Chapter 1102: Requirements
That night, Boheng returned to the settlement.
He had spent considerable effort that day soothing Anaruth, who had flown into a rage—after painstakingly whetting Anaruth's appetite and getting him to travel several hundred kilometers to Grenoble, Anaruth had been played by an imaginary young Quicksilver Needle. Boheng neither wanted Anaruth to hold a grudge against Hesta over this nor could he fail to show, as a member of the Youth Front, his shock and anger at what Hesta had done.
By the end of the day, Boheng felt as though he had returned to land from the sea. He was soaked through and utterly drained.
It was already past eight in the evening. Stella and Pakart had gone to sleep, while Hesta and Aji sat chatting in the courtyard. Boheng had barely sat down when he heard Hesta say, "Aji agreed to let me take twelve children back first."
Boheng almost immediately straightened up and looked at Aji for confirmation.
"She already picked the candidates," Aji replied. "The list is here. Take a look."
Boheng parted his lips slightly, as though he still could not fully process Aji's decision—Hesta had only brought this up to him that morning, yet the moment she arrived here, Aji had directly agreed to her request.
"So... Eunice already took Jane to visit our training camp this afternoon?" Boheng looked at Aji.
"Eunice took her," Aji said. "I spent the entire afternoon with Mrs. Pakart. We can discuss this in detail later..."
Boheng quickly scanned the list—thankfully, none of the children he considered especially promising were on it.
"Ha." Boheng suddenly laughed. "This really does look like you're picking people for the Quicksilver Needles. They're all girls?"
"It has absolutely nothing to do with gender." Hesta lifted her cup. "There are simply