Liyue Harbor, Yujing Terrace.
Rex Lapis had been murdered. Lady Ningguang, the Tianquan, ordered the Millelith to seal off the entire area and investigate everyone present, starting with those who looked more suspicious.
Before long, the Millelith came to question Li Qiuzhi and the others.
"Who are you? Where did you come from?"
Sensing that Li Qiuzhi and his companions seemed quite powerful, and to prevent any suspects from slipping away, the Millelith took precautions.
The Millelith captain surrounded them with a squad of several soldiers and questioned them sternly.
"...Uh."
Faced with such an intimidating formation, even the normally eloquent Paimon was frightened into hiding behind Lumine, afraid she might say something wrong.
Lumine glanced at Li Qiuzhi, signaling that she was leaving this to him.
Li Qiuzhi rubbed her soft hand and nodded slightly to indicate that it was no problem, then calmly addressed the Millelith soldier before him.
"We came from Mondstadt. We're Honorary Knights of the Knights of Favonius.
"We're currently traveling through the Seven Nations. We happened to hear that Liyue Harbor's annual Rite of Descension, hosted by the Liyue Qixing, was about to begin, so we came today hoping to witness Rex Lapis's grandeur.
"But who could have known something like this would happen?
"Rex Lapis was immensely powerful. Surely a few weak people like us couldn't assassinate him, and we have no reason to do so either."
He gave a lengthy explanation, volunteering all the information he ought to provide. Surely they wouldn't still suspect them.
"Mondstadt's Honorary Knights?" The Millelith captain looked surprised.
Naturally, news of the major incident in neighboring Mondstadt some time ago had reached Liyue. Of course he had heard something of the two Honorary Knights' deeds.
Apparently, one of them was even a fellow native of Liyue, though