The Princess And The Lord-Chapter 1382: The Precious Prince Consort

For the citizens of Harland, there are two things that are always become the source of their anxiety, stress, and sleepless nights, whether they are ordinary people or government officials, it doesn’t matter for they are all trouble about the same thing, and that is the birth and death of the Lucient family.

After the deaths of King Marcus and Lory, their concerns over the birth of the next successor increased to unprecedented levels.

Still and all, no one could force Lucas to immediately take a consort as his Queen, all because of the unwritten rule that states that the royal family cannot be forced to sacrifice their hearts for the kingdom, not after they have devoted their entire lives and literally their very existence to the kingdom and its people.

Moreover, the Archknights would not allow that to happen to their beloved King, and for anyone foolish enough to defy that rule, their fate would never end well in the hands of the Archknights.

That was why, no one dared to bring up this matter before King Lucas, even though they sometimes subtly hinted at this matter to Fargo and the others, but they did not dare to be frank about it in fear of angering the Archknights, therefore even after eight years, no one dared to address the elephant in the room.

So, one can imagine how excited and relieved they were when they heard the news that Lory was married, no one bothered to ask about the man’s background, education, or pedigree, who cares about that? That man was their only chance to get a successor!

What about King Lucas? Meh, forget about him!

The king had been living an ascetic life, he hadn’t dated even once for the past eight years. The king is just working and working all day like a workaholic.

They understand that life is hard after the Dark Ages war, and it’s not easy to rebuild a ruined kingdom back to its glory, but at least meet some girls once in a while. It doesn’t have to be serious, just socialize a bit.

After all, how can one find one’s soul mate if one hides inside the house all the time and only goes out to work?

At this point, they didn’t care what their queen candidate’s character or background anymore, as long the person was a woman that was enough, and the rest could be compromised.

Lory felt that everyone was more excited about the news of her marriage than her discovery of Luxemborough and the S.A.I.N.T. organization.

"So, what is the name of this lucky young man?"

"If I were to ask His Majesty, whether he is from this world or another, I would not complain."

"It might not be relevant, but how does he look, is he tall, is he fat, oh, I heard you like someone like your late father, King Marcus, right, that being said, he must be handsome?"

’Why do you want to know?’ Lory was perplexed at their strange interest in Zhao Li Xin.

"Does he have powers? Is he powerful? Should or shouldn’t we give him protection? Just to be safe, I think we should give protection..." he nods in conclusion.

After a while, their curiosity turned into a strange paranoia, but it was understandable because they didn’t want to lose the Prince Consort they had just gotten. Because if they lost this one, who knows, they might get another one!

Also, the Lucients were known to be very loyal to their partners, so they would only marry once in their lifetime, even if their partner had long died, just like King Marcus and all his predecessors.

"Mr. Elkhandt, have you already arranged protection around the prince consort?

"We cannot take this matter lightly, cause if the enemy knew about the prince consort, he undoubtedly would become a high target!"

"Yes, we cannot allow anything to happen to Prince Consort!"

"...." Lory massaged her head, not knowing what to say. it the people in the cultivator world heard about this, they would laugh so hard they would choke on their own saliva

Fargo was too lazy to explain, so he just followed along,g "Don’t worry, everything has already been taken care of."

"O—okay, let’s get back to the topic of the Saintess, I heard she wanted to visit us?" Lory redirected the conversation back to the more important matter.

And it worked as everyone soon returned to their pressing matters, but unlike before, they were more calm and confident in facing the matter.

Sylvia was the first to answer, "Yes, at first I was confused as to why Behrenn was so adamant about visiting our country, as we all know our relationship with that organization has always been lukewarm, but with Mr. Elkhandt’s explanation, I finally understand..."

"Sorry for hiding it from you, Madam Forth," Fargo sincerely said.

Sylvia waved her hand. "To be honest, I don’t appreciate it, but I understand why you did what you did. You knew the news would be devastating to us, as we exhibited earlier... I guess we rely on our King more than we care to admit." Sylvia sighed, and everyone looked down in shame.

"The enemy knows what will hurt us the most," Lory muttered.

"The enemy is cunning and cruel," Leon clenched his fists, his eyes filled with anger and hatred.

"—and patience," Fredhardt added, "If we connect what happened to Jessi Huber,t we can assume they’ve been planning this for a long time, and it culminates when King Lucas is the only remaining Lucient descendant."

"Untill now..." Fargo glances meaningfully at Lory, and everyone’s eyes follow suit. Lory’s presence alone had foiled the enemy’s plans, realizing that made everyone in the room face the problem with more optimism.

"We can’t let the enemy know of the princess’s whereabouts" one of the officials suddenly said.

"But if we continue to deny their presence, the enemy will spread the news that something happened to our King," another official replied.

"The public will be restless and so will our colleagues, if we let it be, it would not be an exaggeration if there was a riot in Harland," said one of the officials in a deep voice.

Everyone exchanged worried glances, then fell silent. They didn’t know what to do because both options would be detrimental to their situation.

"About that, we’ve talked to Her Highness beforehand, I actually have a good idea, but I remind you it was a risky move but if we succeed..." Fredhardt stroked his chin, then continued. "Since we can avoid that situation, why not use this to our advantage?"

"Care to explain, Sir?" Sylvia narrowed her eyes.

The corner of Fredhardt’s lips curled into a sly smirk "The enemy wants to make sure there’s something wrong with our King so they can’t wreak havoc in our country and weaken us from within, so why let them be?"

Fredhard spread his arms and shrugged, "We all know there are traitors among us even though we’ve tried to exterminate them but we’re never sure who else is involved or has decided to switch sides, therefore why not take this opportunity to clean up the bad seeds in our government"

Lory then added, "Also, this will give us a chance to interact with Saint. Honestly, I really want to talk to her in person and see what kind of woman the Saintess is. I wonder if she’s an oblivious pawn or a cunning schemer?"

"You remembered you cannot show yourself in front of the public yet?" Leon reminds her.

Lory chuckled and said: "Don’t worry General, I have my own ways, just look at me, I’ve been in this world for months and the enemy still doesn’t have the slightest clue about my existence."

Leon’s smile deepened, he remembered how smart and resourceful Lory was when she was young. Of course, someone who could roam around during the Dark Age wars freely would have no problem avoiding enemy detection in this relatively peaceful time.

"I wouldn’t dare to doubt you, Your Highness" Leon spoke in a respectful tone.

Lory casually propped her chin on her palm and smiled, before she spoke very calmly, "That’s fine general, besides that, I need all of you to help me control the information within Harland and I want all of you to pay more attention to people who ask too much about my brother’s well-being, or someone who subtly expresses their reservation or dissatisfaction towards the Lucient family, when you find these kinds of people, do not make any move, but you can start hinting to them that something bad indeed has happened to my brother and how it affected the Archknights, after that, we’ll see how they react,"

"If they think something happened to the King, no doubt they’ll lose their guard down, and like rats feasting in the kitchen when they think the owner is gone, soon they will show their real face, and when that happens, we can clean them up in one fell swoop." Fredhardt’s cold and eerie smile made everyone who showed that smile feel their skin crawl. It was at that moment that they remembered why Fredhardt was nicknamed the Smiling Demon.

"If you find anyone like this, don’t hesitate to report me. I’ll take it from there, you don’t have to do anything" Fargo gives direct order. freēwēbnovel.com

However, their hearts were filled with confidence and hope for the future. Seeing the smooth cooperation between Lory, Fredhardt, and Fargo reminded them of when Lucas, Lory, and the Archknight took over L’markieth after the previous King and his Archknight had gone.

Back then, Fargo and Fredhardt were only in their early twenties while Lory, Lucas, Jay, and Clift were still teenagers. still, they managed to fill the void left by the previous King and the Archknight without any significant problems.

Together they gained brains, brawn, and skills comparable to those of seasoned officers and long-serving generals.

The previous Archknight, Reynald Remeinstein had once said that the new generation of Archknights would surpass their predecessors in both strength and intelligence.

No one believed Reynald at first cause the standard of Archknight was ridiculously high however time proved how right he was.