"After that, we left Return Starport with Fu Xuan aboard Tingyun's starskiff. We were supposed to go straight to the Divination Commission to interrogate Kafka, but the starskiff's navigation went wrong. It missed the entrance to the Divination Commission's delve and landed in Exalting Sanctum.
"Fu Xuan did a divination on the spot and said today wasn't suitable for an interrogation, that she needed to deal with internal unrest at the Divination Commission first, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, she told us to wait here and took Kafka away herself.
"Exalting Sanctum is a great place to unwind, so Miss Tingyun told us to have a look around. Too bad it's so clean here. Hardly any treasure chests.
"While I was hunting for treasure in the plaza, someone from the Earth-Balance Commission stopped me. They said they'd heard about our arrival from the Sky-Faring Commission and knew I was always happy to help, so they asked me to investigate the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus in Exalting Sanctum. Never thought you would be the one behind it."
Stelle rattled off a long explanation, laying out everything that had happened.
It would have been better if she hadn't raised her voice so pointedly every time she mentioned Tingyun.
Chu Mu pretended not to notice Stelle's little ploy.
He asked seriously:
"What are you planning to do now?"
"Go back, of course." Stelle shrugged. "My cover's blown, so I'll just go back and report in. Don't worry, I won't sell you out. Pretty loyal of me, right?"
Stelle gave her rather modest chest a hearty pat.
But Chu Mu disagreed with her promise and shook his head gently.
"No, your undercover mission hasn't failed. Quite the opposite. You've achieved tremendous success and earned the approval of Green Pheobe, the person in charge. You are