165 GOING TO ROYAL TERRITORIES

Before long, Raigon finally opened his eyes. 

"Where am I?"

A wooden ceiling presented itself before his eyes.

He took a look around to see where he was. 

Everything was plain and old. Except for the lady whose head was grounded on his side.

"Lady Asha?" Raigon asked in a hoarse voice. 

Zoe quickly tilted her head and rubbed her eyes. 

It's been almost half a day that he was lying in bed in his state.

Zoe went outside the room from time to time to check on the other patients. But she would always go back to this room to check on him.

Everyone was already resting, that is why she took a break and had a quick nap beside Raigon.

In this way, she could be immediately available to him once he woke up, which is what is happening just now.

"Your Highness! Are you feeling better now?"

She asked him, worried that he would still be in pain. Or worse, there could be complications since everything is DIY.

Raigon tried to sit up from the bed. But Zoe stopped him, immediately standing up.

"You don't have to force yourself, your Highness."

Raigon grimaced as one of his hands held his temples, while he used the other one to prop himself on the bed.

The last time that he could remember was they were in one of his favorite spots in Terra. And he and Lady Asha were having a deep conversation when his head started to ache as if it was going to burst.

"How long have I been in here? Are you okay?"

He narrowed his eyes and inspected her from head to foot, but he still couldn't stare at something for a long time as he still felt dizzy.

Zoe's eyebrows furrowed at his condition.

'Could it be stress that is triggering his headaches?'

"You may have exhausted yourself too much both physically and mentally. I think you need to take a rest from everything for the meantime, your Highness. I'm going to call on Azra now since you're now awake. The Castle is much more comfortable than here." 

She was about to leave when Raigon grabbed her arm.

Zoe paused and looked back at Raigon with questioning eyes. 

"What is it, your Highness?"

"Come with me." 

He said to her in his deep and resonant voice, making Zoe wonder if it is a request or an order.

Zoe bit her lips as she was in doubt about what he was asking her to do. She was not that confident to face the other royalties yet as she was still hiding her identity.

But deep inside, she wanted to go with him and make sure that he would be treated well and he would recover immediately.

Her anxious look made Raigon remove his hand from holding hers.

"I'm not just asking you for myself. But for the royal physicians as well. You need to teach them your methods so they could apply it to their provinces as well."

Raigon continued to convince her.

"I tried telling them some of it. But it would be better if you could come personally to teach them. It is actually the reason why I'm here."

Raigon commented, hoping to convince her more. It is the truth. But it is also so he could be with her and know her more.

She had so much similarities with the woman in his visions, but the details don't coincide as he observed it.

'Perhaps if we could be together often, I could pinpoint what it is.'

As luck was on his side, Zoe agreed with him at his mention of the other royal physicians. 

"Oh, we better get going then. I'm going to call on Azra now."

Zoe was about to take off when she came back and asked him about Erin.

"Can I also bring Lady Selena with me, your Highness?"

Raigon gave him a half-smile. His head was still in dull pain but it was more tolerable than before.

"Whatever suits you, milady."

Zoe beamed and bowed to him. She wouldn't leave Erin behind.

"Your grace is boundless, your Highness."

She immediately scurried and looked for Azra leaving a smiling Raigon behind.

In a few minutes, Zoe already found Azra. He was helping carry a sack to the storage when Zoe called on him.

"Azra!" 

"Yes, milady."

Azra dropped the sack and quickly came to her side. 

"Is there a problem with His Highness?!"

Zoe gave him a serious look. "I think you need to go and see him."

In a flash of lightning, Azra bolted to the room where his master is. 

Zoe clamped her lips to prevent a mischievous smile from appearing. 

"I wonder how he would react when he saw him already sitting up. Raigon is surely born under a lucky star to have a good friend like him. I wonder where mine is."

Her eyes immediately caught on her as she chatted with the other women in their medical team.

"Lady Selena!"

"Oh, Lady Asha! Excuse me for a minute."

She brushed them off as she went to her friend's side.

"What happened? Is the Crowned Prince fine?"

Zoe nodded and gave her a reassuring smile.

"You need to pack your things. We're leaving now."

"What? Why?"

Zoe explained to her how they were needed to go to the Infirmary so they could teach them their method of recovery for patients with this unknown disease.

"I got you. It's a good thing that the royal physicians here were already cured and can treat the other patients now. We can leave in peace."

"Yes. Where are they? I would just leave some more instructions to them but you need to get ready now. We're going inside royal territories."

Erin cupped her mouth as her jaw dropped open.

"A-are you sure about this?" Still, Erin scampered to get her things.

Raigon and Azra also threw the door open as they went to the gates. 

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Anything is possible if you have the right people there to support you.