Chapter 306: One of My Own
"All we need to do now is wait for now for him to wake up," Nikolai told Dahlia as he looked at Zoran lying in bed. He then turned to her just as she kissed Zoran’s hand.
"Also, it’s not safe for you to stay here with him, especially since Zoran still needs close monitoring. Fritz will be the one to stay with him and observe his reaction to my toxin-infused into Mineah’s blood. He’s basically a newborn vampire, and waking up with a human beside him could be very lethal."
"If that’s the case, then I’ll be going to monitor my mother instead," Dahlia stated as tears started flowing down her cheeks again. "Again, thank you so much for this, Your Majesties. I owe everything to you both, and I’ll do anything to repay you two for this kindness."
His wife Mineah was quick to comfort her with a hug. "You have to stay strong. What matters now is that both Zoran and your mother, and Devon can no longer hurt them," she reassured her. "Come now. Let me walk you to the chamber where your mother is."
Mineah then turned to Nikolai, and he gave his wife a knowing nod before the two women walked out of the secret chamber where they placed Zoran’s body. Left alone, he then looked at Fritz who just released a heavy sigh.
"Is it that bad?" Nikolai asked Fritz, who was very knowledgeable with alchemy aside from being gifted in reading the sky, the stars, and natural phenomena.
"Well, this is absolutely something that I haven’t witnessed or read about before. A fusion between blood bearing the Mark of Eternity with a cursed Nephilim... I guess we’ll find out the outcome once Zoran wakes up," Fritz lengthily analyzed.
"Right now, his body is still adjusting to everything. But anyway, like you said before, what’s important is that it gave Zoran another chance to come back to us. I can only hope that he’ll be able to manage to get a hold of himself once he wakes up instead of turning rogue."
Nikolai simply nodded. He had told Fritz about Mineah’s curse since it was the latter who would be able to warn them about the coming Blood Moon. And besides, Fritz had the ability to shield himself from powerful hypnosis and compulsion. He was a Scion who shouldn’t be taken too lightly. That was why he entrusted him to be his spy on important tasks.
"Tsk... Why did no one tell me about this damn vision? If I had known, I wouldn’t have tasked those musicians to perform in the shadows," Fritz complained with a frown as he stared at Zoran’s body. "I just wanted that special occasion to be lively. This man suffered enough, and I just wanted to surprise and cheer him up like old times."
"It’s not your fault, Fritz. It’s bound to happen whether you brought those musicians or not," Nikolai comforted him. "The vision was meant to happen. While it might not have gone exactly the way the Seer saw it, it all ended up differently based on how we decided to do things."