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Casper had stayed back at the infirmary while Fred went to fetch something to eat from the market. Swen, on the other hand, was sent to the palace to send a message regarding their stay in the town for a few days. After a long wait, a woman came out of the room. She saw Casper on the chair with his eyes closed as he played back. Not wanting to scare him, she walked up to him and cleared her throat softly to catch his attention. It worked in waking hm up but as Casper jolted up and blinked his eyes open she was sure that her stealth didn’t do any good.

“Is everything okay? How is she?” He asked with a sense of urgency in his tone.

The woman parted her lips, then sealed them again and brought out something from behind her back that she had held ever since she came out of the room. “We found these in the bag she had. These are poisonous berries. I am afraid that the cause of her state is not only loss of blood but also the fact that she might have consumed these.”