The Commoner Consort: The Country’s Respected Empress - Chapter 198
Maya blurts out her mind “You want me to look at him?”
Xavier who was unaware of her presence now turns to listen them and looks at Maya with complex emotion.
‘Is he asking her because she is his wife-‘
The Doctor nods earnestly and speaks “Yes, Your Highness! We are immensely grateful previously while you helped us to find that our Prince Xavier was poisoned. If not for you, we couldn’t have saved His Highness”.
Xavier raises his eyebrows and looks at Maya questioningly.
Maya smiles awkwardly noticing Xavier’s gaze on her and stutters while replying the doctor “I d-didn’t do much, Sir. It was you who found the cure and I just told what I suspected”.
Xavier gets happy hearing them and listens to the doctor even though he wanted to speak to Maya.
The doctor explains the situation to both of them “We still couldn’t find His Highness’ illness this time too. His body is healthy other than a small injury in his wrist. We don’t know why His Highness is coughing out blood”.
Maya too doubts the situation and looks at Xavier who was looking back at her with serious face. She can see the worry clearly.
She realizes how much he cares for his brother. He is extremely worried for Kalki. It won’t be good to ignore them and stay here to talk with Xavier.
Seeing the doctor expecting her, she speaks with an assuring nod “I will go inside with you, Sir”.
The doctor leads the way for her. Maya follows him slowly and looks back at Xavier before entering the sick chamber.
Xavier sighs with some deep thoughts while Maya smiles faintly and enters the chamber.
She wanted to talk to him but couldn’t in this situation. She wanted to apologize for leaving him there but she doesn’t want to remember Celina’s words again. It brought an unsettling feeling in her heart for some reason.
With her thoughts she didn’t even look at Kalki till now.
The doctor calls noticing her lost in a daze “Your Highness?”
Maya snaps out and realizes that few other doctors from Infirmary are bowing in front of her in the sick room.
She nods at them subtly and gasps finally seeing Kalki “W-Why is he so pale?!”
‘Goodness! Is he dead already?! Then… will I loose my powers?! *gasps* Have I turned insane?! What powers! I might die if Bhommi’s words were true! No..wait! He is breathing… *lets out a relaxed breath* He is not dead yet!’
The doctor speaks “Everything looks normal but it’s not, Your Highness! We fear we might not able to cure His Highness”.
Maya darts her eyes in shock as she couldn’t believe her own eyes Kalki’s condition.
‘Is this the person who warned me just few moments ago? How did his health deprive so suddenly?!’
She tilts her head recalling him acting weird since before and walks towards him. As soon as she took few steps towards him, a fog of black smoke starts to appear from his chest.
Maya opens her eyes wide and looks around the people in fear of them seeing it!
Bhommi appears at the right time as if she was already there “I have stopped the atmosphere, Sister. Send them right away once I tell you. They can see this if you delay it for a moment”.
Maya nods and looks around her nervously and as soon as Bhommi signalled her, she orders “Leave us alone for a moment!”
Everyone startled hearing her sudden order and didn’t even get a thought of looking at Kalki.
“Yes, Your Highness!”
Maya observes every single one of them leaving and sighs assuring that no one even raised their head after her order.
She walks towards the door and closes it swiftly. She couldn’t help catch a glimpse of confused Xavier looking at the doctors. She doesn’t know why her heart trembles seeing his face. Even a frown on his face makes her restless.
She walks back to Kalki and realizes the smoke starts to reappear from his chest as she nears him.
Bhommi speaks “The shadow must have something to do with this…”
Kalki starts coughing out blood. He clenches his palm into tight fist against his chest.
Maya asks with a suspicious look “Is it your heart?”
Kalki lets out a shaky breath weakly and snaps at Maya “Does it look otherwise?!”
Maya’s little concern for him disappears with his words and smirks boldly “Seems your Royal doctors couldn’t find the cure?”
‘It’s so ironical that I need to supress my smile while seeing him suffering meanwhile I can’t look a worried frown on Prince Xavier’s face! He is such a kind man!’
She walks towards him slowly and observes him surprisingly getting better with her each steps towards him. The smoke from his chest starts of get out of his body urgently as if Maya’s appearance scares them.
Kalki hisses impatiently “Do something to stop this!”
Maya chuckles silently and asks innocently “What can I do?”
He frowns ‘She has the nerve to play at this moment?! She is definitely doing something! That’s why I am feeling better after she came here!’
He warns “Stop playing with my patience woman. Make this stop at once or else you will regret it!”
Maya gasps dramatically and smirks taking a few steps back suddenly.
‘Let me check whether my observed conclusions are right!’
Kalki flinches and grunts in hurt.
Maya smiles broadly and shrugs “See? I am not doing anything at all!”.
Saying so she takes a few steps forward and stops still in some distance from him. She does not want to make him anything better further or else his arrogance will find a way to irk her.
Kalki simply watches her every moves.
Maya too knows that he too might have found what she just found.
She speaks holding her hands behind her back in authority now “It’s good if you have a little energy to just speak. And if I hear a single word of threatening from now… I will remember few chores in the garden which I want to do right away”.
She stops speaking pointing her finger in the direction of the garden.