"..."
Lin Daiyu wasn't in much better shape than Xueyan—in fact, she was even worse—so she didn't respond to her.
She had always been frail. Though her soul had quietly grown stronger after their fusion, her body remained delicate, and she was still very sensitive. Years of poor health couldn't be made up for so easily.
"!!"
So when she heard Xueyan's description, some of the bloody images she'd been desperately trying to suppress surfaced again, beyond her control. Her stomach clenched even more violently, and she hurriedly leaned out the window to dry heave.
It took a while before she could finally get it under control. Then she turned and reproached Xueyan in a weak voice:
"You little rascal, Xueyan!"
"Y-You have to stop talking..."
"Whenever you bring it up, I-I start to..."
"Ugh—!!"
Before she could finish, Daiyu's face paled again. She quickly bent over the edge of the bed and dry heaved in distress.
"..."
Tch~~
Annie sat cross-legged on the couch, chin resting in her hand. Watching them, she couldn't help pouting.
Then she thought it over. A listless look crossed her face, and she teased them with a sigh:
"All right, then!"
"Looking at you now, it seems you won't be able to keep 'punishing evil, championing good, and carrying out Heaven's justice' in the future. I guess we'll just cancel your next 'internship'!"
Annie considered it carefully and decided it might have been a little too soon.
After all, the four silly girls were still young. Holding them to her own strict standards really might have been asking too much.
It wasn't as if she could expect everyone to be like the great immortal Annie—catching Shadow Bear at two and burning a tyrannical old dragon to death at three, right?
"Don't—"
At that, Lin