Chapter 12
Chapter 12: The Mighty Prince Regent – Call Me Shameless And I Will Make You Kneel And Sing “Conquer”
“Yes, Your Highness!” Deputy Officer Ai snapped a salute and respectfully asked: “In this case, about Jiang Tea Tea…”
Chong Ming lowered his golden eyes, looking at the photo of Jiang Tea Tea in his subordinate’s file. His voice was deep and full of authority: “In the Empire, humans, half beastmen, and beastmen who never awakened any supernatural abilities make up 5 percent of the total population.”
“Even though the Empire’s Law Code clearly states again and again that people with supernatural abilities and those without are all equal, there are always some nobles, parasites, who think humans, half beastmen, and beastmen without abilities should not exist. They believe that if a child has not awakened a supernatural ability by the age of ten, that child should be exiled and killed.”
“In this case, three people with abilities and social status schemed against one ordinary human with no abilities. That is a slap in the face to the Empire’s Law Code!”
“The Central Public Security Bureau has confirmed that the anonymous report last night was made by Jiang Tea Tea. Give her the right to choose. Call her during the lunch break and ask if she wants to sign a letter of forgiveness for them, and how much compensation she wants.”
“Then have the Judicial Department work with the Central Public Security Bureau to treat this case as a special example and report it publicly. Make it very clear: before the Empire’s Law Code, people with abilities and those without are all equal!”
Deputy Officer Ai answered: “Yes, Your Highness.”
His Highness was the biggest supporter and reformer of the Empire’s Law Code. He always fought to keep the Law Code complete and strict, with clear rewards and punishments.
This time, His Highness was angry. Very angry.
Ai knew that once this matter landed on His Highness’s desk, it would not be settled easily.
Jiang Tea Tea was really lucky. Her file had passed before His Highness’s eyes. His Highness wanted to use her case as an example and let her stand up for herself, let her fight for her own big benefits.
After Deputy Officer Ai left, Chong Ming once again went through the guest records and surveillance system from the First Hotel.
In the surveillance footage, there was only a clip of Jiang Tea Tea entering the room, but none of her leaving. There was no one in the room now, and yet she had appeared at the Royal Military Imperial Academy, sitting in class.
The only explanation was that after she turned ten, she had awakened an invisibility-type supernatural ability, and the Jiang family had kept it a secret because of the way they treated her…
“Knock, knock, knock!” The knocking on the door broke Chong Ming’s train of thought. He looked up as the door opened.
Secretary Wen walked in holding a light-brain wrist terminal tablet and some paper documents. He bowed and placed the paper schedule on the desk: “Your Highness, this is your schedule for the next three days.”
Chong Ming picked up the papers and skimmed them: “Move the inspection speech at the Royal Military Imperial Academy from the day after tomorrow to tomorrow. Everything else stays the same.”
Secretary Wen replied: “Yes, Your Highness.”
Chong Ming waved his hand. Secretary Wen left to adjust His Highness’s schedule and inform the headmaster of the Royal Military Imperial Academy.
After the headmaster of the Royal Military Imperial Academy received the notice, he immediately called a high-level school meeting to discuss how to rearrange everything to welcome Chong Ming, His Highness the Prince Regent and commander in chief of the Three Armies.
Before they could finish, they saw the case report released by the Judicial Department and the Central Public Security Bureau, which clearly stressed again that under the Empire’s Law Code, people with abilities and those without are all equal.
Everyone who could sit at the conference table in that meeting was sharp. After reading the report, they immediately adjusted the list of students who would take part in the first round of welcoming His Highness Chong Ming the next day. At the last minute, they added three more students: one human, one half beastman, and one beastman, all without abilities!
The fake young miss Jiang Tea Tea had very solid theory. She got into the Royal Military Imperial Academy’s Pacification Division with test scores ranked in the top three in cultural subjects.
Jiang Tea Tea treated the original girl as fertilizer and now had all of her memories and study skills. In class she listened with ease, raised her hand on her own whenever the teacher asked a question, and answered with calm confidence, even making connections and drawing inferences.
This made the teacher look at her in a new light. This student had always shrunk into a corner and stuttered when she spoke, but now the teacher kept nodding in satisfaction and felt that he had missed a great seedling before.
It also made the seven-person little group led by Lu Ling’er and Lin Feng Feng hate her more. They were so angry they could grind their teeth to dust.
After three periods, Huang Da Zhuang turned around, crossed his arms under his chin, and stared at Jiang Tea Tea with starry, worshipful eyes: “Sis, Sister Tea, you are my long-lost real sister from another dad and mom. You are so amazing. Please take care of your little brother from now on.”
His parents had been right. Whether you had supernatural abilities or not, a person’s potential was endless. Look at Jiang Tea Tea, the bullied little white flower. After hitting rock bottom, she had exploded with huge potential. He had to learn from her. Even without any abilities, he would still become a beastman who was useful to the Empire.
“Amazing, my foot. She’s just an attention seeker.” Lin Feng Feng could not stop herself from cutting in. She had drunk a belly full of toilet water and vomited until she was dry. There was no way she was letting this go.
The others who had drunk toilet water with her echoed: “Exactly. What use is solid theory? In real practice, you still have to rely on supernatural abilities and spiritual power.”
“People without abilities have no spiritual power. Without spiritual power, trying to soothe a beastman or half beastman who has gone berserk with their abilities is just asking to die.”
“Just because the teacher praised her a few times in class, she really thinks she’s some top tier soothing specialist now. Pah, what a shameless piece of trash.”
“You guys are going too far…” Huang Da Zhuang could not listen anymore. He was about to slap the table and stand up, but Jiang Tea Tea pressed his hand down.
He froze for a second and looked at Jiang Tea Tea.
Jiang Tea Tea gave him a calming smile: “This is my business. I don’t need you to step in. Move aside.”
Huang Da Zhuang: “!!!!”
[Wow wow wow, Dad, Mom, Jiang Tea Tea is so cool. My heart is racing. I’m in love.]
Jiang Tea Tea stood up and walked to the desk of Lin Feng Feng, who had been yelling the loudest. She leaned on the desk, tapped her light-brain wrist terminal, and opened a holo projection screen.
“Come on, everyone, take a look. I’m just a useless piece of trash without abilities who can only be scolded. But you super talented people with abilities are hugging toilets, drinking toilet water, and licking toilets.”
Lin Feng Feng and the others stared with wide eyes. They had not expected Jiang Tea Tea to record what happened in the bathroom. “Jiang Tea Tea, you…”
Jiang Tea Tea closed the holo screen and looked sideways at them, bright and arrogant: “My darling classmates, the fact that we can sit in the same classroom means we are fated.”
“What you just said was very rude and made me unhappy. So, apologize to me. If you don’t, I will send all of your videos to the school forum.”
“Let all the boys you like watch them carefully and see how you, these so-called heaven’s favored children with abilities, can drink and lick so well!”
“Ahhhh!”
Lin Feng Feng and the rest were all young women who had just become adults. Each of them had a male heartthrob they secretly liked at school. How could they let videos of themselves licking toilets and drinking toilet water get out? Threatened like this, they did not dare curse anymore and did not dare get physical. They could only pound the desks, scream, and stomp their feet in anger.
Lu Ling’er stared blankly at Jiang Tea Tea. Her eyes looked just like Huang Da Zhuang’s, like a little fangirl.
Jiang Tea Tea watched them rage helplessly, hating her, annoyed by her, yet unable to do anything. She raised a finger: “Everyone, stop screaming. I’m going to count to three. If you don’t apologize…”
“Sorry.”
Before she could even start counting, Lin Feng Feng and the other six interrupted her. Each one of them ground their teeth, furious and unwilling, but they still swallowed their anger and apologized to her.
“Sorry, Jiang Tea Tea, we were wrong.”
“Sorry. Is that enough?”