30 Chapter 30 (1/2)
The estate of the Stones family, evening.
A young beautiful girl whose prettiness was able to charm even the gods was sitting on a bench, impatiently dangling her legs in sandals. Her long golden hair fluttered in the wind, her huge emerald eyes, framed by thick eyelashes, reflected the light moon – her whole appearance was somehow magical, marvelous, unearthly.
There came a mournful howl of ghosts came from somewhere behind her.
The girl narrowed her eyes sharply, and an understanding smile appeared on her lips.
«Your memory is awful, the second time it won't do!» - the voice melodious as spring bells sounded unnaturally sharp, instantly destroying her entire innocent image.
The ”Ghosts” obediently became silent. Heavy sigh and quiet laughter, replaced by a creaky voice of the elder:
«Miss Juno, I'm in my thirteenth decade, don't judge me strictly.»
«The old fool, once again you repeat me that!» - in the smile of the girl who turned around, there was a cheerful slyness.
There appeared Flitz before the light eyes of Juno, the one sent to be replaced by sent Martin. A tall, thin old man with a shock of white hair and a long beard; his face wrinkled with age, only eyes burned with life - he was dressed in a gray robe of the sage, which was not matched his appearance of an ugly old man.
«My old heart can not stand such harsh words, what about your manners?» - the old's man's face also lit up with a smile.
«Your heart won't stand it!» - defiantly snorted the girl, and, rising from the bench, closed her eyes and stretched herself luxuriously, arching her body – from his provocative view unbearably Flitz wanted to click the parasite on the nose.
She slyly revealed gleaming emerald eyes and reproachfully muttered:
«Well?! Have you forgotten how to greet your mistress?!»
«Ahaha! Let's hug, dear... Have not seen you for ages...» - Flitz with a laugh pulled the mischievous to him, forcing her to bury her nose in his chest – the girl was inferior to him in height for a whole head. The old man could not resist the pleasure of burying his nose in the shaggy crown - nostrils tickled the smell of her expensive shampoo. Her sweetness and spontaneity resembled a spoiled puppy – one wanted to caress her, but life is more expensive.
«Flitz…» - the girl pulled away. – «Tell me what you have found out.»
The old man sat down wearily like a mouse scuttled beside him, stroked her gray skirt on her knees.
«The information was correct... She fled to the Imperial capital. I hold some investigation, which revealed that she immediately entered into the order, passing the exam at the result of one hundred points. She was immediately admitted as the inner disciple, just imagine!»
«Mmm... How unexpected it is.» - the girl snorted sarcastically, tucking a stook of hair behind her ear. - ”How's she doing there? Why does she need the order?»
«Alas, my shrewdness was not enough to meet her in person, but I heard very, very much from external disciples. Oh, yeah, no matter...» - the man wearily waved his hand. – «On the first day she became famous so that she had obtain admirers…»
«Shut up! Do not continue. I know she's beautiful, strong, smart, blah,blah,blah. Miss perfectness.» - Juno grimaced. Her eyes flashed with rage: - «I spent my childhood in the shadow of her magnificence, so shut up about it and say something about the case.» - the girl could hardly keep herself, not to stamp her foot out of spite.
A down feather of some night bird fell on her neat nose. The girl sneezed softly and smiled dazzlingly as she watched the feather soared into the air and now was slowly plummeting to the ground. The old man's heart skipped a beat and he hurried to look away. Having cleaned his throat nervously, he continued:
«Yeah, sure. Anyway... I don't think she ran away because Timothy Brown wanted to marry her. He was an ordinary puppy to her, weak and frail, which can only to yelp loudly. It still lies in the loss of the father…»
Juno sucked in air with a whistle, causing her small, neat chest to stir, and moaned, hiding her face in her hands: ”As I thought. That fool... She... No, she's a fool.»
Flitz asked cautiously.
«That's her sore subject, isn't it?»
«Yeah. She's crazy about him... Does she think that the father is alive, but has many years are no longer with us?! He's either dead or a complete idiot!» - she had already growled the last words, her eyes flashing with hatred mixed with grief for her father, who had always loved her sister more than her.
The old man sighed softly:
«Once I spoke with your grandfather, and he said, that his son, perhaps, alive... His people long tried to discover circumstances, but all traces snuffed out on the verger with demons, in the day succubi love. These damned creatures are very powerful, but it is also known that they love strong men with their perverted love. And your father was a very strong and talented man.» - his eyes slid over the frozen girl: - «Your sister wants to become stronger, and there is no better place in our Empire than the Imperial order. Apparently, she plans to self-penetrate into an Empire of demons and therefore she has escaped.»
«Clear. Great, just great. Now she decided to become a suicide. I'm extremely happy for my sister.» - a nervous giggle. Juno wrapped her arms around herself, as if frozen, and shook her head: «How could she be three years older than me but to have intellectual capacities weaker than a sparrow has…»
Flitz tactfully had not commented this utterance. Elsa was the best of the best, and her sister knew it. She had hundreds and thousands of admirers wishing to obtain from her just a single look.
«You know, ever since I've known the real you, I've had a lot less hair on my head... ow!» - the old man obviously did not expect a blow to the shoulder from the angrily puffing ”puppy”.
«Are you implying that you don't like me?» - impact. – «Speak! Am I adverse?! Hm?» - and one more blow. – «Say it!»
The old man, unable to withstand the attack, jumped aside. Rubbing his bruised shoulder (there would surely, appear a bruise, a kind of toadstool! – indignantly dropped:
«You're the most disgusting girl in the world! Such girls as you is impossible to find!»
Juno rushed to the old man, in the desire to demonstrate that until now she was just an angel - that's just not kept up Flitz who had already gained the proper experience:
«Old bastard, you've been sitting in a mine for months! He imposes formations, you see! Maybe you just like slaves, huh? I know you're a pervert in your soul! Stop it, will you?»
Flitz, with a sly grin, obeyed the order to stop abruptly and turned around, because the girl who did not expect such ”obedience” immediately got into his chest.
The old man exhaled wearily. He carefully peeled off an overly energetic person from his coat, grinned, looking at the reddened nose and wet eyes from tears – shuddered, immediately averting his eyes.
Juno, with a sad sob, rubbed her slightly swollen nose.
«You old jerk... Why have you stopped so abruptly?!» - she snapped, stepped forward menacingly and swung for another blow.