17. Poisoned?

"Andy! What are you- how did you get in here?!"

Freya was pleasantly surprised seeing Andy here, but she had no idea how or when did he get in her bedchambers.

"You bastard! what did you do to me?!" roared Thomas, as he was lying flat on the ground not able to control his body below his neck.

Andy completely ignored Thomas and replied to Freya

"I was the first one to come to this room. Sigh, I was starting to feel lonely, I was standing right in the middle of the room but both you and your husband completely ignored me" said Andy with a "sad" expression.

Andy then turned his head down and looked at Thomas, an evil grin came to his face as he asked

"Did you enjoy your wonderful dream last night?"

"You- you bastard! I knew it wasn't a dream! You tricked me you bitch! I am going to kill both of you!" roared Thomas

Freya shivered at her husband'd tone and expression, there was also sadness in her eyes. She truly loved him, she was still hoping she could stay married to him even though there won't be any physical relationship between them. But that wasn't possible anymore due to Andy's confession.

"Why did you tell him that?! Do you know how much effort it took to convince him that what happened last night was just his dream?"

Seeing Freya was about to cry, Andy said

"I have the ability to wipe memory, don't worry about anything"

"What?! Really? I don't believe you! I've never heard of any such an ability before."

Andy then pressed his forefinger against Thomas's forehead.

"Get your filthy hands off-" Thomas turned silent before he could finish and Andy moved to Thomas's blind spot. After a second Thomas said

"Wait? What? Freya why am I on ground, what happened to me? Why am I not able to move?"

Freya widened her eyes in surprise and asked

"You don't remember? What is the last thing that you remember?"

"I came to our bedchambers after dinner and then went straight to my desk to work. Next thing I know is I am lying here on ground. And why am I not able to move?"

Andy then gave a signal to Freya to stay quiet, he then activated his 'invisible man' barrier and went to room's door and went out after opening the door.

Freya was really surprised after looking at Andy's another broken skill but didn't say anything.

"How did the door opened on its own?" wondered Thomas.

After he went out of the room, he deactivated his barrier skill and said

"Lady baroness you called for me? May I come in?"

"Yes, please come in" Freya decided to play along whatever Andy was planning.

After entering the room, Andy bowed in greetings and asked

"Lady baroness, you said your husband isn't feeling well, may I check on him?"

"Sure go ahead, he fell from the chair earlier and lying there since then. He doesn't even remember what happened to him right before that and not able to move his body either" said Freya in a "worried" tone.

"Please forgive me for my rudeness lord baron, my uncle is not in this town right now, so there are no healers in the city currently, I've read many books related to healing arts in my family's library, this has been my only passion since I was like 5 years old and have experience treating few patients as well under the guidance of my uncle." said Andy as he helped him sit back on his chair. he then used a cloth to tie him to the chair so that he doesn't fall over. Of course everything he said was a pile of BS.

"Alright go ahead. What happened to my body, why am I not able to control anything below my neck?" asked Thomas, he was getting really worried now.

"Were you having any weird dreams lately?" asked Andy

"No, why do you ask?" replied Thomas, Freya was shocked when she heard this.

"Just a routine question, let me analyse your symptoms then"

After checking his symptoms for a little bit, Andy's expression changed and he said

"I don't know how to say this.."

"Just say it!" raged Thomas, he was terrified right now

"Yes, I am sorry. I think someone gave you a slow acting poison sometime around 1-2 week ago which slowly targets motor nerves and meridians and is not so easy to notice early. It has already done some serious damage to your nerves and meridians. You are not able to circulate your mana below you neck either right? If is not healed within next few hours you will not be able to control you body and mana ever again. After sometime you will probably lose your ability to speak as well"

Both Freya and Thomas were stunned hearing this due to different reasons. Thomas knew Andy's analysis was genuine as he did not tell them that he is not able to circulate mana below his neck. Whereas Freya was stunned because she never heard so much BS in her life before.

"Why is this happening to me?! Who poisoned me?! Andy you have to help-" as Thomas was speaking his voice also went away, he could no longer speak, which terrified him.

"Lord baron relax, don't try to speak. I know of a way to treat poisons. But the treatment cost would be..." said Andy as he shifted his gaze to Freya and demanded

"10,000 high-tier mana crystals!" (1 high-tier mana crystal = 1000 medium-tier mana crystal)

Freya's expression changed hearing this as she said

"We don't have that kind of money at hand even though we are the lord of this city. Isn't this price completely unreasonable for treating a poison?"

"Just like asking for 100 medium-tier mana crystals for a low-tier healing potion?" asked Andy as he looked at Thomas.

Thomas' eyes widened as he heard this, he was now regretting making that evil plan with Andy's uncle, that may cost him everything.

Freya wasn't completely aware about this plan of her husband's, but knew that her husband exploited Andy's injuries and forced him to sign a 2 month contract which is worth 100 medium-tier mana crystals for a low-tier healing potion.

"As I mentioned we don't have that much money at hand, can we pay you in instalments?"

"Sigh, then forget it" Andy started walking towards the door.

"No, please! don't leave! You have to help my husband! We will do anything it takes!" Freya played along

Andy smiled and instead of leaving he locked the doors, took the second chair in the room and set it in front of Thomas's chair at about 10 feet distance and sat in that chair.

"Then there are other methods you can pay up!" said Andy with an evil grin.