Love of the Empress 2: King and Queen

Damsi Poisoned

The soldiers of Nevarest led by the king of Daffa finally set out for the battlefield. Their plan was to leave for the city on the border with the kingdom of Goluth on the Northern side of Nevarest.

All the people of Nevarest took their king's departure. Even though Daffa was said to be the young king who had only served for five years, but all his people in droves stood by the side of the road. To pay their respects to him.

Meanwhile at the palace of Nevarest..

"His Majesty the Queen! Damsi suddenly fainted unconscious!" Seru Afni, Damsi's partner and also the personal guard of the prince Himada.

"What?! What's going on?!" Tasya asked as she immediately got up from the chair in the royal office.

He was busy reading various reports on the table. According to the eunuch chief, there were some who needed a royal seal to be followed up immediately.

Before leaving for the border, Daffa did hand over the royal seal reserves to Tasya. The Queen was made a temporary ruler when the king went to battle.

But only five reports were completed Tasya put a stamp, when Afni suddenly just slid into the office. He reported the condition of Damsi, who suddenly fainted.

"Hamba doesn't know either, Queen! We had just had a snack of cake, when suddenly Damsi stiffened and finally fell unconscious!" Reply looks panicked.

"Where is Damsi now? Have you summoned a royal physician?" Tasya asked as she stepped out of the office.

"In the prince's room, the Queen. Damsi was in charge of tasting the prince's snacks first, as usual. But with that incident.. Slave is too panicked. So the servant asked one of the guards to find the physician, while the servant rushed to see Her Majesty the Queen.."

Afni's explanation immediately also caused panic in the heart of the queen.

Tasya's mind immediately shot to the condition of his son, Prince Himada.

"What about Prince Himada? My son is fine, isn't he?!" Tasya asked sounded a little anxious.

"The slave prince entrusted to the Chief of Guards Jun, Your Majesty. Thank goodness the prince had not had time to taste the food," said Afni sounded relieved.

The relief was then felt also by the queen of Tasya.

Even so, the mind of the queen could not feel relieved for too long. Because along his journey towards the room of Prince Hima, various thoughts flashed through his mind.

'There are those who are trying to attack the royal family again by using poison! Fucking fuck! I think they've been knocked over and won't use that way again after a long failure! But why..?'

'Why are they using that way again? And why can't Damsi neutralize the poison this time?! Though its inner power is able to neutralize all kinds of toxins. That's why I left the safety of the royal family to her, ' the queen thought quickly.

Tasya remembered the periodic meeting with Damsi every week. Both he, the king of Daffa and also the prince of Hima. The three of them always go through the process of thickening the body's immunity from various poisons with Damsi as his third personal healer.

The immune thickening process according to Damsi is only strong for one week. Because they always do the same routine together with Damsi.

The ritual is easy. All three of them only need to soak in the potion that has been formulated by Damsi himself. And so far, the protection from Damsi was able to free them from various poisoning efforts that occurred.

But with the events of Damsi unconscious as it is today, Tasya was struck with anxiety about his fate and Hima in the future.

Would Tasya and Hima have remained healthy and safe in this palace, during Daffa's departure to the battlefield?

Tasya is close to Prince Hima's room. Without any more ba bi bu, the queen immediately entered without the help of the maid who opened the room door for her.

Once inside the room, Tasya's gaze was immediately fixed on Damsi who was sleeping on the floor. A palace healer stood close and was seen checking his circumstances.

Tasya's gaze then turned to one of the guards standing near the healer. To the guard, the queen asked.

"Where is Prince Himada?" Tanya Tasya was rather urgent.

"The Prince is with the Chief of Jun's bodyguards, Her Majesty the Queen! They're in the room!" Report the guard.

Hearing that explanation, Tasya's gaze was immediately directed toward the door of the inner room referred to by the guard earlier. Relief swept his heart for a while.

In the next instant, the queen's attention was again on Damsi. After standing closer to his loyal servant, Tasya could see the strangeness that happened to Damsi's body.

Damsi's eyes were tightly closed. Even so, Tasya caught the strain on her facial expression.

Tasya knows very well the two-finger pose (the index and middle finger) that points open. The other three fingers bend into the palm. That's the finger pose when Damsi is detoxing.

Flashback.

In addition to soaking in the ingredients formulated by Damsi, his loyal servant Tasya and Daffa also often detoxify when he found there was a poison that had entered the body of the ruler of Nevarest.

Tasya had three detoxifications with Damsi. Daffa is quite frequent. Around a dozen detoxification in the early days of his reign became the king of Nevarest.

When detoxification is done, Tasya sits down directly opposite Damsi. While Damsi menotok some parts of his body with the pose of the finger as now Damsi showed.

Flashback.

'Is Damsi currently detoxifying himself?' tasya thought wondering.

"How's the condition? Is she okay?" Tasya asked the healer who was handling Damsi.

"Hamba does not know how to explain it to Her Majesty the Queen" said the physician with a confused face.

"What do you mean? Just tell me what you know, healer!" Tasya gave his word right then and there.

"According to the examination of the Servant, Damsi's servant is not currently experiencing a condition that worries His Majesty. The condition of his heartbeat and blood flow looks like a sleeping person in his general, Queen," explained Physician.

"Sleep? You mean Damsi is currently sleeping, Doctor?" Tanya Tasya was astonished.

"Yes, Queen. I dare to guarantee that. His Majesty may call his other healers. And the Servant is sure that the results of their examination will show the same results," said the healer again.

Tasya squinted her eyes sharply. Obviously he knows very well that Damsi is not okay.

'Sleep?! Just be right! He thought I could be fooled that easily what?! Not once did Damsi suddenly fall asleep while he was guarding Prince Hima. Let alone his incident as soon as he tasted a snack intended for my son!' Tasya mumbled in heart.

The queen thought there was a party who had manipulated Damsi's condition to become what it is today. And most likely the healer in front of him was involved.

After thinking quickly, Tasya also issued his edict again.

"Then, call all the royal healers in the palace. Da wants to hear what they say about Damsi's condition!" The Queen also spoke.

Soon after his all the healers in the palace took turns checking on Damsi's condition. And it is true what the first healer said, because almost all the healers who came also expressed the same results as him.

That Damsi was asleep.

There was only one physician who asked a different answer than the others. And it was to the doctor's answer that Tasya trusted Damsi's current examination more.

The old physician said, "Servant Damsi is in a trance, Your Majesty. The condition is similar to that of a person who is asleep. However, if you look more carefully, it is clear that he is in a trance condition. Between conscious and unconscious" replied the physician named physician Lu.

"Can you please explain in more detail, Physician Lu?" Tasya asked attentively.

"The Damsi waiter may hear and realize what is happening around him at this time. They may also be able to hear our current conversation. But because of something, he was not able to communicate as usual. There's a restraining motor nerve, queen. So that he can not control the movement of his own body. So is the result of the examination of the Servant" replied the physician Lu.

Tasya was shocked. Various thoughts also crossed his mind. After a long time of thinking, Tasya said again.

"Then, Da assigned physician Lu to stay in this castle for a while. Physician Lu will be the temporary successor of Damsi's servant in guarding the prince Hima. Together with Afni's servant," Tasya decides on a plan.

The doctor was shocked. Not expecting the special task that will be accepted at this time. He who had been excommunicated from the association of other court physicians, suddenly appointed as the personal physician of the prince Himada. What a great gift for a life that is no longer young.

"Hamba is ready to accept Her Majesty the Queen's word!" Sahut healer Lu immediately.

"You can go. The waiter will prepare your new room!" Imbuh the queen.

Physician Lu looked down takjim. Then leave the room. Leaving Tasya who looked questioningly at Damsi's body which had now been laid on a small mattress in the room.

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