What was happening??? Jihan thought to himself.
His brothers also thought the same but they put those thoughts aside if it meant their baby brother would be better.
Zane pulled away from Roshan and placed a palm on his forehead to check his temperature manually. It seemed to have been stabilizing.
Zane straightened his back and turned to the royal family.
"He's fine now, he just needs to rest"
With that, he walked out of the room, leaving them to embrace their brother and son.
After an hour, the healer finally showed up. They apologized for being late as they were attending another emergency patient.
The healer proceeded to check Roshan and was shocked at how much his condition had improved compared to what he was told.
The healer and the royal family approached King Zane to ask about what he did on Roshan.
He explained that he knew what poison had been used because he was once poisoned and the potion he poured contained elements that attracted the poison.
The knife he used at the end also attracted the potion which was now mixed with the poison.
And him breathing into roshan was because his lung function with be diminished for a little while.
They were all shocked at his knowledge and expertise. And understood why he did everything did.
The king and the queen began to thank him continuously.
Zane let them know it was alright. But they still felt indebted to him. After all, he saved their baby's life.
....
"Where is it? Did you find it?!" A man in a dark cloak screamed as he strangled the other man before him.
The other man nodded quickly.
"Where is it???"
"The East Wing. I s-saw a man using it to control rats around"
"You gave a fucking magic amulet to some doofus? Fuckkk"
"I-i'm sorry sir. I really am"
"Shut up! Leave now! Bring back my amulet and don't come back if you don't"
The man tried to scurry away but was held back momentarily.
"And don't even think of running away. The moment you have that thought, I'll kill you. Now get out!"
....
Two days later...
Roshan was back on his feet, his forearm and head bandaged, able to move around on his own.
His family had spent almost every hour of the day with him and he was getting tired of being bedridden for more than 30 hours.
He decided to take a little walk around the courtyard after breakfast since his family were nowhere in sight.
Apparently, an emergency meeting was called for that morning due to the recent killings in the fields, and as such the royal family and security personnel had to be in attendance.
Roshan kept walking in the grass but stopped in a spot when the sun's rays began to shine into his eyes.
He closed his eyes momentarily and saw a huge furnace.
"Fire!! He's burning everything! He'll kill us all! Run!!!!!"
Roshan turned to his left when he felt a woman grab his robe.
"You demon!" She screamed and he gasped. His eyes flung open and his heart raced inside his chest.
He looked around confused and saw that he was still in the courtyard. The people running for their lives and the woman were no where to be seen.
He didn't understand what was happening and stated mute for a few minutes.
"Ros!!! What are you doing over there"
The sound of his name snapped Roshan out of his confusing thoughts.
He turned around to see his mother standing beside an unfamiliar man.
Roshan walked to where she was, staring at the man beside her occasionally.
"Ros, this is my nephew, Jibaro or Jiji. He's come to stay with us for some time" queen Roberta was all smiles.
Roshan nodded and greeted him as warmly as he could.
Jibaro only sighed and nodded.
Roshan frowned slightly but The queen brushed it off. So Roshan understood that his cousin was rough around the edges.
Roshan followed them inside the house and saw that his brothers had already met their cousin.
Jihan was excited, Layel was indifferent and Zichen wasn't very thrilled about the new addition.
"Due to a bit of family trouble, your cousin Jibaro will stay here with us for some time. I hope you all can get along well. He's Jihan's age" Queen Roberta said with a bright smile.
Jibaro was her only sister's only child. She cherished the boy just as much as any of her children and she couldn't hide that fact.
Jibaro moved into the room beside Roshan's. He seemed a bit standoffish but not terrible in any way.
"Perhaps, our Ros can take Jiji on a palace tour?" The queen looked expectantly at Roshan and he nodded.
She called her hands happily and let them be on their way.
On the palace tour, Roshan tried to make small talk, all of which was shut down by Jiji's one word replies.
They took a right at a corner and Roshan bumped into another person that was coming from the opposite direction.
Roshan looked up to see it was his savior, King Zane.
"I'm so sorry, King Zane " he bowed honestly.
"It's alright, how's your forearm?" Zane asked.
"Healing hopefully" Roshan said with a smile. "Good to hear", Zane nodded and left them.
Roshan kept walking when he noticed that Jiji wasn't beside him anymore. He turned around to see Jiji rooted in the same spot where they had met King Zane.
"Jibaro, what's wrong?" There was no response, so Roshan walked back to tap his shoulder.
Jibaro snapped out of his thoughts and looked at roshan.
"W-who was that?"
"King Zane, the king of Vendet"
Jibaro's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe the king of vendet was so young and handsome