The Princess And The Lord

Lao Min Na only glance for a second at the pitiful people that soon turn into fertilizer for the flower before she headed to the middle of the garden where a giant black flower that look like a reddish-black hibiscus flower grew magnificently.

If only Lao Min Na didn't know how to cultivate this flower she will be mesmerized by its beauty.

"Beautiful isn't it" a man stared at the flowers with a wide and childish smile on his face.

Lao Min Na didn't have to guess who the man was, the demon must have stolen someone's skin again.

"More people are dying today, only twelve people survived," Lao Min Na report with a flat expression.

Lazarus waved his hand "It's okay, we can use them as fertilizer, we can't be wasteful can we" Lazarus joked in a crisp voice, maybe because he took an adolescent boy body there still remain of innocence in his appearance which I scary cause it made her lose her guard a bit.

Lao Min Na pushed the thought on her back, then she looked at the beautiful flower that standing 26 feet above her "How long before the flower fully mature?"

"Two-three more days, then we can use it, honey, to create powerful creatures and when the flower pollen spread to the air this place soon will be plagued with horrors,  it would make what happened at Verrion like a child's play" Lazarus' eyes sparkled as his gaze fell on the flower.

"What is the name of this flower?" Lao Min Na asked curiously.

"It has many names, but I like to call it Bone flower", his voice sounded quite proud.

Flowers that eat human flesh and bones then suck their blood, in her opinion a scary name like Bones Flower is quite fitting. Suddenly a leech-like creature crawled on the floor then rapidly climbed up the vines and onto the flower stem, the creature was none other Demonic parasites, when the flower shone with red dimmed light it's excited hundreds if not thousands of demon parasites that attached themselves to the flower stems, throbbing and making strange creepy sounds.

Lao Min Na narrowed her eyes then said: "Do you think the princess will find out that what happened to her old world was just a schemed for something greater?" Lao Min Na's voice was calm but there was a sickening feeling flashed on her face, just when she thought she had been used by Lazarus' actions, the Demon had just raised the bar again, and now she was left speechless.

"Lorient is smart but she's not that smart, in the end, she's just a human girl with little knowledge in her brain so how can she know? But… maybe she'll find out soon and I can't wait to see her shocking face" Lazarus covered his mouth with his fists and chuckled, his shoulders shaking violently as his laughter got louder and louder.

Lao Min Na stares inquisitively at Lazarus, even until today she still doesn't understand Lazarus' true feelings towards Lory, sometimes she shows concern, sometimes it was admiration, sometimes bitterness, and sometimes….hatred, jealousy, anger....guilt. But one thing is for sure, Lazarus has many complex feelings towards Lory that he doesn't give to anyone or anything, but what causes it? She may never know.

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Why were there so many doors, Lory found herself in complete darkness surrounded by many doors, thousands of doors neatly lined up side by side and all the way up endlessly.

'What place is this?' Lory muttered to herself.

"This is the Oblivion, the forgotten place"

Lory was startled by the sudden answer, she was even more surprised by the sudden presence of a boy next to her that come out of nowhere.

"You!...wait, I know you...." Lory's eyes widened as the memory rushed through her head. "You're here with my mother....and my father when I'm being chased" Lory pressed her head with her hand as the memory jumbled together and she didn't know which one is real.

The boy's expression remained calm, with a serene voice he explain "You used a forbidden spell to scatter your own soul before Lazarus could devour your soul and then you  used all your last bit of power to trap Lazarus here in the oblivion but your plan failed because your parents didn't let you sacrifice yourself"

"My parents...?" Lory mumbled to herself and the memories she had slowly become clearer.

"They gave everything to protect you…..to protect both of you, the moon and their Sun...." There was a hint of bitterness and envy in the boy's childish voice.

"Me and Lucas? are this about the prophecy?" Lory guessed.

The boy lowered his head and his flawless jade face shrouded in sorrow, then in a weak voice he spoke to Lory "Lazarus is the prophecy, he was destined to end the Lucient line and if you are not born his plan will succeed but the gods have their own plans"

"What do you mean....?" Lory looked confused.

The boy points his finger at Lory, "You're the one who's going to make things right again," said the boy solemnly.

A bright light suddenly came from behind her, Lory reflexively covering her eyes with her arm when she heard the boy screaming in haste.

"Find Lazarus's real name! you must find his origin! only by knowing everything you can fix everything! Don't forget Lorient! you must end all of this, LORIENT!"

Lory snapped out of her sleep, Lory's forehead covered in a thin layer of sweat and her heart raced like a horse galloping thousands of miles per hour, Lory stared wide at the wall in front of her, the boy's screams still ringing loudly in her head.

"Lazarus's real name…..real name…what his real name" Lory mumble repeatedly as if she was scared she might forget.

[Lory, are you okay? What's wrong? It's something wrong? Lory!] Girsha feels Lory's emotions become very unstable so he thought something really bad happened with her so he called out of her.

[Girsha, what is Lazarus' real name?] Lory who was still engrossed in her dream started muttering incoherently.

Girsha heard Lory confusedly [Lory, what are you talking about?]

[I need to know Lazarus' real name!] Lory subconsciously raised her voice.

This time he did not forget, all the memories from his dream exploded like a tsunami that hit her. How could she forget that even in their death her father and mother still protected her? so all those dreams weren't just dreamed at all, it turns out that all of this is real, her parents are still here, they are still watching over her, guarding her just like their promised.

[Girsha what do you know about oblivion?] Lory raised to her feet then she start walking back and forth.

  [Um…isn't that a void an empty space, I think? what's wrong Lory?" you scaring me] Girsha sounds fluster.

[NO!] Lory paused and clenched her fist, Lory took a sharp breath, she finally remember!

Lory cover her mouth and gasped [No, oblivion is a gate of the worlds, all of those words connected with one gate only, it's the Oblivion!]

Lory's wild rumbling made Girsha fear that something was seriously wrong with Lory because every word that came out of Lory's voice did not make sense [Wait – wait – wait, explain to me girl, how did you know about this!]

[I was there..] Lory muttered in shock [The plan was that after I replaced Lucas I knew I would die but it wasn't enough, I had to destroy my soul before Lazarus had a chance to devour me and regain his powers so I found a spell… it's a black magic spell that could destroy one's soul then I used all my power left to send Lazarus to the empty space, the oblivion but my plan failed because Mother interfered, the ancient druid spell she left on me stopped me from destroying my soul then Lazarus and I fell into the Oblivion. The stupid me didn't know that Oblivion wasn't an empty space but it was a gate that was why Lazarus was able to escape. Lazarus tried to devour me at first but Father and mother came, they protected me then mother lead me to that Boy and that boy sent me… here]

[Who is that boy?] Girsha asked in a heavy tone.

[He said he lives there, he's the Master of the gates, The Gatemaster of oblivion…] Lory groans as she suddenly feels excruciating headache squeezing her brain, then a second later more memories hit her like a wrecking ball, Lory remember the Gatemaster says he never sent humans to another world before so she might be affected by the timeline that's why her age is regressed to her teens that's why she became young again and the Gatemaster also told her that she has to save someone....who is this person? is it Zhao Li Xin? could it be Zhao Li Xin is the key?

Lory leaned her back against the wall and groaned while bending over in pain, Girsha who could feel Lory pained so he anxiously called out to her.

[Lory, are you all right? Lory answer me!] 

Thankfully the headache was slowly subsided, finally, Lory took a deep breath then answered weakly [I'm fine....]

[Really?] Girsha was still worried.

Lory pinch the bridge between her eyebrows then let out a long sigh [Yeah, I just.....remember everything now]