The Princess And The Lord

Lory's grip on her teacup tightened, she did have a lot of questions but for starters, she got the most important ones, Lory raised her head and then looked nervously at her father. "Am I…Am I dead?"

Marcus tilted his head and frown "Well...not yet but close..." he answer casually before taking another sip of his coffee.

'What's that mean?' Lory grumbled inwardly.

There was a hint of disappointment on Lory's face after hearing her father's cryptic reply. Still, Lory had always been a discreet girl so she didn't show her displeasure right away but Marcus could easily read her daughter's expression and he took comfort in knowing that she hadn't changed even after all this time yet at the same time Marcus feel sorry for her because if only Lory was a little more selfish, if only she put herself a little more than the people around her if only he didn't teach Lory too well maybe Lory wouldn't be so burdened by her identity and obligations as a descendant of Lucient and maybe her daughter's life wouldn't be so difficult, Lory might not need to experience so many tragedies in her life but in the end, there was no point crying over spilled milk.

"Your mother planted the druid insignia to protect your soul by using all her power which was a taboo act against the laws of nature that led to her premature death, but she doesn't regret it and neither do I, after all, no parent regrets sacrificing their life for their child, therefore your death was never be part of our plan" The tenderness in Marcus' eyes was like a warm wind touching her skin and warming her heart causing tears to well up in lory's eyes.

"But I prefer both of you to be alive..." Lory mutter with a voice filled with regret.

"I know..." Marcus stroked Lory's head "But if I don't injure Nazareth badly enough to slow that thing down, more people will die and the world will be more destroyed than it already is, and even worse in the end, this will force Lucas to stop collecting the seven god's sword in order to kill Nazareth to prevent the further destruction of the world" Marcus took a deep breath then his eyes drifted away

"Your mother sees the future where I became badly injured after fighting against Nazareth how all my Archknight died protecting me even though you healed me with your power but I have lost my right hand and was infected by black miasma causing me unable to exert my full power and forcing you to stayed with me to protect me and because of that Lucas will face Nazareth without you and without seven God sword, as a result, Fargo, Fred, Jay, and Clift died even Lucas was left half dead..." Marcus take a long deep breath as he tried to control his emotion meanwhile, Lory's expression was deadened and she was trembling knowing the possible future that could have happened.

"As a result of Lucient's heir being in a predicament, Nazareth summoned all dark creatures to attack L'markieth which led to the destruction of the entire city and we lost almost all of Harland's citizens including me and your mother perished in the attack.

It was in the midst of that despair you found out about Djevelskrin and Lazarus and you searched desperately in order to gain the power to protect those that remained, and then you agreed to give your soul to that demon in exchange for power, even though you did manage to kill Nazareth but then Lazarus possessed your body and then ends up forcing Lucas to kill you…" Marcus's face was etched with immense sadness.

Lory was dumbfounded, no matter which path she took, she was still fated to die but in a much more terrible way nonetheless, on the contrary, felt sad Lory was filled with relief that Lucas managed to avoid the fate of killing her but… what about Zhao Li Xin? why can't she change her destiny from dying at the hands of her beloved?

"Then what happened, did Lucas manage to get rid of Lazarus after that?" asked Lory.

"He did..." there was a resigned sadness in Marcus' eyes "But Lucas had lost everything, he had lost his family, his friends, his people, and his kingdom, all happened almost simultaneously and it crushed him...Lucas lost his reason to live as soon after he managed to kill Nazareg Lucas left and no one ever saw him again and that was the mark of the end of the Lucient bloodline."

"It's the end...?" Lory widened her eyes in disbelief.

"Yes, that is the end of the Lucient lineage in Verrion, in the end, Lazarus gets what he wants which is the end of the whole Lucient lineage after that he just needs to wait patiently for the prison created by Lucient to weaken and when that happens he will break free and at that time no one will stand in his way, he will be free to spread darkness and terror to the whole world and after she has done with verrion all the worlds in the universe will be devoured by him…"

Lory suddenly felt dizzy, his vision was spinning, her stomach churned she felt like she was going to vomit, Lory then reflexively covered her mouth with her hand.

Marcus quickly poured tea for her and then patted Lory's shoulder worriedly "Calm down my dear, the future has been successfully avoided, everything will be fine, come on, have a drink first" Marcus's reassuring words immediately soothed Lory's chaotic mind quite a lot she then lifted the tea cup and gulped down a mouthful of tea despite the tea was still quite hot.

Marcus sighed in relief after seeing Lory gradually had calmed down then he continue "Your mother was born as the "Child of chaos' see the dreadful future of our children and the world was shaken to the core, it took a while for her to finally conveyed what she sees to me but I cannot say I'm surprised cause I know something very big will happen when the doctor tells me we will have a daughter" Marcus look at Lory inexplicable expression.

"Me?" Lory pointed to herself in bewilderment.

Marcus chuckled softly as he clasped his hands on the table. "Do you know why only Men can be the King of Harland, why only Men can inherit the power of God's sword?" his eyebrows shoot up in question.

"Because men are naturally stronger than women?" Lory answered frankly while giving her father confused looks as to why he was asking such an obvious question.

Marcus know what lory thinking and he was chuckled "Not exactly, actually this has never been proven before..."

"What do you mean?" Lory was getting more and more confused by his father's answer.

"Because... there has never been a female born from the Lucient bloodline," Marcus said.

Marcus's words were like thunder in broad daylight which sent him into shock. Lory froze for a long time before she regained consciousness then shook her head, saying: "That's not true, there's Princess Anna, and there's also Princess Marielle, although it's true there aren't many women in our bloodline however, there are some great princesses recorded in our family history." Lory reminded her father that seemed to become a muddlehead maybe because he had been dead too long.

Marcus could guess what Lory was thinking and he guffawed only after he managed to calm down he looked at his daughter with a big smile that spread on his dignified face, "But, they don't inherit even a drip of Lucient's blood, the simple explanation is they were adopted to Lucient family for one reason or another" Marcus said again.

Lory's face become stiff, and her eyes bulged without blinking meanwhile, her brain tried to process what her father said but her mind suddenly went blank, soon Lory's face turned pale and her jaw dropped even though she wanted to say something but no words could escape her lips.

Marcus had been expecting this reaction from Lory in fact he had also reacted the same way when he found out about this...secret.

"You may be wondering how I knew about this?" Marcus's voice was calm and steady offering reassurance to anyone who heard it and Lory's turmoil gradually cool down, she was finally able to collect herself and then started to focus all her attention back on Marcus, she realize her father have a lot to say.

Marcus smiled in satisfaction before continuing "When I inherited the God's Sword, I inherited not only its powers but also the most distinct memories of its previous owner, their traumatic memory to be precise just like  The crimson Lightning sword, and from there I knew about the secrets of our bloodline..." Marcus's expression gradually become solemn.

Lory knew the thousand-year history of Lucient's bloodline kept so many secrets and it was impossible to unravel them one by one because a lot of the secrets about their bloodline had been buried with their ancestors and long forgotten but Lory was wrong, if the secret was passed down from King to the next king using the God's Sword that means Lucas must know more than her but like her father, Lucas chose not to tell her, it seems their family has really developed a habit of keeping secrets from each other and Lory is starting to worry how many more secrets she will reveal now?

"So I'm the only one…" Lory asked.

Marcus pressed his lips into a thin line as he pondered for a moment then he shook his head, "No, long ago a princess was born into the Lucient bloodline, she was the younger sister of the first Lucient, the first Lucient King was named Cavio Evarius Lucient and his younger sister was named Cartheanna Luxana Lucient she is also known by the name…Arthea"