The official ship docked, and the members of the Inazuma delegation and Mondstadt delegation filed ashore, looking around the unfamiliar city with curiosity written across their faces.
Whether Shenhe or the members of the Mondstadt delegation, the vast majority were visiting Inazuma for the first time. This city, so exotic to them, held an inexplicable appeal.
Most importantly, the appearance and vitality this city displayed were completely different from the Inazuma they had imagined.
It seemed... much better than expected!
After all, their first impression of Inazuma was of a nation sealed off by its god, which ought to have been lifeless. On top of that, they had heard that Inazuma had fought a civil war for two years and suffered devastating losses, so it should have looked even more desolate.
Yet after seeing it with their own eyes, they felt that Inazuma seemingly... was not as bad as they had imagined. Moreover, they had heard that this city was merely one of Inazuma's ports, not actually part of Inazuma City.
If even Ritou was this prosperous, what would Inazuma City, the nation's capital, look like?
At that moment, Ritou's docks were packed with people who had come to watch the excitement. Especially when Yucheng, the Regent, appeared before them, the crowd went wild for a time. Had the Kanjou Commission's officials not done everything they could to maintain order, an accident might well have occurred.
Such a reaction from the people of Inazuma was hardly surprising, because in the few months since he had taken office, Inazuma had undergone earth-shattering changes, and those changes had been for the better. The days when they had to tighten their belts to get by were gone for good.
Such obvious changes naturally filled the people of Inazuma with gratitude.
Seeing how beloved