Chapter 16: Alwin
After breakfast, Arabella summoned Aletha to ask about her brother’s condition. And she discovered what she read in Ferdinand’s thoughts was the truth.
Aletha and everyone else in the palace were ordered by her parents not to tell Arabella the truth about her brother’s condition. The maids were told to say Benjamin has already recovered so Arabella wouldn’t have to worry about anything and just focus on her marriage.
"Milady, how did you know about the truth?" Aletha inquired nervously.
[I avoided mentioning Prince Benjamin at all costs. How did Milady still learn about it? Did someone disobey the King and Queen and wrote it in the letters?]
"My husband told me. He sent his mage to Lobelius so my Brother Benjamin is fine now. Ferdinand told me this morning that Brother could go back to his normal daily activities," Arabella explained and Aletha gasped in awe.
"P-Prince Benjamin is already cured?!" Aletha was obviously relieved and happy.
"Yes, Ferdinand’s mage headed to Lobelius yesterday and returned this morning."
[His Majesty’s mage is amazing! We were all worried and scared that Prince Benjamin might die. But he was cured so quickly by His Majesty’s mage?! The King and Queen, and everyone else in Lobelius wouldn’t have to worry anymore. Milady won’t be distracted here either.]
Arabella understood it was a big issue if Benjamin dies or remain crippled due to injury. The heir would have to change to their younger brother who was still fifteen and was not yet suited for the position.