Chapter 26

I made a plan to impress the Queen. When I went to the kitchen, I secretly mix a kind of poison in her food. After eating it, she will become ill. This poison mixes perfectly with food. No one will even understand why the Queen fell ill.

After 3 days, the Queen fallen ill. She was so weak that she couldn't move an inch. The Royal doctors were trying to heal her. But no antidote was working. Her condition was getting worse day by day. When we heard about her condition, I went to her with Prince Frank. She was lying on the bed. She had no sense. King George was sitting beside her. He was very depressed.

"How is her condition now?" Prince Frank asked.

"Nothing can be said. The doctors can't say anything. They can't identify her disease." King George replied.

"Can I have a look?" I asked. King George looked shockingly at me.

"Never! You stay away from her." He growled at me.

"Father, let him try. Who knows if he can heal her?" Prince Frank said. King George calm down.

"OK fine." I went near to her. Since I knew about her disease, I also knew about its antidote. I tested her.

"It's a rare virus. But I know about its antidote." I said.

"Really?!" The king surprised to hear that.

"Yes, I have to go to the forest to get some medicinal leaves." I went to the forest with two soldiers. I found the leaves and went back to the Palace. I quickly made the antidote and give it to the queen. Within a day the Queen regained her senses.

"How do you know about this medicine? Even the doctors couldn't found the disease." King George asked surprisingly.

"My grandma taught me. We lived in the forest. So my grandma taught me many things about different leaves." I said. He didn't say anything and left the room. But I think I have impressed the Queen.

"Alex, come closer." I went near to Queen Nastasia.

"Sit down." I sat beside her.

"Thank you so much." She said.

"No my Queen, it was my pleasure." I said.

"Not for saving me. I am thanking you for that book you gave me at the library. It really helped me to be normal again." She said looking at me.

"Queen, don't be sad for your past. You have to take care of the present time. Because our present will be the past at one time and our future depends on this present." I said her.

"Thanks again. I will remember this." She said and I stood up.

"You should have a rest." Prince Frank said. Bowing down to her, we left the room. We went back to prince Frank's room.

It's already December. I couldn't understand what to do. We couldn't contact to Master Qing. I have to do something.

KNOCK KNOCK

Suddenly someone knocked at the door.

"Come in." A soldier opened the door and entered the room.

"Prince, King George has sent a teacher for you. From now on he will teach you." He said.

"A teacher? But I am going to graduate this year." Prince Frank asked shockingly.

"I don't know Prince. But the teacher wants to meet with you." The soldiers replied.

"OK." The soldiers went out and a young man entered the room.

"My prince." The man bowed down.

"Why are you here? Who are you? I don't need any teacher." Prince Frank said to him.

"Your father sent me to teach you how to become an obedient prince." The man said. Prince Frank got got angry at him.

"How dare you? Get out." He growled at him.

"Are you sure?" The man asked.

"Of course I'm sure about it. Get out." Prince Frank replied angrily. The man looked at me and smiled. Then bowed down and walked to the door.

"Wait!" I said. He looked back at me. I went near to him.

"Master Qing!" I said shockingly. Prince Frank shocked and looked at him.

"Wh... What? Are you really Master Qing?" He asked nervously. The man took off his disguise. He was really master Qing.

"I knew it that my little princess will recognize me." He said looking at me.

"I was worried about you two. So I come here. Now tell me everything." He said. We explained everything to him.

"So it is the matter. I hope nobody realized you Master." I said. He chuckled at my words.

"Realized me? No one has the power to understand my disguise." He said looking at me.

"But Aniya, how did you understand that he was master Qing?" Prince Frank asked confusingly.

"I've known him since I was born. When he looked at me and smiled, I recognized him." I said looking at master Qing.

"Anyways, from now on my name is Mr. David. Understand?" Master asked. We nodded and smiled. He started our training in Prince Frank's room.

"Master what you did with Florence?" Prince Frank asked him suddenly.

"Nothing. She is still in that room." We started our training again.

"Enough for today." It was already evening. So we stopped there. He put on his disguise and left for that day.

"Oh what a relief!" We relieved to see him again. We were very worried for him.

"Oh no!" Suddenly, Prince Frank shouted.

"What's wrong Frank?" I asked in fear.

"What if the king's man follows master Qing too?" He asked nervously. I also got scared.

"You are right. I didn't think about it before." I said. We became confused and scared. We were very worried about master Qing.

"We can't do or know anything. We have to wait for tomorrow. If Master comes back tomorrow, we will understand everything." I said. He looked worryingly at the ground.

"You are right. We don't have any choice." He said. Suddenly, someone knocked the door. We jumped. My heart was beating loudly in fear.

"Co.. Come in." We were so nervous. The door opened. It was grandma. We relieved.

"Oh! Grandma you scared us."

To be continued.....