The Princess And The Lord

Truthfully Lory didn't know if she could heal this young woman completely even though she had no problem healing wounds and bruises from explosions and falls but she didn't know if she could heal the young woman's mind after she was hit by the possession spell, after all, her strength was still not fully recovered and Lazarus's magic is not like any other dark magic.

Lory pressed her hands on the young woman's temple, then she took a deep breath as she concentrated on eliminating the Lazarus remaining in the young woman's mind, it took her a while to clear the black magic fortunately Lory persisted and she managed to drift away some of the remains of the black magic she just hopes it was all of it.

Zhao Li Xin saw the visible bruises and wounds on the woman's face and arms gradually disappear, on the contrary, Lory's face turned pale, Zhao Li Xin brows knitted closely feeling displeased to see Lory sacrifice herself for a stranger, ironically if Lory wasn't like this kind of woman he will not meet Lory and he will not fall in love with her selflessness and kindness.

A moment later Lory withdrew her hand from the women. "This is all I can do..." Lory sighed then placed the shapeshifting form on him again before the dust died down and people already woke up from their daze. 

"Young miss, oh no, young miss!" two maids rushed towards the unconscious woman in frenzy, their faces pale white when they saw their mistress didn't move and they kept shaking her to wake her up.

Lory watched them shake an unconscious woman like a milkshake and she was glad she had healed the woman otherwise this maid might have killed their own mistress.. Zhao Li Xin didn't care about the commotion he might not even notice, Zhao Li Xin helped Lory to her feet and tapped the remaining dust and dirt off her skirt. 

"What did you do to my mistress!" The servants panicked when their master didn't wake up, and they were worried that they would be held accountable by their master then they saw Lory who know what idea came to their head suddenly they pointed at Lory and shouted at her furiously "Who are you, why did you hurt my mistress?!" it sounded more like an accusation than a question and the people around them as expected started to wake up from their daze after the effects of using Jin Hao's plants started to fade so they attracted by the maid's loud voice.

Zhao Li Xin was annoyed he gave the maid a death glare and the maids immediately covered their mouths. Lory didn't know how to explain it alas she was too tired to talk right now. Zhao Li Xin also noticed how tired Lory was, he wrapped his arms around her shoulders, "Let's go home" he said softly.

Lory nodded weakly, however, the servants became panicked again when they saw Lory leave, if they left the culprit away they didn't know how to answer their Master and madam, this was the same as giving them a death sentence and they shouted anxiously "Wait, you can't leaving my mistress like this! You… you have to take responsibility!"

"You dare?!" Zhao Li Xin who was already in a bad mood became even more irritated, the air around them suddenly became heavy, the two maids started to tremble as two pairs of dark cold eyes glared fiercely at them, even though the man was very handsome like an immortal in a painting, however that man's aura was colder than the snow that fell in winter, there was no doubt in their minds that this man would kill them if they dared to provoke him any further.

Sweat drenches their forehead they lower their head not daring to look Zhao Li Xin in the eyes. Lory lean her head on Zhao Li Xin's chest "I'm so tired, Li Xin…" 

Lory's feeble looks eased his anger tremendously, his attention quickly shifts and Loy did look quite pale, anxious he carry Lory then used his Qin Gong jumped to the air and left at high speed that normal eyes couldn't follow. 

The two maids sigh in relief knowing they are able to preserve their life but then she looks at their unconscious mistress their faces become gloomy again.

Perhaps they wouldn't survive at all.

Zhao Li Xin jumped nimbly from one roof to another, strangely it didn't bother Lory much, instead, she felt so comfortable that she started to fall asleep while wrapping her arms around Zhao Li Xin's neck it felt warm and safe the trouble and pain seemed to drift away finally exhaustion took over and soon Lory fell asleep.

'Father, don't worry I'm safe now…'

  As they arrived at Manor Ling Zi was stunned to see Lory unconscious in Zhao Li Xin's arms, "Madam, what happened to her?"

"Quiet, she is sleeping" Zhao Li Xin rebuked Ling Zi in a low voice.

Ling Zi quickly covered her mouth and bowed, "So...sorry, my Lord"

Zhao Li Xin stepped into the courtyard with Ling Zi following them, then Ling Zi quickly oped the door bedroom for her Lord and prepared the bed for Lory to rest, Zhao Li Xin carefully placed Lory on the bed then he covered her with a blanket.

"You can leave now," he said to Ling Zi.

"Yes, my Lord!" Ling Zi caught a glimpse of Lory's pale face before she left with a worried face. Zhao Li Xin then took off Lory's shoes and socks then gently removed the hairpin from her head and parted her hair.

Zhao Li Xin returned to tidying up Lory's blanket then tug the strain of her hair behind her ears as he watch her sleep.

"I messed up again, didn't I?" Zhao Li Xin smiled sinisterly at his incompetence "I kept promising to protect her yet I always failed, no matter how close I got to her in the end she always slipped through my fingers...I'm so useless" Zhao Li Xin clenched his fists.

"I told you it wasn't easy being with Lucien's heir, they were all born with a mission, and sometimes it cost their lives that's why the Lucient family never grew big" Girsha's mood turned somber as she looked into Lory's sleeping eyes, no matter how much time passed. he still saw her as the same strange little girl who fell in his nest.

"I've been with this girl for decades, I used all my strength to protect her, to the point that I merge my soul with her just to keep her safe but in the end, she's still got hurt" bitterness was etched into his words then Girsha shifts his gaze towards Zhao Li Xin "You have to learn to accept that we can't always save her even though we can clear her way but sooner or later she has to fulfill her destiny, with or without us"

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somewhere deep in the forest in the abandoned temple complex, there was a loud shrill sound, and things were breaking and crushing, but no one dared to check what was going on.

only a man in loose dark gray robes swaggered into the room then calmly opened the door, he leaned against the door frame watching Lao Min Na sprawled on the floor rolling left and right uncontrollably.

"I told you you weren't her match but you didn't believe me" he smirked mockingly.

"HELP ME!!" Lao Min Na shouted while covering half of her face with her hands.

half of Lao Min Na's face is marked with a glowing Bluebell that flares like a fire that extends from her face to her neck and arms, and her skin shrivels and turns blackish as if on fire.

"It's hurt - it's very hurt, please help me, Lazarus! PLEASE !" Lao Min Na screams in frenzy.

Lazarus chuckled he calmly entered the room while walking leisurely then placed the palm of the ladder on Lao Min Na's head and a purplish-blue light was absorbed into his hand, at the same time Lao Min Na stopped screaming and writhing in pain.

After a while, Lazarus finally absorbed all the light from Lao Min Na leaving behind a faintly glowing flower that soon disappeared in his hand. "Have you learned your lesson now?" he teased Lao Min Na who was drenched in sweat but his entire face and body had returned to normal.

Who knows if Lao Min Na was angry to answer or she is still traumatized by her experience. Lao Min Na was sitting limply on the floor with her head down with her hair messy she looked miserable. 

"Even after I gave you my power, and told you how to manipulate her feelings, in the end, you still couldn't beat her…" Lazarus sneered at how pathetic Lao Min Na was.