The night market has finally come to an end.
Amber and Luminous strolled through the streets of Mondstadt.
It was already very late at night. Amber asked Ying, "Ying, do you have a place to stay? Why don't you come to my place?"
Ying nodded, then shook her head.
"No need to trouble you. I've received guidance from the Liyue Herald and already have my own place to stay."
Amber nodded regretfully, "Oh, okay then."
"But, Ying, what's your place like?"
"Let me see."
Ying smiled and took a teapot out of her backpack.
Wow! What an adorable teapot!
"Is this the World in the Palm, Ying?"
Amber's eyes lit up.
Ying nodded, then suddenly realized something was wrong.
" Amber, where did you learn the term ' World in the Palm '?"
Amber exclaimed "Ah!" and replied, "Because His Majesty the King also has a similar world, the King likes to call the World in the Palm."
Upon hearing this, Ying's previously relaxed brows furrowed again.
This the King, whom I've never met, actually possesses a treasure like the Serenitea Pot?
Could it be that the immortals of Liyue have come to Mondstadt and taken over their rule?
With a heavy heart, Ying followed Amber home, placed the Serenitea Pot on Amber's table, and crawled inside.
Yinglian and Paimon lost all interest in teasing each other, changed their clothes, rolled up in their blankets, and went straight to sleep.
Paimon had already returned to the Serenitea Pot to sleep after eating his fill, so he naturally didn't know that Ying had already returned.
Time flew by and the next day arrived.
Ying got up quickly, washed up, changed her clothes, and left Serenitea Pot.
Amber had already left, leaving a note under a plate of fisherman's toast.
"I'm heading out! Ying, if you're hungry, have some fisherman's toast to tide you over!"
Next to it is a chibi-style Amber portrait.
A smile appeared on Ying's face as she looked at the note Amber had left.
After finishing her fisherman's toast and washing the plates, Ying left Amber's house.
Ying wanted to see what was going on in Mondstadt.
Despite having Amber as her guide, Ying preferred to accept everything she saw herself.
Ying wandered around Mondstadt City for a long time, and the commoners and shopkeepers she asked all praised the King highly.
" The Vision bestowed upon me by His Majesty the King has given me the courage to become an adventurer. Why shouldn't I serve him as my master?"
" The King Majesty has cleared the trade routes, so we no longer need to worry about delivery. Do we need another reason?"
"You ask about the King's miracle? A few months ago, my legs were broken by the Hilichurl, and the doctor said I would never be able to stand up again. And now?"
" The King Majesty the King seems to know everything. He can predict all the problems we might encounter. Coupled with the various policies issued by the new Grand Master, there are basically no more Knights of Favonius —no, Void Knight —using the pretext of investigation to come here and freeload."
"..."
Ying stroked her chin.
"That shouldn't be the case!"
Why is it that this the King has not a single flaw, only praise?
"Could this the King really be a good person?"
"Then why not just establish a new country?"
Ying knows Mondstadt very well.
If they say something like that, it's probably true.
But how can a country be without a dark side?
Mondstadt certainly has it.
However, Diluc's reputation as the Darknight Hero has not completely disappeared yet.
Because of Spider Woman's instructions, the Western Void Knight now pretend not to see Diluc playing the Darknight Hero when they encounter him, and don't need to pay attention to him. They can even cooperate if necessary.
The Void Knight knew that their identities made it difficult for them to do certain things, so they welcomed Diluc's arrival.
Because whenever Diluc appears, that's when they can finally rest.
There's no need to worry about the prison cells, because Diluc handles bad guys with the whole process.
Diluc also quite liked the current style of the Void Knights.
They are decisive and efficient, taking immediate action when needed, even though they are not particularly strong.
But that's without using Jiang Xiaofeng's Second-Generation Void Armor.
Once the Second-Generation Void Armor is used, even Diluc will be in a bit of a predicament.
Aside from psychotropic drugs, which are strictly prohibited by the Spider Woman in Teyvat, gambling exists, but it is not prevalent.
They're all cheating in mahjong games, like the card-shuffling and other card-cheating tactics.
Besides foreign trade, Mondstadt's current income comes mainly from waves of Mondstadt residents becoming mercenaries.
Because of the Void Eye, they can be resurrected beneath the King's statue even after death, making mercenary work a perfect fit for the current Mondstadt population.
Not to mention, Diluc's father at Dawn Winery concocted a new drink using Void Power, which became highly sought after by holders of the Void Eye in Mondstadt, leading to Mondstadt residents becoming mercenaries even more frequently to earn extra money...
It took Ying three days to investigate all of this.
But after the investigation was completed, Ying became even more devastated.
Although Mondstadt is currently in a very good position, the spirit of freedom has been completely lost, and everyone is struggling to make a living.
Even Barbara would occasionally come to the square at the foot of the King's statue to sing.
The Mondstadt people were very accommodating; the Spider Woman even designated a special area for Barbara to sing...
Rosaria became even more elusive, abandoning her nun duties altogether and spending her days mysteriously hunting down treacherous Treasure Hoarders along the trade route between Liyue and Mondstadt.
When Rosaria saw Ying, she only said one thing.
You're a bit redundant.
After saying this, Rosaria didn't give Ying a chance to ask any questions and disappeared from the spot.
Ying, still unwilling to give up, continued her search at the Dawn Winery.
Diluc wasn't there, and Luna was greeted by Kaeya, who was spending his time having tea with Crepus.
Kaeya's life lately has been incredibly leisurely.
Because all the warhorses were taken away by Varka, they originally had to patrol the wilderness and city on foot. Now, because of Jiang Xiaofeng, his cavalry was suddenly idle, so Spider Woman simply turned the cavalry into Armed Squad.
What is Armed Squad?
As the name suggests, it refers to a force armed to the teeth.
The Second-Generation Void Armor, along with the powerful combination of the Ramparts Shield, and the Big Bow of the Big Dipper Rapier, made this team even more clueless about what to do.
This type of force is generally only used for surprise attacks during wars between nations.
Therefore, Kaeya is basically just getting paid to coast along these days.
As for his own plans... just kidding, Kaeya isn't that stupid.
To do something like that in front of a guy like Jiang Xiaofeng would be impossible, unless Kaeya was tired of living.
Therefore, Kaeya had been waiting for an opportunity to meet with Jiang Xiaofeng alone.
At that time, he will offer his loyalty in exchange for the success of his plan...
This is also why Jiang Xiaofeng is avoiding Kaeya.
Because he had a very high level of affection for Kaeya, Jiang Xiaofeng felt embarrassed to refuse, but he also didn't want to.
Therefore, Jiang Xiaofeng kept avoiding Kaeya.
Anyway, it's easy to hide...
When Kaeya met Ying, he only gave her one piece of advice. "Don't even think about changing everything that His Majesty the King has brought about."
After that, I didn't say anything more.
Ying, unwilling to give up, investigated for three more days.
Soon it was time for the night market to reopen.
Ying also planned to take this opportunity to call out the Acting Grand Master Jean and have some fun, and also to find out what exactly happened.
Just as Jean entered the Knights of Favonius and was about to knock on the door...
A strange noise came from inside the office.
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Ying listened carefully to the sounds coming from inside the office.
At first, Ying thought that something had happened to Qin.
But then, Ying felt that the Acting Grand Master Jean's shouts sounded a bit off...
Ying slowly withdrew her hand, which was about to knock on the door again.
Then, the luminous mechanical Knights of Favonius...