284 Tears of a King (1/2)

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Raven's face became extremely solemn as he heard those words.

He was shocked since he thought that the King had fallen under Lucy's deadly poison, and had his mind corrupted already.

In Raven's rising anger, not to the king nor Lucy, a bunch of golden inscriptions were activated. Some were used to restrain Lucy even in her slumber, others were used to at least keep the Poison Laws of Lucy at bay from further affecting the King's body.

Raven fed him some pills to stabilize his condition. He then reactivated Lucy's prison and proceeded to escort the King towards his chambers so that he could receive proper treatment once Richard and Jacob arrives.

Once the King's expression became a bit better, Raven laid him to his bed and waited until the two arrived.

Richard and Jacob came in with the Golden Knights on tow. Upon seeing Raven doing some check-ups with the King's body, the two didn't say a word and began setting up necessary equipment to proceed with the treatment.

”What in the world happened here!?” Old Lee asked in a very worried tone.

They could all see how Alexander's state is not faring well. Even though Raven gave him the first-aid treatment, his brows were still furrowed and occasional wisps of green smoke could be seen escaping through his right arm.

Raven had no reason to lie, so he told them everything that happened prior to their arrival. When they heard that the King referred to Lucy as his 'Beloved Queen', their expressions visibly contorted.

”This is bad.” Old Lee stated, ”He fell victim to the poison.”

”This reckless fool!” Leona spat, ”Why did he even decide to visit her alone, even after knowing what she could do?”

Morel didn't say anything but he promptly left the room and took it to himself on overseeing Lucy's prison.

”Let us focus on the treatment first.” Raven stated in a solemn manner. ”Seniors, I need your help. Please make sure that the news of Uncle's current state won't leave this place. We can't afford to worry the masses for now.”

Old Lee and Leona nodded, completely agreeing to his words. They then moved out and made sure to inform the people who saw them earlier to not speak a thing about this matter or there would be severe consequences.

The three then proceed to initiate the King's treatment. Doing their best to think of the best way towards his recovery, they used everything in their arsenal to return the King's previous condition. Unfortunately, they were destined to fail. At first, they debated whether to cut the King's arm or not.

The King's right arm is where most of the poison were concentrated, cutting it would be a logical decision since it would prevent the poison from further spreading through his body. They could just regrow it anyway by feeding him a Limb Restoration Pill.

In the end, they didn't do it for now since there are still some scattered poison around the King's body. They would reconsider this idea once they isolated all of the poison to the King's right arm since they couldn't cure it through the pills the have.

It's not that nothing they did work. In fact, the King's health had been nursed back to it's previous condition. That being said, there is nothing they could do other than to constantly feed him medicines in order to keep the poison of Lucy at bay.

Lucy's poison is coated with Poison Laws. It is extremely effective and corrosive to one's body. It is rather unfortunate since none of the three's skill reached the level where they could concoct something that would nullify even Laws itself.

Raven was constantly gritting his teeth, blaming himself for not trusting his instinct and causing this scenario to occur. He wanted to go on a rampage, to personally go through Lucy's prison and end her for good. But his rationality kept him in check, he focused on what's important for now since Lucy won't be able to escape her imprisonment anyway.

Later then, the King regained consciousness, making Raven go on alert and hurriedly ask about his condition.

However, the King wasn't even concerned at his own body. As soon as he woke up, his first words were: ”I hope you did not kill her, or else I would charge you with treason.”