Lani made it just in time to save her, she feels indebted to him already. She takes some time to get back on her feet, the plague hits very hard and total recovery is pretty long. She is still a bit paler than usual, other than weak, regardless exams confirmed she is now a mermaid.
When Lani allows it, she returns to the civilization, but doesn't intend to return to the palace again, also because she thinks they gave her that fruit on purpose, knowing it was infected. She takes a room in an inn as she still has nowhere to go outside Nortrig, until Elio will call her back for new missions. She hasn't much, she still needs to think what to do to take care of herself while in Nortrig.
She starts walking in the streets of the city, looking for possible opportunities to make some quick money.

Yes, it is her behind the disappearances of Blade and Shu. She is nowhere to be found at the palace, she hasn't been seen around the king's residence since the late afternoon. She knows she has a deal with Zhongli, but what she heard triggered her to take a different path in the end. Instill, she is getting more desperate as the time runs thin. She doesn't give anything for granted, plus, she wants a little revenge, since Blade and Jing Yuan lied to her about the fruit.

She doesn't want to waste her time, even the previous days, she was looking for the palace library and now, she finally found it.
She is having free time since the kids are away, so she proceeds to the library of the palace, looking among the books there for any useful information, but it is small. She sends pictures to Silver Wolf to translate but everything turns out to be useless.
She heads out of the library, intending to head back to the residence of the king. She cannot feel fear, otherwise she would be very troubled right now. Two months are not a long time when you want to escape your own death.

She is wandering the palace. She is not worried about coming across Blade or Jing Yuan, she would simply ignore them if she does, until they say something she wants to hear.
There is WonPil at the residence, no sign of the king coming back, so she goes on adventure. She refused to wear any maid clothing, she continues to wear her own style clothes. Sexy, but not revealing.

She continues to tease Cyno, until he is saved again by Blade phoning Kafka to ask her to meet.
She tells what inn she is staying at, lying about it of course. She invites him to go elsewhere though, directly in a tavern.

Blade lets Jing Yuan follow him, just in case. When they arrive to the tavern, there is no sight of Kafka yet, so they take a seat. "Hm...she always delays." He says in a low tone.