The Ultimate Forger

8

CHAPTER EIGHT

Almost immediately after Enzo said the last words he spoke, General Hector lifted his head to look at Lucian with a curious look on his face.

“Have you ever heard of it? This Phoenix Heart Root?” Hector asked calmly while Lucian paused for a while before giving him a response.

“Yes, General. I have heard of it.” Lucian nodded almost immediately, but he still hoped that the General wasn’t going to want to know more.

Lucian wasn’t sure he could trust anyone at that moment after his encounter with Angus, not even the General whom he had started knowing on a bad note.

“I haven’t heard of the Phoenix Heart Root, Lucian.”

“Oh, really?” Lucian lifted his brows to form a furrow while looking at the General who nodded to affirm his words.

“I guess I might need to find out what that is. You will have to tell me whatever you know about it later, Lucian.”

“Not a problem at all, General…” Lucian sighed softly before returning his gaze to Elder Enzo who bent his face at once. It was obvious that the old man was trying to find out something about Lucian, but he didn’t want him or the General to find out what it was.

“Go on, Elder Enzo. Tell us more about this man. We want to know what he looks like, anything at all that could help us identify him.”

“But I don’t know anything about him…” Enzo said to Lucian who found his words a bit difficult to believe, and when he had taken in a deep breath which he let out slowly, he continued with a low tone.

“I never met him, Angus and Lord Ivan had all the meetings with him, and I was only given instructions on what to give to the Emperor. That’s all, I don’t know any other thing, I swear.”

Lucian looked at Elder Enzo whose countenance showed deep sincerity, but even though it still wasn’t enough to make him believe him, he still had to give him the benefit of the doubt.

“Alright. Go on, tell us more, tell us about some others who could be involved in this apart from Lord Ivan…” Lucian demanded at once, still looking at the Emperor and the General who sighed softly before he gave him a response.

“Lady Vella….” Elder Enzo said with a shaky tone, turning to look at General Hector who blinked twice before he widened his eyes in disbelief.

“Yes, General. She  is also involved.” Elder Enzo said, seeing the shocked expression on the General’s face, and knowing that he was going to find his words very hard to believe.

“Lady Vella? That’s not possible, Elder Enzo. Seraphina would never involve herself in such. You must be mistaken.”

“I am telling you the truth, General. Seraphina and Lord Ivan have a secret together that they have never told anyone, no one except me knows about it. I think Seraphina is in it because of Lord Ivan.”

“What secret are you talking about, Elder Enzo? Speak, now!” The General ordered with an imperative tone, looking at the old man who shivered at his words, causing him to adjust himself because he thought the General was going to strangle him to death.

“She is his daughter! She is his daughter!” Elder Enzo voiced out at once while General Hector gasped, looking at the old man who avoided having any form of eye contact with him, knowing that he was not only dumbfounded but also angry at the same time.

“This is so impossible to believe. Seraphina?” General Hector looked around the house as though he was in search of solace from any angle, but it felt as though nothing made sense to him, not even the fact that he was still standing as he felt very uneasy.

Thinking that he was still putting on his red cape, he tried to grab it with his left hand only to realize that it was gone.

Lucian stood still, looking at the General while he held onto the thoughts that crept into his mind. He tried to figure out what was going on, but he couldn’t find the closest clue. He thought of asking the General, but realizing that his mood was not favorable, he decided not to go ahead with it.