107 the birth of the ancient race (1/2)
While they worked a great art of the night, none of them were able to come with a cure. They discover some new healing potions along the way, but not a single one of them was potent enough to cure her or had the desired effect.
While uncured, they had a small hope still present. They had been able to nearly stop the poison from spreading, containing it to a single place rather than spreading all around. Alex was also able to recreate one of his world potion, the flushing potion.
It was that particular potion that had nearly stopped its propagation as the poison in her blood had been evacuated, leaving the one that had seep in the organ the only one present. Because of the majority of the poison evacuated, it was unable to spread as fast as before.
He discovers that it acts like a virus, breeding in her cells, before spreading outside. By administrating a small dose, of flushing potion, they eliminated the bred one in her blood, but it was another story altogether for the ones in the organs.
When the royal family hears that, the became immensely relieved, A lesser amount signifies a longer period for it to corrupt the body, thus longer time for them to found a solution.
The more time pass, the less the king was willing to let Alex being subjected to the chance of turning into a familiar, he could stop the treatment and cure research in pure spite and condemn the princess.
With two other days, Duke Valliere, his wife, and the two sisters appear at the school per order of the king's summon.
Needlessly to say, the four became livid that their daughters and sisters were suspected of rebellion against the crown, even only by association. It could doom the Valliere family when he hears of the possible plot to implant a spy, he immediately orders his daughter to finalize the bond between master and familiar between her and Alex.
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All those decisions have been made without Alex being aware, this is reaction wasn't a really good one when he hears the Duke. Being summoned to the Vetri court, he exits the tower
”Your filthy peasant, I hope for your own health that you prove the Valliere innocence in this, or you could be sure that the consequence will be heavy!”
”Who are you?” Not the less intimidated by the blond-haired man yelling at him in front of him, he wanted to know whose skull he was going to intend.
”You! I!”
”Yes?”
”I the Duke of the Valliere, show respect to your better, commoner!”
”How about no? Anyway, I have other things to do, and more important people to see.” He turns his back to the family of five, the royal couple, and the headmaster present and made his way back to the tower under the shocked audience on how he dismisses the duke like an unappealing whore.
”How dare you!”
Never in his life had he be dismissed of the sort, even the king let him keep face after a raw they could have. Like any noble in this world when they feel wronged, he immediately attacks, not caring that his opponent had his back turned to him.
When the others see the large fireball flying at him, none had the same reaction. The King was disappointed with his rash reaction, and fear for his daughter's life if Alex were to die. The queen was horrified that he would strike for such reason and fear for Alex's life. The duchess was disappointed for his husband's behavior, tarnishing the Valliere honor, but unconcerned by the death of a commoner. Eleonor was appealed at her father's behavior, judging him unfit of his station. Cattleya was simply horrified and worried for Alex, having long since realized that her family wasn't what she has seen one should be. Louise was smiling as off the commoner fate, and Osmand sigh, knowing how it would finish.
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Alex feels the fireball before it arrives, but even then he didn't react. Letting it hit him, he feels the fire turn rampant, trying to burn his flesh, but for someone who had been basked into the primal fire of the heath, it was nothing more than a mere annoyance at best. Even then, the last time, it was his soul that had been basked in, now it was his body turn.
While he was lost in the feeling, he suddenly feels like his heart has been pinched and attempted to be torn apart. Turning around, he could see Chione on the ground, heavily bleeding from a large gash on her chest.
The sight froze Alex solid, as the sensation was growing, then it hit him, Chione was dying. Seeing the tip of a blade ready to give the final strike, hell broke loose.
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While Alex was inside the flame, the duke angry face turn into an arrogant one.
”Will they ever understand their place. A shame that Louise lost a potential familiar, but well worth.”
”What have you done?” feverishly asks Osmand, looking at the burning fire.
”I hope it was worth your daughter's life, Jack.” Harshly said the queen Marianne when she sees the lightest grin on his face, whipping it immediately when he remembers that he was the same young that has to keep his daughter alive and never divulge the formula of the potion.
The still gloating Duke was cut short when Chione sink her sharp claws on his face, gouging the eyes, rendering him blind and screaming.
After the slight surprise of the sneak attack, Karin strikes back to avenge her husband, slicing at the bird, tainting her pristine feather in blood red, ready to give the final strike.
Eleonor couldn't help but be finally disgusted that the once-proud House Valliere would sink so low and Cattleya was in tear at her parent action. She had always been know for being a kind soul and an animal lover. While partial to four-legged ones, she couldn't help but marvel at the majestic owl that had just appear, now at death door.
Louise was still her bitch self and relish in the misfortune that had befallen on him.
Osmand could only look numbly at the scene, still unable to process how things have degenerated in such a short time.
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Before the blade coup strike the last blow, the atmosphere grew cold, so cold that frost starts to appear on the grass and tower wall in what a second ago was a pleasant warm day. The still-burning fire turns from an angry red to a bone-chilling white-blue, before being snuffed out.
The windless area was traversed by a light breeze before a squeaking voice was heard. As all head snap the sound origin, they discover that Duchess Valliere was maintaining in the air by an arm exiting his her back, a still-beating heart in the hand.
Alex looks deeply in the eye of the woman, before crushing the vital organ to mush, leaking an important amount of blood from the destroyed organ and ripped arteries. Throwing the still warm corpse-like yesterday trash away, he vanishes.
At the sound of snapping bones and screaming voice, they once again turn their head, seeing the duke on the ground like a sitting duck, his leg mangled beyond repair, and then Alex's voice resounds.
”A life for a life, you attempted to kill me, I killed your wife. Your wife had made my familiar dying, I will use you a price for keeping her alive.”
The ghostly voice and vacant light in are eyes tell all that it wasn't all of Alex that was speaking, but a more primal part, a dangerous and frightening one.