Chapter 157

["A bad guy?"]

Just as Su Bai turned around, he heard a collective shout from the Hilichurls behind him.

He turned his head to look, filled with suspicion.

What met his eyes was a graceful arc; in a split second, a greatsword had knocked his group of Hilichurl underlings to the ground.

No, to be precise, it should be that they had been hacked to death.

Alhaitham: "I see. So that phrase means 'a bad guy'."

Cyno: "Ah! Mr. Su Bai really can understand the Hilichurl language."

Lumine: "This... actually, I'm not that surprised. There's a little girl in Mondstadt who studies Hilichurlian every day. With Su Bai's intelligence, it's not strange for him to know it."

Jean: "Hahaha, Eula was called a bad guy by the Hilichurls."

Eula: "Uh, if you were to jump out, they would call you a bad guy too."

Aether: "Damn it, this is really infuriating. They are slaughtering the people of our Khaenri'ah."

Irmin: "Alas, it is all my fault."

Eula's short blue hair made Su Bai's thoughts stall for a moment.

She is...

Eula, right?

Counting it up, they hadn't seen each other in over a decade.

Su Bai was just about to step forward to greet her when he remembered he was currently wearing a Hilichurl outfit.

If she saw him here looting supplies from the City of Mondstadt, wouldn't that be a disaster?

No, although he missed her dearly, running away for the time being was the wisest choice.

Without another word, Su Bai took to his heels.

However, Jean, who was currently gathering Anemo energy, was instantly dumbfounded.

She had intended to use the wind force generated by her Anemo energy to pull Su Bai to her side and subdue him.

Who could have expected that instead of rushing up to fight Eula to the death like the other Hilichurls, he would turn and flee?

"Eula, he's running away!"

Jean hurriedly abandoned the gathering of Anemo energy and chased in the direction Su Bai had fled.

Eula was also taken aback.

A trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes.

"This..."

"The intelligence of this Hilichurl is truly not something an ordinary Hilichurl can compare to."

"He actually just turned and ran?"

She had never seen such a bizarre Hilichurl.

Eula didn't have time to think; she followed behind Jean, and the two of them chased in the direction Su Bai had escaped.

Unfortunately, both of them fell into the trap Su Bai had set for wild boars, and the moment they fell in, they were hoisted up into a tree.

Su Bai: "..."

"Damn Hilichurl, this..."

Eula struggled for a while, her anger burning.

To actually fall into a Hilichurl's trap—if this got out, wouldn't it be humiliating?

What left her most speechless was that Jean had fallen into the trap with her.

This...

"Are you..."

"Eula?"

The situation before him exceeded Su Bai's expectations.

Seeing Eula fall into the trap he had set, he couldn't just leave her be.

There was no other way; he had to bite the bullet and step forward to ask.

Perhaps she had already forgotten him.

"Eh?"

Jean was stunned.

Eula was equally stunned.

"A Hilichurl is actually speaking human language?"

The next moment.

Su Bai took off his mask, revealing his true face.

"It's you!"

Eula was startled.

Jean also exclaimed, "You are actually a human disguised as a Hilichurl."

"And, why do you know Eula?"

Jean looked at Eula with suspicious eyes.

But judging from Eula's blank and helpless expression, Eula didn't seem to know him.

However, very quickly...

Eula's beautiful face trembled violently a few times.

She asked in surprise, "You..."

"Could you be Su Bai?"

"Wow! I didn't expect you to still remember my name."

Su Bai was somewhat surprised.

He gently and carefully let Eula and Jean down.

"Su Bai..."

Jean whispered softly.

Her eyes suddenly trembled: "Are you..."

"Su Bai Lawrence?"

"It really is you..." Eula was stunned.

She looked Su Bai up and down.

His black hair hadn't changed.

Due to the passage of time, the cute, childish look was gone from Su Bai's face.

Beneath his sunny, handsome face, there was a maturity that his peers lacked.

"You guy, you actually didn't die..."

Eula angrily slapped Su Bai.

"Fine, fine, fine. We made a promise to meet every day, and then the next day you were gone."

"I waited for a long, long time."

"I'm marking this grudge down, and you disguising yourself as a Hilichurl to make me fall into a trap—I'm marking that grudge down too..."

"You hateful guy, I thought you had starved to death out there, and I was sad for a long time."

Eula stood there, hands on her hips, fuming.

Deep down, however, she was exceptionally happy, as if an old friend who had been gone for a long time had suddenly come back to life.

"No, I didn't mean to. A lot of things happened back then."

Su Bai rubbed his head awkwardly and smiled apologetically: "I'm really sorry. I thought that if you didn't see me the next day, you wouldn't come back."

Lisa: "Wow, I suddenly feel a bit envious of the relationship between Su Bai and Eula."

Eula: "Ah, this... what is there to be envious about..."

Yae Miko: "A fated connection from a childhood meeting? Could it be that you two fell in love at first sight?"

Eula: "Eh!?"

Yoimiya: "Meeting once as children and then meeting again over a decade later, yet still being able to recognize each other instantly—although that childhood meeting was only once, the emotions it contained were extraordinary."

Tianquan Ningguang: "Both are from the Lawrence clan, able to understand feelings others cannot, plus both are people who want to break free from the shackles of fate; they are certainly different from others."

Jean: "Help, I feel like I'm so redundant."

"By the way, this is..."

Eula pulled Jean, who was standing to the side, in front of Su Bai.

Looking at Jean's awkward expression, Eula couldn't help but laugh: "This is the Jean Gunnhildr you said was very impressive back then."

"I remember you even performed a heroic feat of saving a damsel in distress because she was being bullied."

"Don't tell me you've forgotten. You even asked me back then why Gunnhildr was so impressive, and how just her name alone could scare those kids away."

Hearing this.

Jean's pretty face turned beet red, and she hurriedly tried to stop her: "Eula, what nonsense are you spouting? This has nothing to do with Gunnhildr."

"Right, right, right." Eula laughed and corrected herself: "Jean has always been exceptionally hardworking."

"Her work attitude is positive, and she is dedicated and tireless."

"Don't look at her as being so young; she is now the Dandelion Knight of the Knights of Favonius. You can also call her the Dandelion Knight."

"Jean has inherited the knightly title of Lady Vennessa from back in the day."

Listening to Eula's introduction.

A trace of envy rose in Su Bai's eyes.

"Im... so impressive..."

His intense gaze made Jean, who was already shy, feel her whole body heating up.

She couldn't help but hide behind Eula, barely explaining: "This... this isn't anything very impressive..."

"Eula is also a knight, the Spindrift Knight."

"Spindrift Knight?" Su Bai was startled and cast an envious look at Eula.

"Of course." Eula said proudly: "Su Bai Lawrence."

"This lady, Eula Lawrence, has already become a knight who possesses a knightly title."

"The things we promised back then, I have already achieved."

"Then... then has the perception of you by the citizens of Mondstadt changed..."

Su Bai seemed to recall the content of his conversation with Eula back then and asked Eula impatiently.

Unfortunately, as soon as these words were spoken.

The atmosphere at the scene instantly turned cold.

Eula embarrassedly put her hands behind her back, her expression becoming slightly fidgety: "Hehe, about that..."

"Maybe my efforts haven't been enough."

"No way." Su Bai lowered his head in disappointment: "Eula has already become a knight with a title, yet you still haven't changed the Mondstadt citizens' perception of you?"

"Could it be that to change the Mondstadt people's prejudice against the Lawrences, one really needs to become someone like Varka?"

"But, Varka is really too strong. Just in terms of power, he feels like a wild bull."

Su Bai muttered to himself.

He seemed to have overlooked one point: the Lawrences could never be accepted by the people of Mondstadt, and it was even more impossible for someone from the Lawrences to become the Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius.

Especially seeing Eula's disappointed expression just now, a sense of bitterness rose in Su Bai's heart.

Eula must have worked very hard over these many years, having become a knight with a title just like Jean Gunnhildr.

Yet, despite such hard work, she still hadn't gained the recognition of the Mondstadt citizens.

Su Bai couldn't help but feel sad for this young girl who had once given him the gift of a meal.

He completely failed to notice that Jean and Eula were looking at him with surprise at the same time.

"Wait a minute, what did you just say?"

"You said Grand Master Varka is like a wild bull just in terms of power?"

"You..."

"How do you know these things? Have you fought with the Grand Master?"

Chapter 112: Su Bai and Varka's deal, the gears of fate begin to turn.

In a Fontaine-style villa on a floating island.

Lumine gave the girls who were drinking tea a general overview of Eula's situation.

She had truly given a lot for Mondstadt, but the people of Mondstadt still didn't welcome her.

They would gossip about Eula behind her back, and when selling things, they would pick out defective goods to sell to her.

Apart from a few members of the Spindrift Knight squad who supported Eula.

Eula had very few friends, so few that they were almost only Amber and Jean.

And Jean, for the most part, valued Eula's heart for Mondstadt.

"Hmph! They are truly sick."

"If I were the Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius in Mondstadt, I would put them all on trial."

Furina put down her teacup and hugged her arms, looking angry.

This was the status of the Lawrences in Mondstadt.

"I always feel like Mondstadt is a group of ingrates."

Navia, who had returned to the floating island, was also indignant about this.

"Sigh." Lumine let out a long sigh: "The most critical thing is that the Lawrence family itself has big problems."

"They clearly know about the past events and the attitude of the Mondstadt citizens toward them, yet they still think about restoration every day."

"Not only that, they instill this ideology from the moment the children are born and can remember things."

"If this continues, the Mondstadt citizens and the Lawrence people will completely fall into a situation of endless conflict."

"Fortunately, it's the Lawrences being exposed this time. Presumably, after this, Eula will have it a bit better in Mondstadt." Arlecchino shook her head helplessly: "Indeed, I have never seen such a stupid family."

"Why keep Eula in Mondstadt?" Clorinde suddenly interjected: "Just bring her to the island. We have so many people here; is Eula worried she won't find friends to talk to?"

Lumine patted Clorinde and said earnestly: "As expected of Fontaine's Champion Duelist, it's exactly what I'm thinking."

"Sigh." Furina lay limply on the sofa: "According to Barbilos's prediction, Su Bai is going to end his life again this time."

"It's just unclear who it will be for. Could it really be Eula?"

"At least I think Jean or Lady Alice definitely won't have any problems. The only one who could have an accident is Eula."

"Speaking of which, Su Bai and Focalors have been gone for so long, why haven't they come back?" Navia said resentfully: "I originally wanted to come back and just hug Su Bai."

"In the end, sigh..."

"Didn't see anyone."

"Maybe there's something fun in the sea; after all, the sea area here isn't small." Lynette was drinking tea leisurely.

Occasionally, she would chat privately with her brother Lyney in the live broadcast room to report that they were safe.

With "Father" Arlecchino around, she seemed less estranged.

But upon second thought.

Lynette couldn't help but blush.

How should she address Arlecchino in the future?

This "father-daughter" relationship from the House of the Hearth has turned into a sister relationship on the floating island?

"I actually feel that the opposite sex predicted by Barbilos might not be one of those three." Lumine thought over and over, but couldn't figure out for which opposite sex Su Bai would give his life this time.

She simply stopped thinking about it and instead looked at Furina.

"Why are you looking at me?" Furina was startled and hurriedly cast her gaze elsewhere: "And with a wicked smile on your face, you scummy Lumine, what bad ideas are you brewing again?"

"I'm wondering if there's any phenomenon similar to telepathy between you and Focalors."

"Ah?" Furina was stunned for a moment.

"It's just, when Su Bai is with Focalors, will you have any feelings or something like that?"

Lumine's mouth twitched slightly, and she raised her eyebrows at Furina.

"Pfft!" Clorinde, who was drinking tea, choked on the spot.

"Get lost, what nonsense are you spouting." Furina's pretty face instantly turned red with shame: "How could there be such a thing..."

She stood up instantly.

Furina walked upstairs with a grin.

"Why are you running?"

"Running?" Furina put one hand on her hip and said: "You guys continue drinking tea here; I plan to lie in Su Bai's bedroom. His bedroom is so big, and the bed is so big, much bigger than our individual bedrooms. I'm going to go experience it."