Chapter 55 - A mother''s Heart
Lykos threw his little sister into the room, she stumbled back and fell on her butt with a thud. Hot and
salty tears was streaming down her cheek while she hugged her wrist that was stinging from the burn
Lykos gave when dragging her out to the garden so aggressively.
Lykos re down at her with no guilt of hurting her, the pure anger and humiliation she pulled towards
one of thedies in garden out of anger.
"Do you have no morals. No princess should act the way you did in a measly conversation between
two people" he hissed, the me encircling in his eyes. He wondered how this snotty girl was his sister.
No respect, no manners, nomon sense, or patience just the bad habit of clinging to Neil and
causing such scenes that tarnishes his family name and shaming the royal family of Drakon for raising
such ill-mannered crown princess.
"Do you realise what you could have done if I hadn''te in the way. Katherine would have been burnt
even worse dead and you would have been charged with murder and I wouldn''t be able to get you out
of trouble like always" Lykos scolded her with a sh of his hand that left a trail of me.
"I-I''m s-sorry" she as in a stuttering mess. Bedelia knew she went out of line, but Katherine started so
why was she getting scolded for something Katherine provoked her to do.
"There is no sorry, Bedelia. There was none in the beginning." Lykos fisted his hands.
"Does it not go through your thick skull that Neil does not love you or want you. Whatever you try to do
he will never look in the direction of such an ipetent, bratty and fool like you" he fumed. "He
revolts the sight of you, yet youe back like an annoying bug annoying the shit out of everyone
around you."
Bedelia squeezed the hem of her skirt and red back at him. "You don''t understand" she growled.
"There is nothing for me to understand when I witness it myself. Now go home before I decide to kill
you myself" he looked at her in revolting manner before the mming the door shut and leaving her in
the room by herself.
"no one does" she hugged cried in her hands. "I just want Neil to see me the way I see him. Why is it
so hard?"
"Mother" a pair of beautifulvender eyes darted to the entrance of the room where Neil stood, a
handsome young man with eyes just like his father stared back at her in worry.
"Dear Neil, you startled me" she put a hand on her chest feeling her heart settle down a little from the
early jump scare.
"How is Ben?" Neil approached the Empress who sat beside his little brother''s bed with her palm on
Benjamin''s hand.
"He isn''t doing well" the tears that she held back betrayed her. Neil embraced his mother with a hug,
letting her cry on his shoulder and to wash away the grief she held within her heart for so long.
For the Empress of Ventus she had to keep her head up high for her people even if it meant keeping
the agony of her youngest child sickness locked up.
"I have failed as a mother" Arabe wept. "I have failed to protect my youngest son. My dear little boy is
suffering all on his own while I watch from the sidelines. It should be me on that bed not Benjamin"
The maid and butlers in the room felt their heart sink at the sight of their loving empress cry in despair
yet they could not do anything to make her feel better but watch in pure guilt of being useless.
"Mother please don''t me yourself, it was never your fault" Neilforted her wishing it had been him
instead than Benjamin who had gotten sick. He med himself for failing as a big brother.
"I miss his smiles, Neil. I miss his voice. What I will give to just see him smile again and hear his voice
waking me up in the morning to y dragons and dungeons. I wish I hadid all my work aside and
spent more time ying with him" she felt so much regret of putting her queen duties first before him
instead of spending more time ying the adventure games Benjamin loved so much.
"Why couldn''t the gods choose to curse me instead of him? What has my little boy done to disprove the
Gods" His mother wailed within her oldest son''s embrace.
"I have regretted many things in my life my dear Neil but never I have I felt so much guilt and remorse
for choosing duties over family" she fisted the back material of Neil''s suit. "Neil what shall I do? What
shall I give the Gods to return my son''s health back to normal?"
Neil released the hug and stared into her beautiful yet teary violet eyes of his mother. The dark bags
under hers told him that she head stayed up all night beside Benjamin without getting any sleep.
He felt even more worthless that his father spent his days in the temple praying to the Gods to have
mercy on Benjamin, forgetting all of his duty of Emperor and his duty to his people to have his youngest
son back to health.
Seeing his dear mother like this hurt him, it made him feel worthless as the oldest son. With a tear
falling down his cheek hey his forehead on hers. "I promise I will find someone who will cure him. I
will look all over the world even it if kills me just to see his smile again"
"M-mother, b-big brother" a raspy voice got the attention of the two royals in the room.
Benjamin nced at them with pain in his violet eyes. His face was pale, whiter than snow itself and his
lips dry with a hint of blue. He looked worse than yesterday "My little boy" the sight of her sick made
her cry again.
"I don- HUGH!" yellow and red liquid came gushing out of his mouth, spoiling the red the nket the
covered half his body.
Arabe and Neil jolted up in worry. "GET THE DOCTOR" Neilmanded one the maids.
One bolted out the door and yelling for a doctor. "Mother" tears streamed down his cheeks. "It hurts" he
sniffed between his words. "I know sweety, I know" she wiped his mouth with her handkerchief.
Neil examined the vomit, the same red liquid Benjamin vomited out months ago. The ounce of horror
that travelled through his body was indescribable. He watched the maids move the nket off of
Benjamin and taking it away while another brought a ss of water.
"Mother I want the pain to go away" Ben begged. Arabe felt her heart sink to the bottom when
hearing the words that every child would say when feeling so much pain. It broke her that she was not
able to do anything to get rid of the pain.
"Forgive my dear child" she pulled him into a hug letting the flow of her healing magic go through him.
"Forgive me for being a useless mother"
\~Somewhere in the forest of Viridis\~
"Hmmmmmmm" stroking her chin, Artemis examined the flower nted within the very soil of the
forest. It''s triangle shaped petals radiated the light of the sun within itself, making it glow a light blue
colour.
"You seriously flied us down here for that measly weed" Homura grumbled clearly annoyed with
Artemis who suddenly told Demarcus to fly down because she saw something that caught her eyes.
"If my knowledge is correct, that is a Veleno flower" Demarcus huffed. Artemis looked down to the page
of her journal which resembled the flower she drew from one of the books of the library.
"Yeah, it is" she mmed shut the journal, making Homura jump.
"What?" Homura was puzzled. "It''s a poisonous flower to humans if eaten" Demarcus exined to
Homura who suddenly went silent like he was nning something in his little head.
"Is it poisonous to animals?"
"Not quite but will make them sick" Artemis said remembering what she read about them in the book
and writing it down.
"I see" he said making Artemis question herself whether this fox was nning to poison Demarcus or
not.
"So, is that it? Just to see a poisonous flower that kills humans and makes animals sick, what did you
say before oh wait ''We must not waste any time and get to Ventus quickly''". Homura mimicked Artemis.
Artemis crossed her hands and admired the expression Homura tried to pull of her. "You hypocrite of a
HUMAN!" she rolled her eyes and as she took unsheathed her tanto, scaring the nagging fox who
suddenly zipped his mouth at the sight of the silver sharp de that reflected the rays of sunlight.
"Rx Homura I''m not going to do anything to you" Artemis said, bending down and slicing the flower
clean off then to wrap it around with a cloth carefully and then shoving it in her backpack.
"Artemis, may I ask why you need the Veleno flower?" Demarcus questioned uncertain to why she
needed him to fly down for a poisonous flower to human.
Artemis smirked as if she was waiting for someone to ask her that question. "Back in my assassin
years, I loved watching my prey fall under the poison I injected in them" a hint of mischievous
glimmered in her eyes making Demarcus a little uneasy.
"I wonder how my victims would fall if I poisoned my des with the Veleno flower?" she mumbled to
herself as a sinister grin appeared on her face while she examined her tanto.
Homura felt a sudden chill run up his spine seeing Artemis like this for the first time. She looked like the
devil had risen up from hell and poisoned her mind.
"Artemis" Demarcus voice rose which made Artemis snap out of her thoughts, the terrifying face she
had disappeared bringing back the normal cold expression.
"You reminded me of something" she wagged the tanto at Demarcus who nced at her in ambiguity.
He didn''t know what she was thinking or mumbling seconds ago, but he hoped it wasn''t something he
thought Artemis was thinking.
"Where there is Veleno flower there is Zuiver flower close by" she searched for the same looking flower
but in a light-yellow colour.
"Is that like an antidote flower?" Homura asked which got her to smile, impressed with his answer.
"Finally caught up with Demarcus have we" she teased making Homura grumble in annoyance and
making Demarcus chuckle silently.
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"What''s so funny, dragon?"
"A fox will never reach the level IQ of a dragon" Demarcus stated as he hovered his head over Homura
who lifted his head up high face to face with the dragon, looking straight into the green-emerald eyes of
the giant lizard.
"So, what if I''m not smart like you giant reptiles. Who needs it when you got magnificent coat of fur?"
Homura purred while curling his tail around himself. He sounded so proud of himself for stepping up to
the dragon without fear. "I can''t imagine sleeping with a body filled spike scales. What afortable
feeling that would be"
Demarcus huffed a blow of hot air at the snobby fox making his fur puff up into a ball "Magnificent fur
huh" Demarcus chuckled.
Homuray still for a second before shaking himself to straighten his fur again as he stroked his head
with his non injured paw. "Don''t ruin my fur, you giant yellow reptile" he narrowed his eyes at him.
"Don''t insult my scales, you ancestor of a dog" Demarcus poke him with his giant w.
Homura jaw dropped at the mention of being called a dog. The world around him stopped as he let out
a gasp. Demarcus grinned revealing the rows of sharp teeth.
"Mummy" he fainted at the sight of the sharp rows of sparkling white teeth. Demarcus closed his
mouth, suddenly feeling guilty of scaring the little creature. "Oops"
He poked the dead looking fox on the ground. "Artemis, I think I may have killed Homura again"
Note: Those flowers are made up by me and me only. Don''t go around searching up the flower
because they don''t exist. Remember this is a fantasy world so be prepared for a lot of made up ces
and animals.