Fu Xuan scrambled out of Theresa's arms somewhat disheveled. She glared at Theresa in irritation as she hurriedly straightened her appearance. Thankfully, Theresa had not messed her up too badly; only her hair bun was slightly tousled.
"After you interrupted me, I nearly forgot about the important matter at hand."
"This is not the time for laughing and fooling around. If we set out sooner, fewer Cloud Knights would have to be sacrificed because of this."
"This is precisely why I came to the Divination Department in person: to have you, our surprise force, move out and strike the Medicine Master's Legacy."
Fu Xuan's words made March 7th frown in displeasure.
"So it's our turn to take the stage next?"
Stelle asked expectantly. Welt and Theresa looked toward Fu Xuan, considering what she had in mind.
"That's right. I imagine you've all already guessed it."
Fu Xuan smiled at how perceptive everyone was.
"Ah, when we first met, your Supreme Court's Lady Yukong said something quite well: this is an internal matter of the Xianzhou, and we should not trouble you all to interfere."
"And what happened? In the blink of an eye, every miserable job has been shoved onto us! It feels like even the company doesn't know how to order people around as well as you do."
"Let me guess: you're not planning to assign us to a Cloud Knights combat unit, have us take the lead, and charge alongside the Cloud Knights at those Medicine Master's Legacy people, are you?"
"Whoa! No way, no way! I'm most afraid of huge battles!"
March 7th's resentful words made the Cloud Knights look at Fu Xuan in surprise, while everyone waited for her explanation.
However, Theresa and Welt felt certain that this was not what Fu Xuan intended.
"Hey, who