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    While Maomao helps Jinshi get to the bottom of a minor mystery, he notices her acting out of sorts, and worries about her well-being. Once he finally realizes what's afflicting her, Jinshi has just the cure.

    or 4 times Jinshi missed because he didn’t even know it was his turn to shoot, and the 1 time he scored

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    20 Apr 2026

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    AU of Maomao’s life if raised as the La clan princess.

     

    Potential spoilers up to and including LN15

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    17 Apr 2026

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    "I think it's an aphrodisiac," Maomao says, with an enormous, long-suffering sigh.

    "What."

    "I'd be hard pressed to tell you exactly what it wants," Maomao says. "It could be our body heat, or the plant itself could be sensitive to something released only during sex–"

    "What."

    "--but based on the fact that there's no animal or human corpses in here, I imagine it's going to let us go once it's had a meal."

    "Are you saying," Jinshi says, very carefully, "that the plant wants us to–"

    "Don't finish that sentence, sir," Maomao says, holding up a hand. "I don't know if the plant realizes it has two people."

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    17 Apr 2026

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    "An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break."

    The Maomao that had read those fated words was just a child—naive and sharp-eyed but so full of heart. The Maomao that read it had clumsy hands and chipped teeth, yard-tanned skin and endless questions. She hadn't the faintest clue of destiny's cruel design, and it would be cruel. There would be hate and horror and humorless irony in every turn, but that young Maomao grinned and relaxed down into the sunbaked grass with a crude legends children's book beside her. If her destiny was already set, it didn't matter what she did.

     

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    16 Apr 2026

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    Another day, another tea time where Lady Gyokuyou and Master Jinshi were playing the "return/borrow" game over Maomao like she was a merely a tool being loaned between houses.

    Normally she would simply let their words wash over her.

    Normally she could handle it.

    But today was not normal, and everyone, everyone, had a limit.

    And as the conversation hit the fifteen minute mark, Maomao hit hers.

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    AKA Maomao snaps at two nobles and fears for whatever punishment it might bring.
    Meanwhile Lady Gyokuyou is upset for a different reason.

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    09 Apr 2026