The Princess And The Lord

At the other carriage, Lory and Ming Yue Yin lay on the cushion across from each other, the Su sister riding their own horses outside so there's only the two of them inside the large carriage plus one bird lay on the soft cushion on the round table in the middle of them.

Ming Yue Yin turns to the side she props her head with her hand upon the pillow ten casually ask "What are you thinking aunty?"

"Hum…" Lory hummed as she stares at the ceiling.

lory blatant ignorant didn't discourage her "Come on, tell me what is it?" Ming Yue Ying pressed further.

Lory clicks her tongue "No, it just….I wonder how Lao Min Na knows about the storm? it's obvious she stalled me and drained my power deliberately and Lazarus help her, but why?" Lory eyebrows knitted closely, she doesn't understand why Lazarus so cooperative, is he a team player now?

"Could it be Lazarus who told her about the storm?" Ming Yue Yin asks inadvertently. 

"I don't know, I don't think he can't predict the future…" Lory's face brimmed with doubt even Girsha who control the wind can't predict Mother nature would Lazarus know any better? Nah, the fallen god is not an actual god isn't it, if he can predict the future she would be dead right now.

Lory turns her head at Ming Yue Yin who also lay comfortably like her "But if it's not Lazarus than who is it? Lao Min Na can't predict the future isn't it?"

Ming Yue Yin pursed her lips then quietly say: "Who knows, that woman is so mysterious, I won't be surprised if she has a few tricks inside her sleeves, that woman has too many secret....just like you!" she jokingly said.

Lory clasped her hand on her stomach as she recalled the first time she met Lao Min Na "You right, Lao Min Na use to be a timid, gullible, and innocent young woman then one night 'poof' she changes one-eighty" 

"In short, she was stupid," Ming Yue Yin make a light comment.

"Well, she trusts people easily…" Lory crossed her arms on her chest while recalled how Lao Min Na used to be "Lao Min Na is quite a pitiful child you know, her father hated her, her birth mother involved in a scandal that tainted her for life and leaving her alone at a young age then she trusts her stepmother who actually hates her, and she trusts her stepsister but she eventually stab her in a back multiple times, lastly, she trust Zhao Mu Fan but that man betray her and chose her stepsister instead, at the end she ends up with heartache and disappointment ….to be honest, her past is quite similar with Zhao Li Xin don't you think?"

"If you mean both of them harassed by their own family and pretend to be weak to survived then finally rise to be one of the talented people in the world, then yeah..." Ming Yue Yin states the fact and nods "When you look it that way, they are quite similar however I think my past is more similar to Lao Min Na though" Ming Yue Yin smiles wryly.

"Yeah you too, then what is the difference….why you and Zhao Li Xin become like this and Lao Min Na become….like that?" Lory pursed her lips as she tries to understand Lao Min Na's character maybe then she would understand what is Lao Min Na big plan.

To win from you're your enemy first thing you have to do is understand your enemy, that's what her Father said but she can't understand Lao Min Na. She can't understand what forces a timid girl to collude with an actual Demon, is she's not afraid?

Ming Yue Yin giggles softly "Of course we are not the same, you know why?" she stares at Lory with glittering eyes.

Lory raised her brows confusedly "What?" 

"We both met you!" she winks at Lory with a wide grin.

Lory chuckles "Nice one brat, but I met with Lao Min Na too, I work at her house don't you remember?" Lory reminds as she giggles lightly.

Ming Yue Yin pouts her lips "What if She met Lazarus first…" she mutters to herself.

"WHAT!" Lory abruptly raised her back and sit, Girsha also stunned and lift his head.

Ming Yue Yin only make a slight joke, she surprised with Lory and Girsha's reaction "What?" Ming Yue Yin nervously asks before she takes a sit because the atmosphere suddenly becomes tense.

"Of course! why I never thought about this before!" Lory clasped her hand in front of her chest, her eyes bulged widely then she stares at Girsha "What if she met Lazarus, long before she met us? It would explain her sudden changed behavior and also her talent, could it be it's all Lazarus doing?"

"She make a wish to Lazarus like you did" Girsha expression deepen.

"It would explain her cruelty and the violence" Lory bites her nail anxiously.

"Again…why Lazarus attracted with Lao Min Na soul?" This is the matter that baffled him the most.

"What if there something Lao Min Na could provide?" Ming Yue Yin suddenly chimed in.

Lory and Girsha look at each other, Lory bites her nail while immersed in her thought "Something she can provide, what Lazarus wants, what the demon wanted….." Lory grumbles to herself.

Ming Yue Yin suddenly asks "Other than your soul what is Lazarus value the most in the world?"

Lory crossed her arms, she looks down and shakes her head as she immersed in her thought "Soul, a Demon only values a soul, It's the only thing that feeds his hunger, It make him stronger...wait a minute!" Lory took a sharp breath.

"Could it be Lao Min Na provide him with souls?" Lory feel she was struck by an epiphany, why she never thought about this before "He has free from the cage however without my soul he can regain his power but he still needs to feed, is like he takes an appetizer before the main course" Lory stupefied by her own words.

"But why can't he get souls on his own? Lory becomes quiet again.

"Do you remember Lory, when we first came to this world we lost our power, what if the same thing happened to him, somehow he lost some of his power, that's why he need Lao Min Na help" Girsha eyes bulged widely, this hypothesis would explain Lao Min Na and Lazarus relationship 

"Wait, if Lao Min Na really provides Lazarus with souls then how many souls we are talking about?" Ming Yue Yin held her breath.

"Hundreds….millions…billions, that Demon could swallow the world if you let him….and it's all my fault" Lory back hunched and regret hit her like a wave and each wave send a shiver to her spine, how she wishes she died that day just like her plan so none of this happened, it's all her fault, she is the one who brought that evil demon to this world and people ie because of her.

"No, is not you, is Lao Min Na doing!" Ming Yue Yin pounced on Lory "She is the one that make decision to colluded with the demon, she's the one who chose to kill all those men, is not you!" Ming Yue Yin wrapped her hands around Lory's neck as she embraces Lory tightly then she whispers gently on her ears "You can't take responsibility for other people's bad decisions, how could this be your fault!"

Suddenly the carriage stop and the curtain suddenly lifted, Lory and Ming Yue yin reflex shift their head to the end of the carriage, and there they saw Zhao Li Xin frowning while watching Lory with deep concerned. Lory didn't cry but her eyes are glossy and she obviously distraught.

Ming Yue Yin let out a long sigh, she patted Lory shoulder "I'll stay in another carriage" she smiles then she got out of the carriage, Ming Yue Yin send a meaningful gaze at Zhao Li Xin before she left.

Zhao Li Xin kneels on one leg in front of Lory "What happened, why are you sad?" he cupped Lory's face.

"No, I'm fine…why are you here, is the meeting over?" Lory smiles, she blatantly pretend nothing happens.

Of course, Zhao Li Xin could see right through her however he knew Lory needs time to collect herself before she ready to explains anything to him so he takes a seat next to her then pull her head on his chest, he circles his arms on her waist without asking further and both of them hold each other in silence.

Outside Ming Yue Yin walk towards Yang Xi Yin carriage, suddenly Girsha perch on her shoulder and it surprised Ming Yue Yin. Girsha is a proud Beast and he doesn't like humans too much, only a few people that he willing to interact and in this world other than Lory he only interacts with Zhao Li Xin who had a special position in Lory life so his sudden closeness stunned her.

"Lo..Lord Girsha?" Ming Yue Yin agape.

"Thank you, she needs someone to knocked some sense to her, that girl tends too hard on herself…" Girsha's voice filled with gratitude and bitterness, at the end it took a human to understand another human, this is something he knew all along that's why he encouraged Lory to interact with other people.

Ming Yue Yin flustered "I know, I will always be there for her, Lory is like a family for me," she said with warm smiles.

"I know, and I'm sure she feel the same little brat…" Girsha chuckles lightly.

"Hehehe~" Ming Yue Ying shyly smiles like a silly little girl when Girsha teased her. She feel elated and rather proud just like a common people got teased by a celebrity, that exactly how Ming Yue Yin feel right now.