5 A madwoman who knew too much

-I just have to wait for dawn and I can ....-

Just when he was going to press the brick, behind the door you can hear the echo of hallway conversations, unwanted people approaching. In the rush he left the fireplace, shook off his clothes as best he could but they entered without even knocking on the door.

[-God!]

He began to act as normal and regrettable as he could.

-Your highness, why are you out of bed? -

-I ... well I wanted to light the fire, it is very cold but I don't really know how to do it-

-Let me do it for you, you must not force your arm and you must rest, Lucille helps her highness to change and return him to bed-

[They bought the scam, but what idiots]

The two maids who had arrived were sent by the queen to attend to him but it was more to watch over him than anything else.

[So the pressure to be punished by the crazy woman is great, she cannot abandon me, she must show the concern of a mother. Ptff!]

-Your highness over here, take off those dirty clothes and change into these pijamas-

The animosity in the environment was too obvious, these women did not want to stay long in this place. Then they sped up their work, lighting the fire, warming up the food they brought in, and putting Railey back to bed.

-Eat easy, your highness, when you finish you can leave the plate on the night table. Tomorrow we will serve you again so that you do not strain and your recovery is quick-

-Thank you-

That said they withdrew without looking back.

[Do you think I'm a retarded kid or what? Do they keep treating me like shit so that I believe that abuse is the most normal thing in the world? ... But by the gods! She even ordered to bring me edible food, it shows that he does not want to lose his son's toy that he even encourages to take care of it]

It sounded between irony and mockery, although he had already become accustomed to abuse to obtain strength and mental advantage at this moment he was not in his most suitable physical condition, which made it difficult to gain the power previously gained. Despite this, he would find a way to recover it before, train his body, practice with his attribute and magic to achieve absolute mastery.

* Sigh *

-The more I concentrate, the less I can feel it, they are still asleep. I need to rest and as soon as I wake up I will prepare for the hearing-

He closed his eyes and prepared to take a nap until the scheduled time.

***

When he woke up it was already past midnight, he got out of bed, went to the bathroom, took a bucket, put it on a quilt and began to fill it with everything he could: candles, matches, scissors and knives, a sheet, chalk, pencils, a ruler, a compass, bottles of water and a change of clothes. Then he tied the quilt as tightly as he could with all the objects inside forming a ball.

-I don't even know this god and I have no idea what I'm going to find, better be prepared. Let's see what else I need? -

Looking around, he saw a flashlight and a backpack, put it on and went straight to the fireplace, it was difficult for him to maneuver with one arm but at this point that is what he cared the least.

He pressed the brick and a passageway opened behind him. He switched on the flashlight to locate the steps and pushed the package to roll. He started down behind the bundle, turned, hit the switch to turn on the lights in the stairs, and pushed another brick to close the wall.

* *

He had carefully descended around 16 floors, the brick wall was no longer showing instead the cave wall appeared and the armrest disappeared a couple of floors up. When he reached the last step, he reached for the switch and turned on the lights. The last to use this shelter was his ancestor Queen Winca, 170 years ago.

A woman who was branded as crazy after losing her son to a miscarriage ten years earlier. He swore that God had spoken to him and that the apocalypse was coming. She quietly prepared the place with people she trusted for the worst scenario but never mentioned its existence. She died by hanging himself in his chambers and with her all his servants who were executed for treason.

When he came of age, Railey was taken there by the royal guard and the queen to plot the attack on a neighboring country and learned from a deputy commander in an alcoholic state of the author of the construction and the hidden files in the private library of Winca that was in that place. Information that was continually denied him suddenly reached him.

-Without all the crap they put before this place looks very clean and sophisticated, fit for a king-

The curtains gave it a majestic and elegant air. On one side was the dining room and living room with furniture and luxury objects, on the other there were several doors that led to the rooms, the library, the kitchen, the vault and the various corridors leading out of the cavern.

But what stood out to Railey the most was the spacious space in the middle of the living room, a large empty circular space with white tiles hand-decorated with intricate blue accents. At first glance it would seem the continuation of the rest of the tiles but it was not the case. To the trained eye, a 7-level magic circle stood out.

-Wow, now I can see that you knew it too and in your immense despair you learned superior magic like me. I'm amazed, Winca, I took my hat off to Mirna's level of sorcery, thanks for the gift-

After a commemorative salute and applause, he placed all his items on the table, grabbed a knife and a bottle. He sat in the middle of the circle in a meditation position, made three cuts all over his right forearm, closed his eyes, and began to recite a kind of chant. From the peaceful and silent environment in which he found himself, a thick black mist suddenly emerged.

Its 3am. The hearing has started.