>>5432490"I could just break down the gates for them" Fu offers "Though I don't doubt my sister's expertise in blending with the shadows and remaining unseen, It'd be quicker if I just create a path for them, rather than leaving Qiang to open one by slicing a handful of throats"
"Do what you will. Qiang has her orders, you have none. Do as you wish" You roar, lifting up your head "Stay here and guard my body if you wish! Or help your martial sister elevate the Dian brothers into myth and assist in cutting away the unpleasant boil of the Tianturni from MY WORLD"
You then, much less dramatically, laid your head down and sighed
"Though I'd prefer if you two kept away from needless danger and tried to be safe" You remark "And, no, Qiang, before you ask, I don't think you'll be in any danger at all doing what you do best"
"I was raised to be an assassin" She says, sounding unusually proud of herself
"Then I shall stay here, and guard your magnificent vessel, teacher" Fu says, bowing his head "Unless of course, the whim strikes you to join in the bloodshed, Lady Huanliuxue"
You roll your eyes, pondering the possibility.
"I don't need more people mistaking me for her child, Fu" Qiang snaps "If they see her fur and my hair they'll..."
"Wait what?" Fu asks, looking as confused as you are by Qiang's outburst
"Did you forget only demons and unintelligent beasts have made that mistake?" You say sweetly
"Hm? Oh, I expect you to be human by time the night is done, Lady Huanliuxue" Qiang said proudly "You must be close to a breakthrough, to being indulging freely enough to plan an assassination"
"She's been mistaken as your child?" Fu laughs, and earns himself a soft punch to shoulder from his martial sister
What do you decide to do, Huanliuxue?
>Return to Yuyi's body, and keep her company and out of trouble until the Dian brothers and Qiang arrive at the palace>Decide that Yuyi is a big girl and can handle herself, and trail the brothers in your ghost form, to make certain they take their medicine>The whim does strike you to watch the bloodshed with your own eyes, if not join it personally, just in case the palace is hiding something deadlier than Ghost Empress Melody>Figure that, since Qiang is a very earnest and grave woman, that you probably could attain human form now. And what better distraction to keep the heavens on high from noticing you, than their disgraced son being butchered?>write in 