"Then I'll cut him down with a single sword."
Jingliu answered without hesitation, though she did not get angry. Illusion Moon was just like that. It would be strange if a schemer suddenly became a well-behaved child one day.
"How about divining whether it's auspicious or inauspicious? Go find your Grand Diviner?"
Illusion Moon stared at Jingliu for a while.
"Make some preparations, so you don't actually start snorting when the time comes."
"...I've always wanted to ask: why does it specifically have to be 'snorting'?"
Jingliu knew about the betting pool concerning her, too.
But she could not understand why she specifically had to snort.
"Do I resemble Lady Xianyun?"
"Don't you?"
"...How do I resemble her?"
Jingliu simply could not understand it.
"...I'm saying."
Illusion Moon did not know what expression to make. "You look like the sort who has a weak ass—"
"Lady Illusion Moon, aren't you the one who looks like a pathetic little character with a weak spot there?"
Obviously, Illusion Moon, who was more than two sizes fuller than her, looked far more likely to make pig-like snorts!
"You know I've never snorted?"
"...?"
Illusion Moon's casual remark immediately crashed Jingliu's brain.
What did Illusion Moon mean by that?
Had the two of them already gotten to home base?
When?
Illusion Moon watched Jingliu contemplate this with a blank expression, the corner of her lips curling slightly.
She did not deny that she looked more likely than Jingliu, or even Xianyun, to snort.
After all, having such an outstanding figure was indeed her sin.
But...
"I'm joking. Do you really think anyone would believe that I would make that kind of sound?"
Illusion Moon's face was full of disdain.
Jingliu felt that this was raising a death flag.
"...If I were Danzhu, after you