Chapter 244: Kaeya: Noelle Went to Work as a Maid at the Manga Shop?

"Phew! Now it's completely taken care of."

Looking at the black, steaming pit on the ground,

Noelle finally stopped, nodding in satisfaction.

When dealing with enemies, you must act decisively like this.

Otherwise, who knows if it might hide somewhere.

Or have some special trick up its sleeve.

At that moment, a prompt appeared again in her mind.

【Ryūgūin Seiya Simulation Progress: 2%】

Then, another strange stream of information flooded into Noelle's mind.

"This is… Atomic Fission Slash?!"

After absorbing the information, Noelle's face lit up with delight.

Like Hellfire, this is also one of Ryūgūin Seiya's two early techniques.

"I wonder how powerful it is?"

Noelle felt an urge to try it out.

But seeing the Chuchu had vanished, she sighed and gave up.

I'll try it next time I encounter them.

"Huh? What's wrong with you two?"

Noelle turned around and saw Kaeya and Mo Na standing far away, frozen in shock.

Even when they noticed her looking at them, they instinctively stepped back two paces.

"Cough, cough… nothing…"

Kaeya and Mo Na exchanged glances, each seeing the same exasperation in the other's eyes.

What else could be wrong with them?

They were just startled by Noelle's sudden action.

"Oh! You mean my earlier behavior? Actually, I had a reason for doing that."

Noelle suddenly understood.

"A reason?"

Kaeya grew curious.

He knew Noelle wasn't usually this kind of person.

Could there really be something he hadn't noticed?

Mo Na was also puzzled.

She had already divined it clearly.

That Chuchu had been slain by Noelle right at the start!

"Did my divination malfunction again?"

Mo Na doubted inwardly.

For this, Noelle gave her explanation with serious expression.

"Although it looked like just an ordinary Chuchu, it might have gained some extraordinary fortune, like that of Han Laoban's manga shop.

If you don't completely eliminate it in such cases, once it regains consciousness or goes to alert other Chuchu, we'll be in trouble.

So I was being cautious—it's for our safety."

Kaeya: (⊙_⊙)

Mo Na: (⊙_⊙)

That sounds kinda… totally nonsense.

In the end, it's still just an ordinary Chuchu, isn't it?

And is this what you call being "a little cautious"?

I'd say it's a whole lot, okay?

"So according to you, should we be this cautious with every single Chuchu and Shi Laimu?"

Kaeya spread his hands.

"Exactly. If possible, we should eliminate each one quickly!"

Noelle nodded.

Kaeya: "…"

If that's the case,

even ten more Windrider Knights wouldn't be enough…

You're being overly cautious!

Kaeya sighed and dropped the topic.

Fine, be cautious.

Better than not finishing it off.

"By the way, why are you here?"

Kaeya asked curiously.

Noelle is just a maid of the Windrider Knights,

they never summon her for combat.

"I brought Young Lady Mo Na here."

Only then did Noel remember the purpose of her visit, and she hurriedly introduced Mo Na.

"So that's how it is."

Kaeya nodded and welcomed Mo Na.

"I am Kaeya, Cavalry Captain of the Knights of Favonius. Miss Mo Na, welcome. But the specifics will have to wait until the Acting Grand Master Qin returns."

"Thank you."

Mo Na said gratefully.

With this, her problems were solved.

For now, she didn't need to worry about food and lodging.

After that, she could focus on working part-time to pay back the money, and then read manga.

"By the way, Captain Kaeya, is that how you all in the Knights of Favonius communicate with Hilichurls? You know, the 'give me face' thing?"

Mo Na asked curiously.

Thinking of Kaeya's method earlier, she found it somewhat unbelievable.

She had traveled across Teyvat for so long, yet this was the first time she had seen such a way of handling things.

If this was Mondstadt's unique way of dealing with things, then Mo Na could only go along with the local customs and adapt.

Still, it felt a bit strange.

Kaeya: (⊙_⊙)

Although that's not actually the case,

the way you asked it makes me feel like this Cavalry Captain of mine doesn't seem very reliable.

Noel couldn't help but chuckle.

She was also aware of the reward Kaeya had received that morning.

She just hadn't expected Captain Kaeya would actually communicate with Hilichurls like that.

Would he do the same to Shi Laimu in the future?

Even when encountering a monster, would he say, "Would you do me the honor of giving me some face?"

Thinking of those scenes, Noel found it very amusing.

"Miss Mo Na, what Kaeya got was a Face Fruit reward from Boss Han."

Noel gave Mo Na a brief explanation.

"So that's how it is!"

Now Mo Na understood.

So this was also a reward obtained from Boss Han.