"Your Highness, Prince Kharel is awake," said a servant from my residence to His Highness Yvone. Since we were trapped in the magic cage, His Highness Yvone apparently didn't bring Kharel back with him because he had to go back to the palace and not the castle.
I suspect that Kharel is not allowed to live in the palace. That's why he lived in His Highness Yvone's castle, which was originally built only for His Highness Yvone to be alone with his personal activities which had no connection with the palace or the kingdom.
Well, I think the castle is a place for various experiments considering that His Highness Yvone has a lab room that is like an alchemist's room. He seems like someone who likes to research and create things in his free time.
But since Kharel's birth, the castle has changed its function and become Kharel's residence. I still don't know why Kharel was exiled by King Alan and why King Alan didn't recognize Kharel as his son?.
However, what is certain is that His Highness Yvone still treats Kharel as his younger brother and he pays enough attention to Kharel and wants to take care of him even though he can't do it often because basically His Highness Yvone has to stay and live in the palace as the crown prince who will become the next king of Yevonia.
"Please, Your Highness. I will call Duke Leonhart too..." said the maid as he opened the door to the room next to mine.
"There's no need to trouble Duke Leonhart anymore. I'll go see him myself later..." said His Highness Yvone.
"Young Lady, you'd better not come in. This is for your health too, okay?" His Highness Yvone said to me and then he entered, but he still left the bedroom door slightly open.
It seems that His Highness Yvone read my facial expression again and perhaps he has already memorized my curious nature. So he deliberately left the bedroom door not closed tightly so that I could hear his conversation with the palace doctor who had been called here.
They started talking about Kharel's condition inside and I eavesdropped. I don't know when I started getting used to this bad activity, but what can I do?. I need a lot of information about this world because I now live in this world as Cellia Leonhart.
By the way, Salamanca hasn't been with me since an hour ago because my daddy has taken her away again somewhere. I think Sala was taken for further examination because Sala's origins are unknown, especially since she was a victim of the slave trade.
And if you ask about Cemille, Baskerville has become my contract pet.
Currently he has taken his human form and is in the garden behind my residence. It seemed like he was interested in flowers and finally he spent the whole day in the garden to pay attention to the various types of flowers that grew there. He was very excited for it.
"Does Prince Kharel want to apply the seal, Your Highness?. But if he has a magic seal placed on him then Prince Kharel will no longer be able to use magic..." said the doctor.
"What about the implementation of newly developed treatments?"
"For this reason, I am doubtful because the treatment is still in the experimental stage. So far, the volunteers who have undergone this treatment have not had any particular problems or side effects, but they are still under supervision..."
"Oh, I see. Approximately how long will it take to complete this experimental stage?. And are there any volunteers who are almost finished with their supervision period?"
"For that reason, you should see him directly at hospital, Your Highness..."
"Okay. For now, just give Kharel the usual therapy, after that we go to the hospital..."
After the doctor gave Kharel therapy, he and His Highness Yvone left.
His Highness Yvone originally went to daddy's offuce to talk to him. Their conversation more or less revolved around Salamanca, the Lulan kingdom, and of course Kharel who lived here.
His Highness Yvone said that he would stay in the palace for a long time so that no one would be able to notice Kharel, who was in a critical period due to his suffering from excess mana. His Highness Yvone couldn't possibly leave him alone in the castle. Even though he had many guards, servants, and could send many doctors to Kharel in the castle but he was still worried.
At the very least, His Highness Yvone wanted someone she knew and trusted to watch over Kharel at this time.
Dad agreed to take on this responsibility and in the end Kharel now lives at my residence for a while so he can be watched closely by dad. It's also a hassle if Kharel is in the castle and father has to go back and forth to the castle to check and supervise Kharel. However, Kharel still has the blood of the king of Yevonia and he is one of the princes of the kingdom of Yevonia.
From the doctor's many conversations with His Majesty in there, I can also conclude that the mention of Ether Mana is actually Greater Mana which has a stable flow.
Then the disease called Excess Mana itself is Excessive Mana, but its flow tends to be messy and uncontrollable, making the person who has it actually suffer and can even lead to death because they cannot withstand the excruciating pain experienced by the sufferer when the mana solidification process occurs.
How can the flow of mana be stable or messy?.
The answer depends on each person's personality and is difficult to predict. However, the signs of people starting to suffer from excess mana disease can be seen through routine examinations which are held free of charge from the kingdom and these examinations are available in hospitals in every city.
My dad is one of the important figures who occasionally comes on duty to inspect the progress of routine health inspection activities which are held every month in every city. So at the beginning of every month, dad always looks very busy because he has to travel to many cities.
But my dad said that recently he had heard that cases of excess mana could be handled better. Medical organizations developed ways to stabilize the uncontrolled flow of mana so that people suffering from excess mana disease could still have mana in them.
Maybe it's the newly developed treatment that His Highness Yvone was talking about earlier.
Although cases of shortages of medical staff still exist, it is the responsibility of special doctors to handle excess cases.
So, the mana of those suffering from excess mana who undergo the new treatment will not experience its mana being absorbed until it runs out like the previous treatment method which made a person no longer able to use magic permanently because their body has been installed with a magic seal so that it cannot receive any more mana.
And for therapy. This is a treatment that absorbs the mana from the sufferer's body slowly with the aim of reducing the mana little by little. Therapy only has the effect of reducing the excruciating pain that will appear when the mana solidification process takes place.
I also heard rumors about the survivors having excess mana. Those who have had magic seals placed on them so that they cannot receive any more mana in society are looked down upon and considered like trash who can no longer be of any use.
Then what about those who from birth cannot receive mana or do not have mana?. In short, those who are born without mana.
Most of those born without mana will live as farmers or servants who are distributed to noble houses to do manual labor that does not require magic.
All of this is because of the physical differences between a survivor who has excess mana and someone who was born without being able to have mana. Neither of them can use magic, but people who were born without mana from the start have developed quite a large excess of physical strength.
Different from survivors with excess mana. Their physique becomes weaker and susceptible to disease due to the side effects of installing magic seals which reduce the body's immune performance.
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After His Highness Yvone left, I quietly went to Kharel's room. Actually, my daddy forbade me from going into the room to meet Kharel because the excess mana seemed to be contagious and my daddy was worried that I would get infected.
But, at least I wanted to meet Kharel before he was moved to another room which was far from my room, and that was definitely for the purpose so that I couldn't approach Kharel even though he was in this residence.
When I came in. This room felt very quiet, even though it was still daytime and there were many servants passing along the corridor.
I walked over to the curtain that covered the bed behind it. There I saw Kharel who had opened his eyes and he was just silent on the bed. It seemed like he was thinking about a lot of things.
Should I approach him and ask him to talk?. But what can I talk to him about? I even just realized that Choco Kid and I don't actually talk often and don't have any topics to talk about. Moreover, we were able to talk because he said that he had magic abilities similar to mine, namely time magic.
Oh. So. Doesn't Kharel also use his magic like His Highness Yvone who forbade me from using my magic?.
I remember the incident when we were caught in a magic trap in the park yesterday. His Highness Yvone, if I'm not mistaken, said that he sealed my time magic abilities. So I can't try to use it even though I already know how to release mana.
Ah, this is quite annoying. But maybe this is for the best because I don't think I can control my time magic ability so I often unconsciously activate it.
Later I realized that the incident when I touched the wall and saw the ruins, then saw a figure named Xion, seemed to be the result of my time magic.
I wonder, did I go to see the past or the future when I activated my magic without realizing at that time?.
By the way. When I saw Xion's figure, I almost forgot what I saw. Right now I can only remember Xion's name and Xion's face which is similar to my daddy, I don't remember the rest, but I know that what I saw was more than just Xion's figure. But for some reason I can't remember the rest of what I saw.
But if it's about ruins like temple ruins. I still clearly remember all the scenes. Even the murder scene when the dragon destroys the bodies of two middle-aged people, and a baskerville that cuts the bodies of a little girl in half.
When I remember the ruins scene, I keep remembering Cemille because I already know that Cemille is Baskerville. Sometimes there is a feeling of fear when I'm close to Cemille.
Cemille isn't the baskerville in the ruins, right?.