Birth of The Phoenix

chapter 42?

“Your highness, are you alright?”, Mason asked in nervousness as his third Prince Theodore was wounded by the arrow.

The blood seemed to be flowing out of his wound, staining his silver gray dress into patches of red think stain.

“Nothing…its just a small wound. Only a scratch…nothing big Mason. Stop worrying too much”, Third prince Theodore said while getting up from the forest floor, while holding the injury made by that stupid arrow.

Seeing the blood staining his Highness, third Prince Theodore, Mason was worried and be blamed himself for being incompetent.

He blamed and felt guilty for allowing his master, third Prince Theodore to get hurt when he was near him.

“Don’t fret over these things. Everything is good that we were able to handle those assassins”, third Prince Theodore said casually trying to convince Mason that it was not his fault and stop Mason from walking down the guilt tripping pathway.

“Well. OK your highness”, Mason said like he was not convinced by the words days by his Master, third Prince Theodore.

Mason was always like this.he respected and also had a very high place in his heart and he took it upon himself that he would take care of his Highness and protect him using his life. That’s why whenever, his Highness, third Prince Theodore got hurt or ambushed by their enemies, and got hurt, even if there was a scratch, Mason would feel extremely guilty as he was not able to protect his Highness.

“I have had injures worst than these in the battlefield. It’s really nothing”, third Prince Theodore said while looking around for any other threats. He couldn’t just let his guard down, incase his enemies had set up some other traps.

“well, your Highness. Please sit down. I will wrap a bandage on your injury”, saying that Mason held the uninjured of third Prince Theodore and helped him to sit under a huge tree.

Mason quickly gathered done twigs and dried branches and leaves to make a fire. Then he heated up some water to disinfect the cut injury, Incase it might have had some poison and to avoid infection.

Using the hot water, Mason quickly infected the injury and wrapped it with a clean cloth warp he cut just now.

“huh….argh”, Third prince Theodore grunted in pain lightly while he was being wrapped up.

“looks like she couldn’t wait until we reach the capital city. She made arrangements for us to be welcomed even before we reached the capital city gates”, third Prince Theodore said while looking into a distance, but nothing in particular.

“You mean it’s Madam’s work?”, Mason asked little curious about his lord's speculation.

“ Looks like this time, the old Madam lost her patience and arranged for them to attack us, so soon. It’s getting more and more interesting, Mason. The returning to the Royal palace would be more exciting this time”, Third prince Theodore nodded and shared his thoughts to his loyal bodyguard.

As he had already started a fire, Mason though of getting some more rest and prepare foods at the same time. As it is, his Highness, Third prince Theodore was injured, and he also needed to take rest for time, before he would ride the horse again. Mason though, taking rest would allow his Highness, Third prince Theodore to have some time to nurse his injury, so that it would not be so painful for him, when he rides the horse again.

So Mason quickly took the foods he had packed and started to cook it.

He took the flat bread and using a stick, he toasted the flat bread. Then he took some potatoes and threw it into the fire for it to be roasted. He waited for their food to be ready and leaned against the bark of the tree.

“This time, I think it’s going to be a little eventful for us in the capital city, seeing how the old Madam had lost her patience and attacked us the moment we planned to return back, your Highness”, Mason said after thinking for a long time.

“yes. That’s how it looks likes to me too. So we have to be extra careful and don’t let the other party to win no matter what the cost is. And also we have to gather strong evidence if we wanted to catch them Red handed”, Third prince Theodore said while looking keenly at the fire burning before him.

“okay, your highness”, Mason nodded and answered with a serious expression on his face.

Even though third Prince Theodore looked at the fire engulfing and burning the woods Infront of him, his mind was else where, and his eyes had a distant look in them. No one knew what his Highness, Third prince Theodore's thoughts were exactly. He was lost deep in his thoughts that he forgot about his surroundings completely.

Only when his loyal bodyguard Mason called out to him, third Prince Theodore came out of his own little world. Mason took one of the stick with the toasted flat bread in them and handed it to his Lord to eat. Then he took the potatoes out of the fire, using a stick and let it cool down, so that they could eat it.

Then he struck the already prepared sticks into the roasted potatoes and gave one to his Highness, third Prince Theodore. Soon both the men finished their foods and decided to take a little rest before starting their journey again.

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Far away from the two men who were set out to return to the capital city, which was their home, was buzzing and bustling like a busy bee with it’s daily activities of different people doing their different respective works accordingly and was full of life, giving off a happy and excited vibe that the new royal decree that was recently announced have successfully made people happy, as they were be benefited from it.

The capital city was busy as it was the heart of the entire kingdom. All sorts of trade and ships were carried out and the most importantly, the largest building, the famous Royal Prince where the Royal family lives was present in the middle of the capital city.

The one place every one in the whole kingdom desires to see. The mysterious place. The one that looks all majestic and grandiose yet looking all mysterious, making the onlookers to have a curiosity to see the thrilling place.

In the famous Royal palace, in the inner most part of the Western side, the quarters used by the ladies of the Ruler, King Kellan was present.

In one such building, a small and domineering figure was pacing around the room.

The figure belonged to a woman and the woman dressed so royally and looked regal and graceful.

yet now, due to her nervous state, her pacing looked so anxious and the little figure then started to measure the floor in her anxious state.

“Why the hell, there is no news till now?. It’s already time. It should have happened a long time ago right. Then why in the all seven pits of hell, I didn’t received the message yet??”, Main Consort Benazir yelled looking all worked up. She pinched her left inner palm in anxiousness and looked out of the window from time to time. It was her habit to pinch the inner palm of her hand while she was anxious.

Sara, the main Consort Benazir’s loyal maid, who followed around her from her childhood days, sighed and tried to make her lady to calm down.

“calm down, my lady. Our spy would have sent the message a long time ago. It might come any time now. So stay calm and sit down”, Sara said making her lady Benazir to sign in defeat.

Main Consort Benazir knew in her heart that she fretting over these would not change the results, so she went and sat down on the chair and tried to calm down by taking deep breaths.

Sara, went inside and quickly prepared some refreshments to serve her Lady, main Consort Benazir.

Soon Sara came out of the side room and quickly placed a hot kettle on the tea table. Then calmly, she poured the contents of the kettle into the small porcelain tea cup.

It was a special Jasmine tea, which was used to calm down the nerves. It was such a rare tea, as this type of tea was not available in the great Valerian kingdom. The rare tea was the product of the distance land in the West. It was really hard to obtain, even if it was the king Kellan himself. As the Jasmine tea was really hard to produce and more over the lands in which they were grown were a at very long distance from the Valerian kingdom.

Such a rare product was gifted to the king of the Valerian kingdom by the ambassador, who came from that distant land, who came for a business trip to the Valerian kingdom.

King Kellan gave that precious product to his Royal mother Moira, as the rare tea was said to have a calming effect on the nervous problems.

Empress mother Moira, kindly shared that rare tea to Main Consort Benazir and Consort Katherine.

It was that tea, which was used by Sara to make that special tea. As her lady was so nervous, she thought that this tea might calm her down.

Main Consort Benazir was so restless, and she blindly took the delicate looking cup and started taking small sips.

Even though she was sitting down and drinking the Jasmine tea calmly, her mind was filled with all chaotic thoughts. And all her thoughts were on a different matter and she was not physically present too.

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