At ten the next morning, Jean, Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, who had received word in advance, led Mondstadt City's many senior officials out of the city to welcome the Inazuma delegation.
Mondstadt City was particularly lively thanks to the Inazuma delegation's arrival. Many citizens who enjoyed a spectacle put down their work and scrambled to claim the best viewing spots, with some even climbing onto Mondstadt's walls or windmills.
However, Jean, the Acting Grand Master, did not look particularly pleased. After learning the previous night that the Inazuma Regent had arrived in Mondstadt City ahead of schedule, she had dispatched members of the Knights of Favonius to search the entire city for Yucheng. Unfortunately, they had found nothing so far.
How strange. Where on earth had that guy gone?
Because of this, Jean had not slept well all night and looked somewhat haggard. But time waited for no one. The forward observation posts had already sent word that the Inazuma delegation was expected to reach Mondstadt City at around ten in the morning.
Since they had failed to find the missing Inazuma Regent, they would leave that matter aside for now. Even without the Inazuma Regent, the delegation still boasted an exceptionally distinguished lineup and had to be treated well.
Thus, as a show of respect, every member of the Knights of Favonius except the necessary guards, along with the Church's senior personnel, had gone out an hour early to welcome them, giving them every possible honor.
In short, Mondstadt had observed all the proper courtesies. If the Regent failed to appear after the Inazuma delegation arrived, it would instead be Inazuma that lost some face.
"They're here! They're here! The Inazuma delegation is here!"
As time passed, excited cries first came from the citizens standing