Arashi went beside the emperor as his eyes moved from his face to his hands and feet. Although the emperor had a white sheet covering him it seemed Arashi's eyes stayed on his hands.
His eyes narrowed down a little and he said, "I want a few moments with him, I want all of you to leave."
We all began to move to the exit when he added again, "Except Bianka."
And I halted. I turned around and saw the others were giving me a confused look but didn't say anything. It seemed they were a bit offended as he let an outsider such as me stay while he told his family to go outside. The woman Akio gave me a distasteful look before leaving as the other two women and their maids left. Even the Empress left.
Arashi started his inspection while I stood by the bed watching him. He yanked away the cover and went near the emperor's feet, looking closely.
I peered over to see what caught his attention and I saw his nails were a bit dry and it was turning purple as if his nails were bruised.