But more questions lay before her. Yu Xunge asked, "How do I get to the tavern? And how could I possibly hide from deities who broke free of God's Gift who knows how many years ago?"
King said proudly, "It seems you don't understand the true meaning of 'no existence can pry into your past, present, or future.'"
The six cats standing behind the hairless cat all nodded in unison as well.
Yu Xunge asked humbly, "What is it? I thought it only meant I couldn't be divined."
During one of their occasional chats, Zhao Shuying had shared a piece of gossip with her: Zai Jiu's divination circles had already struck her off their lists. No one accepted divination commissions involving Zai Jiu Xunge anymore, and they respectfully referred to her as the Mysterious One.
The ship they stood on grew smaller and smaller. King and the six First Mates jumped off the Cat's Ideal one after another. Yu Xunge wanted to jump off too, but King stopped her. "You stay. Have your pet get off."
Yu Xunge stayed still. Then she realized that her body was actually shrinking along with [Cat's Ideal].
Everything aboard the ship was becoming simpler. Only the Ship's Wheel began to grow, until it occupied one-fifth of the entire Cat Ship. The hull itself shrank to just 30 centimeters long, looking about the same size as King, while the sail bearing a picture of a cat became a flag planted at the stern.
The hairless Xunge cat aboard was now only palm-sized, looking like a kitten less than a month old.
The hairless Xunge cat sat behind the Ship's Wheel, curiously pawing at the hull. She did know that the Cat's Ideal could grow and shrink.
When she had left the War Cruise Ship by