697 In a Pickle

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While it might seem like Emilia was just relaxing and having fun in the Blue Lotus Palace with her girlfriends over the next few days, in reality, she was closely observing the movements and sentiments of her 'knights' through both Penny and Noelle's network, as well as her own senses.

Of course, Crystal also volunteered to do a few rounds around the city, and returned with several reports on those that she felt Emilia shouldn't take along.

Most of the people in the list were there due to their strong feelings of responsibility or dependence towards various people other than Emilia herself, as that would make it very likely for something to go wrong during their transfer. Of course, certain others were also disqualified based on their feelings for Emilia being too extreme.