The Princess And The Lord-Chapter 1329: An Imitation

"What took you so long, Lory?" Fred looked up from the desk that was piled with papers and a laptop, while on the other table, Jay looked lifeless as he stared at his computer, right next to him, Clift was busy answering a phone call and Fargo was half asleep in a chair with papers cover his face.

Fargo blows the papers off his face and then waves at Lory. "You lost, didn’t you?"

"No!" She immediately denied it but the strange high pitch of her voice easily betrayed her.

Fargo cackled, obviously not believing her.

Feigned ignorance by their reaction, Lory straightened her back gracefully, "Ehm, so what do you want me to do?" Lory walked across the room.

Fred tapped his fingers on the stack of documents he had prepared on the table, "I need your approval for several documents. Most of them are about the subsidy budget for the regions and permission to continue delayed projects because our budget is limited so we have to determine the priority scale carefully,"

"So I just approve it, right" Lory was confident in Fredhardt’s abilities so she did not question him.

"For now, but since you’re here, I’ll give you a crash course to understand the situation of our kingdom, so after this, you should read these reports" Fred placed another stack of documents for Lory to review later.

"Ugh, studying" Lory winced as the past trauma of taking a week-long intensive course before the final exam came back like a wrecking ball that hit her right in the face.

"If you don’t like reading papers, I’ve converted them all into PDFs" Fred shook the small USB and then kindly stuck it into the laptop in front of Lory.

Lory wanted to scream, her whole face scrunched up like a used towel "How thoughtful," she sarcastically said.

Fred placed his hand on his chest and bowed courteously, "Just trying to help, Your Highness"

Lory’s mouth twitched, she remembered why she was so scared of this smiling Demon when she was a child, "Fine, one by one, which documents need immediate approval?."

Clift took Lucient’s heirloom seal from a secret vault within the walls known only to the King and the great knights. The seal was no ordinary seal, but a special seal that could only be used by those who inherited Lucient’s blood, which was why much of the work was delayed because Lucas could not give approval and most of it was beyond the authority of the Archknights.

Lory turned her gaze towards the exquisitely carved silver royal seal inside the exquisite box. The size of the seal was not big, it could even be said to be quite small, the entire object was no bigger than a woman’s palm, however, the seal was endowed with a powerful spell that made no one could touch the seal let alone used it except the heir of the Lucient.

Fredhard began to open the documents for Lory, then Lory took the royal seal from the box. As soon as she touched it, the seal began to vibrate as if in protest. At the same time, Lory’s purple eyes shone and not long after, as if the seal had finally recognized her, it stopped vibrating.

Lory took a deep breath and then began to stamp her approval on the documents Fred had given her.

"The enemy will start to get suspicious when our government runs as usual" Fargo commented suddenly. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

Fred sneered then replied "They will try to find out what happened to our King, we can expect spies to flock inside the Herriond City"

"I will tighten the security around the city," Clift said.

"No, let them come" a sly smile spread across his gentle face. He replaced the paper in front of Lory with another document while speaking in a mild tone, "We can give them conflicting information to keep them busy, who knows we might stir some trouble, make them question each other. When that happens we can give Lucas more time to recover"

"The Smiling Demon is back" Jay whispered.

"That being said, our plan will depend on your husband’s ability," Fargo inquisitively said.

Lory knew Fargo was curious about Zhao Li Xin’s power, "No need to worry, his progress is even faster than in the Cultivator world if only the people in his world saw this, they would definitely die of envy..." Lory said while handing the approved documents to Fredhardt.

"Is it so hard to increase a power in his world?" Fargo had never seen someone like Zhao Li Xin therefore his curiosity was piqued.

"Of course, it’s very difficult, that’s why it’s called cultivation. Just imagine taking care of a very fragile plant, which can’t be given too much nutrition because it will stunt its growth or kill its roots. You also need a stable environment, not to mention you have to be diligent and patient in nurturing your power, meaning you have to meditate for days or even months in order for your power to grow. However, if you make one mistake, all your efforts will be in vain. If you’re lucky, your progress would only take two steps back. However, if you’re unlucky, your foundation will be destroyed and would take years to recover, that if it was still able to recover," Lory explained at length what she witnessed in the world of cultivators, where people competed by sacrificing time, resources, money, and even family to achieve supreme power. honestly, she finds it exhausting just to watch them alone.

"Wow, that sounds harsh," Jay was taken aback, he thought the awakening of the gifted power was already terrifying.

"Yeah, and you should see how they threaten those born without spiritual roots, they call them wasted or crippled and it makes things worse when they are born into a martial arts family," Lory said with disdain as she remembered how unfairly they treated such people.

"I guess injustice happens in any world," Jay muttered.

"Part of life I guess," Fredhardt said as he accepted the last document that Lory approved.

"Is that all?" Lory was happy to be free from this boring job.

"Don’t forget to read the report~" Fred reminded her with a smile.

’Tsk, Lory clicked her tongue in annoyance.

"Hey, there’s something happened on TV!" Clift grabbed the remote and turned on the television in the room.

Their attention was immediately drawn to the large screen that emerged from behind the wall.

On the television, a beautiful woman in a white military uniform. The woman had a petite stature, she looked timid but determined, and her platinum blonde hair tied in a high ponytail made her look fresh and lively.

The young woman stood on the podium with a plain face without any make-up, the young woman smiled sweetly at the camera while clasping her hands, and spoke in a soft voice, "To everyone who has come, first of all, I would like to say thank you very much."

The crowd immediately cheered and clapped happily to greet her presence.

"Oh, look at that, the saintess is giving a speech," Fred said in a mocking tone.

"Look at the way she’s dressed, do you think she’s copying Lory" Jay snorts.

Clift looks at the clothes worn by the saintess more closely then he realizes, "Yes, it’s similar to the clothes worn by Lory during the coming of age ceremony, the color and design are different but the impression given is similar"

"What impression?" Lory confused.

"Dignified, warrior princess" Fred’s voice brimmed with adoration.

Lory tilted her head "Really? I just remembered that I was hungry that time, because someone stole my food" she accused Jay.

"You said, you don’t want to eat the tuna mayo sandwich!" Jay defended himself.

"By the way, someone has worked very hard to make that woman look like our beloved princess," Fargo sneered as he stared at the silly woman who pretended to be something she was not.

"A fake is a fake, no matter how much you polish it, a stone can’t become gold," Fred’s words were acknowledged by all his friends.

On the other hand, Lory doesn’t understand their desire to replace her, why can’t the saintess be a saintess, why the need to imitate her demeanor?

The saint continued his speech, "My good people, I know we are once again facing another terrible time, but unlike before, we are left alone, forgotten, abandoned by those who should protect us." There was a hint of disappointment on the saint’s face.

Jay’s brow furrowed, "Hey, are they talking about us?"

"I guessed so" Clift shrugs indifferently.

"Is she implying we should protect them all? why?" Jay cannot understand these people’s entitlement.

"You give them in inch, they’ll take a mile" Fred sneer.

"The Lucients protect them out of generosity, is not like they give us tributes or compensation for us so why our king should protect them, such an ungrateful, next time let them fend for themselves!" Fargo shouted at the TV angrily.

On the contrary, Lory didn’t care at all, protecting the innocent people was a natural thing because it was impossible to save her people without taking into account so many innocent people out there who needed her help, how could she ignore them when she had the power to protect them, her conscience wouldn’t allow it.

Lory cupped her cheeks as she listened to what the Saint had to say.

"Rejoice my people for the gods have given me power and my power is for you to share if you are willing. Together with the support of our good leader, Lord Theodore Nevaro, together with the S.A.I.N.T. organization, we will bestow upon you all a weapon that can protect us from the new monsters that have been terrorizing us, and with my blessing, we will save the world!" The Saint opened her arms and the cheers of the people echoed to the sky as they continued to sing praises to the Saint.

"Good speech" Lory commented casually.

"They deliberately blamed us to raise their position in the eyes of the public, very cunning" Fargo’s eyes darkened after realizing that they had fallen into the enemy’s plan, if not for the appearance of Lory and Zhao Li Xin, it might have been too late.

"Let them celebrate their victory, it will give us time to gather evidence of their involvement with Bael" Fred’s eyes gleamed dangerously.

After Lory returned and Lucas’ condition improved, the burden on his shoulders had been greatly reduced so Fredhardt could start concocting his plans in peace.

"Don’t forget that the Underground Guild is involved with them, I think if they were going to send spies to our country, they would use underground guild members to avoid any suspicion on them." Lory reminded them.

"I don’t understand why they would cooperate with Luxemborough and the S.A.I.N.T. organization when they know what their plan to all gifted people, aren’t they also Gifted people ?" Jay couldn’t wrap his head around it.

Fred heard Jay’s words and laughed. "You stupid brat, haven’t you heard of the term ’if you can’t beat them, join them? They probably think siding with The Saintess and Nevaro is more beneficial than siding with us."

Jay scoffed and spoke in a mocking tone. "People never learn, do they?"

Lory leaned back in her chair and muttered softly, "If only we could find the survivors of the healing group sent by the S.A.I.N.T. organization, then we could be sure what they did to them?"

"I’ve sent Noxra agents to work with Garrof and the others. Hopefully, we’ll hear some good news in a few days," Clift said.

Lory watched silently at the TV screen that showed people still immersed in euphoria after hearing the Saint’s speech.