Chapter 1616 Gaia Upon hearing Osvaldo's words, Selena felt as if she could fly to the heavens. She was about to speak when Leia suddenly approached them. "Madam, your phone," Leia said.
Leia had been squatting in a nearby corner, her face full of confusion as she pondered whether Selena was indeed the "Sacred Pearl." She wanted to give the couple some privacy but then heard Selena's phone ringing and didn't want to delay any important matters.
Selena took the phone and saw Stanley's number flashing on it. She pressed the answer button and said, "Stanley." Osvaldo's expression darkened slightly. Childhood sweethearts were always troublesome! He watched as Selena spoke a few words into her phone before looking up at him. "My cousin will most likely be coming to the capital in three days... I'll meet with Stanley this afternoon to discuss things further." Osvaldo ruffled Selena's hair affectionately before leading her into their car.
Having resolved something that had been weighing heavily on her mind for a long time, Selena felt particularly good and radiant on their way back home.
Within half an hour of this conversation taking place, everyone who needed to know within the capital knew that Selena was indeed the owner of Sacred Pearl.
With so many experts from Lab 717 personally visiting their research institute and The Turner family openly questioning Central City... with these two events happening first, it would be impossible for District Six or even their research institute itself to suppress anything related to Sacred Pearl anymore.
Since they couldn't suppress it anyway, they might as well make it bigger by revealing its true value publicly and dominating public opinion instead. Central City would not dare lay hands on someone who had such high status now that it had been exposed.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAnd with this revelation came an instant uproar throughout the capital.
As for Miss Turner - no one dared say anything more about her within all of the capital.
People at that level were no longer people they were qualified enough even talk about! Many of the people who had previously been enemies with the Turner family only realized now that Selena was actually quite merciful towards them. With her status, it would only take a word from her to destroy any one of these opposing families.
How could they have been so foolish as to go against this little princess? The owner of Sacred Pearl, originally from H country and now the director of H country's research institute, was an unexpected surprise that caused chaos in various fields once again.
Selena didn't pay attention to how others viewed this matter. After lunch, Osvaldo took her to find Stanley.
When Selena entered the estate, Stanley was sitting in the garden brewing tea.
After looking around and seeing only Stanley there, she asked, "Where are Black Crow and White Crow?" The underground vaccine had already been successfully developed and Black Crow and White Crow were fine.
They stayed with Stanley to prepare for Selena's return to Central City.
Stanley smiled slightly as he poured a cup of clear tea for Selena. "I sent them back to the empire first so they can make preparations." Selena paused for a moment before her eyes suddenly lit up. "Stanley... is it because..." She had too few people she could rely on in Capital City.
Lillian came aggressively at such a time but Stanley still let Black Crow and White Crow leave; naturally he must have determined that Lillian could no longer threaten her safety anymore.
Stanley gently smiled. "Your Majesty, your father and mother already know about your existence openly now; they won't allow Lillian or anyone else harm you anymore." Selena's slender fingers trembled slightly - Stanley wouldn't say something like this without reason.
Only he had received some news.
Selena looked at him expectantly.
But Stanley didn't tell her directly. "Wait a few days, Miss Lillian will personally tell you and you'll be even happier." Selena breathed a sigh of relief, and her black eyes showed the colors of longing and hope.
She tilted her face slightly upwards, looking at the sky over the empire.
Although Osvaldo had taken good care of her during the year she was away from home, she still suffered a lot.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBefore this moment, Selena never felt wronged before. But when she regained the protection of her parents again, she felt tears welling up in her eyes.
She was truly a princess who grew up in a castle. The entire empire treated her with utmost tenderness and care. Except for those few days when she was kidnapped as a child, Selena never experienced any hardship or injustice throughout her life until this past year where she experienced death and another girl's dark suppressed life. She also went through various power struggles that involved scheming... except for Osvaldo who protected her because he understood what kind of person Selena is like inside out - from start to engagement banquet - no one else did so willingly without any ulterior motives or personal gain attached to it.
In fact only parents can be relied on without any psychological burden before marriage for girls like Selena.
Stanley watched as Selena smiled but with tears in his eyes; his expression became somewhat sad too.
He knew that she had suffered a lot and been wronged in the past year. If he had found her earlier and not let her wander outside, she would still be the empress, with clean clothes and no sorrow in her eyes. No one would dare to make her suffer.
"Your Majesty... I'm sorry," Stanley said softly.
Selena snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Stanley's words, shook her head, and smiled. "Stanley, I'm glad." Since her father had taken action, it wouldn't be just a small matter. She believed that he would clear all obstacles for her and bring her back to the empire openly.
Stanley looked at the beautiful face of the young girl with a smile on his lips. "Everything will be better when we get home." Selena also smiled with anticipation in hers. "Mm-hmm." Stanley handed Selena tea before telling her about recent events happening in their empire while Selena listened quietly for quite some time before looking up at him.
Frowning at the way she was looking at him so seriously for the first time ever made Stanley ask: "What's wrong Selena?" She remained silent for a moment longer than usual before saying: "Stanley, can you help me find someone when we return to our empire?" Having an idea of what this might mean already made Stanley sigh deeply before asking: "Your Majesty... what are you suspecting?" This time Selena was silent even longer than before but then shook his head slowly as if unsure herself: "I'm not sure yet but Black Crow and White Crow have probably told you something about him." "I have been investigating A for a long time, but so far, there has been no news. | have the ability to completely erase someone's trace under A's intelligence network... Only one force can do it... The Riddle Group Empire!" Selena hung her head, concealing her emotions. "Even with the all-seeing eye of 'God's Love," they couldn't make Ace of Hearts come back empty-handed. They exhausted all means and still found nothing.
But there was one exception.
The "Gaia" guarding the empire."