After a bit of sightseeing and introductions, they finally reached the highest point in Mondstadt and saw the spacious, level church plaza with its fountain.
Beneath the blue sky, white clouds, and blazing sun, Annie, Lumine, and Paimon looked at the enormous statue before them: a winged god of wind with a fountain at its feet. It was the founder of the free city-state of Mondstadt, Barbatos, one of the "Seven Archons." The three couldn't help letting out a series of gasps, some louder than others.
"Wow!"
"It's so, so big!"
"What a majestic statue!"
"Impressive."
"Right?"
That was Paimon's exclamation, clearly directed at Lumine.
Compared to the statue, Paimon was so tiny she was practically a speck. The statue of the God of Wind really was far too big.
Maybe...
Just one of the statue's fingers was bigger than her whole body?
"Whoa~!"
(⊙o⊙*)
"It's, it's huge..."
(°ー°〃)
"Looks like it won't be easy to knock it down!"
(lll￢▽￢)
Without a doubt, the only person who would say something like that in a situation like this was Queen Annie.
(...)
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"What?"
"Annie, you said knock, knock the statue down?"
"But..."
"Why would you have such a strange idea?"
Amber had been following along beside them, ready to listen to what they thought. Naturally, she heard Annie's two quiet mutters. Startled, she hurried to correct and refute her, then added proudly:
"Don't worry!"
"This is Mondstadt, protected by the Knights of Favonius. Stormterror definitely won't—and wouldn't dare—come here and cause trouble!"
"It's not like outside the city!"
In the eyes of Amber, a Scout of the Knights of Favonius, Stormterror might have been active around Mondstadt lately, and had even knocked down the Wind God's statue at Starfell Lake two days ago, but that had only happened outside the