The Princess And The Lord

Seven years have passed since the war of the dark ages with the death of the ancient black dragon, Nazareth at the hands of the new King of Harland, Lucas Noland Lucient which then marked the beginning of a new era.

Slowly but surely the world begin to recover and countries around the world are starting to build up their ruined city and infrastructure again, however for some countries that unabble to rebuild themselves choose to unite with other country that fall on the same situation then later form a new countries however in the processed some disputes and disagreement unavoidably happened between the them that sometime escalated to another cold war between the country, In the midst of the unstable condition, one organization grew stronger, and that organization called as the S.A.I.N.T. (Sacred Alliance of faith)

As the people are forced to confront the remains of their former world, the realization washes over them that there is nothing left for them in this world to start a new life, even though Nazareth and the dark beast had gone, they also have lost all of their possessions so how could they start their life again.

Without a place to live, food, medicine even clothes they had no clue where to start and the government can't help much either due to the shortage of resources, especially manpower, even the military and security personnel have been reduced by more than half, and as a result, the crime rate inevitably risen moreover, there were still common beasts that also came out of hiding, just like humans, they were starving.

It was at that terrible moment that the S.A.I.N.T. organizations suddenly came and provide assistance to everyone that needed it, they offer temporary housing, food, medication, and even free medication without expecting a reply needless to say the influence of the S.A.I.N.T. organization's instantly tripled from before the war.

However the influence of the S.A.I.N.T organization still fall short against the Lucient name especially after people know about the sacrifice that was made by King Marcus and princess Lucient even today many people still mourned the death of the Lucient family and many consider them a martyr or savior of the world, therefore, the S.A.I.N.T organization failed to expanse their influence to the world especially Harland and all Harland country Allies.

That's why the S.A.I.N.T organization is not happy about this fact, but the current Harland is not the same Harland as before, after the tragic death of king Marcus and princess Lorient The new Viceroy is still drowning in his sorrow after losing his entire family thus weakening the situation The usually stable and sturdy Harland.

As the strongest country, Harland not only has many allies but also has many enemies, one of which is Luxemborough, that's why the S.A.I.N.T. organization began to stretch its hands to Luxemborough.

__Cestine Palace__

"How is he?" Fargo turns around his eyes widen with expectation.

Fredhardt brushes his dark brown hair while let out a deep sigh he said dejectedly "Nothing change…"

"So it's bad," Fargo brows kniteed closely expressing deep concern later he cast his eyes outside the giant French window beside him with a somber expression.

Fredhardt idn't have a word to comfort his old friends, heck he unable to comfort himself too, "The tests are all comeback negative, it's not a cursed either so we still don't know what happened to him" helplessness, anger and disappointment gather in his eyes.

"How could this happen ?!" Fargo slammed his fist against the wall as anxiety and anger exploded like molten lava "We have lost our King, we've also lost Lory...so how could we lose Lucas too!!"

Fredhardt took a deep breath, his blue eyes turn dark and hollow as pain gripped his heart soon the bitter memory he had painstakingly buried burst like a broken dam. Sudedenly a  mischievous smile flashed through his memory followed by a familiar laugh that almost brought tears to his blue eyes.

Even until to this day, he still couldn't control his emotions whenever anyone mentioned Lory's name, but how could he not? That girl wasn't just the royalty he have to serve, she was more than just a duty he must fulfilled, no she was more than that...she was his younger sister, a stubborn, resilient, and annoying sister even so she was clumsy, humble, sweet, foolish and a bit too kind for her own good but that's why everyone loved her...that's why he loved her and losing her is the worst day of his life though he know is not only for him...

"If something happened to Lucas too...." Fargo choked on his own voice.

"Nothing is going to happen to him, you dam*muscle head!" Fredhardt scold him, "We failed once - we failed twice but we will not fail again! I promised Lory I would protect Lucas and I will not break my promise and so do you!" Fredhardt grabs Fargo by the collar, "We saved him at all costs even if it meant soaking our hands in blood, you got that!"

Fargo gritted his teeth, it took him a moment to get a grip on himself as his head was clouded with fear of losing the last person who has become the reason for all of his existence. Seeing Fargo gradually recovering from his turmoil, Fredhardt released his grip from Fargo's collar, not long after Jay and Clift came together.

After seven years, Jay's childlike demeanor had faded and been replaced by a serious, almost uptight demeanor, and it happened right after Lory gone. If only Lory saw him now she would say he was acting ridiculous and it just didn't suit him at all but what is there to say, after going through so much heartache, pain, and loss there is no way he could ever be the same and losing Lory only made matters worse.

The same thing happened to Clift, but it wasn't too obvious because Clift used to be a quiet person, it's just that sometimes he bought cakes or sweets from famous cake shops even though he was never interested in sweets too much and then he would arrange the cake and tea neatly on the table after that, he would just stare at the cake for some time and occasionally she would turn his head at the door as if he was waiting for someone.

No one knew about this, only a few people who worked closely with him were aware of it but no one said anything because they could guess who he was waiting for.

"Are we interrupted something?" Jay felt the tension between Fredhardt and Fargo but he wasn't surprised because this wasn't the first time they were like this, especially after what happened to Lucas.

Fredhardt shakes his head "What have you got?"

"I checked everyone who was present that day and found one person standing out." Jay handed the tablet to Fredhardt, he took the tablet and started to carefully peruse the contents inside and Fargo joined beside him.

"Marco Duane he just being promoted to specialist before he was given the task of leading several people as the preliminary scout of the security around Augbern country" Fredhardt muttered  while skimming through the report.

"I know this guy, he is very enthusiastic about getting into the King's men Army, the rumor said he even fought with his family who wanted him to be anything but a soldier, I can't believe he would betray us!" Fargo's eyes dimmed with disappointment.

"Maybe that was his motive all along...it seems he's not originally from Harland, huh" Fredhard swiped the tablet.

"He's from Dolza and I'm not sure he betrayed us...." Jay interjected "I checked his interactions over the last three years since he left Dolza, he has never called or returned to Dolza itv seem he was strange from his family however two weeks before he started his mission his cousin visited him and stay with him"

"Is he from Dolza too?" Fredhardt narrowed his eyes.

This time it was Clift who answered "Yes, not only that she was graduate from White Rose Boarding school which is located in wellington city"

"S.A.I.N.T?" Fredhardt's voice deepened.

"that's my guessed" Clift nodded.

"SHI*!" Damn Fargo.

Fredhardt took a deep breath as he tried to control the anger boiling inside him, "what's her name?"

"Emily Cole" Jay's voice was cold as steel.

"So what's the plan?" Fargo crossed his arms in front of his broad chest with his eyes gleaming dangerously.

Everyone simultaneously turned their eyes of hope to Fredhardt.

Fredhardt rubbed his chin for a moment "We only have circumstantial evidence, nothing concrete at this point"

"Should we interrogate Marco and Emily?" he asked.

"No, if the S.A.I.N.T organization is really involved in this, we can't rush anything or else we might revealed what happened to the King….we need more information!" Fredhard's brows knitted together tightly then he shifted his gaze to Clift.

"Take thorough surveillance at Emily and Marco, I want to know where they are, where they go, who they interact with, their families, their friends, and lovers, I want to know their hobbies, habits, activities and if they have any pets, I want to know their names too"

"Done!" Clift nodded firmly.

"I will re-examine all their metadata that they left on the Net, phones, video, everything, if it's there something weird even if it's just as big as a speck of dust I'll find it" Jay determinedly said.

"I have contact in Dolza, I'll see what information I can pull about the S.A.I.N.T" Fargo took out his phones.

"Ok while you are at that I will do something to distract the annoying press we need to buy as much time as we can" Fredhardt fixed his suit.

"You think you can do that? the press movement is a bit weird lately like someone controlling them" Fargo looks at him with slight doubt.

Fredhardt roll his eyes then scoffed sarcastically "You start to doubt me now?" he then shift his gaze at Jay. "Just give them bigger news to make them busy so they get off our tail"

Jay then takes a small USB from his pocket then handed to Fredhardt's hand "How do you know about this?"

"Observation" he tapped his temple with a sly grin before he turn around and left suddenly Fargo shout at him.

"Hey, if....if something happened with Lucas, I don't care whether it's S.A.I.N.T or God himself, I'm gonna kill them all!" darkness gather in Fargo eyes.

Fredhardt stare at him for a while then snort "Count me in" he smirk then turn around and walk away elegantly.