The advisor's reunion starts now, with the prince's presence in the room, the matter starts ahead.
"The reason of this reunion, its pretty simple yet deep." Starts the prince. "I gathered you all here to revolve the illness of the fourth princess,my younger sister, young princess Dunishia." He then passes the word to Wuxunle, who nods before starting.
"The young princess, these weeks, started having an 'unknown' disease, having breathing difficulty, barely digesting her food, vomit, and fever." Wuxunle explains. "At this moment, the responsibility of the young princess' health is in doctor Sakana, physician Fugi and physician Guilherme's hands, but it seems that doctor Sakana is the one taking the lead, and the young princess is not healing at all." A glare of hers is thrown at Sakana, but he retaliates with a sardonic smirk and a cheeky wink.
"We need more than one opinion and mindset to understand this disease and find a healing process." Says the prince. "And it doesn't matter if the method of healing takes days, everyone's opinion matters if the final results is making princess Dunishia heal."
Everyone in the room nods, before starting to share their ideas to find the starting point of the healing for the princess.
"We should start by taking off the incense of the chambers, it can make the breathing of the young princess difficult if we keep it." Suggests Aya.
"We already did that, but doctor Sakana said that the incenses are harmless and it's not necessary to take it off the chambers." Wuxunle responded.
"What about the windows? are they open? It can help to ventilate the chambers." suggests Fugi.
"The windows have a mosquito screen, so there's no need to open it, and it's also to avoid prying eyes." Responds Sakana, his slyness always unchanging.
Both Guilherme and Amethyst give quizzical and suspicious gazes and expressions at Sakana, before looking at each other, knowing that they thought the same... even know, they still are strangers.
"Objection." Protest Guilherme. "We should, at least, take off those incense and open the windows, in my opinion I guess it will make her lungs improve more. I don't believe much in your choices to keep something that might be one of the reasons why the young princess is not healing."
"Doctor Guilherme, I assure you, those won't be necessary to do so." Sakana retaliates. "The incense is harmless, and the windows have a mosquito screen so it won't be necessary. Both of the things are harmless, the incense scent is light enough to be kept in the room, and the mosquito screen is to prevent insects from entering the chambers without the need of opening the window."
"What about the food?" Suggests Lun Re, and Chibuko adds. "It's better we change the menu of her food."
"No, it's not necessary." Sakana responds. "The food is good, it's of the young princess' tastes, and is nutritious. Well, giving my opinion, I believe that the decease must be some type of parasite that is sucking—"
"Can you stop now?" Amethyst chimes in with a serious expression, her arms crossed.
"We already have the symptoms, so now we need to analyze the environment the young princess is first. She is a child right? So every evidence, from the ceiling to the floor is important to find a way to start the healing process."
Then, Amethyst suggest. "We have to know who is handling the young princess' food, who is doing the clothes washing, who is doing the bath and who is doing the feeding."
"Young woman—" Sakana is cut by a correction of Lun Re.
"Is advisor Amethyst."
"Advisor Amethyst, thank you for your participation, but i must say that everything is controlled under my supervision." Sakana countered.
"The nurse that brings the young princess' food to the princess is trustworthy, she won't put anything in the young princess' food, besides the fact that the young princess in being taken care by her ladies-in-waiting, under my orders and supervision." He gives a cynical smile towards her.
"without a inspection from all of us, letting you on supervision will be the most stupid thing to do." Amethyst protests, which make Sakana gasps, offended by her words.
"I agree." Commented Wuxunle and Aya.
"If i can remember, no one asked your opinions. Even you, dragonet with a man voice" Sakana glares the two women.
"And you are a poet when you give none." Amethyst retaliates with a cynical smile.
"Your highness," says Chibuko. "Please consider the advisor Amethyst's suggestion and plan, if her method truly gives a good result and a starting point, we should put the supervision of princess Dunishia to her hands."
The prince ponders for a moment, before deciding to accept, they have to try anything to heal his sister anyway.
"Sure." He simply accepts. "Advisor Amethyst, I'm giving the permission to do the inspection, alongside with the other advisors." He declares, using his hand to dismiss all of them. They all bow curtly before Wuxunle guide where the fourth princess chamber is.
***
The ladies-in-waiting were all gathered around the fourth princess, their expressions worried, sad, concerned, somber, before suddenly the door opens, which let everyone in the room surprised.
Wuxunle gestures Amethyst to enter first, closing the door after all of them enter.
"W-who are you? What are you all doing here—" Says one of the ladies-in-waiting towards Amethyst as she steps closer to the princess, which only receives a "move." with a push from Amethyst as she walks forward, until she reaches the bed where the young princess is.
The young princess is in a severe state. Pale, unhealthy skinny, Thin eyes, ragged breathing, colorless hair, dry skin, practically she is looking like a living corpse.
"Poor child." Amethyst lamented, then turning towards the ladies. "You were practically preparing the kid to the death." She then, started to point out.
"First, this incense is too strong, let's stop using it from now on." Amethyst extinguished the incense with her fingers, making everybody gasp in surprise and shock. "This only harms more the young princess' lungs than you ladies think."
"Second, don't keep the windows closed. This room is stuffy because of the incense, we need to let fresh air enter in this room."
"Third, let's change the menu of her food. Light soup with mint tea and water for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the firsts days she will need to consume liquids, then we will slowly add more ingredients into the soup."
"And fourth, from now on, we must give hot water baths to the young princess, and while in her healing process, we will let aside the perfumes, the accessories, any product that is of the beauty area. We must put her health first then her image next. Do you all understand? Good, now stop standing there watching and start doing what I explained!"
"You hear her, girls. Let's get into work." Muttered Wuxunle to the other ladies-in-waiting, they all nod and starred moving.
And, at that moment that everybody was moving around to do what she commanded, Amethyst took the opportunity to do what she wanted.
She spotted a tray of water jug close to the bed and smoothly grab it while approaching Sakana, who was secretly gritting his teeth in slight frustration for Amethyst interfering in his plan. Without warning, Amethyst throws water at Sakana, leaving him completely soaked. The others around gasped once more, surprised by the sudden action.
"You thought I didn't notice your little scheme, right?" Amethyst asks directly at him, looking right at his crow's eyes. "Since you are the outsider one form this palace, you would lie and make excuses to further reduce the young princess' health and then require more money from the royals since you probably are from outsider of this Kingdom, so then you would start the healing process after the young princess' health becomes severe enough to cause death if not treated. Am I right?"
Sakana looks at her in shock, not believing she IS capable enough to discovering such thing so precisely.
"I know what kind of person you are. You are a greedy man, addicted to money and fame, who would do anything to have it. One thing is doing this with a common citizen, other is doing this with the fourth princess of the royal family. Is better for you to leave the if you don't want to embarrass yourself even further." Amethyst finishes, making Sakana even more frustated than before.
With a "tsk." he leaves the chambers, disappearing after passing through the door, his steps fading as he distances.
***
Wuxunle came back to the chambers with a tray of vegetable soup, a cup of mint tea and a cup of warm water.
Carefully, Amethyst uses a spoon to insert the tea into the young princess' mouth, making sure to not spill. After several seconds, the young princess swallows, which makes every advisor sigh in relief for the response. She kept giving more spoons of the tea, until the young princess started to breathe by the nose, with difficulty, but it was a start.
"The young princess drank." Amethyst announced. "Mint tea has Decongestant Antioxidant properties, which is good for the lungs and stomach cleaning. The young princess' stomach must be in a very weak state, so giving light vegetable soup will be able for her to digest."
"Guys, let's keep with Amethyst's plan." Says Guilherme, with a proud smile. "She seems smart enough, and she knows what she's doing."
Everyone in the room, including the advisors, agrees with the idea, starting to cooperate more with Amethyst from now on.
***
The night arrives, the yellow Moonlight illuminating the kingdom, and after a long day taking care of the young princess' health with the ladies-in-waiting, Amethyst was in her chamber.
She was at her table, making Antibiotics and Antioxidants for the young princess, while Tupila is making Hibiscus tea close to the yard of the chamber with Amethyst's shichirin, and preparing ingredients for the dishes of their dinner.
Just as the night was calm and peaceful, someone knocks the door.
Tupila goes open it, and it's none other than the prince himself.
He looks at Tulipa, surprised to see her presence, which made him confused.
"Lady Tulipa, good evening and my apologies to disturb your night, but can you tell me where is lady Amethyst's room?" He asks confused.
"Your highness, good evening. Well her chambers is here." She responds, letting him a more surprised. "Please enter."
The prince steps in, his eyes landing on Amethyst, who uses her sleep kimono to hide her clan marks, befofe his eyes land on the hanging giant bat. It was dead, wrapped in an amount of spider webs, hanging out upside down with its blood falling in a small ceramic jar.
He yelps in fright before composing himself, in shock of such thing.
"Lady Amethyst, good evening. Uhm, I may ask, why do you have a giant bat hanging in your yard entrance?" He points at the bat.
"Your highness, good evening. The bat? It's our little dinner." She responds calmly, as if is the most common thing eat exotic animals. "Tulipa founded a giant bat in her way towards her second work and decided to bring in my chambers to be our dinner."
"Alright, that's okay, it doesn't go against any laws of the palace, but it quite... Frightening." He shudders. "But that's not what I came here for."
His expression turns serious as he approaches Amethyst, but keeping a good distance.
"Lady Amethyst... Are you from the Orchids and OwlHeart clan? The third daughter of Najo Orchids and Satoshi OwlHeart?"