Chapter 123

Neuvillette: "Although I know I have little right to speak to you now, I still hope you will watch your words."

Scaramouche: "The only person who can suppress Lady Furina now is probably Paimon."

Arataki Itto: "By the way, where did that flying short pumpkin go?"

Lumine: "I ate too much and chose to go to sleep on my own."

Kuki Shinobu: "You can sleep after eating too much?"

Nahida: "@Su Bai, Mr. Su Bai, in this cycle, you are clearly the Grand Sage of Sumeru, so why do you start as a Fatui Harbinger?"

Su Bai: "That's not hard to understand, right? I probably haven't made my appearance yet."

Jean: "The key is that she is staring at Mondstadt. Do you really plan to make your appearance in Mondstadt?"

【Lady Scaramouche stared disdainfully at the distant city of Mondstadt.】

【The gentle breeze of her homeland blew against her face, seeming to make her mood very displeased.】

【The sound of footsteps coming from behind made Lady Scaramouche's stern, beautiful face flash with a hint of anger.】

【"You seem to be late, Knight..."】

【"Or do you simply not have the Empress's orders in your heart at all?"】

【Lady Scaramouche turned slightly, her gaze sharp as she looked at the black-haired man behind her.】

【Unfortunately, due to the half-covering mask on the other's face, she could not clearly see the other's appearance.】

【"Hmph! Still pretending to be mysterious by covering your face."】

【"Just like that disgusting fellow Dottore."】

Judging by the man's attire, he was no ordinary person.

Plus Lady Scaramouche's address and question to him.

One could roughly judge the other's identity.

A Fatui Harbinger with the codename "Knight".

Nilou: "This mysterious man must be Mr. Su Bai, right? Isn't he our Grand Sage? Why has he become a Fatui Harbinger?"

Nahida: "Could it be a dual identity?"

Zhong Li: "Lady Scaramouche seems unclear about his face. I recall that none of the Fatui Harbingers deliberately hide their faces."

Dvalin: "Then that's right. In this cycle, is Mr. Su Bai a dual identity?"

Dottore: "The Harbinger with the codename Knight is indeed a newcomer."

【"The Tsaritsa's order is to obtain the Gnosis of the Anemo Archon Barbatos. It has nothing to do with me arriving a few minutes late, does it?"】

【"If I remember correctly, you, who are called Lady Scaramouche, sit in the eighth seat of the Harbingers' ranking."】

【"Strictly speaking, you seem to have no right to point fingers at my actions in such an arrogant tone."】

【"Although this is our first meeting, I believe the Tsaritsa's orders have already been conveyed to every one of you Harbingers."】

【"My current identity is the Grand Harbinger of the Fatui, with the authority to mobilize and appoint all of you."】

【"In that case, you are merely my subordinate, and I am your direct superior."】

【"Even if I were to kill you right here and now, I believe the Tsaritsa would not say a word."】

A Fatui Harbinger, the Grand Harbinger?

And has the authority to command all of the Fatui?

This is an identity that does not exist within the Fatui.

Everyone in the Fatui was confused.

It is obvious that the Harbinger called "Knight" must be Su Bai.

But no one could have imagined that his status in the Fatui was so high above, and his executive power was almost close to that of the Tsaritsa.

Dottore: "Hehehe, truly fascinating."

Arlecchino: "As expected of Mr. Su Bai. Even as a Fatui Harbinger, his status and position remain so lofty."

Tartaglia: "Something is wrong. Why would the Tsaritsa grant him such high authority? He even said that even if he kills Lady Scaramouche, the Tsaritsa would not impose punishment."

Pantalone: "Who could have thought that our Fatui Harbingers would be threatened by a colleague?"

Pierro: "I suppose the Tsaritsa of the previous life had other arrangements. After all, the existence of the reincarnator Mr. Su Bai has very likely changed the Tsaritsa's People's thoughts."

Paimon: "Luckily, Lady Scaramouche cannot speak. Otherwise, with her arrogant and proud personality, she would surely be broken by this scene."

Lumine: "You woke up so quickly, Paimon."

Paimon: "Hmph! I was lying in bed. I'll go to the living room in a moment."

Nahida: "So, Mr. Su Bai, in his past life as the Grand Sage of Sumeru, went to help the Snezhnayan Fatui collect the Gnoses?"

Nahida: "Why would he do that?"

Scaramouche: "I don't know, but I feel there must be a deep meaning."

Osial: "What do you mean by that?"

Scaramouche: "Intuition."

Lumine: "....."

【"Bastard! What did you say!"】

【Just like Lady Scaramouche's title of the Pyro Archon.】

【Her proud and short-tempered personality made her instantly fly into a rage at the Knight's words.】

【But, very quickly, she calmed down again.】

【The reason was simply that what the other said was not false.】

【The Tsaritsa had indeed issued the appointment notice for the Knight to all Fatui Harbingers and even those below them.】

【The Knight is currently the direct superior of all Fatui organizations.】

He is an existence second only to one, above ten thousand.

The Lady could not understand why a god as powerful as the Tsaritsa would place such high hopes in a knight.

But this is the god's choice; no one can defy it.

Moreover, according to rumors, the knight before her is indeed formidable in strength.

"Hmph!" The Lady suppressed the anger in her heart and said calmly, "Understood, but I hope you, so arrogant, do not disappoint my lord the Tsaritsa's expectations."

"Of course, but I hope you will fully cooperate with the mission, or else..."

"The one who suffers when things go wrong will not be me."

The knight's words made the Lady frown once again.

"What do you mean by that?"

The knight did not answer the Lady's question immediately; he simply walked silently to her side, his gaze also turning toward Decheng.

After a while, he spoke softly, "Because my plan cannot encounter any problems."

"Tsk." The Lady said nothing, but her heart held an attitude of utter disdain.

Blowing smoke.

"Of course, you might think I am boasting, but this is precisely why my lord the Tsaritsa values me so highly."

The knight pointed his finger toward Decheng in the distance.

"To obtain the Gnosis of the Anemo Archon, what is most important for us right now is to draw out Barbatos."

"According to my intelligence, Barbatos is now using the alias Venti and is a bard in Decheng."

"However, we must find him and take his Gnosis within one month."

Upon hearing this, the Lady was stunned.

A bard?

That fellow has actually transformed into a bard?

Furthermore, the knight's statement about obtaining the Gnosis within one month made the Lady even less understand.

The Fatui's goal is naturally the Gnosis, but my lord the Tsaritsa did not strictly demand a time limit.

Of course, the sooner the better, but judging by the knight's words, it seems other troubles will arise after one month.

"What do you mean?"

"And how do you know Barbatos has now transformed into a bard named Venti?"

"This is the difference between me and you, and precisely why my lord the Tsaritsa values me so highly." The knight did not hide it.

Instead, he generously began to explain to the Lady.

"I possess a special ability that allows me to deduce and evolve based on a certain matter."

"Simply put, I can see its future starting from the beginning of a matter."