Chapter 32 The way of a dragon
When Ronan was unconscious in the academy infirmary , the entire medical staff of the academy was sweating buckets worried over the health of the second prince.
To make the situation even more tense , Chanakya was overseeing his treatment personally as he was waiting for the head doctor to give his report.
Although there was nothing life threatening ailing the second prince , one could say that he had every other non life threatening problem ailing his body .
His leg muscles had torn as there was a lot of internal bleeding , the doctor could not even comprehend how much willpower Ronan needed to push his muscles to the limit of being torn.
The ligament in his left leg was torn , while there seemed to be some collection of blood in his lungs .
Although the medical staff could use high level healing spells to clear out his lungs and rebuild torn muscles , The ligament injury would take time to heal.
There was a deep wound in both his palms as marks could be clearly seen where his nails had torn into his own flesh , while Ronan had accidentally bit his tongue . Most likely the cause of the blood collection in his lungs..
Although there were no major external injuries the internal state of the second prince was worrying as his blood pressure was low , most likely due to low sugar and sodium levels.
The doctors had to give him potent elixirs to stabilize his condition , as no corners were cut as far as expenses were concerned when it came to using medical materials for Ronan.
Chanakya who read the whole report carefully , only had the image of the unconscious Ronan hurling his body over to step 61 as he realized how battered Ronan’s body was when he achieved this feat.
Ronan had probably torn his muscles at step 50 , when his speed slowed down from 1 second to 3 as his body could not physically keep up with the pressure his will exerted . However the part to Marvel was that despite his pain , and despite his fatigue , Ronan chose to pass out before choosing to give up.
No seven year old had a will power even remotely as strong as Ronan who could continue despite the pain and continue till his goal is achieved. It is this part that made Ronan stand-out to Chanakya.
From the day that Ronan entered the academy , Chanakya naturally had eyes on this once in a millennium talent . However he never showed personal interest in Ronan Draco as although Ronan’s talent was astronomical , his personality seemed aloof to Chanakya.
Ronan was not interacting with his peers in the opening ceremony a behaviour that caused concern for chanakya who feared that Ronan was one of the high nobles who came to the academy with an ego complex.
However Ronan’s performance today shattered that conception for Chanakya , as although his strategy to climb the tower could only be described as a brute’s method . His superior willpower and mindset is what placed Ronan a class above his peers.
In his many years of serving as the principal , never had Chanakya seen such a terrifying will from a kid who had nothing to proove to the world.
He could have stopped once he broke Percy’s record , however it was his resolution to reach step 61 and pride to accept nothing less than that result that made him hurl even his unconscious body over the step.
Such strong will coupled with his already monstrous natural talents , Chanakya could see clearly that guided properly the future of this one kid was limitless.
He could change the world , if he was given enough room to grow . However how he changed the world depended on what kind of a man he grew to be .
For Chanakya , Ronan was a personal project now as he had decided that he would guide this one youth to the best of his potential , as the fate of Everlon may someday be decided by him , and it would be a shame if such a kid was led astray due to wrong tutelage.
Taking a grade A elixir worth several thousand gold coins from his personal reserve , chanakya said to the doctor as he handed the vial ” Get him up and running in a day doctor , a day spent sleeping is a day wasted for this kid “.
The head doctor was stunned speechless as he naturally recognized the value of the vial in his hands as he trembled unconsciously .
He had never administered such an potent medicine to a patient before as even the academy’s best medicine was C grade at best. However he understood that the man sleeping in his infirmary was not just any other student , as he administered the medicine to him to the best of his abilities.
Ronan’s body glowed with the overflow of healing energy , as he radiated a red faint glow , at the parts where the medicine was taking effect.
The doctors could see with their naked eyes , as the glow subsided and Ronan’s internal injuries that would otherwise take months to heal , healed in a matter of seconds.
Not only was his ligament reattached , the reconstruction also improved it in quality , as Ronan gained a level through the whole process.
Jolted awake , the first thing Ronan did was cough some blood out of his throat , as he surveyed his surrounding for immediate threats. Only to find medical stuff suited in white splattered with dots of red blood that he had just coughed.
” Good evening student , glad to see you are alright ” the doctor said as calmly as he could.
Ronan had recollected the events of what happened before he passed out as he asked ” Doc , how high did I climb? “.
The question baffled the head doctor as he had no idea about the events that led to Ronan passing out , as he looked around the other medical staff for support.
After a while he said ” Errr… I have no idea kiddo , however you had a torn ligament and a lot of internal injury , whatever it was that you were doing , it might be a good idea to tone it down a little . This time the principal gave up a rare elixir to get u patched up , but that won’t always be the case.
So unless you want to spend most of your schooling days here with us , I expect you to take better care of yourself in the future …. Okay? “.
As the doctor slammed Ronan over his condition , Ronan could not help but feel nostalgic about the palace , as this was basically the lecture he got from the medical staff every single day back there.
For Ronan training was pushing himself to his very limits , as very often than not it would lead to some sort of injury , as only when his body gave out would the machine stop.
” Yes doctor ” , Ronan said weakly , however in his heart he knew that he might be back here in under a week.
However his main focus was on the fact that the principal gave up a rare elixir to speed up his recovery , as he could feel the residual healing powers of the medicine in his blood.
Ronan was used to being administered grade B elixirs all the time in the palace , however judging by the power he felt , he knew that this one was grade A or better.
Ronan was aware of how valuable this treasure was , as he felt warm in his heart over the fact that someone here cared about him.
It seemed like he would need to thank the principal in person for this ….
/// Apologies for posting this chapter unedited , it will be fixed up soon ///