After the three temples had been dealt with, the storm shrouding all of Mondstadt finally vanished.
Ellin returned to Mondstadt City with Lisa. By the time they arrived, it was already evening.
Ellin warmly invited Lisa to dinner at the Good Hunter, but after Ellin had turned the tables and teased her, Lisa was genuinely a little afraid of her now.
Usually, she was the one flirting with others. Teasing people until they blushed and stammered was one of her favorite pastimes.
But Ellin was bold, and she never played by the rules.
Lisa, who was always teasing everyone else, finally got a taste of what it felt like to be on the receiving end.
She really did not dare spend any more time with Ellin, so she fled back to the library that very evening like a flustered little hamster.
"Hehe, that's what you get for teasing me! Now you know what I'm capable of!"
Watching Lisa beat a hasty retreat, Ellin looked thoroughly pleased with herself.
She had planned to treat Lisa to dinner at the Good Hunter, but now that Lisa had run off, Ellin could not be bothered to eat there either.
Given the choice, she preferred eating at home anyway. It was not that her mother's cooking was exceptionally delicious, but that someone at home was waiting for her to come back for dinner.
She loved opening the door to find her family sitting at the table, waiting to eat with her. To her, that was love. That was happiness.
With that, Ellin set off toward home.
But halfway there, she spotted Acting Grand Master Jean talking to someone wearing a mask beneath a windmill in a deserted area up ahead.
"Is that... an envoy from Snezhnaya?"
Ellin narrowed her eyes slightly. One look