Susu's mouth twitched.
Of course she understood what Old Dog really meant: now that he finally had a secretary who could get things done, she had better not suddenly go off the rails. He had had enough of having to train a new assistant every so often.
He had never cared about such things before because he had no interest in settling down in any particular game.
But clearly, Xue Yunfeng had now started considering whether to retire in Telashir or go make his mark in Toril, so he was beginning to hope the people around him would remain useful for the long haul.
Sure enough, once any passionate founder reached the stage of maintaining stability, they became much less fond of newcomers rising through the ranks.
Even the ever-shrewd and capable Snow Old Dog was no exception. Susu pressed her lips together in a faint smile. She had waited so long for precisely this inevitability.
She let out a soft breath... at last, she no longer had to worry about being kicked straight out of the assistant team for making a mistake.
The current Xue Yunfeng would at least give her a few chances to fail.
Ball Ball was a special case because she had followed the Demon Cult through several games. Whatever changes her feelings for Snow Old Dog might have undergone, her loyalty, at least, had always remained.
Besides, she had originally become an assistant not only because of her own little agenda, but also because the Demon Cult had simply had no one else available... after all, only its core members had initially entered this game to test the waters. The whole army had not come along.
Susu, for example, had already joined the Demon Cult back then, but she had only entered with the third