"Is something wrong? your face is red" The royal grand uncle noticed Frederick's unusual expression that he tried to cover up with a smile. Now he saw what Frederick really looked like. The eyes bags, the shadows, the sign of life leaving him, the lost glow...he isn't supposed to look like this at this age.
"There's not- *Cough*" Frederick couldn't control himself any longer and he whipped out his hanky and coughed in it.
The royal grand uncle knew something was wrong immediately. Frederick was like a son to him. Frederick's mother was a loyal servant of his back in the days before her death. He raised Frederick in the palace, with the other royal children, right until Frederick decided to find his way in the world. When federick left he was all well and okay, unlike the ghostly look he
