Chapter 763
Selia had become as skillful as a professional tailor, but sewing clothes took days, whereas Lilia and Leran only needed minutes to destroy them . Not to mention how hard it was washing them without tearing the stitches apart .
"Oh, gods! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Selia cried out of joy at the thought that her nightmare was finally over .
Being pregnant to term, she couldn't jump at Lith's neck, so she dragged him down by the collar of his shirt to give him a big kiss on both cheeks before forcing her kids to wear their enchanted clothes .
"They are no better than the academy's uniforms . " Lith warned her . "They are no Skinwalker armor, so the degree of protection those clothes offer is limited . "
Lith only had so many prototypes, and after giving them to his family, the Ernas's girls, and to the kings of the woods protecting his home, he had none left . Orichalcum was too precious and he had only a limited amount of it .
Sure, Lith still had to cash in his latest reward, but before filling a blank check, he wanted to be sure to not later regret asking for too little or for something he didn't need .
"As long as I don't have to patch them every other day, they are fine by me . " Selia said while preparing a strong tea and spiking it with an even stronger liquor . Kamila was already regaining consciousness and she could probably use a drink .
"Kami, are you alright?" Lith held her hand, giving her courage, and making the paleness of her face disappear .
"Yes, sorry . I was- I am-" Kamila kept tripping on her tongue as she couldn't stop staring at the abnormal family in front of her eyes .
"There, there, dear . " Selia offered her a cup of hot spiked tea that Kamila gulped down too fast, starting to cough due to the liquor . The alcohol burned through her throat and stomach, but it also spread a soothing warmth that eased her nerves .
"Not so fast, or it will go straight to your head . There's nothing to be scared of . I'm human, just like you . Do you think Lith would ever put you into danger? Does Ryman or my kids look scary?"
"No, and that's the really scary part . " Kamila blurted out .
They weren't normal, yet there was nothing distinguishing them from humans . The sudden realization that Body Sculpting wasn't a prerogative of humans, that magical creatures could live next door and she would never notice was what was freaking Kamila out .
"Can I have some more? Pretty please?" She asked with lost, begging puppy eyes .
"Do you want tea in your Phoenix Plume, dear?" With its almost 40% of alcohol content, it was Protector's favorite medicine after a bad day .
"Yes, but leave the bottle, please . " Kamila replied while filling her cup with tea and liquor in equal parts .
"Do you want to stay for dinner or do you want me to bring you back home?" Lith was caressing her hand and looking at her with deeply worried eyes .
"I'm fine, really . I'm just…" Kamila didn't know what to say without sounding incredibly rude to their hosts . "Overwhelmed . You told me a great deal about both of them, but never that they were together or that Ryman could change his form . "
"Because it wasn't up to me to share it, nor does it change what they represent for me . My relationship with Ryman would be the same even if he was a wooden puppet come to life . " Lith replied .
"I really don't get what's so scary about me . " Protector furrowed his brows . "You surely have met plenty of criminals in your line of work and I doubt you fainted while looking at the evidence of their crimes . What makes me even worse than they are?"
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