Helion looked at his parents who seems to be worried now that they were attacked by the enemies inside the palace.
He uses his power to trace whether there are still some enemies around them.
"AKIII"
He turned as He heard the duke shouts I saw that he was shaking Acantha who seems to lost her consciousness.
"Duke, it seems like your daughter lost her consciousness maybe we should let her stay in one of the rooms at the prince palace and we will call the royal physician," The Emperor said as he suggested what they should do as he look worried at them.
The duke nodded as he carries his daughter who was still unconscious, " But shouldn't we let Lady Acantha stay at the Empress palace?" Noraya said and everyone stopped and look at her. The duke was even glaring at her.
"I mean Lady Acantha is still a woman and I think it's not appropriate for her to stay at the crown prince's palace," She said as she looks at them innocently.
"But the Empress's palace was far from where we are unless," The Emperor said as he looks at Noraya.
"I mean the crown prince can use his magic to go there right?" She insisted as she was looking at everyone.
"I think you got it wrong, Lady Noraya." The duke said as he looked at the Lady who seems to be delaying things, he knew this lady as the daughter of Count Abellarde who was claiming to be his wife's second cousin and was trying to get his right to the Northern Territory which was owned by his wife's family the Klartis Dukedom who was gone as they were killed by who know who was trying to get the Northern territory in his palm, his wife was the only one who survived it.
Cantanya Klartis was the last direct heir of the house which is why even they were married he didn't give up her name that's why she was know as Cantanya Klartis-Solaris, she gave most of her life protecting that place that's why Arthur was trying to protect it too at all cost as he was the only one who knew what's in that place.
"What do you mean, Lord Solaris?" Noraya asked him and the duke sees anger in her eyes which she replaces with innocence.
"My daughter was sensitive to magic that's why in the first place she fainted and if we travel using magic will be putting her in danger," He said as he looked away.
Helion looked at the duke and he saw he looked away as he said those things, this must be the reason why the lady who came from two powerful houses can't manage to have some magic and has a weak body.
"B-but" Noraya said as she looks at the Empress trying to ask for support.
"The duke was right Noraya I knew Lady Acantha when she was a baby as her mother was my closest friend, She was born with sensitivity from magic," The Empress said as she looks at at Acantha, no matter how she dislikes this child because of her reputation and what she did to Noraya she was still the daughter of her closest friend.
They walked their way to crown prince's palace who was not so far from where they are.
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Noraya clenched her fist as she looks at the backs who were walking away from her. How dare that woman be in a place where she haven't even entered it yet? and why is the Empress taking her side now?
She did everything to please her and to make Acantha bad and she succeeded but why when she lose her consciousness people seems to forget her mistakes?
She was back to her consciousness when she heard some footsteps near her, maybe Helion or the Empress want her to come with them.
When she saw who was coming on her direction she couldn't help but to feel anger, but she need to act sad," Lady Noraya the Crown Prince said that I should take you to the Empress's castle," Jarnus said to her which made her angrier more but she tries to conceal it, after all she can't let all her hard work to nothing right?
She just nodded as she smiled at him innocently as she he uses his magic to transport them to the Empress's castle.
When she was alone in her room she cast a silencing magic to avoid everyone hearing how she throws everything in her room in her anger.
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Helion just looked at the pale face of Acantha who was now lying on a bed in one of the guests room in his palace, the royal physician were checking her.
"What's wrong with my daughter?" The duke asked as they heard the physician sigh.
"She was exhausted due to too much exposure from magic," The royal physician said as he looked at the duke. " May I talk to you for one bit duke?" Royal Physician said as he looked worried at the duke who seems to be in distress as he looks at her daughter.
"You can go with him, Duke," The Emperor said and the duke pay respect before he left the room.
Helion was bothered as why does the physician only need to talk to the duke? is there something else that cause the lady to fell unconscious?
Without thinking Helion saw his parents were pre occupied attending the lady who was unconscious and he followed the duke and the physician.
"What's really wrong with my daughter?" The duke asked desperately.
"Your daughter has a weak body, but when I tried to examine I sensed something inside her, " The physician said he looked at duke seriously. " Is the lady still hasn't wield any magic?" He continued and Helion saw how the duke looks down.
"She can't wield any magic," The duke said as it was not shocking for them anymore as everyone in the empire seems to be displeased with the thought that the off spring of two of the most powerful family in their kingdom who were blessed by the goddesses can't wield any power.
"Are you sure that she can't? or she still can't yet?" the royal physician continued to ask. " I knew you since we were young Arthur so, I was even surprised why you are acting like you don't know me by being so formal," The latter continued as he was eyeing the duke.
Helion didn't knew that aside from his father , and Count Triduexfort, the duke has another friend
" I don't know what you are talking about Hernand, so may we skip some personal things about us and tell me what is wrong with my daughter?" The duke said as Helion saw his eyes flare in anger.
The reason why the duke still hasn't notice him is he uses his power to hide his presence as he knew how sharp the duke is.
"You're still you Arthur, are you still mad when I left the school and pursue on studying about medicine?" The royal physician said as he snorted at the duke.
The duke glared at the royal physician who's name is Hernand, " You told me before about your wife that she was from the Northern Territory and she was the daughter of the late Duke Klartis" He continued as the duke was only listening to him while frowning.
"I knew already knew the real reason why your daughter's body is like this," Helion stiffened when he heard that the duke knew the real reason why Acantha's body is week.
"You should bring your daughter to North Arthur, specifically in that place," the royal physician said as he looked at the duke with warm on his eyes.
"I can't, it's not the time yet," The duke said as he looked helpless when he said those words.
"What do you mean you can't?" Hernand asked him and Helion frowned when the duke didn't said anything. "I knew some tales in that place as you knew I myself came from the North too," He said.
The Northern people mostly was dead when there was an attack that the Tenbrisaya Empire did and they killed the people in the North more than thirty years ago, only the late duchess who was luckily saved was found in that place.
This is one big mystery to every people in the empire. even though soldiers went there to shield it against from the Tenbrisayan people they still haven't seen the magical forest as they were just left to stay at the old palace of the Klartis and some rooms do have some barriers that prohibited those who doesn't have the blood of Klartis enter.
"I knew you came from the same place as my wife, but Hernan you were raise here in the capital you only knew some but not the whole truth," The duke said as he looked angry this time as the other mentioned about the tale which Helion hasn't got any idea.
"I may be raise in here but my family long served the Duke Klartis family and was even killed there," Hernand said to the duke as he was matching his fury. " Lady Acantha needs the forest, and the Northern need her too," He said as he looked at the duke who was now clenching his jaw. "You know this Arthur, she was the only one and the last one who has the direct blood of Klartis," He said as he tapped the duke on his shoulder.
" If you really want the lady to survive, you knew what to do, for now I can only say to other's that she passed out due to the sensitivity from the magic as you made it looked like," He continued as he left the room where they were and Helion walked away as he was still concealing his presence so that no one can notice that he was there.
When he came back to the room the royal physician looked startled when he saw that he was entering.
"Your highness," He greeted as he goes back on giving some energy to the lady who now has some colours on her skin compared a while ago.
His parents was also there waiting for the duke to enter, and not too long the duke arrived.
"Is it still because of her sensitivity? is she going to be alright after this duke?" The Emperor said as he looked at the duke who was caught off guard at first.
"She just needs to rest your highness, if you may can we stay here for the whole night as I and the royal physician will move her tomorrow in our home," the duke said as he looked at the Emperor asking for permission which the latter agreed.
The Emperor and the Empress bid their goodbyes as they were going to their own quarters , Helion was left alone with Acantha with so many questions on his head, he went outside when the duke entered the room.
He needs to find out what's in the north, and how is it connected to the lady.