Chapter 206
Lith's group was happily enjoying their meal, exchanging suggestions about how to better treat magic crystals during the next lesson when Jirni Ernas almost burst open the door marching inside .
All the conversations suddenly stopped . All eyes were drawn to the badge shining on her chest . Aside from a few students choking on their food, the clicking of Jirni's boots on the stone floor was the only audible sound .
Lady Ernas exuded enough killing intent to take away the appetite of those she passed along . While most of his schoolmates avoided her gaze, Lith couldn't stop hearing in his head the Imperius March along with a rhythmic heavy breathing .
Lady Ernas didn't bother caring for the reactions of the ants surrounding her . She was still high strung because she couldn't kill the three little b*stards . She wasn't a fan of due process, judges, and all those technicalities .
In her opinion, once she was done with her job, she should have been allowed to take out the trash . Yet she had the utmost respect for the law . Jirni had tailored her work life around a deep respect for rules and regulations .
There was only one thing that she could do to avoid murdering someone on her way home .
"Mom? What are you doing here?" Phloria looked at her with a puzzled look . Jirni had rarely allowed her daughter to see her in her uniform . She liked to keep her personal life separated from the professional one .
"Oh, my baby! Thank the gods you are all right . " She hugged Phloria, squeezing her against her chest while caressing and kissing her daughter's head .
The killing intent popped like a bubble, replaced by a scene quite embarrassing for a teenage girl . Phloria became beet red, trying to shake off her mother's embrace, but to no avail . She could hear many people sniggering at her .
Only once Jirni was certain that nothing had happened to her daughter, she let her go . What followed was even more embarrassing .
Jirni went in front of each one of the most vocal to have found the previous scene hilarious and after scanning their features with her silver tablet, she listed all the past misdeeds that their families had tried so hard to cover up .
R*pe, tax embezzlement, slavers, traitors . Sometimes the list was long, but she took her sweet time, starting with the most recent crimes and promising them she would take care of all those cases personally .
Some ran away in tears, others hid their faces in shame, a few attacked her . The result was always the same, broken bones and new criminal charges for assaulting an officer in the line of duty .
When she had finished, no one was laughing anymore . Jirni Ernas was a short woman, 1 . 52 (5') high, but in their eyes she had turned into a terrifying giant that no one dared to offend .
"Lith, do you have a few minutes to spare?" She asked with a gentle smile after returning to his table .
"I have some questions for you and my little Flower . It's better if we discuss this privately . "
Phloria blushed violently, while Friya and Yurial had to hold back their chuckles . Their reactions made no sense to Jirni, but being teenagers, there were few things about them she understood, so she paid them no heed .
- "How the heck did she found out so fast?" Phloria's mind was a train wreck . "I didn't even tell dad that Lith and I are dating . Sort of . We have yet to have a proper date . Is it possible she has someone spying on me in here?"–
They went to Lith's room and when Jirni insisted on talking to them separately, Phloria almost went into a panic .
"What do I do? She'll scare him away! I'll never have a boyfriend . Why does she have to meddle in everything I do?"
"It's not a big deal, sister . " Friya chuckled . "There are plenty of other fish in the sea . "
"Yeah and every one of them will get scared when having a meeting with a shark! I want to see if you'll keep laughing when it happens to you . " Phloria's retort snuffed out her hilarity .
Friya had yet to see Lady Ernas treat her adoptive daughters any different from her own blood .
While the three girls were panicking, each fueling the others' paranoia, Jirni and Lith were having another kind of talk .
"Do you know why I am here?" Her tone was firm, but gentle . Jirni preferred a soft approach in questioning a possible ally . She had already contacted the King on her way to the canteen and he had shared with her the Crown's agenda .
They knew Lith was an anomaly, like Manohar or Hatorne, but they hoped to turn him into an asset and prevent him from being snatched by other countries .
King Meron didn't explicitly order her to leave him alone, it was implied in his wording . Jirni was a loyal servant of the Crown, but above everything else she was a mother and a man hunter .
She had understood at first glance that Lith was like her, a ruthless killer with no compassion or care for human life . According to his background check, he cared for his family . It was a good start, but not enough .
It could have been all an act . She had to make sure that just like her, he was actually capable of caring . Otherwise letting him so close to her daughters was too dangerous . Not to mention that once Lith graduated from the academy, she had no doubt he would succeed, he would become a time bomb .
She knew that such a menace had to be snuffed out as soon as possible, before it became unstoppable as it had already happened with Hatorne or the god of death .
"Is this an official visit?" Lith asked .
- "If this was about me and Phloria dating, she wouldn't wear a uniform . She wouldn't question me, but fawn me instead . Lady Ernas wanted us to date since the second semester . Phloria never told me her mother is a royal constable, dammit .
I would have planned things more carefully . "–
Jirni nodded .
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"Nailed in one . Now, since you seem a smart boy to me, I suggest telling me the truth . We are cut from the same cloth . You can't fool me like you do with the others . "
Lith sighed . There wasn't much he could do about his situation .
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