Chapter 2572


    Chapter 2572


    Then, Preston spected. "How about this? There could’ve been a possibility that whoever had saved


    you back then had stolen it?"


    ''If it wasn''t on her, is it possible that someone could''ve intercepted it along the way? As she woke up


    with amnesia and did not remember anyone, that perpetrator might''ve taken it and hid it elsewhere.''


    Preston thought to himself.


    However, Nicole felt that it was unlikely that someone could have stolen it from her, as she was the only


    person who knew how to activate the Fire Crest.


    "Perhaps they took it and sold it off without knowing the value of it," Preston muttered.


    In a flip, the look on Preston''s face changed, and he eximed, "What if they took it and sold it off!"


    Nicole chuckled. "I don''t think they would do something like that. The people there? They all live very


    honest lives."


    Nicole was certain that the bunch of people who had saved her would notmit such petty crimes.


    After all, the device housing the Fire Crest itself was rather insignificant.


    "Then where on earth could it have gone? Ever since you went missing, you were basically living with


    them," Preston continued, bing increasingly agitated as he could not figure out where the Fire


    Crest had gone if the people who had saved Nicole had not pawned it.


    As for Nicole, a sudden rush of emotions came over her. She was unable to pin it down into words, but


    she had a hunch that she had seemingly stumbled across the Fire Crest somewhere.


    ''Where did Ie across these words before? Was it in one of the sessions I had? What was the


    meaning behind them?'' Nicole asked herself.


    Noticing that Nicole was feeling uneasy, Preston cautiously asked, "Nicole, are you okay? What''s


    wrong?"


    Nicole snapped back into her senses, whereupon she looked up at Preston. She slowly shook her head


    without saying a word. Then, she turned to herputer, staring at the screen.


    Her eyes squinted as she centered her gaze at the screen, ''I can''t put my finger on it, but it looks oddly


    ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    familiar with the system that Lawrence had once given me...''


    "Wait a minute...," she muttered, tensing up as she clicked on her mouse several times and cked


    away on her keyboard.


    A system interface instantly appeared on her monitor, one that Nicole always had trouble essing.


    Just like that, it was unlocked within seconds.


    Nicole stared at the screen as the popup windows appeared, her eyes widening in shock.


    Preston, too, was speechless, for he had never seen anything like that before. "This is..."


    Suddenly, a sound red out of theputer and an Al voice uttered, "Ma''am, is there anything I can


    help you with?"


    Caught offguard, Preston nervously swallowed. "Nicole, what-how did this suddenly appear?"


    ''This is the Fire Crest which symbolizes the Holy Union,'' Nicole figured, her eyes darkening. ''Lawrence


    gave this to me on purpose. He knew that I would be able to help him crack it. He told me there was


    something important inside. Something very dear to him.''


    Lawrence had long discovered it and had sought the help of numerous people to crack the code.


    However, to his dismay, none of them had seeded. Because of this, he had no choice but to


    approach Nicole. She was his only hope, and he knew for certain that she would be able to crack it for


    him, sooner orter.


    However, everything was already toote, as Nicole had sessfully cracked the code. It was then


    that she realized the risk that came after cracking the system.


    Perhaps he had reallye to a dead end and had no choice but to ask me for help,'' she surmised.


    As Nicole cracked the code open, the truth became clear as day, revealing the Fire Crest. ''Does this


    mean that I am the true owner of the Fire Crest all along? The consequences thate with this would


    be too much for Lawrence to bear anyway.''


    "Nicole, this is great news! You found the Fire Crest! Wait, what''s with that look?" Preston asked, the


    smile on his face


    vanishing immediately after he had noticed how grim Nicole was.


    Why is she looking so beat up? Isn''t she d that the Fire Crest has been found?'' he asked himself.


    "I''m okay. It''s a good thing I found it," Nicole replied, shaking her head before looking up at Preston


    with a brow raised.


    Nicole was slowly regaining vague memories about the Fire Crest.


    Then, she nced down at her wrist. ''Wait, where''s my watch? I remembered that I''ve fixed it to my


    watch for easy ess.''