Skynder's carriage soon arrived at the gates of the Imperial Palace. This was the first ti that he had arrived without so sort of invitation, so before they even searched him, the guards asked what business he had there.
"I'm here to et the Imperial Scholar." Skynder said.
The guards looked at each other. "You can't just et the Imperial Scholar whenever you want. You need to have so sort of invitation or appointnt scheduled."
"There are exceptions. Just send a ssage. He will agree."
The guards hesitated for a mont, but since Skynder was a noble, they took his word for it. It wouldn't be good for the guards or Skynder if he bothered the Imperial Scholar for no reason.
Surprisingly quickly, they received a response.
"You may enter after being searched." One of the guards said.
Skynder nodded, and after a brief search, he was allowed to enter. With a guard guiding him, he made his way to the Imperial Scholar's office.
"Here you are." The guard said before leaving.
Skynder knocked on the door and soon heard a voice.
"Co in."
Skynder opened the door and stepped inside. Behind a desk, he saw the familiar face of the Imperial Scholar.
"Hello again, Skynder. What can I do for you?" The Imperial Scholar asked.
Skynder explained quickly. "I want to attempt to create the Icy Heart poison once again, and I need your help to ensure that I don't die."
The Imperial Scholar stared at him for a mont before speaking. "And what makes you think that I will help you?"
"Regardless, I'll attempt it. I'm just seeing if you're willing to help increase my odds of both success and survival."
The Imperial Scholar really did care about Skynder's survival, but he had no intention to show it.
"What will I get in return?" He asked Skynder.
Skynder thought for a mont. "How about a poison recipe?"
Although he would have never considered trading this before, he had managed to create a much more potent version of the poison he planned to give them.
"What kind of poison?"
"A corrosive poison." Skynder said.
The Imperial Scholar thought about it before nodding.
"You'll have to pay for any materials or dicines I use to help you. I imagine you plan to use that plant you bought to help resist the Icy Heart poison while you make it?" The Imperial Scholar said.
Skynder nodded.
The Imperial Scholar automatically began to assist in the planning for this poison creation.
"I have a recipe to create a dicine using that plant, but you can't have access to it. In the entire Empire, only I and the Emperor can. I can, however, create it for you and give it to you."
Skynder nodded without hesitation.
"Even if it is more effective after it is used in a dicine, it is still very temporary. If the effects of the Icy Heart poison weren't so dangerous, I would recomnd only using it after you finish the poison. However, it is risky as I'm not sure how potent that Icy Heart poison is, and if the dicine will have a 100% antidote effect."
Skynder listened intensely.
"Also, if you have to create a hole in your chest, do it a bit farther from last ti so that we can change it even more."
"Is there a place here that I can create it?" Skynder asked.
"There is. Go ahead and bring everything you need. Also, take this."
He handed Skynder necklace with so sort of design on it.
Skynder walked out of the Imperial Palace and reached the gates.
The guards looked at him with clear surprise as he walked towards them.
They opened the gate and moved aside without a single word. The necklace did its job. Skynder was able to take a few trips and bring everything inside without a single question from the guards.
He took all of this to a room on a lower level than the ground floor. It was a much more advanced poison room than those at the Imperial Scholar Camp.
Unlike before, Skynder would be able to use his cauldron to create the poison, which should both enhance its effect and increase the possibility of success.
He and the Imperial Scholar spoke about the Icy Heart poison, and Skynder even told him a bit about the recipe itself.
Eventually, soone ca into the poison room and handed the Imperial Scholar a vial. Though the Imperial Scholar had created it while Skynder moved his things, it had needed to sit for a while.
"Here it is. Whenever you're ready, I am." The Imperial Scholar said.
Skynder nodded.
After a mont, the Imperial Scholar left the room, and Skynder began. He got to the point where he had been poisoned last ti, and drank the dicine he was given.
Nothing happened for a mont, but then, he started to feel a coldness in his heart, as though ice was literally growing on it.
Though his emotions were permanently dimd after the last ti, he felt them dim even more.
However, he was able to control himself this ti. At the very least, it did not feel deadly, just extrely dangerous and harmful.
The dicine was doing its job.
Skynder continued beyond where he had stopped last ti. As he continued, using his masterful control over the cauldron to enhance the speed and quality of the process, he felt the poison slowly growing stronger in his heart.
It continued to grow, and just as his body began to shake and he felt as though he would be unable to continue any longer, he finished. He poured all of the liquid into three vials and capped them with a lid.
Instantly, the feeling of coldness faded, as though it had never been there.
Skynder looked at the poison in the vial.
It was a light, icy blue. It was srizing to look at.
Skynder stared at it for more than a minute before standing up and leaving the room.
The Imperial Scholar looked at him with expectation. Skynder showed him one of the vials.
He looked at it.
"What a beautiful purple color."
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