Chapter 196

"I think you're just waiting for a rabbit to run into the tree stump," Lumine laughed. "I'm coming too."

Navia: "???"

There's actually a way to wait for a rabbit at a tree stump like this?

No wonder she's Young Lady Furina.

"Wait for me."

After a while.

Paimon flew out from another room, rubbing her round, full little belly.

"Huh? Where did everyone go?"

"I had a meal, and how did everyone disappear?"

【Jean and Eula stared in disbelief upon learning that Su Bai had once fought Grand Master Falga.】

【Eula grabbed Su Bai's shoulder and asked: "You really fought with Grand Master Falga?"】

【"Uh…" Su Bai nodded: "We fight once a year—it's just sparring, though I always lose."】

【Su Bai said shyly: "It feels a bit embarrassing, haha, but he can't drink as much as I can."】

【"What?" Jean gasped, covering her mouth: "How old are you this year?"】

【"About sixteen or seventeen," Su Bai thought: "I'm almost seventeen…"】

【"This…" Jean froze.】

【"In Mondstadt, you only become an adult at eighteen—you're not even seventeen yet, you…"】

【"Drink alcohol?"】

【"Can't I?" Su Bai was stunned.】

【He remembered clearly back at the Dragonspine.】

【On the very night he first met Master Alice, when she agreed to take him as her disciple, she used wine instead.】

【"Cheers. Drink these three cups, and we'll be master and disciple from now on."】

Alice: "....."

Falga: "Hmm, very Alice."

Jean: "Alice Young Lady, you…"

Lisa: "I'm dying laughing—I can't imagine how Su Bai survived five years under Alice Young Lady."

Kaeya: "Five years old… You made a child of four or five drink, and demanded three full cups at once…"

Falga: "No wonder I can't outdrink him. As expected—he probably had a few cups every night since childhood."

Rhyndech: "Alice, being your disciple is a matter of life and death. If he weren't Su Bai, he'd have died the next day from your training."

Babylus: "No, he'd have been dead that very night—if Su Bai hadn't been lucky, he'd have been crushed by the Chuchu when he secretly followed her."

Alice: "Hey, don't make me sound like a demon."

Klee: "Mom isn't a demon—Mom's the best mom in the world."

Diluc: "Hmm, Klee's right."

【Jean and Eula now understood Su Bai's situation.】

【They discussed it briefly.】

【First, Su Bai knows Falga.】

【Second, Su Bai is the Chuchu Falga mentioned earlier.】

【Jean immediately grasped Falga's meaning.】

【The purpose of their journey was to bring Su Bai back to Mondstadt.】

【Moreover, Su Bai knows only Eula in Mondstadt—that's precisely why Falga sent Eula.】

【Thinking of this, Jean felt a twinge of discomfort.】

【The silhouette of the boy from long ago reappeared in her mind.】

【And to their great delight, that boy was not only handsome but also powerful enough to make Grand Master Falga seek him out for sparring every year.】

【"Hey, you guys have zero knightly spirit."】

【That childhood voice echoed again in her mind.】

【Jean froze, momentarily lost in thought.】

【"Hey, Jean…"】

【Luckily, Eula's voice broke her reverie.】

【"Oh, Eula."】

【"What's wrong? Can't we take Su Bai back to see Grand Master?" Eula looked at Jean curiously.】

【"No… Of course not…"】

【Jean forced a smile: "Of course we're taking him back."】

【"And…"】

【Jean cleared her throat: "If we don't take him back, we can't explain the missing supplies from Mondstadt."】

【"Yeah, that's right."】

【"Huh?" Su Bai was utterly dumbfounded—he hadn't expected these two women still remembered him stealing Mondstadt's supplies.】

【He stepped back, but Eula grabbed him: "This time, you're not running away."】

【"Don't worry, look how scared you are—Jean's just like this at work. The rest is up to your old acquaintance, Grand Master Falga."】

【"Eula…"】

【Jean rolled her eyes: "You make it sound like I'd be cold-hearted for the sake of duty."】

【Soon.】

【With both of them working together, Su Bai entered Mondstadt City for the second time.】

【However, the moment he stepped inside Mondstadt City, he heard the whispers around him.】

【Of course, all these whispers were directed at Eula beside him.】

【"Hmph!"】

【"One after another..."】

【"I'll write down the grudges you've taught me first."】

【At these words, the surrounding voices were instantly suppressed.】

【Su Bai looked at Eula in surprise: "Hey, this trick of yours works so well."】

【"They really dare not speak again."】

【Eula pouted proudly: "Of course, I've also written down your grudge—that's two entries."】

【Yet, seeing Eula's proud expression, Su Bai felt even more distressed inside.】

【This feeling of forcibly suppressing the sorrow in one's heart must be very uncomfortable.】

Arataki Itto: "Hahaha, the citizens of Mondstadt are truly cowards. They dare to point fingers behind someone's back, yet are scared into silence by Eula's mere joke."

Kamisato Ayato: "I shall make no comment..."

Kamisato Ayaka: "Enough, brother. Mr. Su Bai is a Lawrence."

Kamisato Ayato: "Ahem, I actually agree with Itto."

Aether: "Not bad, you know how to play."

Abyss Herald: "Everyone in Mondstadt has suddenly stopped speaking."

Dvalin: "....."

Eula: "Um, not all Mondstadt people are like this. Actually, those of us Lawrences... sigh..."

Jean: "Sigh, my lord Barbatos, look..."

Venti: "I am now truly... numb from head to toe..."

Lumine: "Eula, come play on the island."

Paimon: "Where did everyone go? I just finished a meal, and when I came out, no one was in sight."

Zhong Li: "Hmm..."

Hu Tao: "Prince of Geo, do you have any instructions?"

Zhong Li: "I am very worried now. What will happen if Su Bai descends upon Liyue?"

Azhdaha: "Morax would simply crack apart."