Book 4: Chapter 31.2: A Month Part II

Book 4: Chapter 31.2: A Month Part II

A News Station in the Capital City of the Terran Republic

Oh, you mean that rumor, Chloe plays along while shaking her head. The one where some people are beginning to wonder if the Warden is entirely human herself.

Right! Jackson says while pointing at his sister. Im particularly fond of the rumor of her being some amalgamation of the White Knights genes and a void creature.

Why not a demon? Chloe asks with a frown, but her brother just shakes his head and says, Thats not possible. There have been records of a human and a demon trying to have children before, and each and every time the child died or became a full-blooded demon soon after childbirth. Some of them even before they were fully born.

Ah, right, Chloe says with a look of understanding on her face.

So whats your favorite rumor? Jackson asks while leaning forwards in his chair as if conspiring against something.

Chloe purses her lips before looking back behind her chair for a moment and then back at her brother, Well, I know this rumor is completely impossible, but I personally like the rumor that she is the daughter of the White Knight of Humanity and a blood lycan.

Her brother gasps at that, making his sister quickly bring her hands up to say, Its not a very founded rumor. Just one that people made jokingly online because she resembles a blood lycan with her wolf-like features. She lowers her hands again. I just really like the whole star crossed lovers thing that it would mean between the White Knight and a demon. Its just, she pauses as she gets a dreamy look in her eye, one that isnt actually planned by the production as she truly feels this way, romantic! Dont you think?

Jackson smirks slightly and says, Yeah, but it could never come true. And if it did, the White Knight would draw a ton of ire from the people.

You dont think the Warden would get any hatred? Chloe asks with a faint look of feigned surprise as she tilts her head.

Her brother shakes his head and says, Probably not. Shes fighting on the frontlines against the demons after all and helping quite a bit at that. Its not her fault who she was born to.

Scarlet

I stare blankly at the TV screen as the two news reporters continue talking, but I dont really pay much attention to what theyre actually saying. Not after hearing them say that even if I was exposed, the humans would probably direct their anger towards Amelia instead of me.

Thats actually not all that surprising, Tar says from his place in my lap. I look down at him from my place seated on the couch before he explains, Well, its what theyve already said. Youve made your position on Earths side of the war clear for all to see, even if the demons are too stuck in their ways to realize it. So sure there will probably be a lot of people who are afraid of you if you get exposed, the majority probably wont be. And even amongst those afraid of you, I wouldnt be surprised if a lot of them still consider you a weapon that theyre pointing towards the demons.

Its the skill she got for her White Knight of Humanity Title, right? Tar asks, making me glance at him with a raised brow.

I thought you already knew all this?

He stares at me for a few seconds before slowly lying down to take a nap.

You forgot, didnt you?

He doesnt answer.

I snort while shaking my head.

It is the skill she got from that Title, youre correct. And its an incredibly powerful skill. The ability to erase anything from existence for an incredibly large amount of mana as long as its a lower level than you. Including a concept itself, although it would only be for a like a few meters cubed in volume.

Oh, right, couldnt she erase something like gravity entirely in a small amount of space, as if that concept didnt exist in the first place? Tar asks, acting like he hadnt forgotten.

Yeah. But it costs more mana than she has to erase someone whos even just two hundred levels below her, so she doesnt use that particular skill often. Might actually cost more than she has to erase someone who is three hundred levels beneath her.

I lean back against the couch in the middle of the living area of my rather small suite of only a few rooms at the base. Something thats supposed to be a privilege for someone at my Class, but just feels small. Probably because I kind of got a tad used to the Princess treatment on Tartarus in terms of rooms and stuff. Not to mention that it wasnt much different on Earth before that considering my suite at the university.

Anyways, that news station actually made me relax a little bit.

Before I can really get comfortable though, I immediately sit straight again and pull out my terminal.

I forgot to check.

How are the online forums responding to this news?