Chapter 323: A Miserable Meal - Part 1
"You’ll be my queen, so it’s only right I listen to you," Kassin replied.
Kir’s smile dropped.
"Y-yes..." Kordia’s ears flicked a bit. "Did your mother tell you that?"
"She did..." Kassin’s blushed and his ears twitched, and Kir noticed his ears were less mobile than hers.
"A wise woman, then," Kordia said, stealing a sardonic glance at Kir as Kassin looked away in embarrassment.
"Want some Instaskin for that plasma burn?" Kiryu chuckled as they entered the cafeteria.
"Sure. Give me the recipe."
"I’m a physicist, not a doctor."
Emissary Jeviel was seated where Lumin usually sat, on the occasions she came down to eat - which tended to be at weekly staff lunches. He was at the very center of the table, and Michelle was seated at his left hand. And to his right was Tohn Goldman.
Kir had to suppress the urge to snarl at the sight of him. Over the last two years, the human man had been responsible for foiling some of his Ghostheart raids in the Kingdom of Amrita. Fake blue-light calls, soldiers posing as slaves, and even a group of slaves pressed into suicide attacks against him had all been tactics he and his people had used, and Kir had vowed to kill him on sight...
"I see him too, kid. But this isn’t the place. Don’t give them a reason to tear your life apart over lunch."