After equipping the fearsome weapon called the flip-flops, the three girls began to turn obedient, sitting on the floor in seiza. As such, at long last, he could finally hear their "excuses."
First, he heard the most pressing matter: Jehanne and Zetian's case.
The two of them had tagged along when Xu Tao returned without even giving him a heads-up. If they didn't tell him a proper reason for their actions, then he wouldn't hold back and would dish out their well-deserved punishments.
The first to answer was Zetian, bold and direct.
"As I said earlier, I simply followed my Emperor. There's no way I'd be willing to part with you again, even if it's temporary," she said with a straight face. "This is my path, my calling. Even if the heavens were to stand in my way, I will still move to where my Emperor is."
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