The Princess and The Lord

Chapter 1263 The Past and Present

1263 the past and present

lloyd was startled he honestly did not expect she would answer his call right away.

lloyd felt a bit awkward under lory and garrof's teasing gaze, he pretended to clear his throat before he answered the call "ehm, hi serena, how are you? uhm, sorry to bother you but i have something to ask you—"

"what am i wearing?" she coquettishly asks.

"what? no - no - no. it's not that, uh, i want to ask about an important matter here—"

"thirty-nine - twenty-four - thirty-four inches, that's my important information only you could know, do you like it?~" serena's sultry voice could stir any normal man that heard.

garrof nodded in agreement saying 'i like it' at the same time, lory's self-confidence was somewhat compromised, she subconsciously covered her chest.

lloyd was flustered her whole face turning bright red, "huh ... wait, no - no - no, i don't ask for your body measurement, please be serious!" lloyd pinched the bridge of his nose he suddenly felt exhausted.

"oh ... okay ..." serena's excitement deflated.

lloyd breathes a relief before continuing" okay, let's talk about something serious, i want to ask about — "

"i wear a see-through black strapless bra and black lace underwear," she sheepishly said.

"i didn't ask that!" lloyd shouted in frustration.

lory threw a questioning glance at garrof who said 'are they always like this?'

garrof grinned "yes, they are always like that"

lory gave an understanding nod, from their conversation, she more or less understood the dynamics of lloyd and serena's relationship. well, she's also the type of girl who likes to tease the guy she likes, what's different is that lloyd is too serious and uptight to handle this type of joke, while zhao li xin is more shameless and cunning causing her to lose every time.

garrof knew the conversation would be messy, so he signed lloyd to give him the phone. lloyd, embarrassed and frustrated, lloyd also didn't know how to conduct conversation thus he threw his phone at garrof.

garrof caught the phone the greeted her cheerfully "yo, serena, how are you doing?" he flirted as always.

"eh, who is this?" serena's tone changed drastically.

garrof was hurt at the vast difference in tone she used between him and lloyd, then again this was expected. "it's garrof," he let out a helpless sigh.

"oh, you" serena sounds indifferent.

"yes, it's me" garrof swallowed his complaint then continued "anyway, do you remember about the rock i gave you, it's been a while, did you manage to dig anything from it?"

"oh about that!" her whole demeanor swiftly changed into much more serious.

garrof then turned on his cell phone speaker so everyone could hear. there was a banging sound from the cell phone and a moment later serena's voice was heard "not much... in some texts, it says that is the symbol of the flower spirit, in some texts it is said to be the symbol of the seed of life, but in another text, i found it is said to be the symbol of the beginning of life, a fertility symbol if you may say, therefore take whatever description that suits you,"

serena scoffed, "they needed me and there weren't many people with my expertise left in the world, even before the war i was one of the best, although that changed after the war ended it was then they decided they didn't need me anymore... i should have known better," he said with a sarcastic tone.

"can you amuse me for a while, miss shawn, i wondering what evidence have you found that makes you believe that?" even though lory sounds calm, in reality, her heart is beating uncontrollably.

"well, the parchment was written by someone who seemed close to lucient, most likely an archknight at the time, he said: even though so much destruction had been wrought by the evil dragon, and many lives had perished under its dark wings, nevertheless, our king took pity on the creature for he knew that the creature was also a victim of human greed and brutality, wherefore, our king decides not to punish the creature instead he gave absolution..."

serena took a deep breath, "what absolution king lucient gave is not explained because i only have a small part of the parchment...but if the absolution in question is where nazareth was sealed then that means the seal is not a prison but a solatium, unfortunately, that's just a theory without concrete proof"

a long silence enveloped the entire room. luckily lorry wasn't holding her phone, otherwise, she would probably have thrown away the phone as anger and confusion struck her like lightning in broad daylight her whole body trembled despite how hard she tried to hold it.

"you sure about that?" garrof confirmed it again.

serena felt offended when asked by garrof "you dare to question me, i already checked the authenticity of the script, i checked the paper, the ink, the writing style and all, everything is as real as gold!"

lory walked towards the window trying to control her reaction her hands squeezed into fists, right now she didn't know how to process this information.

after everything that happened, the destruction of his kingdom, the death of his father and his father's friends who were like his uncles, as well as the death of his people, how could he accept it?

lloyd and garrof didn't dare disturb him, they pretended not to notice then continued their conversation.

"okay, back to the flower symbol again, tell me everything you know" garrof divert the conversation.

"like i said it happened a long time ago, more precisely about a month before nazareth managed to escape from her cage," serena took a moment before continuing "at that time someone quite important in luxemborough came to me to ask for help in investigating this symbol but he didn't say the reason unless it was something important that was best kept secret even by my own family, i was quite curious so i accepted it but a few days later i saw his news and his entire family died in a car accident"

"you don't think it was an accident," garrof asked probingly.

"i'm not sure...the truth is i have forgotten about it completely until you send me that weird rock, is that a rock? you haven't told me where you found it"

"trust me, you don't wanna know" garrof didn't want to tell her that they got it from inside a beast.

"who was the man that asked you about it?" lloyd asked.

"i usually never give information for free but for you, i wouldn't mind" she back acting coy.

"...uh, thank you?" he felt goosebumps all over his body.

"the man that asked me at that time was samuel albrecht"

"!!!"

for anyone who forgot about samuel albrecht, he is the man lory, zhao li xin, and the others met when they wanted to rent an airplane after they killed maren.

he will be one of the important characters that will reveal everything that happened ^_^