"Just hold out a little longer. We're not the ones in a hurry, anyway."
"When the time comes, they'll have to roll over like Snezhnaya's Snow Dogs."
They seemed to picture the Snow Dogs back home, limp with exhaustion after a full day of pulling sleds, then imagined the Knights of Favonius and the Liyue Qixing meekly giving in and buying their land.
Then they thought about the fortune they would make overnight.
The Snezhnayan merchants burst into laughter, filling the room with merriment.
But just as their laughter died down, another partner pushed open the door.
"Bad news! Something's happened!"
The man looked panicked and grim.
"What happened? Why are you so flustered?"
"It's... it's that legendary Sun Knight!"
"She... she cut a huge gap through the mountain at Stone Gate with a single slash, opening another route straight from Liyue to Mondstadt!"
"Now the Knights of Favonius and the Millelith are hard at work reclaiming land from the water over at Stone Gate!"
"What?!"
Charvinsky and his partners' expressions changed drastically. Their wineglasses slipped from their hands and shattered on the floor.
Their dreams of getting rich were at stake. How could they not be nervous?
Without another word, they hurried straight to Stone Gate.
When they arrived, the sight before them left them dumbfounded.
Wearing a helmet and leaning on a hoe, Kaeya had taken Jean's place directing the construction site.
Ningguang seemed to be busy with official duties and had sent several of her attendants to assist Keqing.
With a sword at her waist, a shovel in hand, and the Steel Helmet on her head, Keqing was personally directing the Millelith on-site.
A group of Knights of Favonius and Millelith soldiers, along with some Adventurers' Guild members who had accepted commissions, were working away at the