Chapter 622: The Healer (2/2)
”I doubt he would do that in public,” Blake said before waving off her concerns. ”See if you can heal the King, in the meantime, I will bring the rest to see if we can get what we want from the Grand Library.”
Prince Herod came to a halt before a pair of beautiful ornate doors and the guards saluted before pushing the heavy doors open. The hallway before them was completely different from the ones they had just passed, as the decor was richer and more elaborate. The marble floor tiles changed to thick silk carpets and golden framed artwork and sculptures lined the hallway together with pairs of guards.
”They are with me,” Prince Herod spoke to the guards as they stepped forward to bar Blake and his people. The guards gave a quick look over them before they stepped aside to allow them entry. The Third Prince turned to his own people and said, ”Prepare our forces and start calling all favors owed to us.”
”Use whatever resources we have to pull those still neutral over to our side,” Prince Herod quickly passed on his orders to his people. ”And prepare a fast ship for me.”
With his orders given, he led the way towards the King's private chambers. The King's private chambers were even more lavishly decorated but there was an air of gloominess inside. Several clerics and healers surrounded the huge golden bed and incense of some kind was burning, together with a couple of braziers and the fireplace. The cloy smelling increase smoke and the closed windows with covered curtains adding to the gloominess.
The clerics and healers bowed to the Third Prince as he rushed over to the side of the bed. The King once full of vitality was now a former of his old self. He seemed to have more wrinkles, his complexion pale and his face twisted as if in agony. Even his golden hair was turning white at the roots and lay limp around the pillows.
”How is he?” Prince Herod gently held the cold hand of his royal father into his and he tried to warm his royal father's hands with his. ”What happened?”
”Reporting to your Highness,” The senior most cleric gave another bow and said. ”His Majesty has been overworked and with the disappearance of the Crown Prince and the news of plot against you... His royal body could no longer take the burden... Thus allowing evil spirits to possess his body...”
”What can be done?” Prince Herod asked softly. ”Can he be healed?”
The clerics and healers looked at each other before the senior cleric said, ”We have completed the rituals to cast the evil away. Now it is up to the Gods...”
”Rubbish!” Dr. Sharon hissed under her breath as she rolled her eyes at those quacks. She stepped forward and took out her medkit which she always carried around in a sling bag. ”Your Highness? If I may?”
Prince Herod quickly made way for Dr. Sharon. Seeing his royal father laying all wilted up on the bed had made him forget about her. He hovered over her shoulder and asked in a worried tone, ”Will you be able to cure him?”
”Let check his vitals first,” Dr. Sharon replied as she took out the tools of her trade from her kit. She pulled away the thick blankets covering the King and held the medical scanner over his chest and allowed the device to do its thing. Her actions made the clerics and healers gasped in shock at her disrespectful manner.
”You! What do you think of are doing?” The senior cleric stepped forward to stop Dr. Sharon, only to be blocked by Prince Herod. ”Your Highness? What are you doing? Who is she?”
”She is a healer too,” Prince Herod quickly vouched for Dr. Sharon's identity and skills. ”I brought her over to check on my royal father.”
”Even so, how can we allow someone of dubious skills to touch his Majesty?” The senior cleric was adamant in his stand. ”What if she harms his Majesty?”
”Let her check the condition of the King,” Prince Herod shook his head at the clerics and healers' protests.
The medical scanner beeped softly and Dr. Sharon checked the screen before she kept the scanner away and placed a watch like device over the wrist of the King. Another few more series of beeps later, she checked the stats on the screen before she nodded to herself and declared, ”I can heal him.”
”You can?” The clerics and healers cried out shocked disbelief while Prince Herod was pleasantly surprised.
Dr. Sharon nodded, ”It will take some time, but I can heal the King, but he will need time to recover and a lot of rest.”
”Please save my royal father,” The Third Prince took Dr. Sharon's hands into his own and requested sincerely. ”I will forever be in your debt!”
”B- But your highness!” The clerics and healers quickly objected. ”What can this young girl do when the entire Royal Apothecary couldn't? Don't be fooled by her!”
”As you have said... The entire Royal Apothecary could not heal the King!” Prince Herod's voice was soft but his glare wasn't. ”This is a disgrace!”
The clerics and healers lowered their heads at the rebuke. Prince Herod turned to Dr. Sharon and gestured for her to do her work. Dr. Sharon called over one of the Marines who was a combat medic to assist her. An IV drip was set up to deliver essential nutrients and fluids into the King and Dr. Sharon took one of her few precious remaining few medical nanite shots out.
The clerics and healers stared at the clear bottle of fluid with suspicious frowns and nearly rioted when they saw they poked a needle into the King's arm. Only under the direct order of Prince Herod did they settle down nervously.
Ignoring the looks of outrage from the clerics and healers, Dr. Sharon looked at Blake for permission, and seeing his nod, she pressed the nanite injector against the neck of the King and jabbed him. Next, she directed the Marines to draw the curtains aside, open the windows to air the chamber and remove all the incense censers and the braziers which made the room overly warm.
Again, the clerics and healers were affronted but without the Third Prince saying anything, they could only simmer their anger in silence. Finally satisfied with her work, Dr. Sharon stepped back and said, ”The King's body is weak now, that fluid will help recover some of his health. He should be able to wake up by tomorrow or later.”