The Beast and the Sword Book 2: The Changes

Page 16 Epilogue: That Familiar Feeling

(Second Opening Theme: Sunday's Without God Opening-Birth Performed By Kitamura Eri)

Everything had calmed down that day.

In fact it was almost as though nothing had happened. One could almost swear that the day had been normal; if they didn't count the large gash that Prism had in her wrist, and the fact that she had to have bandages over her eyes, again.

By the time the sun set, she had already come down with a fever, though this time the Captains were able to catch it. Naotoshi, who had arrived earlier that day, had been checking her over as she looked to have a glass thermometer in her mouth. Adrien had his head resting on the bed, while Brenin, Saorise, and Liam, now in the form of animals had been resting by her

"Already, I'm starting to reconsider this safehouse if Prism goes out of her way to risk her life." Naotoshi said as he fixed his glasses a little, "What in the world was your Wizard King thinking?"

Yami replied as he had been leaning against the wall, "Hey! You try figuring out how to protect the girl while keeping her identity on the down low."

"It's bad enough you let her go into a dungeon, while running a fever--" Naotoshi said, as some of the Spirits crawled up on his lap, "--I thought Zeid entrusted her safety to you."

Jack had told him, "KEKE--YOU REALLY ASKING FOR IT DOC!"

"Jack please--" William said calmly, "--You know he means well."

Naotoshi said with a click of his tongue, "To this day I don't know what I see in you humans."

He soon took the thermometer from her mouth as he noticed the number, "Anyway, thanks to her comrade, with the poison sucked out her fever is not as nearly as high as it would be. Though since it is poison, she will need some time to recover from it. A week's rest and daily douces of medicine oughta do the trick." He soon rummaged through his bag before taking out a couple of small vials, "Lucky for you--Five centuries back I'm an expert on combating poison, especially when it comes to magic. These are my own concoctions. It'll be just the thing to help with this"

Prism couldn't help but groan as she turned in the direction of his voice, "No offense... But drinking that is gonna make me vomit, Uncle Nao."

"Then that's how you know it's working." Naotoshi replied nonchalantly. He gave a sigh as he said "Geez, this was a crazy past days, Not just Prism, Yukiko's gonna have a fit when she hears about Pluck's Injury."

Yami told him with a wave of his hand, ""Yeah yeah. Like I haven't heard her rants before."

"As for your eyes--" Naotoshi soon told her, "--You'll be able to see out of them in two days' time. You got lucky again."

Prism had sighed with relief, "Thank mana..."

Naotoshi soon added, "Do me a favor though, don't ever do that again."

"I'll--Try not to uncle Nao." She said.

"Speaking of--I'll go check on my nephew and the others--Helmet, Arai, and Asta were their names?" Naotoshi said.

"Of course--" William said, "--Thank you again for coming on short notice."

"Just keep a better eye on her--" Naotoshi said as he gathered most of his things into his bag, "--She is supposed to be our future ruler. If you don't, you're gonna hear more from me personally."

Yami only told him in a somewhat taunting manner, "Yeah Yeah, I get it doc."

"Now where is that nephew of mine?" He asked after he clicked his tongue. It hadn't been long before he got the answer to his own question as they heard loud noises coming from the bathroom that had been nearby .