Basement of the castle.
Dudian and rest took their time to rest after the doctors left. After all, last ten days were full of tension and they didn't have time to sleep properly. At the moment, all of them were completely relaxed within the cage and soon sounds of snores echoed out.
Dudian did not immediately fall asleep but gently stroked the magic marks on his chest. He could feel his touchs clearly. He just didn't know the feeling spread from his fingertips to his brain or from the magic marks. As he touched the magic marks which looked like frozen blood veins, he felt a cool feeling enveloping his body.
His heart began to beat faster.
"This magic marks ... ... if they are destroyed, my life also should be under a great threat. I might even die." Dudian quietly thought. He would have never ever thought that his life will be linked to a magic mark. "Damnit! I share my life with worms..."