Chapter 192
"Embraced the whispers..." Her Excellency repeated. "Can you elaborate?"
"Hey!" Rico spoke up, placing a hand in front of his mother. "You can’t just threaten people and then chat like it didn’t happen!"
Sef Punten sighed and covered his eyes.
The Amikoneth glanced at her child and smiled with love in her eyes.
"And what’s this ’show your true form or else’?" He demanded, rising his voice. "Why should mother answer to you? Who do you think you are?"
Her Excellency turned to Rico and smiled. "I could kill the three of you and get away with it," she replied. "No, even better, I could kill you and say you were allied with a Demon, which is what threatened King Gordon’s life until I got here. People will thank me, no justice will be sought, and your name will forever be shunned." Her smile widened. "All it would take is a few words."
I glanced at the creature. So that’s what a living Demon looks like. Still, how did Her Excellency know it... she... was here? A Halve’s instincts? I see.
Rico’s face twisted in anger. "Shouldn’t you protect us, then? Why are you dangling a weapon in front of us? We’re civilized individuals, fuck it! Don’t treat us like beasts or monsters!"
Her Excellency nodded, then looked at me. "Am I treating them like beasts?" She asked.
I shook my head. "No, Your Excellency. They’re still alive, after all. Your Excellency has employed verbal violence only."
"Psh!" Rico scoffed. "Yeah, thank you!" He said, full of sarcasm.
Her Excellency’s stomach rumbled, then she produced a napkin and wiped her lips while gulping.