Only a Palace Filled With Servants
Lucious was now very suspicious of hyacinths motives because of nyx. He trusted his sister more than the emperor he just met. So he ordered the spies he sent to the Gillian empire to send him a report of everything that has happened in the past month. He was sure that hyacinth was hiding something from him. But first he and amaris were on their way to visit the 3rd prince (The emperor's youngest son) in the palace of the heirs...
Currently in the palace:
Rahim: You don't know... Anything!
Prince rahim then punched prince Damien in the face. Prince Damien toppled to the ground. Prince rahim got on top of prince Damien and tried to punch him in the face...
Damien: Get off me you Bastard! You are nothing but a spare and you have no right to touch the crown prince!
Damien over powered rahim and pushed him. Rahim then hurriedly stood up but before he could get up properly prince Damien's fists hit him in the face making him fall back to the ground. Prince Damien then got on top of prince rahim and punched him non stop. Prince rahim tried to fight back to no avail...
Damien: I am the crown prince! Come on fight me! Fight me and show me what you're capable of!
Rahim: Brother...! Brother..! Stop... Please...!
Prince rahim was covered in blood as his face was bleeding from all the bruises he got from prince Damien's punches. And prince Damien's face had a bruise and so did his fists from punching prince rahim...
Damien: Look at you! So weak and fragile! How can you be the emperor's son? How can you be my brother? How can you be Trystia's prince?! This is the last time you disrespect me...
Prince Damien let go of prince rahim. He turned around and started to walk away only to see amaris and Damien walking towards him in shock...
Amaris: Br-brother...
Lucious: Prince Damien... What happened here...?
Damien: Amaris... Lucious... I can explain everything! Amaris forgive me but I have to tell you the truth! The reason why we fought was because rahi-
Lucious: Prince Damien!
Before prince Damien could talk prince rahim immediately got up and pulled a knife out of his robe. He then ran behind prince Damien and stabbed him to prevent him from telling amaris and lucious about the "Murder Behind the Palace Walls". Before Damien could finish his sentence rahim stabbed him in the back multiple times. Lucious then ran to the princes and punched prince rahim away from prince Damien and amaris...
Lucious: Get off him! Amaris go find help now!
Rahim: Stay out of this! You are nothing but a Bastard son of a tyrant... You have no right to touch me! I will chop off your head just you wait!
Amaris finally was able to find some soldiers in patrol. When they arrive back into the palace prince rahim was already beaten to the ground and lucious was trying to stop Damien's bleeding. Prince Damien and prince rahim were brought into the imperial infirmary to get treated. Both the princes were in a bad condition. Prince Damien lost a lot of blood from the fight and his wounds could be fatal. Prince rahim had many bruises on his face from prince Damien's punches but he also had broken bones from fighting lucious. Amaris was in tears and she didn't know what to do. Lucious told her to stay behind as he reported the incident to his majesty the emperor...
Kishendren: What...!
Lucious: We still don't know why the princes fought your majesty. It's very complicated as they seemed fine at the wedding.
Kishendren: That's the point lucious. They "seemed" fine. I know my sons and when they fight it's about something that affects the imperial family or politics. If they fought like this then...
Lucious: May you calm yourself down your majesty. Don't forget your heart has gotten weak.
Kishendren: I know lucious... You don't need to remind me that.
Lucious: I'm sorry your majesty.
Kishendren: No... I know you have good intentions. It's just that I can't accept that my health has declined at such a young age. Compared to my ancestors that always reached at least 100 or almost 100 I am quite weak. Even my father was 98 when he died.
Lucious: I'm sure you'll get better your majesty.
Kishendren: I hope so... Enough of this now. Thank you lucious for reporting this incident to me and for saving Damien. You've earned merit for this.
Lucious: Thank you your majesty.
Kishendren: I'll be off now.
Lucious: Where are you going your majesty? The court is starting in less than 15 minutes.
Kishendren: Take charge of court. Inform them of the incident. I'm going to the imperial infirmary to check up on my son Damien.
Lucious: Yes your majesty...
"Why didn't he mention prince rahim?"
As a week passed by emperor kishendren took care of prince Damien day and night with princess amaris. Soon enough lucious had to say good bye to his sister as she had to go back to Gillian. Lucious was left to deal with the state affairs as the emperor refused to leave prince Damien behind. He was now busy in the imperial Court. The emperor granted him a huge estate for him and the princess to live in. But whenever he goes home there is nothing but servants in the palace. The princess doesn't even come home anymore as she was too busy nursing back the princes. Lucious only slept for 3 hours a day now and it was starting to affect his health. His hands wouldn't stop shaking while he was in court. He keeps dropping his sword while training from exhaustion. The ministers could now notice all of these and started to report it to the emperor. The emperor was worried and ordered him to rest. But one day while discussing important state affairs with the ministers lucious suddenly collapsed...