"No, Your Majesty, you misunderstand. I have no other intentions. I was merely being overly protective. I only want my villagers to live their lives in peace. I have no other motives."
"Besides, look at the prescriptions I changed for you these past few days. How have they worked? Don't you feel much lighter? It is no longer like before, when your body felt heavy every day."
"And besides, you are the ruler of a nation. Do not keep saying such unlucky things. How could you possibly fail to survive? No matter how much the Second Prince wants to see you fall, you must hold on until the end. And if you die, would the Second Prince not naturally inherit your throne?"
Uchiha Hiko said this because he naturally wanted to provoke the Eldest Prince and see what impulsive words he might say in his fury. Only when a person was angered could one see their true nature.
"Your condition truly has not been very good these past few days. But I still have a way to save it. It is just that I will have to use the Reanimation Technique. You have heard of what the Reanimation Technique is like, haven't you? Still, I do not have much confidence, since I have never tried it before."
"It will also require the aid of some other things. But if I truly have to do it, my abilities are entirely sufficient. You need not worry too much."
Uchiha Hiko could see that the Eldest Prince's condition had indeed become dire these past few days. If he continued using those ordinary methods, he would only be ruining the Eldest Prince's body.
Moreover, he knew that, as the one treating him, he could not recklessly put anything into practice. He had to proceed