The two were just about to wake Gu Yu and Cecilia when they realized both women were already awake.
Chen Xi leaned against the doorframe, idly kicking her heels.
"We've thought it over. We'll go with you for a while. We can discuss the rest after we leave the inn."
"Thank you..." Cecilia replied timidly.
Chen Xi raised her right hand, cutting off her thanks.
"No need to thank me. I've dreamed of becoming a righteous knight since I was little. If we're really up against evil forces, I'll fight you to the very end and never back down."
Pfft—
Gu Yu's laugh rang clearly through the quiet room.
Only when all three women looked at her did Gu Yu realize she'd let herself slip.
She had spent so much time with Chen Xi and Lin Yue that she'd grown used to letting her guard down around them.
Chen Xi asked solemnly, "What is it, Miss Iris? Do you have something to say about my knightly journey?"
They had known other Transcendents might join them along the way, so they had prepared code names in advance.
Gu Yu was Iris, Lin Yue was Sunflower, and Chen Xi was Black Rose.
They used these names in front of Cecilia.
"No." Gu Yu shook her head, silently reminding herself to be more careful from now on. "It's just that hearing about your righteous heart filled me with such joy that I couldn't keep it from showing on my face."
"When I was seven, my hometown was attacked by the legendary Snow Monster. A knight just as righteous as you stepped in and saved us."
Gu Yu told the story with vivid enthusiasm. "Ever since then, I've wanted to become a bard and sing the praises of righteous knights like him."
Then she