The Princess And The Lord

Their discussion lasted until the night with the death decision of Maurice Fisher and his group and also the explosion at the safety point of Mareka is the actions of other groups that are contrary to their guilds and Lawrence personally will give big compensation for the whole family of the late hunters that involved in this matters. However, Lory knew it was actually hush money so the victim's family would refrain from discussing this problem with other people.

Lory understood that this was meant to keep the situation from getting out of control. The Guild had to keep this matter out of the public eye until they found a better solution. Lory didn't want to interfere in guild affairs because she also had more important matters to handle.

Back to Summer and Spring Guest House Garrof and Lloyd prepare food or rather order through delivery orders then arrange it at the dining table while Lory calls Maddy to inform the situation but does not tell her where she is now for the safety of Maddy herself.

Lory then sent a message to Lilly and Hugo telling them they were fine, a moment later, Lory received an email from Hugo informing him that the public's response to Zhao Li Xin's paintings was incredible and Azalea Art Gallery had started to contact him, although it's not set in stone whether they would hold an exhibition for Zhao or not, but Hugo was confident he would soon hear good news from the Azalea Manager.

Lory delivers the good news to Zhao Li Xin and teases him that he is one step closer to becoming one of the most famous painters in the world, but as usual, Zhao Li Xin only gives a lukewarm reaction, instead he was more interested in learning how email worked and then asked Lory to teach him how to set up email for himself even though it's not clear why a lazy introvert who hates socializing like him wanted to have an email.

Garrof and Lloyd were curious where Zhao Li Xin came from, they wondered how an adult like him didn't know how to set up an email when a five-year-old kids could do that in a heartbeat but because it was related to Lory's privacy they swallowed their question.

After teaching Zhao Li Xin Lory, she heard the sounds from the doorbell. Lory then jumped from the couch toward then run to the door. Lory deliberately ordered especially for Zhao as she fully knew Zhao Li Xin's tastes were very different from theirs. Although Zhao Li Xin wouldn't complain about trivial matters like this but Lory didn't want to force Zhao Li Xin to adapt to this world in a hurry cause she herself needed several years to finally be able to adapt to the cultivation world.

So among the pizza, pasta, bread loaf, and beer, there was a bowl of white rice and boiled chicken with a bowl of clear soup on the side complete with chopsticks and a small plate. The clash of cultures is shown clearly on the table.

Garrof was a little confused by Zhao Li Xin's choice of food, which in his opinion was like food for sick people, but he didn't comment the same as Lloyd, he didn't think Zhao Li Xin's taste was strange at all. Besides people in the world have different tastes, for example, there are certain people who like to eat spaghetti and pizza together, at the same time! now that's weird!

That certain people in the middle putting the spaghetti on the pizza and then rolling it like a spring roll, Garrof feels someone drill a hole in his face he turns his eyes at Lloyd "What's up?" 

Lloyd scoffed in disgust then turned his eyes to Zhao Li Xin who was eating elegantly with impeccable etiquette then he glanced at Lory who was eating spaghetti calmly and gracefully without making a sound immediately his annoyance from before wiped away. 

'What a feast for the eyes!' he takes a deep breath of satisfaction.

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____Eagle Rock city___

In a cafe, a man with slightly messy blonde hair and bright blue eyes was typing on his laptop. The man had a childish appearance but mixed with a quiet and mature demeanor that showed his true age.

A few moments later a man with red hair and brown skin took long steps. His blue-green eyes were filled with anxiety, then he pulled the chair in front of him, dropped his buttocks, and let out a deep breath.

"How is it?" Jay closed his laptop.

"Marco Duane has disappeared and so has his cousin Emely Cole" Clift angrily threw his cell phone on the table. 

Marco is a King's Man soldier who is suspected of being involved in the attack that occurred on Lucas in Braunwell City, although it is not clear whether he was directly involved or was used by certain parties, nevertheless, there is a high chance it has something to do with him because two weeks before his appointed mission his cousin, Emily Cole who later known to be the member of the S.A.I.N.T organization visited him.

Knowing this, Clift sent Noxcra agents to monitor the movements of the two people. Unfortunately, their enemy was able to get past their surveillance and take those two people under their noses which was very humiliating.

"I think the Noxcra agent had been watching them closely," Jay calmly asked.

"That's what I thought too, but someone took it and one of our agents died" Clift's eyes flashed with anger and frustration at the failure of his men. He took the soda bottle on his desk and took a long drink to calm himself down.

 Noxcra is a secret agency that exists as part of the King's Men, but the existence of this agency is not known to the public, In fact, many members of the King's Men do not know about the existence of this agency.

Noxcra was created directly under the supervision of the Archknight by the orders of the King with the task of carrying out secret missions that were directly related to the safety of the King and his descendants, even though that meant killing and destroying everything that put a threat to the Lucient descendant safety and Clift was the Archknight who led the agency.

Jay didn't blame Clift, from this situation he concluded that their enemy's abilities were stronger than they thought because they managed to beat Noxcra's perfect success rate. Jay then turned his gaze to the building across from him, "So Alfred Hubert is our only chance to find out what the enemy wanted, huh?!"

Clift put down the bottle and then turned his gaze in the same direction as Jay "But we have to find Gavin first"

"The Beast Slayer Guild" Jay looked at the Beast Slayer Guild building.

Clift was lifted from the chair and placed a bill on the table saying, "Come on, let's not waste any more time."

Jay took his laptop and then went with Clift to the Beast Slayer Guild building. Once there, they were immediately greeted by the boisterous voices of Hunters coming in and out registering and reporting their mission while some hunters sat in the gathering room to relax while drinking and chatting in loud voices.

Jay and Clift glanced around the place before continuing towards the registration desk, not long after they met a young woman with curly brown hair and white skin, the girl who was standing behind the counter was busy serving the hunters.

A moment later the girl's gaze caught Jay and Clift's arrival, knowing they were new here she immediately gave a welcoming smile and said: "Welcome to the Beast's Slayer's Guild, I'm Madeleine. How may I help you?" he greeted in a friendly manner.

Jay and Clift approached the table cutting through the line of waiting hunters, thinking they were receiving complaints and protests. Jay and Clift pretend not to know.

Maddy frowned disapprovingly "Sir I will serve you but you have to queue first—"

Without saying much, Jay took a small card, pushed it slowly onto the table, and spoke in an authoritative tone, "I want to meet your leader."

Even though Maddy was an ordinary girl who didn't have a wide circle of friends, she could immediately recognize the Lucient insignia embossed in dark purple on the card, which looked very luxurious.

Maddy received the card with both hands and her expression turned tense, she looked at the two strange men in front of her with a wary face.

Jay noticed the hesitation on Maddy's face not wanting to cause more problems Jay gave a friendly smile to reassure her "We just wanted to ask about someone"

Maddy still has doubts, she can't know the authenticity of this card, but if this is a real card then the two men in front of her are not just random people, their position could even be higher than the city governor, no, even the governor can't be compared to someone who can have a card because only the Lucient family had the authority to give out this card.

A few years a goJack had shown the fake version of the card therefore Maddy could quickly recognize the card. Jack once said that this card was highly sought after by many people on the black market therefore some fools tried to fake it but their fate never ended well. Maddy never dreamed that she would see the real card with her own eyes and even touch it!

"I...I'll tell my Boss, please...please wait!" Maddy tried to look as cool as possible but failed miserably but she didn't have time to worry about that.

"Jim, take over my desk." Maddy grabbed one of the employees standing next to her. After that, she rushed towards the elevator. Maddy pressed the up button impatiently but it felt too long she couldn't wait and then ran up the stairs with big steps in a hurry.

Jay and Clift pretended not to notice her overreaction and looked away as if nothing had happened but secretly Clift whispered at Jay, "You scared her,"

Honestly, Jay felt bad for scaring the girl but he was in a hurry, Jay scratched his nose awkwardly and then muttered "That card was made for that reason"

Jay and Clift move to the gathering room then take the table in the corner and then take a sit and wait.

At the same time, Maddy dashed to the ninth floor. When she reached the top, she felt her legs shaking due to a sudden exercise, Maddy hunched to her stomach trying to catch her breath.

However she remembered two important people waiting for her downstairs Maddy didn't dare to waste any more time Mady forced her feet to move and then rushed toward Jack's office, unbothered to knock she kicked the door open and shouted "JACK!"

Jack was so shocked he almost threw the coffee cup out of his hand, he put down the coffee cup and then shouted angrily at Maddy "WHAT?!"

Jack was about to scold Maddy but his voice stopped when he saw Maddy's face as red as a boiled crab, she looked out of breath and there was a thin layer of sweat glistening on her forehead. Jack frowned in confusion, "Did you take the stairs to the ninth floor?" Jack's shoulders slumped next to him and he half groaned, "Don't tell me the elevator is broken again."

"No...not that" Maddy waves her hands while clenching her chest painfully trying to control her rapid breathing.

Jack knitted his brows then suddenly sighed "Don't tell me this is one of your efforts to exercise to slim your body, are you still annoyed when I said you look a bit chubby on the—"

"SHUT UP!" Maddy snapped but because of that, she coughed incessantly.

Jack shrunk his neck not daring to anger his little secretary, he felt funny for being afraid of a girl who was clearly much smaller than him.

After she managed to control her breathing, Maddy put Jay's card on the table and then pushed it in front of Jack as soon as Jack saw it, his breathing stopped.