The truth behind cold walls

Chapter 9

the characters don't belong to me but to the Gormiti series, only the events are my imagination.

...: three points at the beginning and the end of a paragraph means a flashback happened in the past.

"...": talk

'...': thought

The door to his room creaked open mentioning the entrance of someone, without looking at his companion he snapped in anger "Get out! I said I don't want to see anyone!", the voice that spoke a moment later startled him because it has a familiar accent, "Good morning your highness, I'm glad to see you awake" snapping his head up, for a first glance he thought the turquoise mass was "...Ikor!", but when getting a better look, he knew his mistake, "Sorry I thought you are someone I know", Riff said in sorrow.

-It's okay, that's normal for being asleep for too long, your senses are in disarray after being dysfunctional for two weeks. Said the doctor calmly, adjusting his glasses he started placing his tools on the nightstand next to the bed, his first tool was a small cylindrical crystal that begins with an aquamarine shade and fades to violet a color that reminds him of the most beautiful and rare irises he ever saw, the doctor placed the crystal in parallel with the boy's eye straightening his position to look through it, examining the irises one by one, after finishing he brought another strange looking tool and placed it on the left wrist of the fire boy, without asking for permission he lifted the hem of the patient's shirt putting the tool first to his chest then to his abdomen next his sides. Humming in satisfaction he placed it back and then looked at the boy, "I'm glad your highness, you are fully recovered there are no side effects or anything concerning, you're just still a little dehydrated and it can be solved by drinking water, a large cup of it each hour and take those pills for the next 30 days they will help with the blood loss"

-Anything else doctor?

-No you should be fine just take it easy and don't strain yourself and stay away from everything that could result in stress your warning would be blurry eyesight and headaches so careful! take good care of yourself. I'll take my leave now my prince.

-Wait! Said Riff in haste.

-Yes my prince?

-First stop calling me my Prince, being the brother of the queen doesn't make me royalty it's different here in the fire realm you can just call me Riff and secondly you are from the ice realm right? Asked the boy curiously.

-Of course, and for your question: yes! I am from the ice realm that should be obvious from my looks, your highness.

That title made the boy's nose cringe in discomfort but he said nothing his only concern is the whereabouts of Ikor "So do you know the Prince of the Ice? Do you have any connection to him? Maybe you work for his father or something".

-Naturally, I know the Prince. Hearing those words made a smile stretch on Riff's face but the next words made him frown. "Only from the royal public celebrations, I'm just a humble doctor who travels in research of new plants and concocting new drugs. That's all your Highness I have no business with the castle or the royal family."

-So you don't know anything about him and you don't see him except at those stup.... Ehem... I mean icies celebrations, right?

-Yes your highness, as I told you I am a wanderer so I haven't been in the ice realm for two months now. He lied so smoothly not dropping his cool once.

-I see. He hunched his head down sulking, whispering to himself "So it was just a dream, I thought he came to see and talk to me but it was only my foolish imagination. I thought his different but he was crueler than his father how wrong I was" Being there collecting his tools doctor Yuki heard everything the young boy said and how he wished he could correct him but he can't those were his prince's instructions he can't disobey him.