Chapter 72 - Raven''s Fly
"AHHHHHHH!" Homura deafening scream had rattle my ear drums. He had clung himself on my face,
his feathery wings wrapped around my head for dear life.
"ARTEMIS, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE GROUND!" the squawky screeches echoed through the
sky and the people that flew past us gave me an irritated re through their windows.
However, they weren''t the only that was getting annoyed by this loud yell of this raven. I was clenching
my hands together preventing myself from throwing this fox out from this wooden carriage and watch
him fall.
I bet the coach was getting irritated from Homura as well, threatening to himself that he was going to
burst in and strangle the bird to death.
The Pegasus weren''t even going in a fast pace but a smooth regr pace that soured gracefully
through the sky, making their way to the huge bridge trail that spanned wide and long as a huge and
tall gate skyed to the top, built on the bridge.
"AHHHHHHH!"
"Get off of me you pesky bird" I fumed at him, trying to pull the raven off my face.
"NOOOO! I''M GOING TO DIE!" he squawked even louder as his grip around my head had tightened.
"You are not going to die unless I through you off the carriage if you keep this up" I fought him off my
face with a huge tug back.
"AHHH!"
I held him mid air by the back. He had hugged himself as if I seen him featherless and *****. "We are
nearly there" I whispered angrily, my eyelid twitching from irritation and my lips forming a grimace
smile.
He slowly peek his head back to take a look but soon regretted "NOOO!"
I stared at the screaming bird with a nk expression crossing my face clearly exasperated with his
childish behaviour "You''re so hopeless" mumbling, I released the bird and he dropped to the wooden
floor of the carriage with a cry of terror beforending with an oof and a thud.
"I dead but I''m still alive" Homura whined with a cry, lifting his head so his voice wouldn''t be muffled. I
crossed my hands against my chest and rolled my eyes, leaning back to rest my back. This old body
was getting on my nerves, I don''t want to get old now if I have this kind of trouble in the future. My feet
were so small that it had taken me an hour or two to reach to the ce they flied people up here.
Stupid tiny old feet.
I can''t believe I''m already here in Ventus. Time had went quickly with just a blink of an eye and I''m
riding in a carriage to the pce of Ventus to diagnose Ben.
But I''m praying that the disease or illness isn''t surgical or how am I going to exin to these ancient
people that hasn''t gone far with healthcare about how I''m going to open him up to cure him. I think they
will call me crazy and try to arrest me for trying to open up the prince.
Not to mention I''m an old woman, they will definitely think I''m a witch who is trying to assassinate the
prince.
A long sigh of distress slipped through my lips. I don''t know what to do anymore, it''s either test my luck
or just turn around and leave it.
"Why do you humans love to torture us animals" Homura cried silently now hiding under his wings,
trembling with fear. It''s confusing to see him like this when he waspletely normal flying on
Demarcus a few times. Maybe he hasn''t flown for a while and the fear had got to him again. I don''t
know.
"We are arriving at the great sky bride of Taivas" the coach called back rming me out of my inner
thoughts.
"Ahh\~ thank God" Homura sighed a relief, fake tears seen falling down his onyx eyes as he peeked
his head out a little. Clicking my tongue, I rolled my eyes.
I looked over to see us descending downwards, the white wings of the Pegasus'' pping widely against
the wind while the coach lead them down to tinum concrete path. I held on to the window frame for
safety, watching how we went down and trying to ignore Homura''s constant crying and screaming. We
had descended down, the sounds of carriage rolling on the concrete b and the gallops of horse
hooves against was loud in my ears.
Looking out the window the pathy in between grasnds,vender growing in shrubs trailing the
grass path at it''s bank, passing a few marble fountains each seven metres. I rested my elbow against
the wooden frame, cing my cheek against my palm and stared with little interest toward it.
My view was suddenly blocked by another carriage simr to mines. Made of entirely out of wood,
arched roof with a trails of tinum markingsing down from the corners and fading away when
reaching to the bottom. From my hallow window that did not have any ss windows, I could see
someone sitting quietly within the carriage from his carriage window.
I quickly averted my eyes so I wouldn''t have any eye contact with him and turned my attention back to
the front.
Leather straps wrapped around the white winged horses that pulled the carriage to its destination which
was to the wide-open giant gate that stood 30 metres tall. I didn''t know what the necessity of the gate
foundation was for, but I shrugged it off, not wanting to dwell on something useless.
The carriage began to slow, and I realised we wereing to a stop before it came toplete halt
and Homura had stopped screaming, peeking his head out from under his wings and said "Is it all
over? Have we arrived yet?" the constant ear threatening screams had turned his voice raspy and raw.
I rolled my eyes and didn''t answer his ridiculous question.
I could make two men talking to each other but couldn''t decipher what they were saying due to the loud
background noises.
Suddenly the carriage began to move again, I watched as we slowly entered the giant gate. The pirs
were all tinum with a few marble and cold dragon carvings and swirls engraved on them to make
them stand out better. I still didn''t get what the purpose of this gate was, it just looked rather stupid if
you ask me.
The carriages came rolling in, some followed behind, some to the side of us or in front. The gallops of
the horse foot and rush of the wind current was the only sounds I was hearing now.
The air up here however was refreshing and cool to the face as it blowed away the locks of grey hair
away from my face. Thank God this potionsts longer than the mask potion or I would have already
turned back to my regr self, well Diana.
It didn''t take long when the carriage came to a stop again but this time someone had opened the
carriage door for me. This was my que to get out of the carriage. ncing down, Homura was
quivering in fear and his head was still hiding away under his wings.
I sweat dropped.
''Homura you''re a bird now, act like one. Don''t embarrass me''
Scooping him up, I tucked him in my medicine bag that I brought with me and leaving the strap open so
he coulde out whenever he stopped being dramatic and act like a real bird. "Just stay in there for
now" I whispered to him before making my way down refusing the help of the coachman.
"Thank you" I acknowledged with a raspy creaky olddy like voice so he wouldn''t be caught off guard
by my young feminine voice.
The coach nodded his head in response and at that I walked away, strolling towards the side entrance
of the pce. Scanning my surroundings, I could see many people walking the same way. Some
walked with courtesy and a high-ranking aura intimidating from them, each one wearing something
fancy and high ss while others hadmoner clothing on however amongst these men, they were
not a singledy spotted.
''I assume they must havee in order of having their luck of curing the princes'' mysterious illness
and being rewarded the promise remuneration'' These men must be doctorsing from all parts of
Ventus or the other empires, no wonder there aren''t any women here. Women are forbidden of
bing doctors here in this ancient world, not like they care anyway. All they care is about finding the
right man to have children with. These ancient beliefs and state of mind isn''t to my liking.
Immediately I felt the burning stares prating through meing from the higher ranks and some of
themoners. Each one mumbling a disgusting under their breaths, their expression or their eyes
revealed their ideology of woman doctor.
One in particr had a sour expression across his face when heid his eyes on me. I could see him
ajar his mouth a little which I had assumed he must have clicked his tongue in disagreement with my
presence.
In return, I stared nkly at himpeting our intense re as I slowly rose my middle finger to my
eye level and watched him pull a face of confusion. ''Suck on this you half evolved baboon'' I didn''t see
his after face because I had walked faster leaving him speechless and confused, the wind current
brushing past me making my cloak and skirt fly behind me in a trail.
''I''ll show all these dim-witted ancient scums who''s the real professional doctor here. I''ll it will be an
honour to watch the colour drain from your faces then to bury it back up your asses where you had
taken them out from''
"Are we there yet" Homura spoke after a while, his beak being the only thing sticking out from the back.
"No" answering him bluntly taking a quick nce to him.
"tch" he clicked his tongue frustratedly. "I''m getting stuffy in here and these things are very
ufortable to sit on!"
"Do want to stand on my shoulder instead?" there was utter silenceing from Homura, yet his beak
was still sticking out.
"No. I''m staying in this bag until we get inside" he sunk his beak back and I could feel the rattling of my
bag. "Stupid things" I heard himin and the ss jars sh together in a bag.
"You better not break anything in there or I will break you neck" I warned shooting the bag a
threatening re.
"No" Homura answered with sass his beak sticking out the gap of the bag again.
I rolled my eyes and continued on my way.
It didn''t take long when we reached the side entrance. Lifting my head my eyes following to nce at
the giant double doors of the castle, my eyes had widened in awe. The giant double door of the castle
was shaped in a triangr arch madepletely from tinum, marble carvings of pirs and gold
swirls of roses engraved on the sides before ending at the tip of the door. The entrance was bolted
securely to the sides of the castle which made it stand for centuries even to centuries toe. Royals
guards in silver armours stood by the entrance in amanding manner, ready for anything happen to
attack.
Even after centuries it looked like it was freshly built yesterday. The pce itself looked like it was just
built, the unknown shining white material they used had not dulled away from the centuries it passed,
it''s tall towers of itself rose high into the sky and the whole pce stood tall and firmly, disappearing
into the iing clouds.
''Whoever lives here must be a lucky bastard''
"Excuse medy" I was cut from my inner thoughts by a squishy voice. ncing to the source of the
sound, Iid eyes upon a man.
He wore a silver fantasy style tuxedo that had a gold chaining down from his shoulder and
buckling with his golden belt. His silver hair was slicked back, and his moustache was in a curl like the
Spanish styles from the medieval times. His chin was rather long and sharp and so was his nose.
There was wrinkles forming in the corner of his metal-coloured eyes and he looked like he was in his
early 40s yet no taller than I was.
"Pardon?"
"Do you have any rification or any sort of letter stating your business here?" he asked politely but his
voice hinted an ounce of annoyance as if he hated this sort of job.
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I stood there in front of him, my mind had went nk. "Um...No" I answered with a pause.
He rose a thin silver eyebrow and stared at me in disbelief, the corner of his mouth was twitching into a
small scowl. "Then you are not permitted to enter without any sort of documents stating your reason
and eptance signature by his royal highness himself" his squeaky masculine voice made my mind
shiver.
''What? What kind of bullshit is that? Did all these doctors get a permit? because I wasn''t told about this
neither was it written in the story itself''
I continued to stare at him nkly, my lips shut tight. I averted my eyes away ncing left to right
before locking it with the now annoyed middle aged man, that stood firmly in front of me with one hand
arched in front of him like a butler and the other behind him.
"Listen" I started exhaling a long breath "I havee from a small vige in Isvand"
"I can see that" his voice echoed sarcasm as he eyed me up and down.
A vein throb appeared on the side of my temple and my lips turned into a smiling maniac. "Yes"
"Anyway, I have heard that Ventus'' young prince, his royal highness Benjamin has fallen terribly ill with
a sickness that no one has ever seen and cured before"
The middle-aged man expression changed into a resentful look towards me those metal-coloured eyes
examining me as if I was worth to be here.
"And what will you be doing about that?"
A cold re formed in my eyes turning this man''s resentful look into a look of fear in his eyes. "What
else would I be here for if I heard about his highness sickness" crossing my hands and sneering at him
in return. This guy is lucky we are in public with guards around or else I would have pushed him down
to his death.
The man''s mouth turned in a smile and he opened his mouth for a cackle to escape. I was caught off
guard for a second but then realised these people don''t believe in women to do anything but bare
children for them. My hand twitched to punch this guy in the mouth and knock out all his tooth that he
would be stuck drinking soup for the rest of his life.
The men around us had turned their attention to the suddenughing man that has been chuckling his
butt for the past minute. I stood there expressionless waiting for him to finish with my hands crossed.
From hisughter I can hear Homura cursing at the man.
He wiped a tear with his finger and hisughter had calmed as he took a breath of air to get some air in
his lung to talk. "You curing the prince" he pointed his chubby finger at me that seemed to have a
chipped nail, shouting his words out loud for the whole world to hear.
The men around started tough and soon the whole ce was echoing with chuckles of these men''s
because I knew that I will be the oneughing at them when they walk out the princes'' room
disappointed that they couldn''t heal the prince then to tell them to suck it when I do.
So let themugh because Karma would p them so hard, they don''t see iting.
"I don''t get how that is funny" Homura said peeking his head out and looking at me, but I didn''t respond
due to the man being here. Homura was silent before opening his beak to speak "Do you need me to
poke his eyeballs out?"
''Yes, that would be nice'' but sadly I cannot do that, or it will cause me trouble. With a sigh I blinked
twice indicating him a no. Homura must have caught what I said with our not so special answering
conde and answered me "Tch, I would have loved to" he crawled his head back in the bag with a slight
grumble.
"I must apologise but I cannot let a woman with the intention of healing the prince in the pce" he put
his hand out in a stop gesture.
"Because I''m a woman and less superior than you men. Is that why?"
"Well, isn''t that what women are? You should get back to your cottage to your dying husband then be
here doing a man''s job" The 40-year-old silver haired man shooed me, and the people around
snickered. I felt my blood boil and my hands twitching into a fist. How badly I wanted to punch him.
"Sir, tell me" Crossing my hands and challenging him with my hostile re I rose my voice a little so
that everyone else could hear me clearly "If you sent off the only person in the whole of Alphyria who
knows the reason to why his highness and he dies because of your stupid ideology of a woman what
will you answer to the prince"
The old man''s lips twitched into a scowl, his slightly crooked teeth baring at me, his eyes ring
daggers at me that wanted to kill me and his face had turned a slight red from anger.
"Hmm? What''s that cat got your tongue" I mocked with a slight malicious grin crossing my face as my
long nail traced my chin. My cold eyes reflected the evil intention towards this man that had shut him
"Huh" he scoffed so suddenly. "I''m sure one of these fine men might know of the cure. Don''t get cocky
old hag and get out of here" he growled.
Suddenly the loud thundering sounds had caught my intentions. The right side of the double door had
opened a little letting one of the high-ranking doctors that probably worked in a mansion as a personal
doctor.
A sudden idea sparked my mind and a small smirk perched in the corner of my mouth, and I felt so evil
right now.
''If this old man is refusing to let me in then I will have to force myself in''