NOVEL NEXT Chapter 138: Helena...Who Is She?
'Wait a minute… system, show me the list of debtors.'
Clara was clearly giving him mixed signals, as if she was satisfied with what she had done behind his back. The only thing Lucien could think of that she could take advantage of was the ongoing war.
As soon as Lucien gave the order, a transparent panel appeared in his mind, which was his status panel.
'Sure enough, this girl is really taking revenge on me.'
Ignoring everything else, Lucien directly looked at the Debt Issued section, only to shake his head with bitterness.
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[Debt Issued]:
Full Collection: (Can collect debt in full)
> Hugo Lionheart – ~420,000 Gold, 2520 Mana stones, ..., Enchanted Arms Cache
> Eldest Princess Sera Edoria – ~250,000 Gold, 1000 Mana stones, ….
> Third Princess Lilith Edoria – ~200,000 Gold, 500 Mana stones, ..., + 1 Sealed Mana Vault
> Lord Vannis Coldmere – ~120,000 Gold + Gem-Embedded Scroll
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Just as he thought, it seemed this girl Clara directly looted their family in anger after what happened with Sera.
No wonder she showed a sly smile.
'But why is only Sera's name in the list of debtors? Did she… really not take a single penny?'
Lucien suddenly thought, finding it odd.
After all, if she was taking revenge, it made sense for her to hijack his wealth for herself rather than keep everything for Sera, right?
But even after he went through the entire list, he never found any debtors named Clara.
'It seems this girl really is very loyal to Sera.'
Lucien could only think like this while looking at the ordinary girl up and down with intrigue.
To be honest, he found this subordinate of his woman quite mysterious.
"Hmm? Does Sir Lucien have anything to say to me?"
Clara, of course, saw his look and asked, puzzled. She could feel that Lucien was somehow judging her, and even showed a bit of appreciation.
'Why do I feel like I am exposed?'
She thought, feeling weird when suddenly she saw Lucien smile and wave his hand lightly,
"There is nothing to say. It seems Miss Clara is right. There is no need for me to apologize at all."
Lucien said, surprising her in the process. He then faintly smirked before giving a slight warning,
"But I think it's better to be careful when doing things. Sometimes what we mean to do for others might end up causing them harm instead, don't you think?"
He said, implying something that Clara did.
Although he didn't know why her deed was counted on Sera's head like this, even though our princess was oblivious, it did manage to affect Sera negatively.
After all, without Clara, how could Lucien extract debt from the Eldest Princess of the Edoria Kingdom and gain a Phoenix-related skill?
Fortunately, his system couldn't strip someone of their power of origin, and so she was alright… otherwise…
"What thing are you talking about?"
Just when Clara was surprised about how Lucien knew about her deed, suddenly, a faint raspy voice appeared from the side, followed by the appearance of a mature woman in a revealing outfit.
The woman was tall, with long, graceful legs, a narrow waist, and full bosoms that her revealing dress seemed designed to flaunt.
The deep cut of the fabric clung to her curves seductively and shimmered faintly with each movement of hers, drawing attention to her bare skin.
She looked absolutely gorgeous and dangerously seductive from every angle.
"Oh? So you're the Lucien the princess mentioned?"
The mature lady finally saw Lucien looking at her figure and faintly smiled with just the right amount of surprise. Her deep blue eyes scanned him up and down as if judging him.
"You are?"
At first, Lucien was surprised by the sudden appearance of a gorgeous lady out of nowhere and asked.
But when he looked at the map in his mind, which he opened after entering this place, he went silent with a weird look in his eyes.
"Oh my, I didn't know the man mentioned by the princess to be this handsome."
However, the lady didn't notice Lucien's change.
Instead, she stepped closer, close enough for him to breathe in her scent, her eyes sweeping over him with a light judgment.
The faint smile she wore and the aura in her gaze at Lucien made it clear she was ready to seduce him if given the chance.
Only, she looked a little too eager for someone who had just met Lucien.
Not to mention those hungry blue eyes, bold and unashamed, ready to devour him alive, were quite familiar to Lucien.
Sigh...someone failed miserably in her attempt to disguise.
"Cough… Miss, it is nothing. We were just talking about the upcoming meetings."
Clara saw the frivolous nature of the lady as soon as she appeared and coughed to ease her embarrassment.
She never thought she would see her like this ever.
"Sir Lucien, she is Lady Helena, the owner of this Deepvale auction house. She is the one who helped us arrange this meeting today."
Although Clara already had her doubts upon seeing Lucien's change in expression, she still hurriedly introduced the mature lady in front, who couldn't take her eyes off the man for even a second.
Only when she coughed and introduced her did Helena come to her senses and extend her hand in greeting.
"Hehe… small things, small things. I am just happy to meet the man that even the princess talked highly of."
Helena giggled lightly, showing her undulating curves to Lucien before extending her hand.
She didn't seem to notice the weird look on Lucien's face at all when he grabbed her hand in greeting, as she was having too much fun herself.
Rather, she was in a full-on gossipy mood, since as soon as Lucien grabbed her hand, she twirled it lightly in teasing before continuing in a raspy voice.
"And I have to say, I am not disappointed at all. He's just as fine as I imagined."
Helena added, winking in a frivolous manner while lightly tapping his palm with her long nails.