LUCEM
Chapter XXXII's

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Mr. Jhonatan jumped from his bed immediately when the butler told him that there was a messenger waiting and needed to speak to him immediately. He had become accustomed to the presence of guests at any time. To clean himself and dress properly he does not need the help of his servant at all. Especially since the loss of his beloved wife, Sary.

Mr. Jhonatan hurried down the stairs and began to slow his pace towards the meeting room where someone had been waiting for a few minutes.

"Hello, good morning, sir!" A man wearing a royal uniform.

After the man bowed, he handed her a letter. Mr. Jhonatan noticed the seal on the front of the letter. Mr. Jhonatan opened the letter and read it silently. The look on his face changed, his hands resting on the table and slowly sitting his body on the chair.

The envoy looked worried and asked if the mayor was okay, Mr. Jhonatan could not answer him exactly making the envoy guess. Mr. Jhonatan offered the messenger breakfast together considering it was still very early but he politely declined and said that he should return to the kingdom immediately.

After letting go of the messenger, Mr. Jhonatan sat languidly in his chair, his face showing that he was in trouble.

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I started to open the book Marbella gave me and read slowly.

The sun is moving west. I've been reading this book for over an hour in complicated words and I find it increasingly difficult to think. It takes a long time to combine the mind. It took me a long time to move my hand. To raise my head. To look around. By the time I managed to open my mouth, no sound came out from there. I tried it over and over again, trying to yell at Marbella and Maria, but it didn't work. I was panicked.

Running hastily towards Marbella and Maria's tent, empty.

I took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. Back under the tree, open the book again to look for something. I felt each letter with a finger, perusing every sentence, trying to repeat the reading on the part that felt stuck. But my voice did not return. I sat down resignedly.

As the sun fully slipped in the west, the faint sounds of Marbella and Maria walking towards the tent, I immediately caught up with them.

"Marbi!" I wish Marbella could hear that, but it doesn't seem.

Realizing my presence both waved.

"Hi, Mars!" Sapa Mary.

"Marya." I tried to call his name. My voice!

As Mary's face turned pale, she held her own neck and her mouth opened as if trying to catch as much air as possible.

Marbella put down the basket she was holding and asked Mary to hurry to the tent. Maria's face turned white and her body twitched. I asked in panic, what happened? but not a single sound came out of my mouth.

Marbella grabbed my hand with her trembling hand.

"Mars," Marbella helped move my hand to touch Maria.

"Think of saving her, Mars" he said.

I'm trying to understand Marbella's words. My hands were shaking at the top of Maria's head.

"Calm down, Maria." That word flows from my mouth. I looked at Marbella in wonder.

A long and rough breath rang out from Mary's mouth, slowly Mary's face met with red, she returned to breathing well. He coughed.

Marbella helped her sit down and I hurriedly took a glass of water for her.

"Drink," I thrust the filled glass.

Mary drank.

"It hurts, it feels like a very bad hypoxemia" Maria replied as she gave a light massage to her own chest.

[Hypoxemia is a condition in which oxygen levels in the blood drop and fall below normal limits.]

"Hmm. You started well, Mars," Marbella patted me on the shoulder.

I looked at Marbella and Maria in turn.

"Come on, dinner!" Bring Maria.

He seemed to have fully recovered, his face again adorned with a cheerful smile as if nothing had happened.

I smiled briefly, and begged for permission to clean up for a moment before joining for dinner.

"What's going on, Marbi?" ask me at dinner.

"You're learning something new, Mars, Maria and I will accompany you to practice tomorrow."

"Is your throat uncomfortable?" Ask.

"Slightly," I turned to look at Maria.

Maria just smiled and went back to eating her dinner.

"How much have you memorized?" ask Marbella back.

"Just a few pages ahead, the sentence is complicated and difficult, also makes me mute and.., paralyzed for a moment," I replied remembering."

"At first it will hurt until you really master it," Marbella smiled obliquely.

"What about Maria?" I looked back at the girl who was busy saving the rest of our dinner.

"It will hurt more for her, but she will not object" Marbella replied.

"You've done something to him" I guess.

Marbella laughed softly. "There's a price for every transaction, baby."

"Tonight, are we going to do something?" I followed Marbella who was walking towards the big tree.

"Enjoy the night" he said.

Then tiptoe, raised his hand and called out to Mary. "Come here!"

Mary ran towards us.

A basket of boiled corn was in his hand.

"I'll bring a little water for us" I ran towards the tent.

"And the blanket," Marbella showed her three fingers.

"Okay, Princess," I bowed and ran back.