( while nobody is watching a movie in darkness)

In a lavish room made of intricate designs and filled with one of a kind art and jewels that made it look like a mansion - light was coming from the window and from the beautiful chandelier made of glass - which shone in different colors as sunlight fell on it - there were currently 4 people standing there nervously, watching a 10 year old kid sleeping on bed.

Tension filled the room and there was a thick sense of heaviness in air as everyone could feel the constant pressure coming out from a beautiful lady standing there, near the bedside .

Her beautiful black eyes shone in different colors as the light from the chandelier fell on it . But no one standing in the room was in any mood to appreciate the beauty of it.

She was Artemis Raven, the duchess of the Damascus city of the Schilla empire. She is known as the shadow sword of Schilla , an S rank adventurer. In the entire kingdom there were few who could fight her head to head and come out unscathed.

She is as deadly with a sword as she was beautiful without it.

Her face was filled with anger and slight bloodlust was leaking from her aura which scared the people guarding outsids. She wasn't actually trying to scare them on purpose but it was hard to control her emotions seeing the state of the person currently lying motionless in bed.

How could she control herself, when her only son was brought home unconscious.

When she first saw him in that state her S rank mana pressure flared and it nearly made the soldiers who were standing outside tremble in fear.

They all had sweat dripping out their back as they can't even imagine the bloodbath that would follow if anything happened to their future heir.

Currently standing beside her was a man with royal bearing. One look in his eyes and the person standing in front of him might just kneel down directly. He had a muscular build and was tall standing near 6'5". He had white hair with slightly brownish eyes. He was the Duke of Damascus city. S rank Climber , also known as Sword king of Schilla - Owner of Shade.

Duke Agnus Blake who tried to calm down his wife but it had no effect. He could understand her feelings but there was nothing they could do except wait. They already tried the healing magic and fed their son all kinds of healing potions but it had no effect.

One high grade healing potion could easily heal all the mortal wounds and normally even save someone from the brink of death but even after drinking several Rio showed no signs of waking up.

That was what worried Artemis more, as that meant only one thing - Rio was cursed.

Her son, the future heir of Damascus - was cursed in her own house and she couldn't prevent it. The disappointment she felt in herself , as she thought that she failed him as his mother, was making her furious.

Curses were originated from black magic. They are banned from every kingdom.

Usually curses only get practiced by followers of the church of Evil's Scion. They are followers of the Demon king Ditail - who was defeated and sealed thousands of years ago in another realm by God Apollo himself.magic

After that anyone found using them or practicing them would be killed or imprisoned for life without any exceptions.

And the fact that someone from Evil's Scion was able to infiltrate the Blake mansion and curse the future heir - was an insult in itself.

But nobody in the room was currently worried about that. As their son's life was hanging on the thread.

They have tried to identify or remove the curse but without purifying magic it was not possible and anyone with that magic was associated with the church." Why isn't anyone from the church arrived yet ".

Duke Agnus asked his guard who was standing behind him.

" We've already informed them and currently high priest Andreas is on his way here. They could be arriving any minute now. " The soldier replied hurriedly as he didn't want to anger the parents more.

" Is brother alright "

An 8 year old girl pulled her mother's dress and asked her in a cute voice, her eyes were getting misty looking at Rio.

She was Amelia Blake. Princess of Damascus , little sister of the person lying motionless and the daughter of Duke Agnus and Duchess Artemis Raven.

"He's fine. Don't worry, He'll wake up soon. okay" Artemis tried to coax her child as she didn't want her to be worried.

Everyone in the mansion knew just how close both brother and sister were and she knew if she didn't say something this little girl was going to start crying and for a fact they knew that no one except Rio could stop her tears.

After hearing her mother , little Amelia didn't doubt her words and went near Rio's bed and held his hand.

"Wake up lazy brother. Or I'm gonna oversleep too tomorrow . "

Hearing her sweet words a little smile formed on everyone's face in the room.

And just then the door opened and a guard announced the arrival of High priest Andreas.

Andreas, wore a white dress with a symbol of sun God Apollo which shows his affiliation with church. He had 2 golden strips going down his shoulders and a book in his hand. He had a tattoo of lyre made on the back of his hand.

" Greetings Duke Agnus. Lady Artemis. " He gave a slight bow to Duke and Duchess, who nodded their heads in response.

Andreas came near Rio to check his condition without waiting for further instructions as he was already informed about the situation.

He checked Rio's condition and started chanting some spells in ancient language.

Some black lines started getting visible on Rio's heart and started spreading towards his head.

The Duke had a hunch and after seeing the curse lines appearing on his son's body - his face grew even more worried . He could tell it was a serious curse which could affect his son's mind and even take his life if not removed successfully.

" How's my son, is everything okay"

Artemis who was now holding Amelia , couldn't hold herself back as well as Angus and asked about her son's condition.

But after Priest Andreas reassured her that the curse wasn't fully placed and he could remove it successfully ,she took a deep breath.Priest Andreas took out a flask filled with holy water and a made a lyre mark on Rio's chest. He then started chanting his spells and seeing him nobody said anything lest they interrupt him.

After 5 minutes the black lines started getting drawn to the lyre mark and later disappeared in smoke.

At the end a white light engulfed Rio's body and as Andreas informed everyone about the curse's removal.

"The curse is lifted now, he just needs rest. "

Hearing his voice everyone had a smile on their face.

Duke Agnus and Artemis started talking to Andreas about the details for the curse and who could've done this.

"Mama. brother he's _ he is . "

As they were talking they heard the voice of Amelia who was screaming and tears running down her eyes.

Seeing her crying and hearing her , Artemis came back running to see Rio's body convulsing on bed. He was shaking and tears were coming from his eyes and it looked like he was in a lot of pain.

Artemis nearly lost her control for a second seeing her son in that situation and after calming down she came near him and started to check his condition.

Just then Agnus and Andreas came too and saw Artemis holding Rio's head.

" You said the curse was lifted. "

Artemis said while glaring at Andreas and her black eyes were getting bloodshot now.

Andreas didn't reply to her and started his spells to see Rio's condition again, but he didn't find anything wrong. Andreas had a frown on his face.

"what's wrong Andreas" - Duke Agnus asked and he too was getting impatient now.

Never has he in his life felt so helpless like he felt now. Watching his son writhing in pain and not being able to do anything . He swore to himself that once Rio was fine, he would eradicate all of Evil's Scion from his city.

Andreas looked at him and informed that - " Rio was fine but unlike what they thought the curse wasn't placed recently on him but it's been affecting him for a long time and it was just aftereffects from suddenly removing it completely. His body is that of a kid and is still non-awakened , so his energy is drained along with the curse and that's why he's in pain. "

Andreas gave Rio some potion which he took out from his storage ring and after that Rio's body stopped shaking and his face which was pale till now, had some color and he looked to be resting now.

Andreas informed the Duke that he'll probably wake up tomorrow morning after his body completely absorbed the potion and till then they should just watch after him .

Andreas was planning to go back to church but Artemis stopped him till Rio woke up and seeing the look in her eyes he too didn't argue with it.

Rio was thus said to have left alone in his room but Amelia and Artemis refused to go out and stayed with him.

Amelia whose eyes were swollen from crying now was sleeping with her brother while holding his hand.

While Artemis was sitting on a chair, thinking about everything that happened today , as she remembered the look of pain on Rio's face after the curse was removed and his shaking body, she didn't want to imagine what she would do if she lost her son.

But now her son was fine and now she was planning to make the people who did this to her son pay the price.

There was a murderous look in her eyes and if anyone from Evil's Scion saw this - then they would've realized how badly they have messed up by going after the son of not only the current sword king but also the retired shadow sword.

A/N:- hey readers - I know that the updates are slow but I was busy planning out all the details for the fantasy world so it took time.

thanks for your support and I'll try to start posting atleast once a day(TRY TO)