When Jingliu received Xianyu's invitation, she was not at the Cloud Knights Camp, but at the Ten-Lords Commission.
A colleague from the Ten-Lords Commission had sought Jingliu out specifically to invite her to help interrogate a dangerous prisoner.
After receiving the message on her Jade Abacus, Jingliu immediately agreed.
Then the two of them got to work. Before long, the prisoner let out a string of agonized screams, abandoned his earlier arrogance, and promptly became obedient.
Jingliu and her colleague remained perfectly composed, tacitly ignoring the noise coming from the prisoner's cell as they began to chat.
Her colleague joked:
"Sorry for all the trouble. We keep asking you to help every few days. You're a Cloud Knight, but you're practically an unofficial member of the Ten-Lords Commission by now. Why don't I speak to the general and have you transferred here?"
Jingliu shook her head.
She was holding a sword her colleague had procured especially for her. Dealing with this prisoner hardly required the Sword Champion to use her own blade.
Her colleague took the sword from Jingliu and handed it to a subordinate, then looked down at their own weapon and complained:
"That bastard's teeth were ridiculously hard. They got embedded right in it. Now I have to send it to the Artisanship Commission for repairs again..."
They stepped over the pool of blood on the floor without a change in expression, and her colleague continued:
"We'll count this as a temporary assignment, just like before. I'll handle the paperwork later, and you'll get triple pay... Ah, the Xianzhou has far too many rules. Even a minute of overtime has to be reported. They're really afraid of shortchanging us by a single Strale..."
Her colleague had long since grown accustomed to Jingliu's taciturn nature and continued speaking quite