Abandoned limg ago, he met his father countless time, this is the first time he dare to speak what troubled him this entire day.
But his father, denomiously stare at him on his throne. Despite being closer, the line seemed further .
The forgotten prince brave himself,
“you said the drink is poisonus. In which part makes you think so?” Elliot had no idea how to answer.
“Iego tell me”
“your dog?” said Carlos out of nowhere. every one in the room sighed. Decided to take him seriously. Which make Nickholai relaxed.
“have you got any conscience that you messed up these alliance meeting boy?” Nicholai put on a serious face. The banquet was going on for 5 minutes already most of the people had drink the wine.
“I made a high quality wine with lesser alcohol suitable for generation of your age and this is how they repay me?” Nicholai drink the same wine and he looks fine. Eliot look at the wine in the chalice he’s holding.
‘did I misheard Iego?’
“We’re sorry sir but this boy is famous due to his lies and mischievous behaviour don’t take him seriously” a knight that familiar with him tried to dragged him away. But he won’t budge.
“I did not take death as a prank, if someone die they can’t return. If something happened to his majesty..” Nicholai grunt to his boldness.
Unexpectedly, the king himself told him to take a sip to prove he’s not lying. To stirred things up.
Carlos that was behind him was anticipated to what will happened. He did not realize unknown boy that was living in the palace was quite tall as he always look at him from afar.
The boy stuttered. “if it is indeed poison I will take this matter seriously and I will consider this to be a threat of someone either from Erlost or Ananta in order to avoid this alliance.” Eliot crumbled his sleeves cannot fit his eyes in the same frame of the king.
With the chalice in his hand, he trembled. The king really want him to die.
“am I not important to you?” asked him out of the blue. The king refused to answer him.
Queen Margaret held his husband’s arm just in case Luke got up.
“what if it is really poisoned?” asked Eliot.
“I shall give you a proper burial ground” the king answered briefly. The palace guest seems to looking foward to this scenarios. Especially an ordinary boy dared to raise typed question to his majesty.
Eliot was frightened as if something was crumbling his heart because he had trouble breathing.
“please he was just playing sir..” Robane once again pleading for him.
“you’re not doing this just to grab his majesty attention won’t you? If it is indeed poisonous and was set to kill my son, you knew about this doesn’t this makes you an accompliance?” the queen words made everyone thinking that he was the one harming the drinks and by drinking it he will became a hero and receive a great honour. -he's the assistant chef that's why.
Queen Margaret seems disgusted. Eliot was put in a corner where his words were lies even though he tells the truth.
He was asked to leave the banquet and shall wait for his punishment. Nicholai was rest assure.
If the servant boy did not included his name about harming the prince, he would definitely rest assured letting the boy to gobble it up. Because nothing will happened to him.
Robane noticed Eliot was glancing at the king. -sadly. He felt a hopeless aura from the boy he’s been raising.
Robance realized the king had unsettle feeling. As if he wants Robane to get Eliot out of there quickly.
“look” Angus pointed his hands, towards Eliot who was sipping the drink when no one was looking even Robane.
Carlos turned his head. Smirking when the servant boy seems fine.
“what a lousy mouth. I was thinking of making him my friend if he’s not joking around” Carlos disappointed.
“come” Robane reached for Eliot’s hand. Eliot was told to stay in the banquet to give out the wine as a punishment. So that he will embarrassed of his action.
Yet the boy was daydreaming. Robane come closer and kneeled in front of him and was about to tease Eliot a little to cheer him up.
By then, the 12 year old kid vomiting blood. Both were surprised. Eliot touched his lip to see what was came out of his mouth. He frowned.
Carlos intention of mocking Eliot left in shocked. He saw how Robane expression Was shifted.
The room echoed until it went silent. He can see Robane was calling out for his name but he cannot hears it. If Sebastian was there, the boy will frantically screamed and ran to him.
Eliot searched for Angus and Carlos because he thinks he must look like a fool infront of them. They will leave me again?
He dropped the chalice. He felt cold though his chest was burning. Slowly the boy loses his consciousness.
The sound of broken glass chalice, catches Every body attentions.
They saw the boy on Robane’s shoulder while continuously vomiting purple blood.
Nicholai was stunned. So did the royal family.
Robane hurriedly took him to see royal healer.
The whole nobles sees clearly the back of Robane back which was tinted by a rare blood.
A non-human blood. He thought he was a monster and left to die, but the it was confirmed it was that poison affected his body.
Even so, Nicholai and his family was set free because there was none poison in the wine nor in the chalice.
2 days after, Carlos was curious and stole a jar of the same wine and drink it secretly in his room although being told to be cautious by his mother.
As he thought, Eliot was lying and those was an act.
“you became my admiration for a second” Said Carlos. Little did he knew the poison was meant for a crown prince, while he's not.
“why are you feel special to me?” the prince sat on the balcony seeking Eliot’s shadow from above inside his pavilion.
He had a feeling Eliot is one of the royal family because he had been living there for free. In fact his chamber was the pavilion of the last empress of Erlost queen Thalia.
Unfortunately, Eliot does not have the eyes of royal which was emerald and quite greenish depending on their spiritual power.
