Chapter 38

Gretel’s eyes widened in shock. Emmanuel and Lily stepped back with fear on their faces.

“Hm, hm, hm. Did you really think you could try to escape the academy with one of my tenazoids, and I wouldn’t find out about it?” Commander Grimhold asked with a smirk. He had both hands in the pockets of his leather coat and casually walked toward the kids.

“How—how did you find out?” Gretel asked with an angry look on her face.

Commander Grimhold laughed, then replied, “To be honest, your plan was a really good one, even though it wasn’t much of a plan. But I guess I wouldn’t have found out if I hadn’t received unexpected help from your friend over there,” he said, turning his gaze to Lily.

“What? Lily, you told on us?” Emmanuel asked, his face twisting with anger.

“I’m sorry. He was already onto us, so he promised not to put us in cryo-sleep if I told him the truth,” Lily said with a worried look.

“What have you done!” Gretel exclaimed, turning to Lily ang