At her words, the corner of Hua's mouth twitched.
"I just know him fairly well. Rather than hide things and make him suspicious, it's better to bring it up myself, dispel his doubts, and use the gap in what we know to keep it from him a little longer."
This was a man whose thoughts could wander to the edge of the universe at the sight of a bowl of thin porridge!
Throughout the conversation, Hua could only follow her guardian's train of thought and say things he liked, things he wanted to hear.
Killing Aeons, for instance. Or Marty.
He had already mentioned Daiyang, and his next question was clearly going to be about Marty. If she kept avoiding the subject, wouldn't that just give the game away?
The Chief Strategist was still uneasy. "How about taking another psychological test?"
Hua sighed deeply.
"He specifically said Imbibitor Lunae had a problem, and even the test didn't find anything wrong with him. What could possibly be wrong with me?"
The Chief Strategist said, "...If even he thinks there's a problem, then there really is one."
Hua wasn't concerned about that.
She had met Aeons every few days as a child, then been pushed into a high position by her guardian as an adult. What hadn't she seen?
After her guardian left with Akivili, Hua had approached him with questions about certain matters she couldn't decide on, only to receive a single reply.
[Busy. Message me when an Aeon attacks the Xianzhou.]
The next day, once her guardian was no longer busy, he finally answered Hua's questions.
With a guardian like that... Hua felt she could calmly accept anything, however absurd it might be.
Considering that the Xianzhou had never interfered in the Vidyadhara's internal affairs over thousands of years, Hua