Jing Yuan Yuan, It's Time I Took a Turn in the General's Seat! / Are the Three of Us Going to Do It Together?

"Yuan the general has already promised in the real world one hundred and twenty-two times that he would recommend me to take over as general. Since that's the case, what's wrong with me experiencing the feeling of being a general here ahead of time!"

Though Fu Xuan was small and stubborn, her abilities were truly second to none.

At the very least, when Fu Xuan grabbed Kiana and ran, she moved so fast that even the diviners along the path and the Cloud-to-Guard at the entrance only felt a pink gust of wind sweep past before the large and small figures vanished.

"Wait, something's wrong. Could Miss Fu Xuan think she's dreaming?"

The diviners who had stopped working watched Fu Xuan leave, then turned to Qing Que.

When they discovered that Qing Que was actually working, they all nodded in unison.

"Gasp, Qing Que is actually working. Could it be that we're dreaming too?"

Qing Que: "Hey, hey, hey, you're going too far!"

Chapter 80: Jing Yuan Yuan, It's Time for Me to Sit in the General's Seat!

"Supreme Diviner, slow down! Don't run! You're not dreaming! Come back!"

Qing Que chased from behind while Fu Xuan ran ahead.

Kiana, meanwhile, was carried along by Fu Xuan and was forced to become a spectator.

Watching Fu Xuan run farther and farther away, Qing Que ultimately gave up the chase.

Looking at that distant figure, Qing Que wondered if she should consider running away right now.

The entire journey was completely unobstructed.

Even when they reached the road leading to the Divination Department and saw the Supreme Diviner of the Divination Department rushing so urgently, the Cloud Knights at the entrance assumed something serious had happened.

Considering Fu Xuan's identity, they did not report ahead and instead brought her straight to the Divination Department.

Before they could leave, however, they heard Fu Xuan's voice.

"General, you have already promised one hundred and twenty-two times to recommend me as your successor. You are advanced in years, and your body has changed. This may be a sign of impending mara-struck transformation.

"Today, I shall ascend to the position of general, while you enjoy your family life."

If someone else had made such a treasonous statement, the Cloud Knights inside the Divination Department, Jing Yuan's disciple and current Cloud Knight Vanguard, and even the future Sword Master, Yanqing, would have drawn their swords and subdued the madman before them.

But...

The one saying it was Fu Xuan.

Yanqing glanced at Fu Xuan, as well as the Little Kiana she had brought with her.

Then he looked at Jing Yuan Yuan, who still wore a smile, though it had stiffened somewhat.

Yanqing chose to play dead.

He acted as though he had heard nothing. He even turned his back and lowered his presence as much as possible to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

"Fu Qing, what's gotten into you today? Could you be upset over the Stellaron Hunters incident and have come to complain to me?"

"If that's the case, Fu Qing, you can go and rest for a while. The future of the Luofu still needs you."

"Since you need me, then it's about time you let me sit in the general's seat, right?"

After Fu Xuan said this, she ignored the fact that Jing Yuan Yuan was still sitting in his seat.

She looked as though she intended to squeeze herself in no matter what.

Jing Yuan Yuan could no longer keep his composure.

The corner of his mouth twitched as he watched Fu Xuan draw closer and closer to his seat. Thinking of what he had been doing lately, Jing Yuan Yuan still stood up and gave up his place.

"Have I been exploiting Fu Qing too much lately? Perhaps I should let Fu Qing take a break one of these days. She seems somewhat mentally unstable now."

Seeing Jing Yuan Yuan give up his seat, Fu Xuan became even more certain of the idea in her heart.

Then she sat directly on the general's throne.

Kiana was placed on her lap as well.

"Ah, so this is what it feels like to be the general? Not bad, not bad. Jing Yuan, go take a rest. Leave the future of the Luofu to me."

"Mm, then... thanks for your effort, Fu Qing."

The guards nearby all looked away, pretending that nothing had happened and that this had nothing to do with them.

This gave Jing Yuan Yuan the illusion that perhaps he truly had no authority.

Especially after he had somehow turned into this little girl. Even the Divination Department Strategist beside him seemed more enthusiastic about pouring him tea and bringing him snacks, as though she were feeding a small animal.

At that moment, Qing Zhu, the strategist of the Divination Department, kept glancing back and forth between Jing Yuan Yuan and Fu Xuan.

She felt that if Fu Xuan became general, with the cute little one beside her serving as a mascot, it might not be so bad.

But she quickly shook her head.

"No, no, no. The position of general cannot be decided so carelessly. Besides, the Supreme Diviner is clearly emotionally abnormal right now. But why isn't the general responding?"

Watching Jing Yuan Yuan's guilty expression and the way he seemed to want to say something, only to swallow it back each time he opened his mouth, Qing Zhu felt that she had no choice but to become the "villain."

"Supreme Diviner, the sweet dream must end."

After apologizing in her heart to the delighted Fu Xuan before her, Qing Zhu began chatting with her, one sentence at a time.

At last, after carefully untangling the clues, Qing Zhu discovered the root of the problem.

"You're saying that the master of slacking, Qing Que, who comes in last every year and whose scores always get stuck at sixty, is working?"

"Mm. I... No, would this general joke about something like that?"

Qing Que's reputation for slacking had long spread throughout the Six Commissions. Qing Zhu, as the strategist of the Divination Department and the general's capable aide, knew the situation within the Six Commissions better than anyone.

After hearing that Qing Que was actually working hard, Qing Zhu began to doubt reality as well.

"Could I be dreaming?"

But Jing Yuan Yuan knew that Fu Xuan's abnormal state was not because he had constantly manipulated her, drawn grand visions for her, and pressured her.

Jing Yuan Yuan finally exhaled the foul breath he had been holding in for a long time.

After confronting Fu Xuan, examining the evidence, and conducting a rational analysis, he finally made Fu Xuan understand that this was neither a dream nor an illusion, but reality.

"Ah!!!"

After learning that everything had been a huge misunderstanding, Fu Xuan flew out of the Divination Department, so quickly that she even left Kiana behind in the general's seat and forgot to take her along.

Jing Yuan Yuan sighed, then looked at Kiana in the seat.

"Qing Zhu, Yanqing, please step out for a moment. The guards nearby should also leave. I have something to discuss with this child Fu Xuan just adopted."

"Yes!"

Only after everyone had left did Jing Yuan Yuan sigh. Seeing that Kiana had no intention of leaving the seat, she directly found a chair and sat across from her.

"Miss Kiana, can you tell me what's going on?"

"Eh, you recognized me?"

"Of course. I suppose Fu Qing trusted her divination too much and simply failed to notice anything unusual about you."

"Can you tell me why you turned into this?"

Thinking of the rumors about Jing Yuan Yuan, who was renowned for his extraordinary intelligence and far-reaching schemes, Kiana had never considered lying to him after what had happened.

After explaining Aha's involvement and taking out the mask, Jing Yuan Yuan fell silent.

"Heavenly Lord Chang Le interfered as well? Fortunately, that Heavenly Lord seems to have only wanted to watch some entertainment and had no intention of throwing the Luofu into chaos."

Having learned what he wanted to know, Jing Yuan Yuan had no intention of stopping Kiana from disguising herself and coming to Fu Xuan's side.

"All right. If I'm not mistaken, Fu Qing will come to pick you up soon."

Jing Yuan Yuan seemed hesitant to speak. In the end, he swallowed all the words in his heart and left only one sentence behind.

"Fu Qing is simple-hearted. Please don't hurt her feelings."

After saying that, Jing Yuan Yuan turned and left the Divination Department. It was impossible to tell whether he had gone off to slack around or attend to work.

As expected, Fu Xuan arrived soon.

Chapter 81: Could It Be That the Three of Us Will Be Together?

Seeing that the general was gone, Fu Xuan finally let out a sigh of relief.

She hurriedly took Kiana by the hand and left the Divination Department.

Fu Xuan first returned to the Divination Department, restored her usual dignity, and then went to Qing Que's side.

"Qing Que, I told you to take good care of Durandal, yet you allowed a thief disguised as me to abduct her. However, since you were unaware of the truth, and since the culprit seems to be connected to the Stellaron Hunters, wanted criminals by the Company, I will not pursue the matter this time. I have already rescued her. Do not cause any more trouble."

Fu Xuan's voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears.

The diviners and Cloud Knights had originally thought that their Supreme Diviner had suffered a nervous breakdown.

So it was a Stellaron Hunter impersonating her. That made sense.

Qing Que had guessed part of the truth, but seeing her stern superior acting so seriously, she decided to cooperate and finish the performance with Fu Xuan.

"Supreme Diviner, I know my mistake."

"Mm, good. Since that is the case, I shall leave first."

The matter at the Divination Department had been settled. All that remained were the people at the Divination Department.

The Yanqing who followed Jing Yuan Yuan would be easy to fool, and the other guards would not spread rumors. As for the strategist, she did not seem like someone who would gossip either.

The most difficult one to deal with was still Jing Yuan Yuan.

Thinking of this, Fu Xuan turned her grief and anger into strength. She decided to pin the blame firmly on the Stellaron Hunters while she had the chance. As long as the Stellaron Hunters were captured, everything would be over.

At worst, if Jing Yuan Yuan teased her in the future, she could simply bite back.

For several days in a row, Fu Xuan did not return to the Divination Department. She rose early each day to search for clues and only came back late at night.

Through Silver Wolf's reports, Kiana learned that the Express crew were also searching for Kafka's whereabouts.

Once the time in the script arrived, two groups—or rather, three groups—would meet.

But for some reason, Kiana always felt that Silver Wolf's tone had not been as sharp as before when speaking to her lately.

In the end, when Kiana learned that the three groups would encounter one another in succession according to the script the next day, Silver Wolf did not immediately disconnect and leave the account empty.

Instead, she asked somewhat cautiously:

Kiana, how have you been lately?

But moments after Kiana finished reading it, she discovered that the message had disappeared.

Kiana found it rather baffling.

Kiana went to the bathroom alone, enjoyed a nice bath, then came out wrapped in a towel to look for a mirror. She discovered that, perhaps because of an illusion, she seemed to have grown bigger.

At the beginning, she had looked about eight or nine years old. Now she seemed to be ten.

But Kiana had no habit of measuring her height and weight every day, so she paid it no mind.

That evening, Kafka returned to her temporary base.

Seeing Silver Wolf leaning against a chair without continuing to play games, Kafka curiously came over.

She discovered that the game Kiana had sent—the one Silver Wolf had been obsessed with for the past few days—had actually already been completed.

When Silver Wolf did not respond, Kafka assumed that she had fallen asleep.

Kafka picked up the phone, wanting to see what was so appealing about the game that Silver Wolf had become so obsessed with it.

But after tapping into the chapter containing the main story's ending, Kafka fell silent.

She returned the phone to its original place and took out a blanket to cover Silver Wolf.

"Good girl, don't cry. It's only a game."

"I'm not crying!"

Seeing that Silver Wolf still had the energy to argue with her, Kafka decided that there was no need to worry.