Lith’s group was happily enjoying their meal, exchanging suggestions about how to better treat magic crystals during the next lesson when Jirni Ernas almost burst open the door marching inside.

All the conversations suddenly stopped. All eyes were drawn to the badge shining on her chest. Aside from a few students choking on their food, the clicking of Jirni’s boots on the stone floor was the only audible sound.

Lady Ernas exuded enough killing intent to take away the appetite of those she passed along. While most of his schoolmates avoided her gaze, Lith couldn’t stop hearing in his head the Imperius March along with a rhythmic heavy breathing.

Lady Ernas didn’t bother caring for the reactions of the ants surrounding her. She was still high strung because she couldn’t kill the three little b*stards. She wasn’t a fan of due process, judges, and all those technicalities.

In her opinion, once she was done with her job, she should have been allowed to take out the trash. Yet she had the utmost respect for the law. Jirni had tailored her work life around a deep respect for rules and regulations.

There was only one thing that she could do to avoid murdering someone on her way home.

“Mom? What are you doing here?” Phloria looked at her with a puzzled look. Jirni had rarely allowed her daughter to see her in her uniform. She liked to keep her personal life separated from the professional one.