Prince Abidin was sitting on a table in his room,enjoying a nice breakfast in the morninglight.He was nipping from a glass of wine while reading one of Crohnach’s legends in a large book in front of him.Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his stomach,making him sick.He grabbed his stomach,surprised of the sudden feeling of illness,and tumbled off of his chair.One of the servants in the room rushed over to the Prince and noticed right away that he was unconscience.The servant ordered another man to get help and to inform the King about the incident…
The court-physician soon arrived and after several tests he discovered the cause of the Prince’s illness;an infection which could only be caused by a poisoning.He decided it could be deadly if the antidote wasn’t found in time;a small plant which was growing in the mountains of Qualdann,an adjacent of Crohnach.Right after hearing the bad news about his son,the King decided to leave Crohnach and to look for the medication himself.He didn’t trust anyone enough to send them so he just went away,taking a huge part of the army and the commander with him for protection…
“What!?I’m not going with you!?Why the hell not!?”
Roderick had just decided who to take with him to find the medicinal herbs in Qualdann and Jason was one of the few people who was staying at the castle.
Roderick rolled his eyes and yelled”You caust me enough problems here Jason!Not doing what I'm saying,complaining about me to the Prince so I get into trouble and living your own life without rules!I’m sick of it and that’s the reason you and that galley boy,because that’s what he is,are staying here!Learn to behave yourself and I might consider to forgive you but I think those chances are very low!”Roderick left to join the rest of the army and the King,leaving Jason behind…
That afternoon the King left Crohnach.Lily in the meantime decided to visit her brother.He was laying on a bed,covered with some blankets.Sweat was covering his forehead and he was acting delirious,mumbling stuff.Lily sat down next to him and tried to understand what Abidin was saying.The only thing she could discipher was the word dragon.Lily shook it of by telling herself that the fever was probably causing halucinations.
In the meantime Jason,Richard Scott and a copple of other knights that stayed behind were searching the castle and asking the servants questions to find the origin of the poisining.They thought it had to be someone from inside the castle because only a fairy or a dwarf could have sneaked into the castle unseen and the knights didn’t believe in those.Sean was very nervous when they questioned him,mainly because he reckoned he would be blamed like always,but Jason defended him by saying Sean had been with him the whole time,so he was innocent.
After hours of searching without finding even a clue they sat tired in the throne room around the table with now Queen Lilandra at the head of the table.Everybody was somberly drinking unmixed wine.Prince Abidin was very loved at the castle.
With every sip he took Jason got more dark thoughts.He was very fond of the Prince and besides that still angry Roderick had left him behind.When the twilight began to fall it seemed everybody was drunk,except for Prince Richard.He was used to strong alcohol in Sharia.Jason was mad that he could still control his movements in contrary to all other people in the room,including the servants.He stood up,but almost fell back.He straightened himself and walked over to Richard.
“You…you don’t really seem to care about your wife’s brother.”he slurred.Richard shrugged.
“Of course I do sorry the incident,if only for my wife.YOU seem drunk.”
“Drunk or not,I can always take on to some Sharian scum.”
Richard’s face hardened.He stood up and whispered threatening in Jason’s face”You mean you want to fight?”
“Yes Jason,let that Sharian fool see how Chrohnachians fight!”yelled one of the other drunk knights.Jason grinned,already thinking of his victory,but before he could move his fist to hit the Prince,Richard’s hand landed hard into his stomach.He bent over and slid to the floor,surprised by the strength of the hit.He tried to stood up but found he couldn’t.He heard soft laughter above his head and looked up painfully.
The Sharian Prince grinned at him and said”Maybe you should learn how to stand on your feet better before fighting.”And with that he walked out of the room.
