She May be Evil

Chapter 42 Queen

Im literally going to murder him.

I heavily sigh, i should've looked in the mirror before i left my room.

I look like i was attacked by a deformed octopus.

Kamau puts Seri down and rubs the bruise already forming on his shoulder and suddenly none of my chefs want to look at me anymore. Kamau does the smart thing and stays silent.

Its around dinner time so the chefs are still in full swing preparing dinner, I spot fresh loafs of bread stacked on the counter in the corner and see Mitsuko cutting them into slices.

I do a double take when i see her. "Mitsuko? What are you doing in here?"

"I thought id help Queen Circe, we have a lot of new guests to feed."

She has always been the kind and helpful type. Sneaky and quiet too. She's in charge of the special units i was gonna deploy when the war started. Well i still might.

"If you're gonna be in here you should tie up your hair, you're gonna get it everywhere." I eye her ridiculously long black hair that almost touches the floor.

Syrian gasps at my feet and points at Mitsuko. "She has cat ears!"

"Don't point its rude." I tell him.

"Can i pet her?" Seri says running over to her. "What? No of course you can't." But Mitsuko just laughs before bending down and the sound she makes feels ethereal, actually letting Seri pet the huge black ears on top of her head.

Syrian runs to stand next his sister before going on his tippy toes to touch her other ear.

"Are you a cat?" Syrian asks.

She laughs again. "Not quite, I'm a Kitsune."

"Whats that?" Seri questions.

"How about we go into the hallway? I don't want to knock anything over." Mitsuko says.

She props the kitchen doors open and the toddlers chase after her, a curious Kamau following closely behind.

I stay inside and walk over to one of the chefs who's stirring a big pot to see what they're making.

Mmm it's pollo guisado. "Can you make me four bowls please and place it on a big tray with some bread."

"Of course Queen Circe." Zrozes says.

I turn back to the open doors just in time to see Mitsuko twirl in the hallway, her brown eyes turning red and six black furry tails appear with white tips.

Kamau's eyes widen as the kids begin to jump up and down and Syrian goes to touch one of her tails.

"Six tails?" Kamau questions fascinated.

Mitsuko nods with a graceful smile on her face. "Yes, for each century ive been alive."

Kamau's eyes widen. "You're 600 years old?!"

She nods. "Im still young at heart though. I stopped aging at 27." She smirks and it reminds me of a mischievous cat.

"What, you look younger than that."

Zrozes sets the big silver tray with food on it by the door for my convenience and i nod at him in thanks.

I walk to the door and lean against it watching the kids being excited about some tails and ears.

I grab Kamau's arm to get his attention and he flinches like I'm about to hit him again and i roll my eyes. "Can you carry this tray for me?" I ask him and signal to the big tray on the counter.