For the first time in a thousand years, someone had ordered her around and reprimanded her in that tone. She glared at the man before her, her chest heaving and her fists clenched, already itching to kill him on the spot.
She seethed inwardly. Had it been one of her other elder sisters, she would not have minded, but being cowed by some wet-behind-the-ears brat? She would be lying if she claimed she was not angry.
"I want to speak to Sister Saya myself!"
Her voice was ice-cold.
Lin En took a deep breath and said gravely:
"Then go up and ask her yourself. See whether Her Majesty the Valkyrie takes my side or yours."
Those words made Jiu's gaze waver violently, her breathing turning harsh. If she could get beyond the Rift, why would she be wasting her breath on him here? She would already have gone up to see her sister in person and ask what all of this meant, why she had suddenly cut off contact with every one of them, and why she had appointed someone like him as her representative in the mortal world.
She said nothing. Her glare could almost kill, and her nails nearly pierced her palms.
"All right."
Lin En pressed on methodically, his gaze still forceful.
"For now, you'll stay with me. Don't leave my sight. I'll investigate who was behind the attempt on Ophiel's life, but remember, I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing it for myself, and for Her Majesty the Valkyrie. Just follow my orders, and we'll get along fine."
With that, Lin En walked straight past her and calmly headed toward the street in the distance.
He stopped only when he reached a restroom.
Lin En glanced sideways at the woman standing a dozen meters away,