Chapter 13
Staring at the guards standing on his doorstep, Zeth found himself unable to respond. His heart was beating in his ears as he fought to keep a straight face.
“Who is that?” his mom called from the dining table.
“U-um, it’s the guards,” he shouted to her, then looked back at them. “I, uh, I don’t own this place, or anything. Do you want me to get my mom? She’d know more about all this stuff.”
The lead guard gave a curt nod. “Whoever can give us some answers about these reports.”
One of the guards off to the side sighed. “An illegal Class holder is just what we need after the aftermath of that Sixth Realm monster. If we start getting abductions, random killings, escaped demons…This town’s going to shit.”
“Can it,” the lead one said to the one on the side. Then he looked back at Zeth. “Just go get the owner of this residence.”
“Uh, right.” He turned and hurried away from them. Seemed like they at least didn’t suspect him in particular. But if they were here, at this house, things weren’t looking particularly good no matter how well this individual meeting went.
As he walked up to his mom, he found her looking at him with a curious frown. “You said it was the guards? Are they here because of the monster attack yesterday?”
“Uh, something like that,” he replied.