Chapter 190 - Mysterious Fire!

"I have booked you for tonight anyway, master. You are going to spend the night with me." said the man with silver hair coming in with so much nonchalance that I wanted to beat his face.

"What do you mean?" 

"What nonsense are you speaking, Alec?" 

Me and William shouted at the same time, while Josephine's sword was already on his neck, ready to slash his neck.

"I mean, I have asked his highness that you will help in work tonight as you are injured and can't take part in activities of the knights." he corrected as the sword left a small mark on his neck and a drop of blood oozed out.

"Your highness, I am the chief physician of the royal palace and the genius of the empire. At least, give me some respect." he murmured as he held her sword and slowly moved it away from his neck.

He took a deep breath after that and then looked at me.

"I just wanted to spend time with you." he again started spouting nonsense.

"You know you need to learn to speak. And till then keep your mouth shut!" I said , rolling my eyes while I could feel bloodlust coming from both siblings.

"But you have promised me and so have you." he looked at me and then at William with accusive eyes.

"Fine. there is no need to be so overdramatic! Come with me." I ordered him and he followed like a pet who had finally found his master.

"What is it?" I asked as soon as we entered his room.

I have collected all the herbs. I want you to mix and prepare ointments in front of my eyes.'' I looked at his authoritative tone and fumed.

"You call yourself one of the geniuses of the empire, yet you can not make ointments?" I asked and he shook his head.

"There are very few books available on herbs, and definitely we can not experiment on the citizens. We know the use of many herbs but when we mix them, sometimes they do wonder but sometimes their properties react opposite. You know how many times we suffer from poisoning and infection due to trying different herbs on ourselves." he shook his head in disappointment and then sighed.

"I still wonder how you do that just by looking at the herbs only once." 

'Should I say that I have studied medicine all my life. I am from pharma.' I sighed as I looked at the herbs that were covering half of his room.

"Would you remind me what I will get if I help you?" I asked to motivate myself. 

The man nodded his head.

"You will get the post of an elder in the physician committee and we will help you anytime. With the post even the emperor will respect you." he reassured me using the most lucrative tone he could muster and I sighed.

"Fine, but I want you to keep my identity hidden. Tell everyone that I am an old man.`` I replied as I took the herbs in my hand.

"Write down how to look for properties and see if they will react to each other or not. I will not tell you many times.`` I reminded him and his whole face bloomed. He sat down there with an inkpot and parchment in his hands.

"Well, let's start with these two..'' I continued to tell him about the details of the herbs and how I mix them. 

His enthusiasm was addictive. I did not realise when I started enjoying it. How much time had passed when we heard a knock on the door.

I turned only to see William was standing there.

"It has been more than five hours. Little bird, you should go and sleep.'' His tone was strict too and I nodded.

"But we are not done yet!" he grumbled, and I nodded. 

"You can not spend the night together, rumors will spread. And this is only the first day. We will be here for years, you can learn slowly." he said in a no nonsense tone. 

The man, who claimed himself as the genius, grumbled like a kid and then settled on his bed and covered himself with a blanket with a hmph sound.

I could not hold my chuckles as I looked at his antics.

"You should go and sleep, little bird." he repeated and I nodded.

"Did Noah return?" I asked as I still have to see his mood. He was too angry when he left.

"Why? Are you missing your lover that much?" he asked in a sarcastic tone, making me stunned for a moment.

"I.."

"Sigh.. he is with your father. He is called for tomorrow's preparation, I think. So, you have to spend tonight without him." he turned and left after saying that, only making me frown.

Shrugging my shoulders, i walked to my room and laid on my bed. Only then did I realize how exhausted I was! It only took me seconds to fall asleep.

The sound made me frown! I could not even sleep now! I tried to avoid them but it continued, making me annoyed.

I opened my eyes and walked out of the room stomping my foot. Only to see everyone was leaving.

"Why did you wake up? You have taken leave for today, right?" asked Bella as she looked at herself one last time in the mirror.

"Where are you going then?" I asked , looking at her as she was dressed too well.

"Oh, you weren't here last night. The new stores of lord Gerard, which are very famous recently. All of them caught fire yesterday. It was told that the maintenance was not proper. But there is a rumor that his competitors have done that. So everyone is going to show empathy to him. I was not going first, but do you remember, the daughter of Earl Frescot, Ameilia, asked me to come with her. So, I decided to go. I will see you later." She adjusted her pearl set and finally left the room, leaving me stunned.