The Princess And The Lord

Inside Lory's room, Ming Yue Yin and Yang Xi Ying prop their chin with their hands on the table and both of them staring at Lory and Girsha enthusiastically.

"Aunty, are you using the bracelet this time?" Ming Yue Yin eyes glint excitedly.

"Is it going to be a bright light again?" Yang Xi Ying also got excited.

"Yes and yes!" Lory smile like a good kindergarten teacher. As a matter, a fact create something like this is not a big deal, this amulet is considered to be a fun item that anyone could purchase at a magic store, many people bought it just for fun during the masquerade party, and Halloween, this amulet is not reliable for a lot of reason. 

first, it can only be used for six hours.

Second, someone who has high-level power would easily recognize the illusion spell judging from the different aura on the person who wears the amulet.

Third, the 'creator' people able to create a device that could nullify the illusion spell and many surveillance, camera, phone even glasses was adding this kind of device to recognize everyone who wears the amulet, and so this amulet was deemed to be useless just like any other low-level spell.

The door suddenly opens then Jin Hao, Bei Li Yan, and Li Mo Zhen come to join the fun. Lory feel like she was going to run a presentation for the respective client.

"Come on in" Lory beckoned them to sit down.

"Is this going to be a long process?" Jin Hao pulls the stool next to Ming Yue Yin looking very interested.

"Lory, you sure there's no side effect right" Bei Li Yan obviously still fretted about it, but who wouldn't be? He never experiences this before and if something happened he had no one to help him.

"Will, I ever put you in danger?" Lory roll her eyes tiredly "This is not a big deal, in my world, there's a lot of children wearing this and pretend to be a mummy and Zombie" 

Jin Hao has heard about a zombie from the ancient book but he doesn't understand why anyone wants to pretend as such and why their parents allowed their children to pretend as a hideous monster "Why…?"

"To get a candy" Lory shrug.

Jin hao confused even more "How….?"

Lory feel she was hit by a sudden migraine "Forget it!" she massage her head then she looks at Bei Li Yan "Your hair, please" Lory stretch her hand.

Bei Li Yan shrunk his neck in reflex "Why?" he timidly asks. 

Lory didn't care his whining she deliberately pulls a strain of hair from his head.

"Ouch!" he yelp, then scratch his head and pout.

Lory take a deep breath "Okay, let start" Lory grinned and everyone turns their attention immediately to Lory, their eyes filled with expectation and excitement, to see real magic that they thought only a figment of imagination turns out to be real, how could they not feel giddy and exhilarated like a little kid.

Lory begin to chant, she put the bracelet on the table then make a circle on the table around the bracelet with her index finger without stop chanting a weird language when she stops a purple circle appear on the table then a glowing triangle appear inside the circle then the triangle multiply into two – three – four and so on, every triangle moves in clockwise then the bracelet floating in the air between her hands, Bei Li Yan hair slowly absorbed by the bracelet.

The triangles floating around the bracelet, when the bracelet glow the triangle symbol was absorbed by the bracelet, on by one the symbol appear around on the bracelet as the light glows brighter after it absorbed all the symbol the bracelet land on the table gently.

The one smooth silver bracelet now engraved with weird triangles on its surfaces, Lory took the bracelet and smile "Done!" she waves the bracelet carelessly "It's time for trial!" she looks at Bei Li Yan and smiles mischievously.

Bei Li Yan snapped back and his face turns white instantly "Wait, I'm not ready yet!" 

Suddenly Jin Hao grabs Bei Li Yan hand and Ming Yue Yin hold his shoulder so he can't run, Lory laugh than slid the bracelet on Bei Li Yan hand mercilessly. 

"NOOO!!" Be Li Yan shakes his head desperately.

Suddenly everyone stares at Bei Li Yan with bulging eyes and exclaimed at the same time.

Meanwhile, at the outside two men playing 'go' quietly inside the pavilion, Yuan Shao chuckles lightly "It seems everything is alright"

"Hm…" Zhao Li Xin hummed then put a back stone on aboard.

Yuan Shao already used by Zhao Li Xin indifference he knows Zhao Li Xin doesn't mean harmed that just how he behaved. The truth is he feel happy that Zhao Li Xin spends his precious time to play chess with him, Yuan Shao knows how detached Zhao Li Xin with other people so this was a great improvement in their relationship however he knows it happened because of his close relationship with Ming Yue Yin and Lory care a lot with Ming Yue Yin.

"They call your wife Lo – Ri?" he raised the question abruptly.

"Lory" he corrects Yuan Shao accent. 

Yuan Shao raised his brow 'that's not the important matter right?'

"Who is she?" after what happened in front of Sanguan Manor he realizes Long Ming wife is more than meets the eyes.

Zhao Li Xin sips his wine calmly then says: "She's my wife – always had, always will be" he said without a shred of hesitation.

"Is Yue Yin know about her?"

Zhao Li Xin scoffed "She knows even before me…" Zhao Li Xin looks annoyed, this is the fact he finds it hard to accept even until this day.

Yuan Shao stunned but then he let out a long heaved, it seems Long Ming wife relationship with Ming Yue Yin is deeper than he thought no wonder he always thought if one day Ming Yue Yin have to choose between him or Lory she might choose Lory, this is a sad fact for him but nothing he could do he just grateful Lory is a woman.

"There something not right about Lao Min Na don't you agree?" Yuan Shao shifts the conversation to something much more urgent. He was there when he saw Lao Min Na transform into something he can't explain, however, everyone beside him seem to know more about it but no one dares to speak about it not even Ming Yue Yin as if it brings a bad omen if you talk about it.

Zhao Li Xin fiddle the black stone chess with an inexplicable expression later he glances at Yuan Shao "Lory has given you an amulet right from the stone she asks you to chose"

"Yes…" he recalled that yesterday she ask him to choose a gemstone, the way she asked him to choose the stone is quite weird, he doesn't ask further because Ming Yue Yin assured him that it wouldn't harm him, Yang Xi Ying and Li Mo Zhen also follow Lory instruction without hesitated that's why he feel assured. 

"Keep that amulet with you all the time, and make sure you stay away from Lao Min Na, there something inside her that's beyond our power" Zhao Li Xin said in low voice.

"Even your power?" Yuan Shao shocked, Zhao Li Xin is the most formidable person he ever knows.

Zhao Li Xin sighs heavily "Yes, even me…"

"Wait, isn't that dangerous, we can't let the girls left the manor, is the manor even save, what is that thing?" Yuan Shao raised from his seat abruptly and the chessboard fall on the floor, he was frantic knowing a powerful entity is live not far from their place.

On the contrary, Zhao Li Xin's expression remains placid, he crosses her leg to another then sip his wine calmly, Yuan Shao didn't understand why he looks so calm in this situation.

"It's fine…that thing would not come, at least not now" 

Yuan Shao frown "Why you think like that?" 

"Lory said that thing is not…well" he tilted his head slightly.

"Your wife said, then….we should kill it right away" Yuan Shao balled his fist.

Zhao Li Xin drew a long breath "There's no weapon could kill that thing except the crimson lightning sword"

Yuan Shao finally calmed down after he knows Zhao Li Xin has a plan "Where we could find it?"

"Thankfully you gave me one of the pieces of the old map" he smiles cunningly.

"Map? The map that Lao Min Na wanted?" he remembers he used that map to exchange Zhao Li Xin's help, he never thought that map is more than he ever imagines "Wait, is that why Lao Min Na interested in that map once?"

"I guess so…"

Yuan Shao looks down as immersed in his thought, the matters with Lao Min Na seem deeper and darker than he thought "Ming Yue Yin know about this too?"

"I told you she knows everything before me" he exasperatedly said, "That brat is involved from the beginning, and I'm sure she would not leave until its end – not even if you force her to, I know I try…" Zhao Li Xin was vexed.