Ye Buyu sheepishly drew her neck back.
"Uh... this was also to get the Rift off to a good start."
The Calamities craned their necks, their gazes hostile.
"You three, if not for Lady Weier, what you've done would have been enough to get you killed a dozen times over."
Only a dozen times? That's pretty lenient.
Ye Buyu let her thoughts wander, zoning out for a moment.
We should have just about enough materials for Kou Ying to make a small River of Forgetfulness. If these Calamities knew this Flagship was going to be used as bait, I wonder if their hearts would ache.
Hmm... they'd probably grit their teeth in fury once they learned the truth.
Taking their Flagship right out from under so many Calamities' noses-just thinking about it feels great.
To avoid provoking everyone's wrath, the three reluctantly stopped and stood at the Flagship's bow, gazing into the distance with their hands behind their backs.
As though everything was under their control.
"Tch, what's there to show off about? They just latched onto someone powerful. It's only because they look so bizarre that they caught her eye."
"Exactly. Those three Calamities are so sly. They knew Lady Weier didn't like talking face-to-face with people, so they turned themselves into that. With those bizarre heads and beady eyes, no one could possibly see them as human."
That was what they said, but their envy was practically spilling over.
Why hadn't they thought of that? What an oversight. Perhaps they should dress up the next time they saw Lady Weier too. That way, she might be willing to see them and talk to them.
Inside her room, Weier's nose itched. She still had no idea what she was about to experience. On the day of departure, when she