Meanwhile.

The most central location of the royal palace, in the king's palace.

Palace, bedrooms.

In the huge bedroom with an area of nearly 60 square meters, many candles and oil lamps are lit, and the lights are bright. The light didn't bring much life, and even on this hot summer night, the room was still noticeably eerie and cold.

A gorgeous wooden bed sits in the middle of the bedroom, as lonely as a canoe drifting in the middle of the ocean. On the bed lies an old man with a wrinkled face, who is the king of the Blue Lion Kingdom - Donus Austin.

At this time, Donus's face was pale, and his exposed skin was eerily black, and in some places it was rotting, even after being smeared with ointment, it still exuded a faint fishy smell.

The thin quilt covered his body, his chest heaved and he breathed hard, and the vitality of the sleeping King Donus seemed weaker than the candle flame that was swaying beside him.

Suddenly!

"Ahem-ahem!"

King Donnas, who was asleep, woke up suddenly, opened his eyes, and felt a feeling of suffocation. A mouthful of sticky phlegm sealed his throat, making him want to cough but couldn't, and his face was flushed. Under the loose skin, the blood vessels bulged, and he sat up with difficulty, trying to attract the attention of the rest of the people, so as to help him.

But the two guards standing at the door of the bedroom, as if deaf, allowed His Majesty the King to hammer the bed with a "thump" sound, and stood motionless. Illuminated by the flickering candles outside, the shadows of the two cast on the inside of the bedroom door, slightly distorted, like struggling souls after being seduced by a demon.

"Bang bang, cough!"

King Donus continued to hammer the bed, his fists clenched, his joints a little white, his temples bruised, and his eyes widened. The mouth is open, but it can't breathe any air, like a fish swept ashore by the wind and waves.

As a result, King Donus suddenly felt a heavy blow in the back, as if he had been beaten, his whole body shook suddenly, his throat loosened, and the blocked phlegm coughed up violently and fell to the ground.

"Puff puff ......"

Donus began to gasp for breath, his chest heaving violently, and the sound of the bellows being pulled.

At this time, the two guards outside the bedroom door finally heard the sound and stepped forward to enter. But one figure was faster than them, and it was the palace steward - Delon. The other party has been guarding outside the bedroom, because he is too old to hold on, and dozed off. After being awakened by the sound in the bedroom, he hurriedly ran in to see the movement.

Finding that Donus was sitting up, leaning over and gasping for breath, and there was still sticky saliva in his mouth, which was dripping on the quilt little by little, Steward DeLong immediately understood the reason.

He walked up and patted Donus on the back, causing him to cough again, coughing out the remaining phlegm in his throat. He wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and then asked carefully, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

"It's okay...... Call...... I can't die yet. Donus gasped.

"That'...... Do you continue to rest?"

"Forget it, wake up this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep again this night. Donus waved his hand, his pale face suffering from a strange illness was particularly obvious at this moment, and he said loudly, "Why don't you talk to me about the recent situation, how are my two sons, William and Richard, not causing any trouble?"

"Nope. Steward Delong shook his head and said, "The two princes are very good. His Royal Highness Prince William took the initiative to reduce the use of the palace, saying that it was for His Majesty to find a doctor to treat his illness. Yesterday morning, His Royal Highness the eldest prince also saw Your Majesty, but at that time, Your Majesty finally fell asleep and did not dare to wake up Your Majesty, so His Royal Highness the eldest prince went back. He also reminded me not to tell your Majesty, so as to save Your Majesty from disappointing you. ”

"Well, William is good. Donus nodded, then asked, "What about Richard?"

"Second Prince Richard's side of His Royal Highness ......" Butler Delong hesitated slightly, and said loudly, "His Royal Highness Richard is also very concerned about His Majesty, but he has been busy recently, so ......"

"So, since the last time you came, you haven't asked me any more questions, have you?" Donus said, slowly closing his eyes, as if to calm down.

"Your Majesty......" Steward Delong said slowly, "Maybe His Royal Highness Richard is still angry with you, after all, you really blamed him for the incident a few years ago......"

Donus opened his eyes, was silent for a while, and said slowly: "That incident is indeed impulsive, but if he doesn't do those miscellaneous things related to wizards, how can I misunderstand? Since that incident has already happened, what can I do? Could it be that the king of my kingdom wants to apologize to him and ask him for forgiveness? Moreover, even if I apologize to him, I doubt that he can accept it!" In the end, Donnas's face became a little sad.

"Your Majesty is angry. Steward Delong hurriedly said, "Your Majesty naturally can't apologize to His Royal Highness Richard, but it's still okay to punish those who contributed to the troubles in the first place." It is said that the original news came from an attendant in the palace of His Royal Highness Prince William, and then ......"

"Don't talk about it. Donus waved his hand, "The reason for this, William has explained to me in detail before, is not the squire's problem at all. I already made a mistake a few years ago, so why not make another mistake in order to make up for it?

Richard...... If he is wronged, he will accept it, but I am his father! I can't, for the sake of fairness, I have to chill William's heart again. You should know that I am very optimistic about William, whether it is his temperament or the means of doing things, he is far better than when I was young. I believe that if the Blue Lion Kingdom is handed over to him, it will definitely be stronger, and as the next king, there can be no stain on his body.

As for Richard, he was wronged, and when the time came, let William compensate him well. Give him the best territory, be exempt from taxes, and let him live his life freely. After all, Richard had no interest in power from the beginning, but studied all kinds of strange things, which was also his heart, and it was the best choice. If you give him such a result, his anger should be gone, right?"

"Well, yes. Steward Delong didn't dare to refute, but said with a flickering eye, "It's just Your Majesty, isn't it a little early for you to say this?"

"Huh. Donus laughed, saw through Delon Butler's thoughts, and said loudly, "Don't worry, I know the condition of my body, although I am afflicted by this strange disease, my body is not as good as day by day, but I can't die for the time being." In the fall, when the leaves of the birch forest outside the city are yellow, I want to go and see it. ”

"Well, that's good, that's good. Steward Delong said repeatedly, not knowing what he had thought, and his expression was a little complicated.

Donus was in good spirits, not noticing that something was wrong with Delon Butler, and continued to talk.

As we talked, a candle lit in the corner of the bedroom burned. The wick of the candle burned longer and longer, making a "crackling" sound, and the candle flame gradually became unstable. Suddenly, an invisible force appeared, the wick was cut off by a section, and the candle flame became stable again.

Neither Donus nor Delon in the bedroom noticed this, let alone a pair of invisible eyes slowly leaving the palace and rising into the air.

......

Late at night, the night is thick. The night sky is shining brightly.

An invisible transparent band floated in the air, one end attached to Richard, who was sitting cross-legged in the palace and bedroom in the northwest of the palace, and the other end was connected to Richard's consciousness body flying in the air.

The energy projected by the stars is scattered in the form of various colored points of light.

Richard unfolded his consciousness and began to absorb and absorb this huge amount of energy. Although the absorbed energy could not be stored at all before the "opening up of the Dharma Source", it could help him become familiar with this step and exercise the strength of his mental strength.

......