Ethan came back to the castle after one hour when the three of them saw him walking in they all smiled and took a breath of relief seeing he was fine despite some scars on his hand's feet and shoulders.

Most of his scars were fully healed while the ones on his hand and his feet seemed still fresh and very severe.

"What happened to you?" John asked noticing he was limping and grimacing in pain as his feet blood severely.

"Why isn't your body healing?" John didn't let his brother answer that he asked his second question.

Ethan reached with difficulty the sofa and held on to it lifting his feet on the pillow to stare at his wounds.

Some of his skin's layers had been flayed and his skin was exposed.

John speeded to grab some blood and wine from the fridge and headed it to Ethan who gestured with his hand to refuse.

"It won't help." Ethan commented as he clenched his teeth for the pain, "I had to fight some snakes and trampled on their yellow liquid. Those wounds are due to it."

John covered his forehead with his hand as he massaged his face in distress. "I knew I had to come with you," John complained in a furious tone of voice.

"No, I don't need your help," Ethan replied bluntly and silence fell in his room, John ignored his clumsiness and headed to him again the bottle filled with animal's blood.

"Drink it." John insisted, Ethan glowered at him for some instants before he gave up to John's request and drunk a few sips from the bottle.

The wound didn't heal as Ethan predicted. John sighed resigned and disappointed to see his hopes vanished.

"What can we do if he doesn't heal?" John asked his father who limited himself to stare at both his sons preoccupied.

"I'll be fine," Ethan replied in a murmur as he poured some animal's blood on his wound and then grimaced with pain when his wound got infected. That was what he used to do when he grew up alone to fast up his body's healing. But once again his efforts of healing turned out in vain, the maid who assisted to the scene brought them some medical bandage, William thanked the woman and wrapped it around his wound.

"Maybe you can heal him as you did with me months ago." Roselyn whispered neared to John's ear but John shook his head, "I only have the powers to absorb the pain and fast up body's healing but if his body is not reacting I won't be able to do anything."

"Nobody died because of a hand or feet's wound so don't worry. I tried to convince them, I am still working on it. Now they are quite hesitant about the truthfulness of my words." Ethan said collecting his thoughts.

"We have to cancel the plan since things got worse than we expected and I don't want you to get hurt even more. We can find another solution." John exclaimed staring at Ethan's wound and then pinching his forehead as he scoffed like if he felt guilty.

"No. I won't give up the plain." Ethan replied, "in Kratez you had some potion. I can use that."

John frowned his forehead gazing at Ethan perplexed for some seconds.

"How do you know about that potion?" John tilted his head to the side and gazed at his brother from head to toe as if he was suspicious about his question. Nobody but only closest relatives knew about that poison and John never mentioned it to him.

"I knew about Roselyn before you even brought her to the castle, I discovered many things when I was seeking my revenge against you," Ethan said not flinching his gaze away from the wound.

"John, he's right, the potion may be the only solution at this point." William intervened and John nodded still having a suspicious look on his face. William glowered at John when he noticed he was being suspicious about his brother.

John helped Ethan to get up from the sofa, he gazed at his father and then back to his brother slowly relaxing his face. "Alright, I will speed to Kratez then and heal him. Do you want me to come back to bring you, Rose?"

Roselyn shook her head no, smiling, "don't worry. I will wait here with King William."

John nodded as he grabbed Ethan's body and speeded toward Kratez, they didn't reach his house as fast as usual since Ethan was weak and was heavier than Roselyn but they still took less than two minutes to arrive in front of Kratez' door.

John knocked at the door and the maids went to open, John didn't waste time talking to them but right after he walked in, he speeded toward the basement.

John hadn't visited the basement in years and it was a little room which door was hidden behind a fake portrait in his room.

Ethan sat on a dusty dirty chair in the middle of the basement while John started to look around in search of the poison.

When he opened a few boxes John finally smiled as he grabbed a bottle filled with a green liquid.

The bottle wasn't even fully filled but only about three-quarters of the bottle was filled.

"So it exists," Ethan exclaimed in awe staring at the bottle. John nodded, "yes, I only have this amount but they say only a few drops will be able to heal any wound." John replied darting his gaze from the bottle to Ethan and then again to the bottle.

"I've had never tried it before so I am not sure about the results," John said staring at Ethan quite concerned, Ethan hesitated for few minutes but when he gazed at his wounds getting more serious every minute and still bleeding he took a long breath.

He looked at John straight in the eyes and he faked a smile, "I will be honored to be the first one to try it then."