"Samuel, bring him the ingredients" Diana quickly ordered the old butler before the situation could escalate further.
"Humph" Jacob snickered before storming out of the dining hall with a few of his lackeys following him behind.
"Jacob"
"Let him go, Amelda" Diana grabbed Amelda by her hand when she tried to stop the youngster. The previous laughter in the hall was completely gone and replaced with silence. They had never seen their kind third lady snap like that. Even after her only son fell victim to Star pox, she never showed the grief on her face as she believed her family would do absolutely everything to save her son.
It had been two months since her son was infected with star pox. If they didn't give him the phoenix potion within the next thirty days, there was no doubt that she would lose her only son.
"Now, where is your son, Lady Natalia?" Michael wondered why Jacob wants him gone as soon as possible. He didn't have to act that way. Michael had a feeling that Jacob is feeling threatened by his presence but couldnt find out why yet.
"This way, Young Master"
"Enjoy the rest of the day, gentleman" Diana announced looking at the people in the dining hall. Knowing the meaning of her words, they all bowed and left the dining hall.
Only the three ladies, Sabrina, Samuel accompanied Michael to Natalia's son's room. Considering there were no guards following them, Gaya retrieved a couple of spiders from her space ring before leaving them in dark corners of the corridor without anyone noticing.
Except for Michael none of them had a clue about the little spies in their home. After passing Sabrina's room and following Samuel for a few more minutes, Michael appeared before a door that had the name Andrew written on a dark brown oak door.
Samuel opened the door to reveal an old woman was sitting on the bed. Beside the old woman, a blonde youngster sleeping peacefully. The old woman was applying a purple ornament on Andrew's forehead.
"Healer Adele" The old woman waved her hands at Amelda as she was telling all of them to scurry off.
"Healer Adele, we have found a 5-star Alchemist," Samuel said. Only then the old woman turned her gaze away from Andrew. Soon, she locked eyes with Michael.
The system notified Michael of her healer trait. Despite the disheveled hair and rather normal-looking clothes, healer Adele was a Core Formation level 5 cultivator.
A glimmer of surprise flashed across her face looking at Michael.
"Grandma" Sabrina ran to Adele like a puppy running to its owner.
"I heard what happened. I'm glad you're safe, Sabi. You should have listened to Samuel and took more men with you"
Michael ignored their conversation, walking towards Andrew to check on him. His memories from Abras contained information about star pox and the book of alchemy he used to become a 5-star alchemist made him understand not only star pox but all the diseases in this world.
Except for his forehead that had purple ointment applied on, the rest of his body was pale. Tiny marks shaped like a star riddled his body. Furthermore, his body temperature was jumping between hot and cold.
"How pure will the potion be?" Healer Adele asked while Michael was feeling Andrew's temperature by placing his hand on Andrew's neck.
However, instead of giving a straight answer to Adele, he questioned her.
"How long has he been like this?"
It was obvious Andrew is infected with star pox but when Michael checked his temperature, he sensed Andrew's abnormal pulses. A patient with star pox was supposed to have a slow pulse rate but Andrew's pulse rate was abnormally high.
"For the last two months"
"And how long has he had this high pulse rate?" He was really curious as his tone conveyed his curiosity.
"His pulse rate has been increasing since last month"
"Nightmare, you can see energy pathways inside a body, right? Check his energy pathways"
"What's happening to my Andrew?" hearing the conversation between Adele and Michael, Natalia's eyes rained down tears. Amelda and Diana wrapped their hands around her to console her.
Nightmare flew towards Michael before comfortably landing on his shoulder. His black eyes then turned blue staring at Andrew.
Everyone except Natalia who was sobbing looking at Andrew starred at Nightmare for his answer. They had no idea about Nightmare's ability to see energy pathways in a cultivator's body. Even Michael had no clear idea about the extent of Nightmare's power. To learn more about dragons, he needed to travel to Ozer but for now, Michael had no desire to travel there.
The room fell silent. All the eyes were on Nightmare, expecting him to speak up.
"Energy clusters are forming inside his body, blocking the Arch energy from circulating his body"
"What...what...does it mean?" It was not Natalia but Diana who questioned Nightmare. Her voice stuttered and her eyes welled up.
Healer Adele frowned but before she could speak, Michael needed to do one more thing before drawing the conclusion.
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