Wei gently inspected the strand of hair pinned by Zhige against the bark. He inspected it doubtfully, clearly apprehensive, while chewing his inner right cheek. He let out a stressed sigh and rubbed his temples.

“Your Highness,” I said firmly, not giving him a moment to process the news he was just faced with, “It is best if you head back to your palace in the heavenly realm. Your spiritual energy will be more pungent there than in the mortal realm.”

Zhige flew back to my side silently—I was still awkwardly propped up on Wei’s shoulder.

Yue stared at me with bored eyes and a dumbfounded look. “Huh? Why are you speaking like that?”

Wei’s eyes darted between Yue and me, eyeing both of us with suspicion.

Clearing my throat, I added on, “Apologies about my subordinate, Your Highness. She is still in training and doesn’t quite understand formalities yet. You see, she had a very tough childhood.”

“Huh?!” Yue exclaimed indignantly.

Meihua stared at Amelia and Ailun, blinking at them like she wasn’t quite sure what to do while Yang remained slumped on the ground, completely defeated and giving into his exhaustion.

Ailun had tightly wrapped his hand around Amelia’s, but it looked more like she was the one holding his hand. Her stance was much more confident, and despite her small size, she looked relatively intimidating.

So cute!

Observer ‘Nipon23’: Don’t forget what you have to do.

The notification was pushed to the back of my head. I was the writer, the sole creator of this world.

I didn’t need to be the goddess of fate and fortune to rewrite my own story.

With a confident swish of her hand, Amelia defiantly pointed at Wei. “Tell him to put down Peijin! Doesn’t he know it’s rude to manhandle a woman?”

Ailun looked like he was trying to shrink into a pit and disappear. His cheeks were flushed from embarrassment, and his small hands gripped onto Amelia’s tighter.

Meihua’s eyes widened in surprise before they twinkled with amusement. Her lips curled up into a small smile as she turned over to Wei and softly asked, “Should we bring them back to the palace for questioning?”

Wei nodded in response, not reacting to Amelia’s comment except for a slightly ashamed look in his expression. “I’m not sensing bloodlust from anyone but the little girl.”

“My name is Amelia!”

“Your Highness,” I said softly, “If you’re going to bring us back, do hurry. Daji will be here soon. Whether or not you believe me, you have to acknowledge your suspicions since she watched us.”

His head tilted away from me like he was trying to avoid what I was saying. “I believe you misunderstand the situation. Daji and her worshippers are one of the most respected beings of the heavenly realm,” he began, “I’m only hearing you out because you need to break up Ailun and the little girl.”

What Wei said was undoubtedly true—the influence of Daji was vast. She was directly involved in almost all parts of the mortal realm due to her vast amount of worshippers for her intelligence and cunningness. She was directly associated with the emperor.

That alone made her all the more formidable.

“Break them up?!" I exclaimed, "You’re so cruel, Your Highness. What would Meihua say?”

Both of us turned to face her, but instead of looking calm and collected, she was staring awkwardly at a panicked Yang.

While Wei and I were talking, she had been preparing to use a seal to teleport back to the palace using a seal. Meihua didn’t need to seal it with her infected demon blood—good for her, I guess—since she had enough spiritual energy to use it herself.

But the issue came with how her power manifested.

It was through flowers.

At fourteen, I thought there could be nothing cuter than Wei’s epithet and association being with flowers due to his kindness and for his wife to also manifest her power through beautiful flora.

Now, beautiful pink and blue flowers decorated her hair, and petals glittered all around her with their delicate beauty.

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Yang covered his bright red face with trembling hands and tried to crawl away from her, mumbling nonsense as he started hiccuping out of sheer anxiousness.

Oh. Whoops.

Observer ‘Socrates’: Umm…??

Meihua tried to reach down to comfort him, but he quickly swatter her pale forearm back before quickly apologizing with a shaky voice.

“S-Sorry!” He awkwardly stammered, stumbling his way back while laughing awkwardly.

Yue peeked over Wei’s shoulder and burst out laughing, smacking his back with her tightened fists while keeping her feet. “Ha ha ha! Your Highness, that one is a pervert. You better hide your wife.”

“I-I’m not!” Yang quickly insisted, jumping up to his feet and peeking through his red hands.

I gawked at him. This was too embarrassing, even for me. I didn’t even know hands could become flushed.

With impossible speed, Wei adjusted the band around my arms to tie me and Yue together before dropping us on the ground and darting forward, placing himself between Yang and Meihua.

“Wait!” I cried out, wriggling my way to kneel on the ground and stare at Wei, “Your Highness, he’s not a pervert! He just has a… colorful character?”

Wei’s sword quickly flashed out of its sheath.

Yue quickly barged in, clearly supportive of bullying Yang but not trying to get him decapitated. “I was kidding! He’s just scared of women! And flowers!”

A pitiful and very, very awkward laugh filled the air as Meihua slowly walked up and placed her hand on Wei.

“It’s alright. You can take the Daji officer, and I’ll take the woman in the blue robes.”

“My name is Peijin.”

“A lovely name,” Meihua replied with a glistening smile, saying no more after.

I waited for the drop, but it never came. I could die happy now. How could Yang fear such a perfect woman?

Wei seemed to manifest my very thoughts right after.

“But, Meihua, how could someone possibly be scared of you? I’m hurt on your behalf,” he sniffled dramatically, evening out her sleeves.

Amelia whispered something into Ailun’s ear, and he quickly mimicked Wei’s actions.

Meihua pushed him backward lightly, clicking her tongue. “It’s fine. Let’s take them back, and we’ll figure out what to do from there. Besides, if Daji really is after you, then it’s best if we’re at a place you have complete control over.”

She quickly took me into her arms as Amelia cheered, running over to hug me while failing to untie the ribbon behind me.

“Don’t worry Peijin, I’ll protect you. Sidang won’t let them do anything to you.”

Suddenly, the entire world seemed to swirl with bright colors and light as I was teleported off my feet and thrown into it. I squeezed my eyes shut, and Meihua tightened her grip before I suddenly landed with a loud thump.

“Mmph—” I groaned painfully, my face having smashed straight into the tiled floor.

“I’m sorry, I forgot you were tied up,” Meihua said softly, sitting me up as Amelia still clung tightly onto me.

We were in a beautiful temple that resembled Daji’s, but this one was only more lavish and beautiful. Its ceiling was dozens of meters in the air, and beautiful statutes littered the place.

Most of them were of Meihua and Wei, which was admittedly rather strange, but it made sense for there to be divine statutes here. After all, it was how they got their spiritual energy.

“Can I be untied now?”

Meihua quickly moved over and undid the bands around my arms, but when I tried to move, I realized I was incredibly sluggish.

“... Eh?”

“Do forgive me, but I already injected you with cyclobenzaprine. It’s better for me to be safe than sorry.”

“You what?!”

She gave me a reassuring smile and with a flick of her hand, a couch flew across the room and landed just beside me. “It’s a muscle relaxant. Don’t worry.”

Yue screamed as she landed with a loud thud just beside me despite now being untied, and Yang promptly crushed her body, causing her to hack and cough out violently before he rolled off looking even more embarrassed and ashamed.

Ailun hardly spoke, and most of that was probably my fault. To me, he was no more than a plot device in Surviving my First Run. I was glad to see Amelia was breaking him out of his shell more, but I was still worried about letting their friendship grow anymore.

Scathing Reviewer activated!

I scoffed in annoyance. I still had no idea what that skill did, but it always activated involuntarily.

“Amelia, come sit by me,” I ordered nervously.

Observer ‘Socrates’: Do you think this is the right thing Jia Li?

No, I didn’t. The right thing would’ve been Amelia living out her life with her real parents, not me.

Observer ‘Socrates’: You never respond to me, but I’m really wishing you the best with this one. I know you’ve been nervous this whole time.

Agh, could this guy shut up? He’s making me feel worse right before I have to explain myself to Wei.

Wei moved to sit before us with Meihua and Sidang by his side.

“Peijin, will you begin?"