The Princess And The Lord-Chapter 1343: A Kindhearted Man

"DAMM* IT!"

A glass flew through the air and crashed against the wall. A muscular man with a thick reddish beard took out his anger on everything in the room, from vases, statues, paintings, and chairs. Eventually, nothing was left in the room except a main desk and chairs.

The door opened abruptly, and a sexy woman with grayish hair and blue eyes entered the room. She sashays into the room calmly without worry, glances at the wrecked room, and walks toward the angry man.

"You feel better, Terry?" she asked in a sarcastic tone.

"Shut up, Julia!" the man growled, then threw his body into a large chair, scratching his head in frustration.

The man’s name was Ingram Terrence, the leader of the Underground Guild. He had a frightening appearance with a large body covered in scars, both large and small on his arms and neck, although he was in his mid-fifties but his body looked strong and sturdy, he didn’t look like someone in his fifties.

However, all Gifted people are known to be able to retain their youth longer than normal humans.

His dark brown eyes tensed with heavy emotion and for a long moment, he stared at his cell phone which was lying on the table in front of him, the only table that was still intact.

Impatient with the silence, Julia casually asked, "What news have you heard from Ember City?"

"There’s nothing we don’t know, they’ve all been captured by the King’s men, most likely Caroline was also captured by them along with that stupid old man, and by now Harland must have found out about our involvement" he drew in along breath.

"We know it will come sooner or later" Julia shrugged indifferently.

"But not now, It’s too fast!" Ingram shouted.

Julia showed no reaction other than a pout, "Well, I told you not to use a wh*re to do a professional job," she quipped.

"Tch, my bad," Ingram clicked his tongue, annoyed.

"...Anyway, what’s Harland’s say about this?" Julia’s eyes glint with a hint of anticipation.

"Nothing, not yet...and that’s what bothers me!" Ingram clenched his fists as the urge to throw something came again.

"The Archknight won’t stay quiet and do nothing, right," there’s an expectation in her words.

Ingram frowned, "No, they wouldn’t unless they had something bigger to worry about..."

"You mean about King Lucas? Unfortunately, we haven’t heard anything about the King’s situation, but I’m guessing he’s still alive, otherwise, the Archknights would be wreaking havoc by now." Julia sneer.

Ingram rubbed his jaw feeling uneasy "Do you think Salvo de Rova was telling the truth about King Lucas? Is it possible King Lucas is dying?"

Silence fell over the room, they stared at each other for a long time before he broke the silence. "I don’t think he needed to lie about it, after all, until today we haven’t seen King Lucas’ face in public, so there’s a good chance Salvo de Rova is telling the truth."

Ingram leaned his head back in his chair wearily, while staring at the ceiling. He let out a long sigh and said: "I hope You’re right because it’s impossible to salvage the situation with the Archknights now."

"Oh please, don’t tell me you are afraid, Terry" Julia lifted his chin with her long index finger. "We both know there are other things more scary than Harland’s King and the Archknight,"

Ingram swatted her well-manicured fingers away from his face in annoyance. "I just hope we made the right choice."

Julia widened her eyes and a second later she burst out laughing, "Of course, how could we be wrong? When else would we be given the chance to take part in killing a demigod like King Lucas?!" she was delighted at the thought and her laughter grew louder.

"You seem to hate him?" Ingram shivered at the killing intent in Julia’s eyes.

"Hate?" she shook her head. "I don’t hate him, I admire him, on the contrary, I admire them the Lucient family." her eyes sparkled as she spoke.

Ingram frowned in confusion but he understood, it must have been difficult for him to understand her conflicted feelings and it took her a long time to understand herself.

"I’ve seen them before, not personally of course. I was just one of the admired among the other million other people who came just to watch the rare moment where King Marcus, Prince Lucas, and Princess Lorient come together to attend a big event at Herriond"

Julia raised her palm towards the light bulb on the ceiling and the light slipped through between her fingers then she muttered in a melancholy tone,"... They were so bright as if they were surrounded by a halo, even though there are other leaders and influential people from other countries but nothing could compare to the Lucient’s family as if they lived in a different world from ours, so close yet so far, and I stood there with the other pleb dreaming what it feel like to touch them.... but lately I become more curious what would happen when the halo faded and disappeared from him, would he still be the same glorious King Lucas or would he be nothing more than a mere human like us, weak and wasted" Her expression changed from excited to bitter as if she was grieving but soon she grinned from ear to ear, "What do you think, Terry?"

"I think you’re crazy" Terrence Ingram shakes his head and chuckles.

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___Ignivitus mountain__

’EEIIIKKKK!’

The beasts shrieked in agony as the beast was shredded in pieces, and at the same time dark crimson blood splattered in the air. Once he finishes killed the whole herd of beasts called Lizardman, Zhao Li Xin shook the blood off the sword Fargo had lent him and carefully wiped it with a clean cloth until it shone again. His expression during that time remained the same weather when he killed the beast, waiting for the beast or clean his weapon.

It was such a letdown for a beautiful man like Zhao Li Xin to only have one type of face. Fargo had been observing Zhao Li Xin throughout the fight.

He concluded that despite his refined outer appearance, his fighting style was extremely fierce, meaning that his every move was swift, sharp, and unrestrained but still calculated and in control which showed the characteristics of Zhao Li Xin.

Fargo was certain that Zhao Li Xin had a lot of experience in life-and-death battles because it was impossible to have such a level of calm without profound experience.

Fargo like a strong man and he expects the man who will marry Lory should be a powerful man that’s why he has no objection to Zhao Li Xin but there is one thing that bothers him. It’s been almost an hour and Zhao Li Xin hadn’t said a word.

"Hey, Zhao Li Xin!" Fargo called him out.

Zhao Li Xin sheathed his sword and then looked at him with the same type of expression, flat and still not speaking!

Fargo didn’t waste his time he immediately threw a blunt question, "Did I make you uncomfortable?"

Zhao Li Xin was confused, then answered in a polite tone, "No"

"OH" Fargo felt better, but then curious, "We’ve been climbing for half an hour, but why haven’t you said a word?"

Zhao Li Xin was surprised, "Oh really?" He didn’t realize it!

Zhao Li Xin had never been a talkative person, he also came from a background that was very strict about hierarchy and etiquette so he was naturally distant from other people and what made things worse, he was also very socially awkward.

"Do you want to talk?" Zhao Li Xin’s expression became stiff.

If Fargo hadn’t seen Zhao Li Xin’s expression, he would have thought he was being sarcastic, of course, that wasn’t the case with this strange man, "You’re a bit weird, do you know that?" Fargo crossed his arms in front of his chest as he studied Zhao Li Xin’s demeanor.

Zhao Li xin didn’t feel offended instead he answered honestly "Yes, Lory used to say that"

Fargo looks at the gorgeous man in front of him with a slight curiosity "Did your parents ever drop you or something when you were a baby?"

Zhao Li Xin shakes his head "Something did happen, I was poisoned" he casually said.

Fargo almost stumbled on his feet when he heard it. How could the light conversation turn so dark drastically like this?!

Fargo felt bad, he scratched his head and then regretfully said, "Sorry about that"

Zhao Li Xin looked at him with a blank face "Hm, about what?"

"...."

Zhao Li Xin didn’t understand why Fargo became quiet suddenly, is it because of something he said, he hoped he didn’t offend Fargo cause this would trouble Lory.

"Um, do you want to walk while we talk?" Zhao Li Xin tries to lighten the mood.

Fargo had been around a lot of people and it could be said that all Archknights had unique characters, still, he had never met someone like Zhao Li Xin. Fargo had never seen anyone so detached from his own emotions as Zhao Li Xin, it felt like even if the world exploded right in front of his face right here - right now, he wouldn’t care.

"How did you meet Lory?" Fargo couldn’t help but be curious.

Zhao Li Xin didn’t hide anything, Fargo was like a brother to Lory, so it wasn’t strange for Fargo to want to know about him.

"Lory saved me, I was badly injured by the enemy and at that time my poison reacted so I died, luckily Lory was there" Zhao Li Xin’s face seemed to soften when he talked about Lory.

"You got poison again? It can’t be the same poison you got from baby right, if that’s true you wouldn’t survive right?~" Fargo cracked a joke.

"No, it’s the same poison, and it was given to me continuously until I was in my teens, as a result, the poison became difficult to cure and every few periods the poison would react, thankfully I didn’t die, I just fainted a few times or went into a coma sometimes," he explained nonchalantly as if the person who was poisoned wasn’t him.

"Wait, what did your family do? Do you know who poisoned you i- is the person got arrested?" Fargo couldn’t imagine anyone being able to harm an innocent baby, it must be a monster!

Zhao Li Xin was confused by Fargo’s reaction, "Yes, it was my adoptive mother but she’s not arrested, she is a royal concubine and I’m just a useless prince"

"WHAT, how could that - wait a minute, where is your biological mother, don’t tell me she was -" Fargo’s reflex covered his mouth not daring to speak that horrendous word.

"Oh, my biological mother? Well, she and her family were killed by my biological father, but she managed to get away but she was badly hurt, in short, she was dying therefore she could only entrust me with a stranger who happened to pass by that day, and it happened to be my foster mother. But by a twist of fate, my foster mother was approached by my mother’s enemy and she persuaded my foster mother to poison me, and that’s how I managed to survive." Zhao Li Xin explained in a calm and steady tone as if he was telling someone else’s story.

However, Fargo was utterly shocked. "HOLLY SH*T!"

Zhao Li Xin was startled by Fargo’s sudden outburst then suddenly he was embraced by muscular arms.

"....."

"Dam* boy, they are so awful and you don’t deserve any of this, what kind of monster they are! But forget all of that! From now on you are our brother, as long you treat Lory right we will always be with you and fight with you as a family!"

Being held by a big man like Fargo was extremely weird furthermore Zhao Li Xin is not used to being intimate with people other than Lory nevertheless he can feel the sincerity in Fargo’s words and actions so he can’t help to be slightly moved.

Lory used to tell him that Fargo is only scary from the outside but he was very affectionated and kind that’s why when Lory got trouble with Fred she would run to fargo for help.

’So this is the type of man Fargo was’

Zhao Li Xin had never been hugged by a man before so he didn’t know how to react. "Um... Thank you," he said awkwardly as he patted Fargo’s back.

Fargo felt even more touched, he didn’t expect anyone to have a more miserable childhood than Clift, it was only natural that he grew up to be a quiet and apathetic person. Fargo released his hug then squeez Zhao Li Xin’s shoulder.

"Don’t worry, you have Lory and us now, we protect each other here, so don’t be sad!" he reassured Zhao Li Xin.

’I don’t...’

Fargo snorted loudly then patted Zhao Li Xin’s shoulder playfully "Let’s go find the Belgrion so we can go home faster, Lory will definitely make a fuss if she doesn’t find you when she gets home!"

Fargo hasten his step while Zhao Li Xin watched his wide back soon after his lips curved onto a faint smile.

’So this is the people Lorys grew up with, no wonder...’