Mahnu, An Immortal's Journey

Chapter 35

Keeping a secret wasn't a simple matter. Marcus and William, who could venture their minds into guarding, found it a little easier but...His Majesty looked really happy, while he went through a couple of memorials...They were sure, that if anyone would uncover the secret to Mahnu....It would be the King himself!

Mahnu, luckily, didn't wake until late afternoon and Marcus found himself on eggshells again.

"I'll be going to the arrested doctor, I'll return later." He said to William, who nodded.

It was stupid, he thought, while walking away.

How could you keep a secret from someone that could read minds?

Stopping himself from thinking further, just in case, he then forcefully made himself think upon business.

The doctor that they had arrested, had been taken an hour ago to a close by abandoned residence and roped up. Marcus had waited to see him until Mahnu had awakened, to drag out the time and to make sure that he wouldn't be the one to go against His Majesty's orders...Even by accident.

Being the one to tell Mahnu that she was pregnant, was not going to be him!

"Are you a true doctor?"

The doctor looked at him, scared, and he stammered through his words, declaring that he was a doctor.

The last person he had checked, was a consort of the King! Now this person seemed to have people to serve him, he was perhaps another that held power...

Marcus sat down and said to untie him. "Good, now tell me what's wrong with me."

The doctor looked happy and slowly examined him. Having been taken forcefully like that had really worried him, but his worries were for nothing!

This person must be some type of thug, probably having no other way to get a doctor...It was what they did after all, demand and take...

But, feeling like he would be fine, as the people around didn't look as though they wanted to kill him, the doctor thought that he will just do his job and leave, hopefully never to return! There were many places for him to go here in Bena, so he will just go to the south eastern part of the town after this, just so the thugs won't find him after he leaves.

The doctor's thoughts were very different to Marcus's though...

You've fallen into my trap so easily, old man!

Using the knowledge and rumors that they had gotten, Marcus wanted to see what this old man could conjure up out of thin air!

It was lucky that the doctor hadn't seen him before now as Marcus himself could use this strategy, knowing full well that he was perfectly healthy beforehand. It wasn't even two hours ago that he had gotten the lady doctor to check him, just because of this current situation...

...Now, I can take advantage of that fact, with an easy way to find evidence against you!

In which case, the doctor was arrested again when he had tried to diagnose Marcus with something that costs a lot in medicine, even bluntly declaring for money for his inspection as well.

He truly had a lot of guts now!

In mere moments though...That courage completely disappeared!

After a swift glare, Marcus then told his men to rope him back up once again, and that the doctor has plainly lied, wanting to extort money from people.

Within seconds, things completely changed!

The doctor tried to step back, to get away from the men that were quickly closing in on him. He already he had lost the look of being a professional...Instead, the doctor looked like he did when he just came in, from being locked up quietly for a few hours...He was scared and stammered through his words...