The Princess And The Lord-Chapter 1332: The Enemy Attack

The night in the red district went on as usual, colorful neon lights, scantily clad women, and drunk men rampaging all over the place made the whole place feel dirty and messy. Nevertheless, people needed a place to release their pent-up stress so these places existed in almost every city with a few exceptions and one of them was Verriond or better known as the King’s City.

All types of prostitution services were illegal in Harland even escort services where bar girls were tasked to accompany guests to drink together were under strict supervision by the government and became even stricter under the reign of King Marcus to the point that it was not easy to get such kind of services in Harland.

Lloyd stared at the glaring red neon sign that showed a picture of a beautiful woman in lingerie and several other beautiful women in seductive poses that were displayed like an advertising product, then again that’s what they are.

"Hey, what are you looking at, come on in, are you interested in one of those women?" Garrof teased.

Lloyd pushed Garrof in annoyance, to which Garrof responded with a loud laugh.

As soon as they enter, they were immediately greeted by women in sexy lingerie, who immediately crowded around them, teasing and caressing Garrof and Lloyd’s bodies in a seductive manner.

Lloyd feels he is being harassed and tries to reject the advances of the women. On the other hand, Garrof completely enjoys the women attention, unfortunately he doesn’t have time for it.

not long after, a man wearing a neat black suit and black tie greeted Garrof and Lloyd, it didn’t take a genius to know that he was the manager of this place, "Welcome gentlemen, are you new here? I’ve never seen your faces before," the man courteously greeted them.

"Yeah, we have an appointment with Jack Quaid," Lloyd immediately said as he trying to free his hand from the woman who was gripping his arm like a monkey.

The manager’s face lit up, his smile becoming more friendly, "Oh, you are Mr. Quaid’s friend, please come in, Mr. Quaid has been waiting for you, let me take you to his room."

The manager clapped his hand and the girls dispersed in an instant finally Lloyd breathe a sigh of relief on contrast Garrof felt a little disappointed.

The manager clapped his hands and the girls dispersed in an instant. Lloyd finally let out a sigh of relief,on a contrast, Garrof, felt disappointed the girls has left.

Notice Garrof’s reaction, the manager thoughtfully said: "Would you like to be accompanied by one of our ladies? Since you are a new guest, we will give you a twenty percent discount for your first visit and since you are a friend of Mr. Quaid, we will give you an additional thirty percent discount." the manager could easily recognize a new potential customer.

As expected, Garrof was swayed, "Ye—"

"No!" Lloyd cuts in.

The manager was not offended by Lloyd’s refusal, instead, he smiled calmly "Later then...~" The manager grinned meaningfully at Garrof.

After that he led Garrof and Lloyd to the elevator that took them to the third floor, then they were taken to the VIP room located at the very end.

"Please," the manager invited the two of them in, "Enjoy your time," the manager smiled weirdly as he closed the door behind them.

Garrof and Lloyd didn’t understand what the manager’s smile meant untill they saw the room and were rendered speechless.

The room is exotic Middle Eastern themed with a luxurious king-size bed with red silk sheets mixed with luxurious brocade fabric, and the entire bed is decorated with pillows in various sizes and mirrors that surround the bed all the way to the ceiling that make them look like they are being watched from all sides.

Besides that, there is a strange wooden swing in the corner of the room for who knows what, but even more terrifying is the giant plush doll camel in the middle of the room that seems to have witnessed a lot of messed up things in the room, maybe their eyes play tricks on them but the Camel look traumatize.

Meanwhile, Jack was sitting comfortably on the floor couch drinking from a fake gold goblet without a care in the world. When he notices Garrof and Lloyd arrive, he raises his goblet to greet them. "Yo, guys, please take a seat, but don’t touch anything except what’s on the table, especially the Camel!" he gives a serious warning.

The first thing Lloyd said was "Why?" he meant why they should meet in a room like this.

"Come on, we’ve met in worse places," Jack dismissed Lloyd’s complaints.

"Fine by me!" Garrof shrugged then threw his butt on the sofa and poured himself a drink into a beautifully decorated goblet while saying: "Leave him alone Jack, you know he’s a straight-laced man, even during the war he never engaged in this kind of activity"

Of course, Jack knew this too, but that was why he liked to tease this honest and open man, "I don’t know what Serena sees in you"

"Nah, she’s just playing hard to get," Garrof chimed in.

Lloyd’s expression immediately darkened, but that didn’t scare anyone.

Jack waved his hand not wanting to provoke Lloyd any further, "Okay, all jokes aside, I chose this place because I can guarantee the anonymity of our identities since the owner owes me," Jack explained.

"You and your connection..." Garrof laughs while drinking his goblet.

"So what are we going to talk about?" Jack looked at him expectantly.

Garrof took a deep gulp and slammed his cup on the table with a loud thud, his gaze fixed on Jack soon after his eyes gleaming as he began to speak, "Let’s start with..."

Garrof then told everything that happened in the past few months about how he first met Lory and then they found the connection between the mysterious disappearance of healers who joined the S.A.I.N.T. organization and the projects that Aeon was working on, and then Jane Raven’s true identity. Jack’s mouth fell open and for a moment he was unable to speak.

Garrof and Lloyd had expected this reaction, they didn’t press Jack immediately, instead, they took a break to drink, rest their eyes, and play with their phones.

__Then fifteen minutes later....__

"ARE FUC**NG KIDDING ME? - She is Princess Lorient Jean Frau Lucient - the one who protected the L’markieth - the guardian of Harland Kingdom!" Jack jumped up from the sofa while clenching his fists and shouted at the top of his lungs, luckily the place was protected by a sound barrier so no one heard Jack’s shout.

Garrof raised his glass and replied nonchalantly "Yup!"

"God, why are you so loud" Lloyd rubbed his ears.

But Jack was too excited to care, afterward he immediately returned to his seat and stared at them intently "Why don’t you tell me, wait, how does she look, is she as cool as the picture? Come on, tell me!"

"You already talked to her as Raven Jane, she is what she is!" Garrof waved his hand dismissively.

Jack didn’t believe him, then he turned to Lloyd, "You’ve fought with her, right? Tell me, is she that great, is she as strong as everyone says?"

Lloyd felt uncomfortable under Jack’s enthusiastic gaze, although he understood why, "Yes and yes, how do you think we were still alive when we were hit by missiles on Quiet Peak mountain?" Lloyd recalled that day with deep emotion "Lucient’s shield is indeed very strong and also very beautiful..."

"Princess Lorient indeed looks so cool and powerful, at that moment you will understand why the King’s men are willing to sacrifice their lives for her in a heartbeat...a great leader, I wonder what King Lucas looks like when he fights, aah I can’t wait!" Garrof took a deep breath as he imagined the feeling of fighting with the King and Princess Harland.

"Really? Tell me what it looks like, how big was the explosion, come on, oy, give me the details!" Jack was so envious, why could he be there too, why wasn’t he hit by that missile too?!

"Alright, enough with that, you’ll get your chance later!" Garrof couldn’t stand Jack any longer.

While it is understandable for many people like Tem and Jack to lose faith in humanity, the existence of someone like Lucas and Lory gives them hope that not all is lost, and that there is still a better future waiting for them.

"Jack, Her Highness entrusted us with the mission to find Samuel Albrecht because we think he is involved with the disappearance of the healing group in Black Hill town. He also seems to know about the mysterious symbol I found inside the Maren. If we find him, we can get a clear picture of what Luxemborough and the S.A.I.N.T. organization are planning, we can also gather proof of their miss deed to sue them in international court" Lloyd said

The corner of Jac’s eyes creased in concern as he pondered the situation. Luckily, the Archknights and Princess Lorient were on their side. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to face such a powerful enemy.

"Wait a minute" Lloyd Turned to Lloyd "How is Serena doing right now? Just think about it, she’s the only one who researching this symbol, right, she’s also on Luxemborough’s most wanted list, I mean...with what happened at Aeon Institute the enemy must be eager to find her right now, right?" frёewebnoѵēl.com

Without another word, Lloyd picked up his phone and started dialing Serena’s number while Jack and Garrof waited to the side. A minute later no one answered the phone, Lloyd did not give up and called again but the result was the same.

"This isn’t good, Serena used to ignore my calls but she always answers Lloyd’s calls quickly" Garrof’s voice was filled with worry.

Lloyd subconsciously tightened his grip on his phone, "Wait, let me try again..." He stood up from his seat and dialed Serena’s number again.

But Garrof and Jack already certain something happened to Serena because she will never left without her phone.

"I guess after what happened to Aeon, they must be worried that someone might find out about their plans, so they started cleaning up any traces that led to them," Jack said in a low tone.

Garrof scratched his head in frustration as anger and regret crept into him, "Damn, I was too late! I should have contacted Serena immediately to ask for her location so that Noxcra agents could pick her up, with her knowledge, Her higness wouldn’t mind taking Serena under her protection, who would have thought the enemy got her first!"

"We don’t know yet if Serena was caught or not. Who knows, maybe she did it on purpose to cover her tracks!" Lloyd refused to believe that someone had caught Serena.

"What do you want to do, then?" Garrof leaves the decision to Lloyd.

The relationship between Serena and Lloyd is actually not that complicated, the only problem is that Serena is too straightforward and passionate in expressing her feelings, and for a serious and rigid man like Lloyd, he finds it difficult to deal with her although it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t like Serena, on the contrary, he finds her quite charming.

But the problem is that he’s been through a lot as an ultima soldier, and some of his actions still haunt him to this day, so he doesn’t want to burden her more than she already has.

"I’m gonna find her!" Lloyd said firmly.

"How?" Garrof is curious about how to find someone who is even an agent of Argus and Dragxtarn is difficult to find.

"Easy, just activate the phone’s search function. Since she added me as his emergency number, her phone would send me emergency notices, like pictures or voice recordings when something bad happened so I can find her last location." Lloyd started typing on his phone soon after he got the picture of the clock tower that had been taken carelessly.

"Emerald City" Lloyd muttered.

"It’s two hours from here," Jack pointed out.

"I have to go now!" Lloyd said hurriedly.

"I’ll come with you!" Garrof got up from the couch.

Jack watched them with his arms folded across his chest and said: "Go! Leave the search for Samuel Albrecht to me!"