Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1678

"I have already found the perfect opportunity, but I need to work with a commanding officer I can trust. You." Phloria said while looking at him straight in the eyes.

"I'm so proud of you, my little Flower. It will be an honor for me to help you defend our country and our household." Orion was overjoyed at the idea of working with his daughter.

Phloria had worked hard every day since she was six years old to become a Mage Knight good enough to join the Knight's Guard and work with her old man. She had given up on everything to pursue that dream, only for it to be crushed by Deirus' schemes.

Orion hoped that the mission would give Phloria the opportunity to reconsider her decision of quitting the army and to him a way to spend some time with his family without having to think about Jirni.

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Valeron, Royal Constable's Headquarters. At the same time.

After staging Quylla's death and being served divorce papers, it had taken a short while for Lady Ernas to go back to her usual self.

Or at least to pretend to.

Under her impeccable manners, her perfect hair, and pristine uniform Jirni was still as shocked as the day Orion had kicked her out of their house. She had built her whole life around the family she had raised and without it, there was only a void inside of her.

She had thought of countless schemes that would give her old life back to her. Yet they were all based on deception and manipulation.? Those schemes would give her what she wanted but not the way she wanted it.

The love and trust of her family would hang by a web of lies that if discovered, would cost her everything and this time for good.

Her mood was terrible, but aside from those unlucky enough to end up with her inside an interrogation room, no one had noticed it. Jirni's spirit may have been bent, but her discipline was as adamant as always.

She had stopped drinking a week before going back to work and she hadn't touched a drop ever since. Whenever she felt the need to drink or to hit someone, she hit the gym instead.

Yet she refused to be called with her maiden's name, Myrok, until the divorce was officially concluded.

Archon Jirni Ernas was a petite woman, barely 1.52 cm (5') tall. She was wearing her dark blue military uniform that emphasized blonde hair that extended mid-way down her back and her sapphire blue eyes.

She was in her early forties, but thanks to Manohar's rejuvenation and good genes it was hard to think her a day past thirty. Her hair was perfectly curled, framing her face like she had been taken out of a painting and giving her the allure of a mature yet youthful woman.

Many had mistaken her lovely appearance for her real self and most of them had died for it.

"What's next on the agenda, Captain Yehval?" Due to her role as Archon and the crises affecting the Kingdom, Jirni was forced to spend most of her time in the office instead of on the field.

She supervised the work of the other Royal Constables, helping them to follow their leads or to find new ones when they were slumped in a case.

"Next you have lunch, sir." Kamila replied. "I already filled your morning report and revised for you those that were still on your desk while you debriefed the Royals about the famine investigation."