Allison left her place with two servants. When she got out of the door, she told Lena's servant to leave, who had been waiting outside, and she assured that she would ask her maids to walk Lena back.
The servant followed her orders and left.
Rocky was led to Allison's room after a while. As he reached the door, the servant who'd taken him there bowed and gestured for him to enter the room, after which she left him there alone.
Rocky entered the room, only to find it empty. He felt like he had been fooled. Just then, a slight groan caught his attention. He turned back out of curiosity and walked to the source of the sound. It was coming from near the bed. Carefully, he removed the tulle that encircled the bed. To his surprise, a slender figure writhed in the large bed.
"Lena!" It took him a second to recognize her, but even after he did, he couldn't figure out why she was here. He leaned in closer to check if something was wrong with her. Her pretty face was red, glowing with the beads of perspiration that decorated her forehead.
Rocky extended his hand and put it on her forehead to feel her temperature. Feeling her burning hot skin, he knitted his eyebrows together in concern. Under his breath, he murmured, "Definitely a fever... But why is Lena in Consort Allison's room? And why does Consort Allison want me here? It's all so strange!"
While he wondered what was going on, a suspicious figure walked over the room's roof. Rocky heard a tile crack as the figure moved slightly but didn't pay much attention to it. Everything that followed was almost noiseless. Whoever was on that roof was very sleek and experienced. The figure then took out a bottle and carefully emptied the powder from it into a bamboo straw. He then placed the straw in the crack in the tile and gently blew the powder into the room.
Everything was done perfectly and smoothly. In a matter of seconds, the colorless and odorless powder spread in the air. Neither Lena, nor Rocky noticed anything. Soon, they were both breathing the powder in without an ounce of knowledge.
The strange figure, done with the job, jumped into the air and fled in an instant. The bottle that he was carrying was exactly the one Priest Dean had handed over to Prince Alston.
Rocky had no idea he had stepped right into their conspiracy. The only thing he was concerned about right now was Lena's fever and what he could do to alleviate it. He looked at her anxiously, and realized there was no time to waste. He needed to call a doctor right away.
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