Chapter 52: Lumine and Paimon

“Barbara, do you think the people of Mondstadt will resent the Anemo Archon for not appearing to protect them and eliminate the monsters?” Mu Yang asked while gazing at the great tree in Windrise.

“No, they won’t!

Barbatos has already built a nation for us where no one claims to be king!

For so many years, Lord Barbatos has rarely appeared, and almost every time he did, it was to solve difficulties we couldn’t overcome ourselves.

He doesn’t ask us to do anything, so how could the people of Mondstadt resent Lord Barbatos just because he hasn’t appeared at this time?

Furthermore, I believe Lord Barbatos must have been watching over us all along. When the time comes that it is absolutely necessary, Lord Barbatos will protect us. If he truly hasn’t appeared, then something must have happened to him!” At this point, Barbara looked at Mu Yang with great concern: “

Mu Yang, do you think something happened to Lord Barbatos!!

Otherwise, the leylines of Mondstadt wouldn’t be in such chaos. My sister told me before that the Stormterror is the Dragon of the East.

Perhaps it is precisely because something happened to Lord Barbatos that the Dragon of the East has become enraged.”

Mu Yang looked up at the sky in silence upon hearing this. He felt that what Barbara said made a lot of sense, and for a moment, he didn’t know how to refute her argument.

【Venti: “……”

Jean: “……”

Diluc: “……”

Hearing Hearing Ningguang: “The three of you, don’t be anxious. This is just Barbara’s speculation. You must believe that the Anemo Archon is fine!”

Regarding Regarding Zhongli: “Generally speaking, that fellow is indeed not so easily incapacitated.”

Mu Yang: “At this moment, I don’t even know how to explain it to Barbara. If I didn’t know the truth, I’d probably believe her argument too.

As expected of a perfect believer, she actively finds reasons for her own deity.”

Seeing Seeing Keqing: “I do not approve of the slackness of the people of Mondstadt; for the same amount of work, the people of Mondstadt require three times as long as we people of Does Does Liyue.

But regarding the actions of the Anemo Archon, I can understand them. A nation ruled by humans has encountered many problems, but it seems everything is within his control.

It’s just that the price paid during this period might be a bit high.

Although I don’t want to admit it, if it were the Geo Archon who let us enter human rule, I fear that after a hundred years, existences like the Lawrence Clan would also appear.”

Hearing Hearing Ningguang: “Seeing Seeing Keqing, you’ve grown!!”

Seeing Seeing Keqing: “Hmph, I was just a bit immature, and I assumed all the the Does Does Liyue Does Does Liyue Qixing loved Does Does Liyue as much as I do.”

Mu Yang: “Actually, there’s no need to keep beating the dead horse that is the Lawrence Clan. If you’re interested, you could investigate the situation in Inazuma. The Kanjou Commission and the Tenryou Commission are hiding the truth from their superiors, blocking the path of speech, and preying on the people, leaving the Raiden Shogun unable to know the true situation in Inazuma.

As for Sumeru, it goes without saying; the Sumeru Akademiya has directly imprisoned the Dendro Archon…”

Seeing Seeing Keqing: “Imprisoning a deity—is such a thing really possible? Even a weak deity is still a deity, right?”

Mu Yang: “They were just gaslit. When a deity is just born and knows nothing, everyone around says you aren’t a qualified deity and need to learn. As a gentle deity, they will gradually start to doubt themselves.”

Seeing Seeing Keqing: “The people of Sumeru are truly detestable!! But is it really right for a deity to be humiliated like this?”

Mu Yang: “……”

Hearing Hearing Ningguang: “……”

Madame Ping: “……”】

Watching the messages in the chat group, Mu Yang let out a soft chuckle. Of course, everyone knew that Seeing Seeing Keqing was also a fan of the Geo Archon.

She just thought she was hiding it well.

But everyone knew, and at this moment, they had already started imagining Seeing Seeing Keqing’s ashamed and angry expression.

Mu Yang thought it was great—who told Seeing Seeing Keqing to drag him to work last night without giving him any benefits!

However, at this moment, he still had to face Barbara’s inquiry. After pondering for a moment, he replied: “Based on my understanding of this world, five hundred years ago, aside from the outbreak of the catastrophe, all of the Seven Archons except for the Dendro Archon participated in a war.

You can imagine the scale of a war that required deities to participate, and the level of the opponents they encountered.

And after returning, the Anemo Archon needed Dvalin to fight the evil dragon Durin. I imagine he was already very weak at that time, and perhaps he is still in a deep slumber now?”

“Is that so? I wonder how Lord Barbatos is doing!” Barbara breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this, her eyes still full of worry.

“Perhaps he is sleeping somewhere, or perhaps he has already awakened, transformed into some drunkard, silently watching over Mondstadt and protecting it in his own way!” Mu Yang comforted her with a light chuckle.

Barbara looked at Mu Yang with a hint of feigned anger: “Mr. Mu Yang, how could Lord Barbatos become a drunkard?

If the believers heard you slandering Lord Barbatos, they would definitely denounce you.”

Mu Yang’s gaze, however, became profound: “Barbara, I told you before that your eyes can deceive you.

I remember that the inventor of Mondstadt’s wine is Barbatos, right? If he didn’t like wine, why would he create it?”

“Eh?” Barbara nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that was indeed the case.

There was a legend that wine was invented by Lord Barbatos.

As a deity, liking to drink wine didn’t seem to be a problem, right?

Could it be that their method of worshipping Lord Barbatos in the past was wrong?

Should they try using Dandelion Wine the next time they worship Lord Barbatos?

The two walked toward Starfell Cider Cider Lake. Suddenly, Mu Yang felt a fluctuation of pure Anemo energy, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. That guy had really come!

And beside the Anemo energy, there was another aura that Mu Yang found very intimate and familiar.

It must be Paimon!

Sure enough, Paimon came from Celestia, and it was possible she was related to those four shades.

It was just that Phanes was gone now, and he had become the new Heavenly Principles, inheriting almost everything of Phanes. Feeling a sense of intimacy toward Paimon seemed very normal.

I’m looking forward to it more and more, emergency food!