Aboard Mondstadt's official ship, Jean, Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, stood on the deck gazing at the towering Mt. Yougou before her, her eyes filled with delight as she inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
Accompanying her on this trip to Inazuma were Lisa, Amber, and her younger sister Barbara, while the brothers Diluc and Kaeya remained in Mondstadt City, just in case.
Jean had always believed that Diluc surpassed her in both ability and experience.
After he took up the position of her secretary, the Knights of Favonius received financial and intelligence support from the Dawn Winery, bringing marked improvements to both their efficiency and their crisis response measures. The Mondstadt aristocrats who had once hampered the Knights were also suppressed by Diluc's forceful approach.
Mondstadt City now enjoyed a measure of good governance and harmony among its people. With Diluc overseeing the city, she felt reassured.
Despite her high position, Acting Grand Master Jean was actually still a young woman under twenty. Never mind leaving Mondstadt to visit another country-she rarely even took sightseeing trips within Mondstadt.
Thus, although Jean had voiced her hesitation about this opportunity to visit Inazuma, inwardly she was rather looking forward to it.
She had heard that many classic romance light novels came from Inazuma's Yae Publishing House. For that reason, she had secretly packed casual clothes in addition to her Grand Master's uniform, planning to find an opportunity to browse the Yae Publishing House properly and secretly buy some novels to read.
However, even the strong and healthy Acting Grand Master Jean had underestimated the roughness of an ocean voyage. After several days of dull, tedious sailing, she could finally see land. Her longing for land and her joy at seeing it came from the bottom of her heart.