Thanks for the update. I did reread this months ago so some of the plot I still remember vaguely but I don't get her dilemma. If the secret is what we think it is= her reincarnation. Even if it was her from her POV, why would they be bothered. She knows the emperor personally, she originally came from the empire, and she was already a few years older than them before (heck, the roles have been switched this time). Nothing remotely negative should come out from knowing that secret, the closest would have to be she knows about a few decades worth of empire's secrets while she was in service, hence more excuse to bring her along