EOL Chapter 32

“…Luckily, no organs were damaged…”

“Yes, no surgery is needed, just rest…”

Several royal doctors discussed cautiously for a while, and the most senior one came to report Alfred’s injuries.

In fact, Alfred knew exactly how badly he was injured without the doctor telling him. After all, he had carefully chosen the location before making the cut.

“Then I will go back to Dawn Palace to rest.”

After these words came out, there was silence in the medical room. Alfred asked, “What’s the matter? If I don’t go back to Dawn Palace, where will I live?”

The male servants who came from the Dawn Palace to take care of the Third Prince did not dare to speak, and it was Butler Mark who made the decision: “Your Majesty only said that the Crown Prince was under house arrest, but he did not forbid others to live in the Dawn Palace. It is okay for the third prince to go back.”

Alfred asked with interest, “Oh? Is the crown prince grounded?”

 

“He is temporarily under house arrest. His Majesty is arranging an investigation into today’s accident.” Butler Mark said.

Alfred waved his hand and said, “Okay, go arrange a carriage.”

The third prince was injured in the abdomen and had to lie flat. Several male servants hurried out to rearrange the seats in the carriage. Butler Mark also went out to inform the people in the Dawn Palace to prepare to welcome their master back.

The doctors filed out one after another. After the last person left the medical room, there was a slight sound from the window of the medical room, and a figure climbed in through the window almost silently.

“Hello.” Alfred greeted him. “Your dad asked you to deliver a message?”

“Yes.”

The figure – Austin took off his hood, looked at Alfred’s bandaged abdomen, and said, “It’s announced. The Crown Prince is under house arrest. Your birthday celebration has been postponed. How did you get injured?”

“No big deal,” Alfred said. “I’m always available if anything happens.”

Austin shook his head and said, “Your Majesty has secretly reorganised the Expeditionary Force and reviewed the rebel archives. Today, the High Priest and the Crown Prince were caught off guard by your accusations and did not react well on the spot, revealing some clues. Your Majesty has also begun to investigate traces of their past interactions. Once we find out where the technology came from, I’m afraid the entire empire will experience a major change.”

“Tsk…” Alfred let out a disdainful sound. “The old man pretended to be unconvinced in front of me, but in private he was more afraid than anyone else. I am ashamed of my own ability to act. I hope this change will happen sooner rather than later.”

“Not so early.” Austin said, glancing at Alfred’s abdomen again, “You’re so injured that you can’t even stand up.”

Alfred looked at him, and without warning, the colour of his eyes deepened, and pure gold burned in his eyes.

Austin took a step back involuntarily, not knowing what Alfred was going to do. He waited for a while but saw no other unusual movements, then he slowly realised that he was repairing himself.

Among all genetic abilities, there is one ability that is common in the direction of physical enhancement, which is the ability to heal oneself which is beyond that of ordinary people. As the culmination of all abilities, the owner of the Golden Eye naturally possesses this ability. However, unlike most genetic abilities, the owner of the Golden Eye can freely choose whether to use the ability, and the intensity of it.

Genetic abilities are not inexhaustible, and forced evolution against nature is not without cost. The founding emperor did not live long, and the high priest at the time inferred that he used the golden pupil too frequently and intensively, which led to various side effects.

Because of this, the royal family has passed down a secret warning from generation to generation: the Golden Eyes can only be activated when necessary.

Austin was not a member of the royal family, so he naturally didn’t know about this warning, but as he watched Alfred’s face gradually turn pale, he began to feel frightened.

After a few minutes, Alfred’s burning golden eyes went out.

“I told you,” he jumped off the bed and walked back and forth twice, “If there’s anything, I can come anytime.”

Austin was surprised and asked, “…Already healed?”

With this kind of injury, even a direct member of the Stone family, who is known for their enhanced physical fitness, would have to lie down for a few days.

“Not fully recovered.” Alfred pressed his abdomen and said, “But it won’t affect any plans. Go back and tell your father that there is no need to consider my injury.”

In fact, this was his first time trying this kind of intensive repair ability. Although his injury was more than half healed, he was almost exhausted. However, Alfred had always been strong since he was young, and he never showed weakness in front of anyone other than Xiu. Even Xiu was not on the list.

But just because he didn’t say it didn’t mean others couldn’t see it. His chest was heaving, and he looked like he had just returned from a planet with double the gravity, and he seemed exhausted.

The self-healing ability does not have an analgesic effect. The pain of the muscles growing rapidly during healing is unbearable for ordinary people. Moreover, he was indeed stabbed hard before that.

“Is it worth it?” Austin couldn’t help but ask.

“What?”

“Injuring one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of our own, is it worth it?”

“It’s worth it.” Alfred said without hesitation. He looked at Austin, “As long as we can injure the crown prince, let alone lose 800, even if we lose 1,000 or 10,000, what does it matter?”

He looked calm, but what he said was almost crazy. Austin wisely did not make any comment.

The carriage was quickly prepared. Butler Mark, who was guarding the door outside, knocked on the door three times gently. Austin climbed out the window and left as quietly as he had come.

After Xiu returned to the Dawn Palace, the first thing he did was to call the high priest.

“Didn’t I tell you not to contact me for the time being?” The high priest’s voice came, and he was a little out of control for once, not even using honorifics. “You dragged me into this again today. The emperor has become suspicious of our relationship!”

Xiu didn’t seem to care about the high priest’s offense, and just asked: “What’s the matter with that knife? Have you found out?”

After Alfred left, Mrs. Hart asked the emperor twice to go to the infirmary to check on the situation. In addition, when Alfred left, she kept looking anxiously at the dining table and the knife that was stuck in Alfred’s abdomen, which made Xiu smell something unusual.

Before being confined to the Dawn Palace, Xiu found an opportunity to inform the high priest of the incident and asked him to use his connections in the Royal Hospital to check if there was any problem with the knife.

“Unfortunately, there is no poison on the knife as the crown prince imagined.” The high priest said coldly.

Xiu’s tense body seemed to relax all of a sudden. He sat down on the chair and said slowly, “I thought too much. If the knife is poisonous, maybe we can use it to make a fuss. After all, according to dining etiquette, the first piece of steak cut by this knife should be given to the father emperor.”

The high priest said, “Yes, it would be great if it was poison. How could the food that Mrs. Hart prepared for the emperor be poisonous?”

Xiu was stunned for a moment. Before he could ask, the high priest had already said, “It’s the kind of medicine that stimulates desire. Humph, this unrepentant woman is really useless.”

Xiu didn’t seem to understand and asked, “What kind of medicine? What desire does it stimulate? Are they Drugs?”

“No.” The high priest said impatiently, “It’s what’s commonly known as an aphrodisiac.”

Xiu was speechless, as he had never expected this to happen. But when he heard the result, he felt it was natural.

He knew Mrs. Hart’s style. She was extremely vain and knew some insidious tactics. After finally being allowed to return to the main planet, she must have hoped to have another son or daughter with the emperor. But the emperor was old, and at this time, the emperor might not be in the mood to linger with her. In order to increase the probability of success, she even did something at her son’s funeral.

“Isn’t she afraid that her father will be furious afterwards?” Xiu said.

The high priest said briefly: “This ingredient takes a long time to take effect after oral administration, it takes several hours, and it is very mild, so it will not be suspected.”

Since it was not poison, the high priest lost interest in the matter. He was cautious not to talk to Xiu for too long, fearing that the emperor might be able to see through him, so he ended the communication quickly.

Xiu paced in the room for a while, and finally left the room and went to Alfred’s bedroom.

The emperor’s order was to confine Xiu to the Dawn Palace, but Xiu was still able to move around freely inside the Dawn Palace.

No one could enter Alfred’s bedroom without his permission, but this certainly did not include the owner of the castle.

Xiu opened the door to Alfred’s bedroom and walked quietly on the velvet carpet. He walked through the recreation area, turned in front of Alfred’s game room, passed the cloakroom and bathroom, and finally saw Alfred.

It was not yet time to go to bed, but Alfred was sleeping, perhaps because his injuries and treatment had consumed his energy.

Xiu stood by the bed and observed carefully for a while, and found that Alfred’s face was slightly red and seemed a little hot.

This shouldn’t be the case. Although his Palace is relatively classical, it still has a temperature control device. The bedroom should have a constant temperature and shouldn’t feel hot.

Xiu’s eyes flickered, he reached out and gently lifted the quilt, then lifted Alfred’s pyjamas.

As soon as the white gauze bandage was exposed, before he had time to take a closer look, his hand was grabbed forcefully.

“Crown Prince.” Alfred opened his eyes. “What are you doing?”