could open the door of her chamber, the guards were already shouting outside, causing her to frown.
"Open the door, hurry!" Loushin went impatient when she heard that commotion from outside and felt like the crown prince barged in without her permission again, even earlier!
She can't let him do as he pleases! What power does he have anyway? He's merely a paralyzed crown prince!!
When the door was opened, she widened her eyes at the sight and dropped her jaw. Naxzi, with his guard, were beside each other, the one was sadly sitting on his wheelchair as usual, while the other one carries a dark and intimidating aura.
If his beloved guard is not beside him, what can that paralyzed crown prince do, anyway?
He's always powerless!
Loushin clenched her fists and came running from her chamber in front of the crown prince, yelling,
"What kind of mess did you create, Your Royal Highness?!! Do you know how much His Majesty, the Emperor, loved my residence? The gate that you broke, do you know how much that is worth?!!"
Naxzi smiled brightly at her, "That's what you exactly did, Imperial concubine Loushin Yen. If you knew that the gate was utterly expensive if it ever gets broken, why bother placing it there?"
Only means, =That expensive gate isn't worth being yours.
Loushin was so mad that she grinded her teeth, but she needs to control herself if she wants to kill that nasty and dirty crown prince!
Naxzi was disgusted at the sight of Loushin and blurted out.
"I didn't take any action for my guards' death because I turned a blind eye to it, for as I thought that you would atone your sins and might as well change your peculiar attitude, Imperial Concubine Yen. However, I just got married and you are already impatient to kill my wife. Do you know what will happen because of your hasty action, Your Imperial Concubine?"
The way he stressed Your Imperial Concubine penetrated her ears and she gritted her teeth in annoyance. How dare he look down on her?!
How did he know that she was the mastermind of the five guards' death?!!!