The Princess And The Lord

Maddy and Jack took a moment to collect themselves. It was Jack who spoke first, "Um, Mr. Thornberry and Mr. Equillan, it's an honor to meet you both..." his lips quivered with nervousness mixed with excitement.

"My pleasure as well, Mr. Quaid" Jay answered with a reverence that flattered Jack quite a lot.

"Because we are honest here, can you help me find Gavin, he is actually one of my valuable assets and he brought someone we really need," said Jay.

"Of course I will help you, wait a moment!" Jack's attitude changed one hundred and eighty degrees after learning the identities of Jay and Clift. He immediately went to his desk to get his laptop, then returned to the sofa and started typing in front of Jay.

"We as former Ultima members have a way to communicate with each other in secret..." his big fingers danced across the keyboard quickly.

"Why do you have to keep the contact between you secret?" Clift was curious.

Jack sneered then said, "Many missions in the Ultima Infantry unit are against the military code of ethics and humanitarian law, therefore they forced us to sign a confidentiality agreement before we accepted to become members of the Ultima Infantry so that we would not testify or sue them after the war, but so "They are still afraid, and now they are still watching our movements," explained Jack.

Remembering how they treated the Ultima infantry members, Clift understood why they became paranoid because it only took one person to speak up to blow up their mistakes during that time even though the Ultima infantry members more or less voluntarily signed and agreed but it would have been created unnecessary attention from the public and many people in high places will be dragged down by the mud.

"I'm in, I will try to ask everyone!" Jack's voice rose.

Jay changed his sitting position next to Jack and then looked at the laptop screen, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, "This is porn hub?"

Jack smiled shyly, "That's why no one noticed, you need a special code to enter our chat forum"

"May I know the code?" Jay tries to probe.

Jack replied regretfully "Unfortunately it will be useless, even if I give the code if they don't know you then this forum will be closed down automatically, and if I give a fake name of one of the Ultima members I'm afraid someone will find it out eventually which will result not only it will close the forum but it will also scare the Ultima members causing them to return to their hideouts and who knows when we will start contacting each other again.

Jay understands Jack's difficulties it seems he can only depend on Jack to find Gavin.

"What's the name of your forum?" Clift asked suddenly.

Jack's face turned slightly red, "Um, it's 'Shake 'til you make it" he turned his gaze back to the laptop screen to avoid embarrassment. If the members of the Ex-ultima infantry found out that their embarrassing forum's name was known by the Archknight, one could only imagine how embarrassed they would be and there was a high probability that they would vent their anger on Jack. Therefore, Jack swore to himself not to let anyone other than Maddy know about this!

On the other hand, Jay didn't think it was an embarrassing name, in fact, he thought it was a smart idea because no one would have expected a perverted forum like this to contain former members of the famous Ultima infantry.

"Catchy name" Jay makes a brief comment. 

"Ha - ha..." Jack laughed awkwardly while Maddy covered her face in shame. If she had been given the choice she would have pretended not to know Jack.

Jack starts asking questions on the forum looking for Gavin but no one knows where he is. Few people had heard the rumors that someone was targeting Gavin, so it might be a while before Gavin contacted them.

Jack then reminded his friends again not to forget to immediately send him a notification when Gavin appeared in the forum. Since Gavin is famous for causing trouble everywhere he goes therefore no one asks further questions about what he has done this time.

"Sorry, no one has heard from Gavin in the meantime. If I may ask, when did you lose contact with Gavin?" By knowing the communication time between them, Garrof can estimate Gavin's situation because he knows quite well how Gavin usually works.

"Actually, it hasn't been twenty-four hours yet," Jay looked at his watch before answering.

Hearing this, Garrof's expression became more real. "Oh, then Gavin will need a few days to secure the situation until he contacts us," Garrof guessed that Gavin would ensure the situation was safe first before contacting them, which means it would take at least two days.

Jay and Clift could only leave this problem to Jack, but he hoped that this would not take long because there were still many things that needed their attention, especially since Lucas' condition was still not improving.

"Guess we'll have to wait" Clift Mutter.

"I think so," Jay sighed in resignation, "Do you have any rooms available here?" he suddenly turned to Garrof.

In contrast to Maddy, Jack's reaction was much calmer even though he didn't expect them to rent one of his guild rooms. "Of course, Maddy will show you the room later" he glanced at Maddy who was glaring at him. It wasn't that Maddy didn't want them to stay at their place, it was just that Maddy didn't think their room was suitable for receiving a noble guest like the Archknight.

If only he knew he had told Princess Lorient to stay in their room for a few days, plus the room Lory stayed in the first time wasn't the best room, thankfully Maddy didn't know anything about this, at least not yet.

"We will tidy up your room first. I hope you can wait fifteen minutes ...or maybe fifteen, um thirteen minutes...?" Maddy's smile was stiff, she didn't feel polite about making their honored guest wait, but she also wasn't sure how long it take to thoroughly clean the whole room.

"There's no need to rush, we also have to go to handle our business, maybe we won't be back until midnight." Jay felt bad seeing Maddy's nervous face so he deliberately said this but he wasn't completely lying because there were indeed several places they had to visit while they were here. 

Maddy felt touched by Jay's thoughtfulness, well this was expected from King Lucas' trustee subordinates. Regardless of their reverence position in the world, they are very humble and understanding. This is how the higher-ups in the world should act!

Maddy's thoughts were suddenly broken by the sound of a notification from her cell phone. she took out the cell phone from her pocket and then checked who called her, soon after a bright smile bloomed on her cute face, "Ah, Raven sent news!" she exclaimed.

Jack was also happy to hear that, "How are he and Mr. Zhao? They're not in trouble, right?" Jack joked.

Maddy read Lory's message for a moment then said "She said she and Mr. Zhao were fine, she said they're having a great time!"

Obviously, Lory didn't tell Maddy what had happened.

"That's good" Jack commented briefly then his attention returned to Jay and Clift "So what else can I do for you?"

"Not for now, just call me when Gavin contacts you" Jay extends his hand for a handshake.

Jack shakes Jay's hand and gives a firm answer "I will!"

Initially, Jack wanted to accompany Jay and Clift to the front of the Beast's Slayer guild building, but Clift politely refused because he didn't want to attract unnecessary attention because they were traveling incognito. Jack understood so he just accompanied Jay and Clift to the front of the elevator.

"We will contact you as soon I know anything about Gavin" Jack reassured Jay and Clift.

"We...I mean I will call you when your room is ready, sir" Maddy bowed her head as an act of respect and also hid her flustered face.

Jay gives an acknowledged nod "Thank you"

Jay and Maddy continued their business, smiling until the elevator doors closed slowly. Once they were sure the elevator had gone down, Jack blew his cheeks and then his whole body dropped and he squatted on the floor with a limp face as if he had just run ten kilometers. Meanwhile, Maddy hit Jack hard on the shoulder, but it wasn't enough to vent his excitement thus Maddy gives another hit at Jack again while trying to contain her scream.

"Oh stop - Stop it!" Jack raised his hand and complained but Maddy continued to hit him.

Jay and Clift headed to their car, Jay turned towards the Slayer guild building for a moment then the corners of his lips lifted into a faint smile.

"What is wrong?" Clift caught the subtle change in Jay's expression.

"Do you remember Lory used to name her video game character as Raven Jane" Jay unconsciously smiled as he unlocked the car.

Clift recalled the past with a bitter smile. "Yeah, I wonder why she used the last name Jane?" He pulled out the car door and got in.

Jay started the car engine however he turned silent for a short time later on he spoke in a quiet and nostalgic tone "Lory said Jane was taken from the meaning of Jane-doe which means someone without identity and she took Raven's name simply because it gave the opposite imaged from Lord Girsha's white wings."

"Ironically she became that character in the end, a black wing without an identity..." there's a deep sadness and regret in Clift's voice.

Jay's expression became heavy but then he shook his head and started the engine afterward the car drove away.