While the physicians were puzzling over Korbin, Daphne managed to slip outside without being noticed.
When she returned, she found that the physicians were sitting forlornly around the bed. What they had thought to be a simple cold had proved to be something much more. No matter what, they couldn't find the cause of their king's illness. It was like there was nothing really wrong with him.
His breathing was even. His pulse was normal. There were no signs out of the ordinary.
Of course, his temperature was lower than that of a normal person, but they had known this condition for a long time already. It was really nothing new.
Yet, no matter what they tried doing, he just wouldn't wake up.
"Could it actually be?"
"No, the king is much too young."
"But with the way that he has been carelessly spending his nights, I'm afraid."
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