My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 1495
Nicole suddenly thought that Jared and Zane might actually know each other. Otherwise, there would be little explanation as to
why Zane had given her the coffee beans that were procured from Jared's farm.
As expected, Jared maintained a very polite tone with Zane. "I'm fine. It's only right for me to take care of her."
Zane smiled. ’I never expected that you and Nicole are together. I'd have introduced you guys to each other earlier if I knew that
this would happen.
In response, Jared said, "Yeah. It’s a shame I didn't get to see her when I met you back then."
As the conversation occurred, Nicole began to feel a little awkward. She figured that she might probably not have any feelings for
Jared if they had met each other earlier.
"Mr. Spears, how did you get to know Jared?" Nicole asked, as she was a little curious about it.
It was then that Zane realized that Nicole was still there.
In awkward fashion, he replied, "We've known each other for a long time. I first met him when I visited his grandpa, but he was
still a teenager back then."
Nicole lifted her brows and looked at Jared. 'I see. Mr. Spears is a friend of Jared's father. Now I know why he'd always send him
coffee.'
After having engaged in all of the small talk, Zane cut straight back to the chase again. "I'm afraid that your grandpa has heard
about it now that you're here.”
Jared knew what Zane was talking about, as his face took on a solemn expression. "Yes. He has heard about it."
As soon as Jared had woken up, his grandfather had informed him about the Reby Family Crest. His instincts had clued him in,
and that Nicole was his fiancee. Thus, he had rushed to her aid without bothering to keep himself well rested at all. He was
worried that his fiancee would be in danger.
After listening to their conversation, Nicole could almost guess what they were talking about.

Her gaze darkened as she said in a low voice, "I guess the Johnston family is also one of the families affiliated to the Reby
Family Crest, am I right?"
Both Zane and Jared looked at Nicole at the same time, as if they were admitting that what she had said was right.
"Not only the Johnstons, but every other family who were involved in the Holy War back then, and that includes me. I've heard
about it," Zane said.
Zane sat on the sofa and with a solemn look on his face, he said, "Rumor has it that the descendants of the Reby family
retrieved crest and hid it more than a century ago. None of US have expected it to reappear again. However, every family in the
Holy Alliance are bound to the will of our ancestors, and will obey whoever possesses the Reby Family Crest, no matter what."
"Holy Alliance? Holy War?" Nicole asked, as she could vaguely remember the system mentioning these keywords when she was
searching for the owner of the crest back then.
Zane noticed how confused she was, so he took a deep breath and continued, "It's a long story and it's only briefly mentioned in
our family's records. More than a thousand years ago, rumor has it that a deadly tribe went on a rampage on our land, and
nobody could stop them.
"Because of this, every powerful family in the world had no choice but to form the Holy Alliance to stand against them. Still, we
failed anyway. After that, the Reby family invented a drug, which managed to obliterate our enemies for good. However, they
also lost five of their bravest and most formidable sons in the battle.
"That was why the Holy Alliance had gifted five crests to the descendants of the fallen warriors of the Reby Family as a token of
gratitude."
Carl and Nicole looked at each other after they had heard this myth-like story. "Do people really believe in things like this in this
day and age?"
"Even though some of the allies from a thousand years ago had disappeared, the families that are still around all have a very
long history. All of us value the will and traditions of our ancestors very much. All the families have documented this incident at
the very beginning of their family's history, so the descendants take it very seriously. That being said, every descendant of the
families that are a part of the Holy Alliance will do everything they can to assist and protect the person who holds the crest,"
Zane finished.
"But isn't this crest supposed to be given to the Reby family? Why would somebody else own it now?" Nicole said, curious.

Zane then sighed and said, "According to what my ancestors have documented, somebody coveted the power of the crest about
two hundred years ago, so they stole it away from the Reby family. However, the descendants of the Holy Alliance followed the
orders of their forefathers and obeyed the person who had stolen it nonetheless. Then, chaos broke out a hundred years later, so
the Reby family retrieved the crests and destroyed them. Nobody would've thought that one of the crests... would be with you
now."
Zane stared at Nicole with a look that indicated mixed feelings.