"Cirrus... Cirrus... This is what you called a good pawn? You actually teamed up with these Judges to scheme against me!"
Little Gui, possessed by Ignamar, glared furiously at Cirrus. The one Cirrus had called "kiddo" seemed absolutely livid.
Yet faced with Ignamar's furious questioning, Cirrus merely chuckled:
"So what? You're powerful, sure, but that only counts if you can survive and have your freedom. Without those two things, what good is all that power?
"As an intelligent being, having the wisdom to judge the situation is a skill too. Look at me, then look at Mr. Tail. That's what they mean by a wise person knowing which way the wind blows.
"Hehehe... Rather than standing here questioning me, you'd be better off thinking about how to deal with these weird, muscle-bound gourds."
Cirrus slipped into her new role quickly. Anyone with eyes could tell she had surrendered completely.
Of course, as Cirrus had said, knowing how to assess the situation was a skill too. She couldn't very well charge headlong at a towering mountain like Jiang Yu.
When she had asked earlier whether this brat or the Luofu's general was stronger, the brat had answered that he was. Crucially, neither that gray-haired Nameless, that little fox Judge, nor Mr. Tail had refuted it or raised any objections.
If it had only been the brat saying so, she might have hesitated. But these worldly people and Luofu locals had shown little reaction to his answer, as though they agreed, which gave her something to think about.
As the saying went, a wise bird chose a good tree to nest in. She, Cirrus, only wanted to live more comfortably in the days ahead. What was wrong with that?
There was no shame in latching onto someone powerful.
At least she wouldn't