The Princess And The Lord

Lory watches the young her and Lucas leave the library with an indescribable feeling. She got too much information she needs to absorb. She doesn't understand what this dream means? Why now? and why she didn't know that Lucas….

"Yes, he knew about it long before you"

Lory startled then she turns around swiftly.

Arthea moves her hand and the diary that pushes to the corner floating in the air. Lory stares at Arthea with a confused look then she saw the diary flew to the ceiling and slip between the crack on the ceiling. Lory's eyes bulged as her mouth slightly open. She remembers how she found the diary, there was a renovation for the library and an accident happen that ruin the ceiling and that's how she found her mother diary. Arthea waved her hand to shut the ceiling then she shifts her glance at Lory.

"You the one who put it there, and I just know half of the information because Lucas destroys half the pages" Lory's chest moves up and down as she tries to control her inexplicable feeling.

"WHY?" Lory glare furiously at Arthea.

Arthea tilts her head "To follow your mother wish" she said softly.

Lory presses her lips into a thin line and her eyes become wet.

Arthea sigh "Your mother only has one chance to save both of you, one chance to make things right, and is not easy" Arthea walks to the window with a calm pace "To find the right moment, the right time, in thousands of possibility of the future. Your mother has to find one single thread among the million, one thread that will change everything" Arthea take a deep breath as she gazes to the distance.

She looks at Lory deeply "And that thread is Zhao Li Xin"

Lory was stunned, she motionless stand with bewildered eyes, Is like the wire in her brains is shutting down suddenly she becomes blank "Wait…you mean, my mother….."

"But Zhao Li Xin is born with two faith, either he saves the world or he destroys the world and for a while, the scales is lean to the latest, you know yourself how he is when you met him the first time, believe me, he is far more worst before he was saved by you" Arthea lean her back on the window frame with calm smile plaster on her delicate face.

"He is an empty shell who had no desire whatsoever. So someone has to alter his minds. He needs someone to teach him about love, jealousy, sadness, desperation and more, just like putting colorful marbles inside an empty jar so it make it beautiful" Arthea look down with smiles "So your mother send you, she wants me to guide you to him however we don't know what will be the relationship between the two of you, friends, family, lover, who knows but still your mother make a bet with for Zhao Li Xin"

"But thankfully it was love….love, nothing more powerful in this world than love, in a good and bad way," Arthea said softly with indescribable expression but a second later her face back to normal.

Lory still need time to process the new information but Arthea didn't want to waste more times "And I have another reason why I show you this dream"

Arthea solemn voice awaked her from her stupor, Arthea look at her with serious gaze "Just like you, Lucas had been struggled by himself to seek the truth behind your mother prophecy, he manages to enter Djevelskrin shrine just like you do, he begs me to show him the way how to save you..... sounds like déjà vu isn't it"

Lory's face turn stiffed, she become tongue-tied.

Arthea walk towards Lory then gently hold Lory hands "Your parents hide the secret from their children, Lucas hides his secret from you and you hide your secret from him, can you see Lorient…the secret brings tragedy and cause so much pained, I don't know if telling the truth would be the right choice but you don't have to carry this burden on your own, even though you have Girsha but Girsha is not human, they're something that only human could understand" 

Lory heart shudders under Arthea firm gaze as she said gently toward Lory "If you think this is all your fault, you are wrong and you must believe that!"

"But Lazarus…"

Arthea squeezes Lory's hands "Lazarus will find his way with or without you, you just speed the process….this is inevitable" she looks Lory with apologetic smiles.

Lory turns quiet as she contemplated then she stares deeply at Arthea grey eyes "Can I stop him?"

Arthea sigh then she weakly shakes her head "Do you believe me if I say I don't know…. But what I do know that this is would be the end"

Lory heard the same word from Huwang Shen Zi but still, she needs more confirmation so she narrows her eyes "For whom?" she carefully asks.

Arthea didn't say anything, she tilt her head and smiles warmly at Lory.

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On another side of Sacred Mountain peak territory two men fight vigorously, the fierce battle lasts for few hours and they equally wounded, but in the last moment another man finally able to land the last thrust on the other man's chest, the man sword pierce cleanly through the other man chest. the blood drip from the sword then the light in the man's eyes dimmed.

The other men panting rapidly, he pulls the sword from his opponent's chest all and the blood burst from the man's chest then tainted the other man fac. there is no expression on the man's face, he looks at his opponent's lifeless body fall on the ground. 

"Longer than I thought, master Chen" 

Two women with red robes land on the ground gracefully, she smiles deviously at the man who still kneeling on the ground while clenching his chest tightly.

"You…..from Hei Shen sect" Chen Hu Yin didn't look surprised.

"You finally avenged yourself" Shui Xian grin.

"Don't forget you owed our Lord" Cha Hua Remind him gently although there's a dangerous glint in the pair of her beautiful eyes.

Chen Hu Yin struggle to stand from the ground "Of course, even if I eat hundreds of leopard heart I will not dare to lie in front of Lord Long Ming"

See earnest eyes on Chen Hu Yin eyes Cha Hua amicably smiles "Good" she softly said.

"About my family," Chen Hu Yin's main concern is his family well being now.

"They safe in Tang Sheng City, you can meet them there," said Cha Hua again.

Chen Hu Yin feel relief then she looks at the center of the cloud city who is cover with fire and smoke "Is this the end of Sacred Mountain Peak society" he said with a low voice.

"Yes, tomorrow sacred Mountain peak will become history" Cha Hua looks at the smoked that raised to the sky.

"Do you regret it? you will lose all the privileged as a noble family from now on" Shui Xian teased him.

Chen Hu Yin didn't feel offended on the contrary he feel rather…peaceful "No….too many bad things happen in this place, we nothing more than chess piece for the Xie family, finally my family is free…" he said with melancholic tones.

Cha Hua and Shui Xian didn't say anything they make a long leap and disappeared, Chen Hu Yin eyes fixed to the place who used to be his home….it was a bittersweet feeling.