Chapter 14

【Fine, fine, fine.】

【You must have fallen for the Acting Grand Master with the curvy figure.】

【Men, heh...】

【Fine, don't talk to me ever again.】

Lumine: "....."

Lumine: "Who is she? Who is she sulking at?"

Kamisato Ayaka: "Hehe, I suddenly realized that a jealous Lumine is quite cute."

Sangonomiya Kokomi: "This is what a girl should look like; one could say it's the look of happiness."

Lumine: "Where is the happiness? I can't feel it at all."

Paimon: "I told you, without me, Lumine would definitely be unhappy. Could this kid Su Bai be doing it on purpose? He doesn't seem like the type who can't see through things."

Aether: "I said long ago that the Reincarnator is no good person. He is powerful and meticulous; Lumine is simply no match for him in terms of emotions."

Furina: "The main act is finally starting. Lumine and Su Bai will probably have a huge fight because of a misunderstanding and then split up."

Lumine: "Furina, you seem very eager to see Su Bai and me fall out?"

Furina: "What's the rush? It's your past life anyway, not this one."

Lumine: "....."

【Not long after Lumine left, Su Bai also departed from the Knights of Favonius headquarters.】

【As the Acting Grand Master of Mondstadt, Jean also granted him and Lumine the title of Honorary Knight.】

【It seems there are special discounts for spending in the City of Mondstadt.】

【Su Bai did not pay much attention to this.】

【However, just as he walked out of the headquarters, the crowd gathered under the Anemo Archon statue nearby caught his attention.】

【He stepped forward to take a look.】

【A man dressed in green with white silk stockings...】

【...was playing a musical score.】

【He was chanting: "The story I want to tell begins in ancient times, when the gods walked the earth, and the dragon of the sky descended from the heavens..."】

【"....."】

【"....."】

【"The singer and the dragon became a legend, and the dark age began to descend."】

【"Another evil dragon descended..."】

【"....."】

【"The dragon of the sky swallowed the evil dragon's blood and fell into a deep slumber."】

【"Years later, no one recognized it when it awoke."】

【"....."】

【"Anger and sorrow, life and poisonous blood turned into tears, falling from the dragon's eyes."】

【"....."】

【Su Bai listened quietly to the bard's story.】

【When it ended, he still looked at the green-clad, white-stockinged man with interest.】

【"Hello, do you seem to have something to ask me?"】

【"Or is it that you are very interested in the story I told?"】

【"My name is Venti, the three-time consecutive champion of Mondstadt's favorite bard."】

【"My name is Su Bai, and I am indeed interested in what you said about the Stormterror."】

【This bard knows quite a lot.】

【He tells the story so fluently, as if he had experienced it personally.】

【"Dvalin?"】

【Venti's casual remark immediately made Su Bai frown.】

【In present-day Mondstadt, no one uses "Dvalin" to refer to the original Dragon of the East anymore.】

【The bard before him must have major issues.】

【"You call it Dvalin?"】

【"Shouldn't it be Stormterror?"】

【Venti: "....."】

【"Ehe."】

【Su Bai: "....."】

【The conversation seemed to stir up bad memories for Venti.】

【He took out a red crystal of tears and muttered to himself: "It was once a gentle child, but now it has become so sad and full of anger."】

【"Just like the tears it left behind."】

【"Poisonous blood has eroded it."】

【Su Bai was stunned.】

【This strange fellow's identity is definitely not simple.】

【Su Bai did not speak, holding the blood-red crystal of tears in his hand.】

【Instantly, a breeze blew by.】

【The blood-red teardrop was purified immediately.】

【"You..."】

【"You really possess incredible power."】

Lumine: "That was me! I did this in this life too. Su Bai stole my credit, annoying. (Pouting)"

【Su Bai ignored Venti's surprise.】

【He just asked indifferently: "I saw the sadness you showed when you called Dvalin a child just now."】

【"Is your identity perhaps the Anemo Archon, Barbatos?"】

Dvalin: "....."

Barbara: "Eh!? Is the bard the Anemo Archon, Barbatos?"

Klee: "Is the big brother bard the Anemo Archon?"

【"So in your perception, the Anemo Archon Barbatos looks like a bard?"】

【Venti laughed: "Barbatos hasn't appeared for a long time. The reason I am like this is that I was deeply moved by Dvalin's story."】

【Su Bai: "....."】

【Feels very suspicious.】

【But since the other party won't admit it, he has no evidence.】

【The two had a simple exchange.】

【"Do you think that by finding Dvalin, you can find the Anemo Archon Barbatos?"】

【Venti pretended to think for a long time.】

【"If you want to see Dvalin..."】

【Venti brought Su Bai to the cathedral in the City of Mondstadt.】

【"As long as we get the Holy Lyre der Himmel inside the cathedral, I have a way for you to see Dvalin."】

【Venti walked into the cathedral swaggeringly.】

【He came before Dettlinde.】

【After some communication.】

【Venti's dejected look proved his failure.】

【But, the next second.】

【He looked confident again.】

【"It has come to this, I can no longer hide it."】

【"My devout believer."】

【"Rejoice, the person before you is none other than the Anemo Archon Barbatos himself."】

【"Are you shocked? Are you so shocked you want to cry? You've finally seen the god you serve. How about it, aren't you moved?"】

【Unfortunately, Venti was met with the nun's disdainful gaze.】

【After the nun left.】

【Venti smiled sheepishly and came to Su Bai's side: "Ehe, the nun walked away without looking back."】

【Su Bai: "This guy is actually so pathetic, surely he isn't really the Anemo Archon Barbatos?"】

【"That's not right, he said he has a way to summon Dvalin. If he isn't Barbatos, who could he be?"】

Barbara: "Definitely not. How could our Lord Anemo Archon have such a demeanor? Mr. Su Bai, please have some self-respect. If you treat the bard as the Anemo Archon again, Barbara will be angry."

Lumine: "Pfft, hehe..."

Lumine: "Barbara, you don't need to call him. He doesn't know which young lady he's accompanying right now. Does he have the mood to watch his own reincarnation story?"

Furina: "....."

Is the Traveler's sixth sense this terrifying?

【Successive failures left Venti with no other options.】

【He could only hope that Su Bai would use his status as an Honorary Knight to borrow the Holy Lyre der Himmel.】

【Unfortunately, Su Bai also ended in failure.】

【The cathedral has its own rules.】

【However, to obtain the Holy Lyre der Himmel, one must have the Knights of Favonius's approval documents and the signatures of other bishops.】

【In short, it is extremely troublesome.】

【"Sigh, as expected, even you can't do it?"】

【"As a warrior of Mondstadt, you can't even take a sword."】

【"I'm really disappointed in Mondstadt."】

【Venti shook his head, showing a hint of regret.】

【Soon, he had another plan: "Borrowing it openly won't work; we can only take it by trickery."】

【"Today we must fully exert Mondstadt's free will. Tell me, how should we take it by trickery?"】

【"Feel free to speak boldly; free will means speaking your mind."】

【Su Bai: "Kidnap the nun, then blackmail."】

【Venti: "???"】

Barbara: "My god, I originally had a good impression of Mr. Su Bai for helping Mondstadt."

Furina: "It's all because he was corrupted by the bard. If this poet were in Fontaine, he would definitely be sent to the judgment seat."

Neuvillette: "....."

Grand Master Jean: "Su Bai has truly exerted Mondstadt's free will."

【"That definitely won't work."】

【Venti rejected Su Bai's free will.】

【"We can only use your status and then quietly get our hands on the Holy Lyre der Himmel."】

【"You mean you want me to steal it?"】

【Venti clapped and laughed: "The guards here go off duty at night; it would be hard to fail."】

【Su Bai thought it made sense.】

【He nodded in agreement and asked by the way: "Then I need to prepare a little."】

【"I need to change into night clothes."】

【Venti heard this and praised him on the spot: "That's more reliable."】

【The two stared at each other for a long time.】

【Venti looked slightly embarrassed: "Go and prepare then."】

【Su Bai: "I don't have Mora to buy clothes. Do you have any? Consider it a loan. Once the dragon disaster in Mondstadt is resolved, I'll go ask Lumine for some to pay you back."】

【Venti: "....."】

【Venti: "Don't look at me like that, I don't have Mora either."】

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Chapter 19: Jean and Su Bai's secret talk, Lumine eavesdropping

【The two stared at each other with wide eyes.】

【What happened to the three-time champion bard?】

【So powerful, yet doesn't have a single Mora on him?】

【Hilarious, and he's an Honorary Knight too.】

【Doesn't he also not have a single Mora on him?】

【For this, Su Bai and Venti didn't express anything, but one could see their respective psychological states from the disdainful looks they gave each other.】

【However, what needs to be done must be done.】

【With the blessing of the Anemo element, Su Bai moved like a ghost, so fast that the night guards couldn't see him at all.】

【He successfully pocketed the Holy Lyre der Himmel.】

Paimon: "Eh? I remember when we were stealing the Holy Lyre der Himmel, it seemed like we were intercepted by the Fatui. Why wasn't Su Bai intercepted?"

Lumine: "Maybe it's a timeline issue? We were preempted by the Fatui just as we were about to get the lyre."

Consultant Zhongli: "Hmm... a one-minute time difference can also cause a major change in the situation."

Furina: "Sigh, I didn't expect him to really go steal the lyre. I thought Su Bai would go directly to Grand Master Jean to ask for it."

Clorinde: "Ask Grand Master Jean for the lyre?"

Navia: "Sounds a bit strange."

Jean: "Cough, cough, didn't you notice a small detail in this?"

Consultant Zhongli: "Venti and Su Bai are broke."

Paimon: "Are you in a position to talk about them?"

【"Venti!"】

【Su Bai held the Holy Lyre der Himmel and rushed out of the cathedral gate: "The lyre is in hand."】

【"We can summon Dvalin now."】

【However, what responded to Su Bai was a sound of surprise.】

【"Su Bai..."】

【"You...."】

【"What are you doing?"】

【The familiar voice made Su Bai's scalp tingle.】

【He looked up.】

【At this moment, there was no sign of Venti at the cathedral entrance.】

【The person greeting Su Bai was none other than the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, Jean.】

【The other party was staring at him with disbelief in her eyes.】

The Honorary Knight actually ran to the cathedral to steal the Holy Lyre der Himmel.

If the news were to spread, it would definitely damage the image of the Knights of Favonius in the hearts of the citizens.

Furthermore, Su Bai, as someone who had confronted Dvalin, only became an Honorary Knight after helping Mondstadt resolve the dragon disaster.

But, no matter what, he is not a local of Mondstadt.

Once a handle is given, it is easy to be defined as a spy from another country.

This is an extremely serious matter for both himself and the Knights.

【"Hurry and come with me to the Knights of Favonius headquarters."】

【Hearing the shouts of pursuit behind them.】

【Jean didn't care about anything else, grabbed Su Bai's hand, and ran toward the headquarters.】

Jean: "Sigh, in my past life, I actually encountered the Honorary Knight I recognized stealing Mondstadt's Holy Lyre der Himmel."