The Princess And The Lord

Lory glanced at Zhao Li Xin for a few seconds then turned his attention back to the intense battle. Judging from the current situation Lory was sure Garrof and the others would be able to take down Zhyger in no time.

Lory turned her gaze to Lydia "You said you're not a hunter but you have healing powers, that means if you don't work for the guild exclusively you must belong to another organization right, are you from S.A.I.N.T organization" Lory looked at Lydia inquisitively.

Lydia was surprised by Lory's on-point guess even though she was trying to hide it. What Lory said was true, everyone who was gifted with healing powers never worked alone because it would make them easy targets for bad people, therefore they had to live under the protection of powerful guilds as a hunter or large organizations such as the S.A.I.N.T organization.

Although this fact is not hidden yet not many people know about this cause most rookie hunters think healers work only for big guilds simply because they are paid handsomely by the guild therefore Lydia is shocked hunters like Lory speak so straightforwardly.

"Yes...I'm from S.A.I.N.T." Lydia thinks it's okay to reveal herself is not like she hides it.

  "I know we have VIP with us, here!" Lory said in awed.

Lydia quickly waved her hand shyly "No, I'm not that good, I'm only a beginner, the truth is I just graduated a few months ago and compared to a Saintess, my strength is nothing." Lydia's eyes lit up in admiration when she mentioned Saintess, it was obvious she adored the Saintess.

"You really like the saintess, don't you?" Lory smiled as she asked casually without the slightest hint of malice.

"Yes!" Lydia replied bluntly without hesitation "She's the best, she's also so kind that she traveled around the world healing all those people and in my opinion...I think she's better than Princess Lorient"

"I see..." Lory's eyes were fixed on the fight she didn't look offended at all.

Seeing Lory's indifferent response Lydia felt ecstatic as if finding a new friend she continued "Yeah I mean Princess Lorient had all that power all along so why did she hide it, why didn't she share her power with others I think she was quite selfish, don't you think?"

"Why?" Lory asked shortly.

"Hah?" Lydia was confused.

Lory shrugged "is not like she owed to all those people, why is she obligated to share what is hers?"

"But... but it's her responsibility," Lydia said persistently.

"Really? Who decides that?" Lory's eyes flutter, a few rapid beats as she looks at Lydia with a blank expression.

Lydia was speechless, she also didn't know yet she insisted "Yes.. but... as a princess, she has the responsibility to protect the world and everyone, so she should've helped them no matter what, right!"

"She does...maybe not the way people wanted it or expected it" Lory answered in a calm manner "And it's not just him, so are all of the Lucient bloodlines because of that, even though the Lucient are blessed with extraordinary powers beyond human comprehension yet only a few of them live past the age of fifty, actually, I can count on one hand how many Lucien's descendants who died of old age, it's a short list though, that's why ordinary people like us can remember it" Lory chuckled like she wasn't talking about her own family's tragic fate.

Lydia was rendered speechless she press her lips into a thin line. Lydia had no words to refute because no one couldn't deny the sacrifice that the Lucient family made to protect the world even though they didn't have to, furthermore how many rulers in the world would die for their own people?

The Lucient family is the most venerable family in the world, one could not imagine the influence of the Lucient family on the world or how privileged they are especially when there are only a few remaining Lucient descendants left in the world so one could say their safety is the most important thing for the kingdom if not the world, even than the lives of all the people of Harland cannot compare with one Lucient descendant.

Because without them the kingdom of Harland will surely perish, even if someone has the ability to take over the reins of leadership, the country of Harland will still be the same as the old Harland, without their Lucient rulers they will be like any other country where the difference between rich and poor will become obvious and the public official busy fighting for power without care of what happens to the common people.

But against everyone's wish, King Marcus sacrificed his life so that the citizens of Harland could be safely transported to L'markieth that forcing the young princess Lorient to fight against the horde of Demon Beast with only a few of the King's Men.

Meanwhile, Prince Lucas continues to carry on with his King's trial despite all the destruction and chaos around him even though it means he has to separate from the one and only family he had left.

for anyone who dared to question the veracity of the story or to judge the decisions made by the prince and princess seems to forget that Princess Lorient and Prince Lucas were not even twenty years old when they took over the leadership posts that became vacant after the death of King Marcus.

One can only imagine the burden they must carry to continue their Father's legacy, to protect the remnant of their kingdom, and in the end, Princess Loriend died protecting Prince Lucas leaving the young King to be the last descendant of the Lucient family.

What other sacrifice did you want from the Lucient family?

Lydia felt a bucket of cold water pour down on her head, she felt so embarrassed, she didn't even know where she got all these thoughts from, no she actually knows, it was the words that spew all the teachers in White Rose to all of their students but how could her teachers wrong?

eαglesnᴏνel Lory saw Lydia's troubled face yet she didn't say anything, it doesn't matter anyway later she shifted her gaze back to the battle but then the corner of her lips curved into a sad smile.

Actually when she was young Lory asked his father about the same thing, why her father didn't let her heal all of those people that truly need her power and her father said.

'Firstly because I'm worried about your health, secondly I'm worried about your safety and thirdly…the third is what I'm most worried about. Lory, there is no healer in any part of the world who has powers that can even compare to the power on your finger alone. The powers you have it's not only healing them...you change the fate of that person and that means changing the fate of other people even the people you not expected and I don't know if it's for the best or not and what it means for you....what it cost you? so until you older enough - strong enough – wise enough, you must  hide this power'

Lory was still very young when her powers awakened, unfortunately unlike his water powers his healing powers used up too much mana and were too difficult to control for a small child not to mention the toll on her young body.

More than once Lory fainted for several days after using her healing powers. There was even a time when she had convulsions because her mana was drained, more or less like when Lory forced herself to heal Zhao Li Xin while she was still cursed by Lazarus.

Knowing this, King Marcus prohibited Lory to use her healing power, let alone showing it to other people. After that, Lory's power became a top secret for the Harland kingdom, and only people at the highest echelon level knew about this, and most of them were Archknights or people close to the king and Archknights.

Thus for several years, the secret regarding Lory's mysterious power was successfully hidden but the more Lory grew the stronger her strength became until one day an incident occurred where her strength was known to the soldiers and several civilians, fortunately, they were all Harland people and the soldier were the members of the King's Men.

Therefore it is not difficult to make them cooperate cause as citizens of Harland how could they refuse to protect the only daughter of the Harland kingdom, they even feel proud to be given a chance to protect their beloved little princess.

As a result, Lory's powers were successfully hidden from Luxemborough, and the S.A.I.N.T organization until Nazareth appeared and Lory had no other choice but to use her powers to protect humankind unfortunately even when she used all her powers many people still died so Lory never thought too highly of her healing power that her father always wary about.

It wasn't until she met Zhao Li Xin, Ming Yue Yin, Yang Xi Ying, and the others that Lory understood what her father was worried about, she had indeed changed the fate of many people with her healing power, not only that...she also changed the fate of the entire world luckily for the better end.

His father was right, her powers were too dangerous, and that's why many people will try to have her for many reasons especially if S.A.I.N.T. knew about her strength, it was hard to estimate what they would dare to do to take her into their organization, perhaps a war would break because of her.

Lory was convinced after considering how obsessed the leader of the organization was with healing powers though no one knew for what reason but it had been decades since they gathered healers from all over the world no matter how small their healing powers were.