First, Mu Yang, Guilty of Coveting the Mortal World

Paimon slowly came to. "Hm? Did I just fall asleep...?"

"Hmph..." Cloud Retainer did not give her so much as a pleasant look.

Paimon's mind started working quickly at once.

"Uh, if I said anything just now, I definitely wasn't talking about you!"

"I really did eat grilled chicken legs in my dream!"

Who asked you?

The atmosphere suddenly became hilarious. That was so like her.

Now they really were the Two Pieces of Fowl Immortal Lords.

Could Paimon be acting? How did she react so quickly? She must have had some other dream!

It was actually chicken legs made by Mu Yang.

You brat, that works too?

Fortunately, Suyu woke up and broke the awkward atmosphere.

Lumine and Paimon walked over and asked whether she was feeling better.

Suyu nodded. "Mm, thank you. I feel... a little better."

"As long as I know we'll be able to meet again someday, it doesn't hurt quite so much."

She hesitantly approached Cloud Retainer. "Immortal Lord, I have a request."

"Could you... take me as your disciple?"

Cloud Retainer did not agree immediately. Instead, she asked why Suyu had such an idea.

Of course it was because of fate. What if Yuandai took human form someday and sent Suyu away instead?

I never even considered that.

Twist the knife again and again, mince me into meat paste—I'm dead...

Suyu explained.

For her grandmother, that choice back then might have been a mistake.

She had always blamed herself for it.

But for Suyu, she had her grandmother's choice back then to thank.

It was why she had been born into this world.

"Even as Grandma gradually lost her memories, she still gave me all her love without reservation."

"So I want to carry on her dream—"

"To become an Immortal like you, someone