CHAPTER 7One of the royal gardeners had developed a sudden bout of mysterious sickness, and Lothaire had graciously taken his place in the palace. Lothaire was working close enough to where Lumina was ‘training’ to witness the brutality of the exercise.
He saw the phoenix get hit by three bolts at once; this time, she went down and stayed down. Everyone—even Lothaire—rushed to her aid.
“Give her healing!” shouted Pacaus, and Lothaire was about to step in when he realised that if even one human was trying to assess if the princess possessed immortal magic, they would feel his, and possibly confuse it with the phoenix’s. He grimaced and hung back.
The king wore a grave expression as he sent healing magic to his immobile daughter.
Lothaire wanted to shake King Arro for forcing Lumina to u
