"Elixia I sent a letter to the king. Telling him that you asked for a few days off the training to rest". Johnbones said as he had his breakfast. The whole family was there to have their breakfast. Elixia looked at him questioningly.
"This few days I want to use it to restitute my ways. Everyway at which I have wronged you". He said expressing his sorrow in his eyes. Elixia looked down as tears started to show off in her eyes.
"I wasn't expecting you to give up so early father". Elixia said and looked up with a smile. "Your father has been monitoring you in your training classes. With utmost jealousy. So it was bound to end this way". Gruticent said as she munched her food.
"Yes Elixia, father missed you. It really was obvious in his frequent mood swings". Vistuler covered her mouth to only be seen by Elixia and whispered the last sentence.
"At least Elixia let's speak about our differences for the few days that we have to spend together". He said with a pleading expression in his eyes.
"Okay father". Elixia agreed and shot him one of her charming smile.
*************
"Where are you heading Agememnom?". King Anawmim asked with his hands crossed behind his back."Good morning father. I'm off to train my student, if, you have forgotten". He said and was about to climb his horse.
"Elixia sent a message to you which I've read. I'm sorry about that. She said she didn't need you to train her anymore. So you shouldn't plan on coming to her home again". The king said simply.
"May I see the letter, which you just summarised?". He asked to stop the king from walking away.
Anawmim brought out a folded paper from his robes and stretched it to Agememnom. Agememnom received it with a frown, cause he found it hard to believe that Elixia would write that.
As he opened the paper, he read the content and his face turned into a frown. "I thought she would change you and yes she changed you a little bit and added such more of worse behaviours to the one you had. I was thinking of a way to stop you but, she just requested you to stop. Come on in son.
Agememnom couldn't tell what he felt deep down , but he was sure it wasn't pain. He felt empty. He couldn't believe she went ahead and did what they had already talked about.
His father helped him into the palace. "The prince doesn't feel well take him to his room. Agememnom looked at the paper in his hand as he struggled to believe.
The maid helped him sit on his bed and he laid down and pulled his leg close to his body. He was suddenly catching a cold and was shaking. "My prince are you, ah!". The maid screamed as she placed her hand on his forehead.
"Oh, my goodness. I better inform his majesty and her majesty". The maid said as she trembled and ran out of his room.
'How could she do this? We had an agreement on it before I left yesterday. How could she go back on her words. Did she seem to forget she is in the lion's den. Johnbones could choose to torture her and tear her into shreds then devour her'.
His majesty and her majesty barged into Agememnom's room with a physician. His mother ran to his side and placed her palm on his forehead.
The physician found it hard to feel his pulse, but he did finally find it. "Did the prince have any sickness that was caused by dangerous beauty?". The physician asked . And the queen nodded instantly to his confirmation
"It would have been best if had affected his brain and not his heart". The physician said sadly.
"What do you mean by that physician Kenlous?". The king asked. "If anything affects the emotion of his majesty, this is going to be the result". "And why is that?".
"Because my king, the heart holds the emotion. So if he gets hurt emotionally, this would be the result". The physician, Kenlous said. The queen looked at the king with sorrow and tears effortlessly flowed down.
"Isn't there anything you can do?". The king asked. "Of course there is but, it can't cure him totally rather it would minimize the dangerous beauty's effect on his heart. As long as he doesn't get hurt emotionally.
"What are you saying? You have to cure my son, totally". The queen said as she held onto his collar with tears streaming down her eyelids.
"I'm serious my queen till today no one has been able to find a cure for it, only remedies have been found". The physician said in fear. "Let him go my queen". Anawmim the king said and pulled her strong hold from the physician's clothes. "Give him the remedies, physician Kenlous". The king ordered him and left the room with his wife, the queen.
The queen sobbed loudly in the corridors and the king patted her back till they got to their chamber. Then he left the queen there and headed back to Agememnom's chamber.
"He might be needing this content to directly get into his body through the use of this needle for week or months. Depending on how he is emotionally attached to the person who hurt his heart. If he forget the person fast, he would heal fast but, the more he holds on to the person's memory, his healing would be slow and that could take years". The physician informed.
"What?". The king looked the physician in surprise and shock. "Yes your highness, this is the heart we are dealing with here. The longer his emotions for such person, the longer his healing procedures.
"I will have to take my leave now. I shall be visiting the prince everyday". The physician said and the king nodded.
He moved closer to Agememnom's bed and sat on his bed. He placed his hand on his forehead and he caressed it.
Agememnom's eyes opened a little. "Son you are awake". The king said in excitement.
"Father could you write a letter and send it to Elixia, inviting her here. Tell her about my sickness". "Agememnom why do you want her to appear before you?". "Because I want to know if she truly wrote this". "Of she did".The king said convincingly.
"But why do I find it hard to believe? Why do I find it hard to believe that she wrote this? Tell me father. Why?". He asked as he struggled to sit up. "I don't know". His father said confused.
"Father just send the letter to Elixia". He said and laid back then turned his back to his father.
His father could see what had caused his sudden sickness. He was emotionally attached to Elixia. If she was the one behind his sickness, he had better sent the letter now. He wanted fast recovery for his son.
He got up and got the letter written and sent it to the house of Johnbones.
**************
Elixia could see the game father and daughter were playing, but she had to play dumb if she wanted to survive in this game. Lady Gruticent acted indifferent. Perhaps, she was yet to agree with them or she was playing the harder part to fathom.
Elixia had been noticing Vistuler and Johnbones having secret conversations but, she hadn't placed her ear for once to listen to it. Her curiousity kept hitting her and she could tell Johnbones was acting weirdly, cause he had something up his sleeves.
"Grab your sword". He said to her as he took hold of his. "But I just had breakfast". Elixia tried explaining. "Not my business Elixia. I want to see if the time you spent with your teacher was worth it". "Of course, it was". Elixia walked to where the swords were arranged, and picked the piece of clothing she uses as blindfold.
She puts it on and takes a sword. Then turns to face Johnbones. "Okay, you want to fight me blindfolded". "And I will beat you to pulp". Elixia said with one of her charming smile.
"Then let's see about that". Johnbones sounded angry and seemed to be done with everything. He attacked Elixia and she was fast to dodge it. Then she hits his mouth with the edge of her sword. He spat out blood.
So your new teacher made you know how to use your hearing aid in becoming a war sly". Johnbones said as he wiped his mouth. "Do you think that is what I am now?". Elixia said as she removed the blindfold with a smile but, it fell off when she looked into his eyes.
He didn't appear happy. Then he walked out. Elixia stood there dumbstruck. He went to his room, but he didn't shot the door. Elixia's curiosity was really eating her up. She wanted to find out the reason for his saddened mood. So she followed him silently.
"What news do you have?". He asked a person in his room. "The king sent a letter to her. Demanding her presence in the palace". "And why is that?". Vistuler turned to face the lady and asked.
"The prince has become emotionally attached to her, so the letter he got struck his heart hard". The person sounded more like a lady. "Ah, Elixia. Father don't you think she has gone so far". "She might have but, we can cut it short". He said with a deadly smirk.
"I just want to kill her already". Vistuler said with rage expressing itself on every inch of her face.
"You need to stay calm, Vistuler. We don't need to destroy her openly. The best is secretly making her loved ones hate her". Johnbones said as he placed his hands on his daughter, Vistuler's shoulders.
"The prince is said to have sniffed dangerous beauty. And it affected his heart. So anything that has to do with his emotion are taken so highly. If he is heartbroken, it affects him greatly that he could pass on from there". Elixia gasped at the lady's words.
"Now we could get her to be on our side and the prince to be her enemy". Johnbones said with a sinister smile. Elixia was bewildered. She did know something was up his sleeves but, she didn't think it to be this.
He became her enemy in disguise of her friend. He had always wished evil for her but in her sight he did wish good. He and his daughter, Vistuler. Were the master planner of her downfall.
His restitution was for the worse.