The healer brought out a tiny glass vial. Inside was a single drop of scorpion venom, diluted in goat’s milk. “Drink this each morning,” she said. “At first, you will feel ill. But over many moons, your body will learn to turn the venom into nothing more than a bitter spice.”
The rival fell to his knees. “How?”
Here’s a helpful, illustrative story to explain —the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually ingesting non-lethal amounts, building up tolerance. The Scorpion King’s Lesson Long ago, in a sun-scorched kingdom, there lived a young ruler named Kael. His throne sat between two dangers: a desert teeming with venomous scorpions, and rival lords who often tried to poison him at feasts. mithraditism