This milk tea is simply too sweet! Cloyingly sweet!
Kiana hurriedly stuffed the milk tea into Fu Xuan's hands; she couldn't handle this.
Veins popped on Fu Xuan's temples, and she repeatedly clenched her small hands, eventually calming herself down out of sheer cultivation.
Looking at the long queue for that milk tea shop, Fu Xuan let out a deep sigh.
Who knows how long it would take to queue up again.
Glancing faintly at Kiana's pink and soft lips, then at the straw, she shook her head before putting it in her mouth and starting to drink.
Since they were both women anyway, it shouldn't be much of a problem.
"It's getting late. Isn't General Kiana going to the ceremony site yet?"
Taking a sip of milk tea, Fu Xuan reminded her flatly.
"It's fine. Once the notification from the Marshal arrives, I'll just teleport directly there."
The Second Herrscher's ability was just that convenient, and even without it, she could teleport freely on the Warahip.
Fu Xuan rolled her eyes, too lazy to bother with Kiana anymore.
"Then we'll keep looking around. Does the Lord Grand Diviner want to join us?"
"General Kiana, this one cannot bear the title of 'Lord'."
"Don't be so distant, let's walk together."
"Eh! Pulling and dragging, where is the decorum! This one still has matters to attend to!"
Fu Xuan felt a hand being taken and hurriedly spoke to stop her.
"Don't push yourself so hard, just relax with us."
"You... fine, let go of this one, I will follow."
The other party kept smiling, so Fu Xuan found it hard to refuse and reluctantly agreed.
After pulling Fu Xuan over, Kiana introduced everyone one by one, and they began walking together.
"Aunt, don't you think Fu Xuan is very cute?"
Kiana leaned in close to Theresa and whispered.
Theresa glanced at Fu Xuan, whose stature was similar to her own, and nodded in agreement.
However, Kiana's next sentence immediately made her face turn beet red.
"Her voice is just like Aunt's, and her figure is about the same. Such a tiny thing, how cute!"
Cute?
Pong—!
Upon hearing this, Theresa's face turned crimson, and a puff of white smoke rose from the top of her head.
"Aunt, you're blushing."
Seeing Theresa's blushing face, Kiana gave a sly smile and leaned over to tease her.
"Noisy, just watch where you're going!"
Theresa pushed away Kiana's approaching face and gave her a glare.
If there weren't so many people here, she would have used Judah to bind this little girl and teach her a lesson!
Everyone in the group, except for Mei and Bronya, heard what Kiana said.
Feixiao and Jiaoqiu watched the scene with smiles.
On the other side, Fu Xuan's earlobes turned slightly red, and her walking speed unconsciously quickened quite a bit.
Now her head was full of Kiana's words praising her for being cute.
Her usual stern appearance made many people afraid of her.
One could say that in the eyes of the Diviner of the Divination Commission, she was a Great Demon King, completely unrelated to being cute.
But Kiana actually said she was cute! Absurd!
Thud—!
Fu Xuan, who was in the middle of a brainstorm, suddenly bumped into a girl's back. After taking a step back, she sat on the ground in a duck-sit position while rubbing her forehead.
The girl who was bumped into was clearly stunned for a moment, then turned around to see Fu Xuan sitting on the ground. With eyes full of worry, she helped Fu Xuan up.
"Sorry, Diviner Fu, I didn't hurt you, did I?"
"No, Station Master Asta, this one was distracted. It is this one who should apologize."
Thinking of the reason for her distraction, Fu Xuan's face turned slightly red as she replied apologetically.
One was the Grand Diviner of the Divination Commission, and the other was the daughter of the IPC Advisory Board; it wasn't strange for them to know each other's identities.
"I don't deserve the title of Station Master; I'm just the Acting Station Master. By the way, is the Grand Diviner shopping with friends?"
Asta's pair of blue eyes looked curiously at the group of people behind Fu Xuan who were stifling their laughter.
Moreover, the looks of one or two of them seemed more and more familiar!
"Ah! So it's General Feixiao and General Kiana!"
Asta's fingers spread slightly as she placed them before her lips, exclaiming in surprise.
Before coming, she had seen the footage her father sent her.
Plus, Kiana was the protagonist of the entire Wangshu Astral Express today, so she knew of Kiana.
But because Kiana's attire and image had changed slightly today, she didn't recognize her at first.
Asta's exclamation caused the passing Xianzhou people to stop in their tracks and look over.
They seemed to have heard the name of the new general?
A few seconds later, the crowd swarmed in, blocking the area so completely that not even water could trickle through.
As Xianzhou people, they had all heard of Kiana's deeds from a few days ago.
Now they all wanted to come and admire the new general's beautiful face in advance.
Seeing the people getting closer and closer, Kiana's expression became somewhat unnatural.
"Everyone, put your hands on me! Quick!"
Kiana said quickly to the others.
"Eh...?"
Asta was clearly stunned and subconsciously did as Kiana said, grabbing Kiana's arm.
Once everyone's arms were on her, Kiana directly transported them to another place.
Back in Flowing Cloud Lane, the patrolling Cloud Knights saw the situation and immediately dispersed the crowd.
The Xianzhou people who didn't get to see Kiana's true face couldn't help but feel regretful, thinking they could only wait for the upcoming ceremony to see her.
Kiana brought the group and teleported directly to the Taiyin Mansion.
After landing, the group silently let go of Kiana and then looked at Asta with somewhat subtle expressions.
At this moment, Asta was hugging Kiana's arm with her eyes tightly shut, completely unaware of the strange looks around her.
Especially Mei's dark gaze, which seemed as if it wanted to cut the two of them into a thousand pieces.
As if sensing Mei's gaze, Kiana hurriedly reacted.
"Cough, cough, that... have you hugged enough..."
Kiana scratched her head with her other hand, revealing an awkward but polite smile.
Hearing the pleasant voice ringing in her ears, Asta cautiously opened one eye.
Seeing that they had simply changed locations, Asta knew she had been teleported.
Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she saw everyone looking at her with subtle expressions.
"Ah, ah... everything just flickered before my eyes, so I subconsciously closed them and grabbed the nearest thing..."
The reserved smile Asta usually wore turned into panic, and the sense of maturity that didn't match her image also turned into a girl's shyness.
"It's fine, Asta, we all understand."
Kiana placed her hand on Asta's smooth shoulder, showing an "I understand" expression.
Asta breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, but in the next moment, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"It's only natural to want to get close to a beautiful girl!"
Kiana crossed her arms and nodded as if it were a matter of course.
Hearing Kiana's statement, everyone covered their faces, pretending not to know her.
Asta quickly regained her composure, looking at Kiana's pure and untainted eyes, which were completely different from those in high positions.
"Miss Kiana is indeed so beautiful that one can't help but want to get close."
Asta smiled radiantly and then nodded.
Just then, Jing Yuan walked in from outside the Taiyin Mansion and chuckled upon seeing the scene:
"The ceremony is about to begin. Everyone, it's time to set off."