Lory didn't immediately believe what Lily said so she checked it herself after that she did find some old news about The saintess and Lucas together but mostly it happened during formal events where they both seemed to be invited and there was only one picture that showed them meeting at Apart from work-related matters, this matter was reported on a large scale to the point that many news stories created a narrative as if Lucas and the Saintess had a secret relationship.
Lory is not a gullible woman who doesn't understand how the media works. Lory knew that someone had purposely made up this story, but Lory didn't understand what motive was driving them, they thought that this gossip would not last long, instead it would provoke the anger of the people of Harland.
It would make more sense if the women involved in this gossip were celebrities or socialites than Lory could understand their motives but the woman involved was a Saintess who was very famous as a holy woman so why would she get involved with Lucas anyway this would just happen. ruining his reputation, S.A.I.N.T. The organization never confirmed the rumors so perhaps this happened with the organization's permission, so what do they want could it be Luxemborough involved in this as well?
Lory frowned while thinking hard but she needed to get more information to come to a conclusion. Lory blew her cheeks then got up from her chair and squatted in front of the small refrigerator in the corner of the room. Lory checked the drinks in the refrigerator and then noticed a row of soda drinks from various brands. Lory knows that the perpetrator of this is her husband, who for some reason is obsessed with this drink. Lory shook her head and then took a random can after that she closed the refrigerator door.
Suddenly her phone rang and it was an unknown number, Lory took her phone and answered it "Hello"
"How are you, Your Higness" a familiar gruff voice heard from behind the phone.
Lory's face lit up, "Yo Garrof, long time no see, how are you and Lloyd, still alive?" Lory joked then took a sip from a soda can.
Garrof let out an exhilarated laugh, "We're fine - we're fine, though there were some problems here and there but nothing we couldn't handle, what about you and Mr. Zhao?"
"It's the same, just like you there's nothing I can't handle..." Lory answered casually and implied that she also faced some problems but they weren't big.
"I'm sure you do~" it would be stupid to worry about Lucient's descendants, "By the way, I just heard a rumor that you gained some attention from the Underground Guild," Garrof kept his tone playful obviously he's not worried.
Lory took another sip then smacked her lips and continued, "I had some friction with the underground Guild because of Ron Augburn"
"That stupid kid still doesn't have enough, huh?" Garrof said mockingly, but then it suddenly dawned on him the important matter, "Wait, the Augburn Family has ties to the Underground Guild, Since when?"
Lory sat in her chair and sighed "Yes and that's what caught my attention" Lory's hands danced on the keyboard for a moment then the screen suddenly went black for two seconds then lit up again again with a black screen then a small pipe symbol blinked at the right corner of the the laptop screen.
"I don't know since when, but I think their relationship is quite tight since Ron was able to hire a group of powerful gifted people to kidnap me?" Lory giggles as she speaks.
"He did what?" Garrof held his breath before he laughed hoarsely again after which he took a deep breath, "What an idiot...anyway, isn't the perpetrator who injured Ethan possibly from the S.A.I.N.T. organization and that organization probably has something to do with Luxemborough? It seems a lot of things revolve around the Hamilton family, huh? Is it a coincidence?"
"When you put it all together, you can see everyone wants to profit from the Hamilton family, the Augburn Family that made Ron woo Lilly definitely has something to do with the shares of the Ellecant group, while Luxemborough and the S.A.I.N.T. have an interest not only in the Hamilton family but also Ethan Hamilton, unfortunately, we haven't got more information to know what their plan is?"
"True, I also find it hard to dig for information about the S.A.I.N.T. organization and Luxemborough," Garrof expressed his regret.
Meanwhile, at Lory's laptop screen, a word finally appears.
| Welcome to Underground Guild customer service, can we help you?
Lory glances at the screen and begins to type.
|I need information about Ethan Hamilton.
The person behind the keyboard starts to reply.
|What kind of information do you want?
Lory squints her eyes.
At the same time, Garrof continued, "Honestly, I don't get it, I don't mean to belittle them, but the Hamilton family is just one of the rich families in Wellinburg, so what do these two or possibly three powerful groups want from the Hamilton family? If it's a matter of making weapons, aren't there other talented creators in the world, why does it have to be Ethan Hamilton, what is so special about him?" Garrof feels he missed an important piece.
"The only way we know for sure is to talk to Ethan Hamilton but I'm afraid because of his situation he's not allowed to have any visitors," Lory propped her chin as she pondered.
"Now we had suspicion about the situation, it seems like he is deliberately hiding using his illness. Who do you think he is hiding from?" Garrof's voice was solemn.
"If that's true, it will be even more difficult to get information from him," Lory said thinly.
"Well, that would be difficult...." Garrof knew that Hamilton had become overprotective of Ethan after what happened to him, apart from physicians and healers there was no one who could get close with Ethan.
"Oh yeah, have you been able to contact one of the Archknights?" Lory changed the subject.
"Unfortunately not yet, Harland's security is tighter than ever, well even though none of Harland's citizens have complained, after all, with the current state of the world, they are safer in Harland than going out to other countries," Garrof explained.
"Yeah, but that also means something big happened in Harland..." Lory worriedly said.
"I will continue to investigate," said Garrof.
"Thank you, oh by the way, I need someone to forge a whole new identity for my husband and me since many people are following me now so they must dig up my past right now, do you know anyone like that"
"You'll have to ask Jack about that" Garrof reminded Lory that Jack had more acquaintances in that regard.
"Yeah, but that means I must explain the reason or make up another lie but I'm too lazy to do that, besides you don't want Jack to interrogate you about me either, right?"
"Well, Jack can be quite fussy when it comes to this" Garrof could already imagine Jack whining at him, Garrof immediately shuddered "Well, I happen to have an acquaintance in that area, he's a pretty famous hacker and he owes me his life so he wouldn't refuse. His code name is dirty fingers I'll send him to contact you "
Lory's mouth twitched, "dirty fingers? really?"
"Despite his disgusting name, he actually quite good" Garrof assured Lory.
"Okay, I believe you" Lory sighed resignedly, she decided to see what this man could do since she had no other choice.
"You will not disappointed princess!" Garrof reassured Lory with a firm tone but then he mumbled the last word quietly "I hope..."
Lory rolled her eyes and chuckled, "Fine, watch your six, soldiers!" Lory hung up the phone then she continued typing.
| I want information about the people responsible for the Ethan Hamilton incident.
Lory then waits for a reply and one minute later they start to type.
|I'm sorry we don't have concrete information for that information, do you have any other request?
Lory then typed again.
|You can't or you won't?
A moment later the screen suddenly turns dark and then back to normal again meaning the contact with Underground Guild had cut off.
"Someone got spooked" The corners of Lory's lips curved into a sly smile, she lifted the soda can and then took a sip.
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