Chapter 16

"What a useless elemental dragon."

Seeing that their own Prince was in a foul mood,

the Shenyuan Sect follower beside him hurriedly laughed and said: "Please don't be irritated, Your Highness."

"If Dvalin really can't defeat the Reincarnator, isn't there still you, Your Highness?"

"With your strength, you could certainly handle the Reincarnator."

Hearing this,

Aether let out a cold snort: "Do I need you to tell me that?"

"As an older brother, I absolutely will not stand by and watch the Reincarnator lead Lumine astray."

Chapter 17: Lumine Got Angry — You Think I'm a Helpless Girl?

【After Dvalin left.】

【The gloomy weather shrouding Mondstadt gradually cleared.】

【Su Bai wrapped an arm around Lumine's slender waist and, borrowing the wind, slowly descended to the ground.】

【Soon.】

【Jean, Lisa, and Amber.】

【The three of them came before Su Bai.】

【"I am Jean, Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius."】

【"This is Lisa, our librarian."】

【"We've already heard about your situation from Amber."】

Jean introduced herself generously.

【Lisa looked toward Su Bai.】

【The scene just now had truly shocked this mage, who possessed a Electro Vision.】

【Setting aside for now whether that bolt of lightning had anything to do with Su Bai,】

【the mere fact that he could wield two elemental powers was astonishing enough.】

【"To think you can wield both Anemo and Electro elemental powers."】

【"I really feel like grabbing you and studying you properly."】

【Lisa said with a charming laugh.】

【Unfortunately, her joke made Lumine flinch, and she stepped forward as if to shield Su Bai.】

【Fortunately, Acting Grand Master Jean immediately stopped Lisa's teasing.】

【"Sorry, sorry..."】

【"It's mainly because I've never seen anyone like this before."】

【Lisa looked Su Bai up and down again and laughed: "I know you came to help us because our Knights are short-handed."】

【"How sweet."】

【"Originally, after hearing Amber's account, we should have helped you and provided some leads for finding your family."】

【"Unfortunately, as you've seen, Mondstadt has been frequently affected by the Stormterror lately."】

【"Elemental flow and ley line circulation have all become a complete mess."】

【"Sigh, please understand."】

【"We're so busy we can barely handle our own affairs."】

【"For a mage, a bad mood can even affect the skin."】

【Speaking of skin,】

【Lumine instinctively glanced at Lisa's fair complexion.】

【For some reason, the aura emanating from her gave Lumine an inexplicable sense of danger.】

【Combined with her soft, tingling voice,】

【Lumine instantly sensed trouble and quickly said: "It's fine, we just came to ask a few questions."】

【"If we're really causing you trouble, we'll leave right now."】

Having said that, Lumine tried to pull Su Bai away from Mondstadt.

But Su Bai remained unmoved and said: "Don't be in such a hurry, Lumine."

【"We haven't gotten any intel on the Anemo God Barbatos yet."】

【"Hey..." Lumine was about to say something when the Acting Grand Master spoke first, cutting her off: "The Anemo God Barbatos?"】

【"Sigh, I'm sorry, but he hasn't appeared in Mondstadt for a very long time."】

【"Even if he did appear, we might not be able to find him."】

【"I feel like he must have appeared — just now." Su Bai's words instantly froze everyone in place.】

Jean even said excitedly: "Mr. Su Bai, you mean..."

【"Yes, when I was facing off against the Stormterror, I think that sudden gust of wind must have been his doing."】

【"But I can't tell whether he was helping the Stormterror, or helping Lumine and me."】

"Cough, cough..."

Windrise.

Venti, who was enjoying his wine, choked a little.

"Reincarnators are way too sensitive."

"They can sense my presence just from that gust of wind?"

Dvalin: "Hmph! Of course I was helping you — otherwise I'd have bitten you to death long ago."

Zhongli: "Mm, is that so? Are you sure you can bite him to death?"

Dvalin: "..."

Paimon: "Who cares who he's helping, Lumine's face looks awful."

Lisa: "This should be jealousy, right?"

Acting Grand Master Jean: "Lumine, this has nothing to do with us. It was Su Bai who chose to talk with us on his own."

Lumine: "How could I be angry? We're all old acquaintances after all."

Zhongli: "That way of speaking doesn't really sound like Lumine. There's something passive-aggressive about it."

Hu Tao: "Consultant, you understand again."

Yae Miko: "Poor brother. Lumine seems to no longer care so much about finding him. She's actually afraid that Lisa's presence might affect something, and is trying to drag Su Bai away."

Lumine: "No, absolutely not. My past self must have felt that Mondstadt was suffering from the dragon calamity, and that we were disturbing them too much, which I really couldn't bear, so I suggested leaving."

Furina: "Lumine, admit it. The eyes of the masses are sharp—you've already fallen."

Lumine: "No. If I say no, then it's no."

【Su Bai raised the question of Barbatos's appearance.】

【Lisa, Jean, and Su Bai spent some time discussing this matter.】

【According to Su Bai's meaning,】

【he and Lumine had only just arrived in Mondstadt; Barbatos shouldn't have shown himself for two strangers.】

【His most likely purpose was to help Mondstadt drive away the Stormterror.】

【But, since he knew the Stormterror had been attacking Mondstadt all along yet didn't act against it, it was truly baffling.】

【Fortunately, Jean and Lisa had been racking their brains over the Stormterror matter and didn't hide too much.】

【They laid out all the intelligence they knew.】

【The Stormterror's original name was Dvalin, once a familiar of the Anemo God Barbatos.】

【In the mountains outside Mondstadt City, there was also its temple.】

【Additionally, the reason Dvalin could stir up such a storm was that it was now utilizing the residual elemental power of other temples besides its own.】

【"I see. It's called Dvalin, one of Mondstadt's Four Winds guardians, and even more so Barbatos's familiar."】

【Su Bai stroked his chin, thought for a moment, then looked at Jean and Lisa in confusion.】

【"Uh!"】

【"So is it because you abandoned your devout hearts toward the guardians that it led to Dvalin's revenge?"】