When Ben regained consciousness he found himself back at Mansion Matthias with the dogs standing over him in his room. It was already dusk hours.
Matthias told him everything that had happened, how Nancy’s dragon friends had invaded the bloodrubi city, dethroned chief Belsha, got the bloodrubis on Nancy’s side, and how they had carried him back here. They were waiting for him outside with Nancy but first, he had to clean himself and put on a change of clothes before coming down to meet them.
There was a chamber in the mansion where he had always washed so he went in there and stood under the warm showers. The bath invigorated him and it was all thanks to the healing properties of the crystals in the pipe-lining.
Ben put on a change of clothes and checked himself in the mirror. The cloth
