"Immortal I came to Liyue over a personal matter from many years ago. Hmm, there is no harm in telling you. Come to think of it, she could be considered Immortal I's disciple."
Cloud Retainer then explained why she had come to Liyue Harbor. Visiting Ganyu and Shenhe was only one reason; the other was for another of her disciples, a crane named Yuan Dai. Before Yuan Dai had taken human form, she had longed for human life. Since Liyue had been suffering through a disaster at the time, she obtained Shapeshifting Medicine from Cloud Retainer and entered human society.
Their agreement had been for ten years, the duration of the Shapeshifting Pill's effects. Unfortunately, Yuan Dai had not fulfilled that agreement. During those ten years, she found a lover. That in itself was no great matter—adepti could clearly marry ordinary people, and Liyue had many such examples.
But Yuan Dai believed she had broken her agreement with Cloud Retainer, so she did not dare return. Later, she even found a place to live in seclusion, hiding from Cloud Retainer. That was when trouble arose. Yuan Dai had not taken human form through normal cultivation, and as the effects of the Shapeshifting Medicine faded, the side effects of forcibly becoming human began to backlash against her.
Yuan Dai gradually became forgetful. If it continued, she would turn into a wild crane without sentience. Fortunately, Cloud Retainer found them at that time and gave medicine to Yuan Dai and her husband to ease the symptoms, allowing her to hold on until now.
After that, Cloud Retainer had kept watch over Yuan Dai's condition. Once, when Yuan Dai's granddaughter fell gravely ill and there was no one at home, she transformed into a crane and carried the girl to her abode for