Xueyi repeatedly glanced at Cirrus, then quickly looked away.
She remained silent for a long time, repeating the motion a dozen or so times before finally speaking. "Ahem... I understand the situation now, but this is not the time to concern ourselves with Cirrus. In any case, she... is already in your custody."
Xueyi paused slightly several times as she spoke. It was hard to tell whether she was holding back laughter.
After another brief pause, Xueyi composed her expression and continued, "Fyxestroll Garden has been drawn into an illusion by a powerful Heliobus. The Underworld Officials sent to subdue it have all fallen out of contact as well."
With that, Xueyi turned to Huohuo. "Huohuo, if Hanya and I still cannot subdue that fiend together, the burden of dealing with it will fall upon you."
"Huh? I... I can't. I'm not as capable as you two... All I can do in a fight is hide off to the side and tremble."
Watching Xueyi and Huohuo raise this sort of entrusting-a-heavy-responsibility flag, Stelle and Jiang Yu exchanged looks nearby.
Although the two of them also counted as powerful fighters, Xueyi had not turned to them first, probably because they were not members of the Ten-Lords Commission.
Rules, personalities, perspectives on the world-many things could influence people's choices and actions.
Stelle and Jiang Yu did not really mind. They simply watched Xueyi and Huohuo quietly.
They can have their conversation. When the fighting starts, whether we step in is our business.
The moment Xueyi mentioned a powerful Heliobus, Jiang Yu's interest had been piqued. Although Cirrus had already been earmarked as the therapist for Aha's Fragmentum Factory, they still had no suitable talent for treating the mara-struck using a Heliobus.
Jiang Yu thought his idea was quite reasonable. It ought to