The Princess and The Lord

Chapter 1265 The Past and Present III

1265 the past and present iii

"why don't you ask jack, doesn't he open a guild there?" serena was baffled why from all the people he knew he should asked her, the fugitive?

"i cannot, i don't know if they already watching him, besides is no secret i was a former ultima member" gavin click his tongue.

"and what about the other ex-ultima members, don't you maintain connection using that shameful porn hub forum, what is it called...'shake 'til you make it?" serena scoffed.

"you like it? it's my idea though" gavin said proudly.

"...."

"nah, i don't want to involve them with this" gavin sighed.

serena sneered "yet, you involved me"

gavin laughed out loud "well, unlike the others, you already have experience with them so you should have a tip or two to share with me"

serena's eyebrows furrow "who are we talking about anyway?"

"it's dragxtarn and argus agent" gavin snickered coldly.

serena's eyes widened for a moment, she held her breath before shouting at gavin, "how did you get into trouble with them, are you tired to live?!" her voice was strained with panic.

"it's perks of the job, unfortunately," gavin said with a resigned voice.

"then leave the job, are you crazy—" "i can't...this is not just a job, this is important....you should understand this, right" serena leaned her back weakly on the chair. she understood, how could she not understand she had lost all her life for her job even after all this time she still did not regret it if there was any regret left she hadn't finished what she started which is to know what really happened between nazareth and the lucien family, perhaps if she unravels this secret she would understand why all that horror happened.

"i will give you a number, but there's a way to call him so remember, when you called him hung up your phone after the third ring, then you called again but hung up after you heard the second ring after that you called again only then he would answer, understand" serena carefully explained.

"you always find the weirdest dude" gavin didn't know whether he should admire her or worry about her.

"when he answers the phone, tell him serena sent you" "okay, thanks" gavin cheerfully said.

"thanks my as*, you owed me five million roms!" she will never work for free!

"five million! i don't have that much!" he exasperated.

serena didn't care for someone in her situation nothing is more important than money, she need money! "give me the money and i will give you the number, your choice!" she adamant.

gavin grits his teeth, he wrecks his brain on how to persuade this money-grubber woman. even though he had the money still, five million roms is not little so he couldn't give his money just like that. gavin didn't know what to do but an idea crossed his mind, "yo, serena, how about a photo of lloyd after working out, let me be clear he's only wearing underwear and i have three with different angles, so what do you think are you—" gavin hasn't finished talking yet, serena suddenly scream.

"sold!"

"uh?"

"give me all of it!" her voice deepens.

"got it!" gavin answers readily without a shred of guilt after selling his own comrade.

"what a coincidence but is it just the two of them? even though they are former ultima members it would be impossible for just the two of them to face maren" jay has faced maren before so he knows how strong maren is.

"well, the strange thing is, there is no clear information on the other two people who joined the hunted other than they were a pair of husband and wife, maybe we should ask mr. quaid about that." clift parked their car.

"is it important, we have more important matters to deal with," jay frowned, he couldn't stop worrying about lucas' condition?

"just guts feeling, just think about it, jack quaid, garrof windfield, lloyd bryner, and gavin austin, they were all former members of ultima, so you could say we were all involved with the s.a.i.n.t. organization and luxemborough one way or another, so who knows it might lead somewhere...." clift said while opening the car door.

jay's mouth curled down, clift's words made sense, he hoped something satisfying would come out of this because time was running out and he didn't know how much longer lucas could hold on.

when they arrived at the beast's slayer guild maddy immediately greeted them, "welcome, sir, jack has been waiting for your arrival, let me take you there." her smile was a bit stiff out of nervousness.

jay smiled while giving a polite nod to the young girl, "thank you, madeline"

"it's a pleasure and please call me maddy" her cheeks reddened she was still not used to jay and clift's friendliness but again that was to be expected for the archknight, they were very different from other high-ranking officials who liked throwing weight around the ordinary people.

"your guild seems more packed than usual," clift glanced at the line of hunters queuing at the counter.

"yes, more and more beasts are appearing, not to mention the appearance of that strange tree-like beast, as a result, we now have to report it to the wga, the world guild association, after which they will follow up with the paladins and the saintesses," maddy snorted derisively.

guessing from the way maddy spoke, jay became curious. "it seems you don't like the idea of working with them?"

maddy reflexively covered her mouth, realizing that she had acted unprofessionally by outspoken her personal opinion to the client, as someone who worked in the guild she was expected to always be neutral without taking sides with any particular organization or group if she couldn't then she must keep her thought for herself.

"um, i'm sorry....it was inappropriate" she smiled shyly.

"it's fine, maddy" jay comforted her.

soon after they arrived at jack's office, "good evening, mr tornbery - mr equillan, how are you?" jack held out his hand for a handshake.

"we're fine, how are you, mr. quaid?" jay shook his hand.

"please call me, jack" he then shook clift's hand "please have a seat, would you like coffee or tea?"

"we're fine with everything" jay politely said.

maddy bowed her head and then left the room to prepare drinks for their esteemed guest.

"so...i guess you were going to ask about gavin, unfortunately, he still hasn't contacted any of us," jack said with an apologetic face.

"what do you think is the reason why he didn't contact you guys?" jay asked.

"there are three possible reasons," said jack, holding up three fingers. "one, he died, second, he was caught or third....the third reason is the reason i'm most worried about..." jack said with a troubled look.

clift raised his eyebrows and chuckled in amusement "more worrying than getting caught, or getting killed?"

jack wasn't joking at all, he took a deep breath and then said "the third reason is that he might think our position was compromised..."