“Xiawolei has a mission. I'll be responsible for Ms. Foningna's security for the next few days.
Besides, as a god, Ms. Foningna shouldn't really need security.
With Navilette in charge, I am still somewhat relieved.
He knows, after all, that this god who's always exaggerating is nothing more than a cursed ordinary person.
Not to mention encountering Hilichurls, even encountering Treasure Hoarders could put her in danger.
“So, I need to borrow Klorinde for a few days.
After Xiawolei finishes her mission, she'll be responsible for Foningna's security.”
Navilette was a little puzzled.
Although young, she's a god.
Does Foningna really need someone to guard her?
But despite his doubts, Navilette, being the kind of person he is, wouldn't ask if the other party didn't want to explain.
“I understand, how's your side going?”
“We're about to reach the climax, the tip of the iceberg of the Archon War is about to unfold.”
Si Xuan's tone was somewhat excited, not because he was witnessing the war between gods, but because his experiment was finally getting a perfect test subject.
“Understood, after this event is over, I hope you can return to Fontaine soon.
Mondstadt's Windblume Festival is about to start. The Knights of Favonius have already sent you an invitation.
As usual, you need to bring a delegation from Fontaine.”
“Got it, I'll go back.”
After hanging up the phone, Si Xuan used the teleportation anchor to reach Sumeru City.
Returning to his residence, Si Xuan saw a cold beauty with a conservative dress but an incredible figure.
It was Fontaine's famous Duel Proxy and the bodyguard of the Hydro Archon, Foningna, Klorinde.
Klorinde's left hand held a device, about the size of a palm.
It was a disc shape, entirely silver, with mysterious patterns engraved on both sides, and a crystal button in the middle.
Klorinde also saw Si Xuan and strode towards him with her long legs.
“Navilette said this is what you wanted.”
Klorinde handed the disc to Si Xuan.
Si Xuan took the disc, and the auspicious cloud pattern on his body began to glow.
Driven by some force, the patterns on the side of the disc also glowed.
“No issues, I finally got this thing.”
Si Xuan put the disc away with satisfaction.
In the future duels, this thing will be very useful.
“The item has been delivered. I’m leaving now.”
Seeing this, Si Xuan quickly called Klorinde back.
“Wait, the mission has changed. You have to stay here with me until this is over.”
Klorinde stopped in her tracks and turned to Si Xuan.
“Reason.”
“Do you want to witness the battle between gods?”
As a Duel Proxy, Klorinde is quite interested in duels.
Si Xuan took Klorinde into his room.
“Below this palace is a passage.
Through this passage, you can reach the sages' experimental base.
After the Traveler and the others rescue the Lesser Lord Kusanali, they will come to the bottom of the experimental base.
You need to enter beforehand and eliminate the guards inside.?”
Klorinde quickly memorized the route in her mind.
“When do we act?”
“Probably in six days. Once you see all the Sumeru soldiers moving, begin your action.”
“Understood.”
“That's settled, I'll go to Aaru Village and meet with the Traveler. I'll be back tomorrow.”
After saying this, Si Xuan used the teleportation anchor to return to Aaru Village.
As Si Xuan walked into the village chief's room, others had already begun discussing the battle plan.
“Hey, where did you go?”
Paimon saw Si Xuan walk in and immediately started asking.
“The Doctor invited me to have a look at the sages' experimental factory.
I'll tell you some bad news, the sages' experiment is basically complete.
They are doing the final debugging. Originally, it would take about three more days to complete.
But I played a little trick and delayed it for two days.
So you now have a maximum of five days to act, that's six days counting today.”
Si Xuan's news plunged everyone into silence.
They had expected the time to be tight.
But they didn't expect it to be so tight.
It takes three days to travel from Aaru Village to Si Xuan's Sumeru City even using elemental powers.
Before that, they still need to complete the plan.
Alhaitham pondered for a moment, finally taking a deep breath.
“At least we know the exact time, we need to make a plan immediately.”
Alhaitham first spoke about Si Xuan's task.
“Since you are connected to the Doctor, please hold the Doctor back until we rescue the Lesser Lord Kusanali.
Then you and the Traveler will meet and complete our commission.
The remaining chips will be completed after we return to Sumeru City.”
“No problem.”
Si Xuan readily agreed.
The Doctor is unlikely to reappear on the battlefield.
This mission of his is very easy.
“As for the subsequent plan... I hope you can avoid it.”
Alhaitham's words shocked everyone.
“Hey, why make Si Xuan avoid it?”
Looking at the shocked Paimon, Alhaitham said.
“A matter of stance. I don't know what the Traveler's goal is.
But I know your ultimate goal is to see the Lesser Lord Kusanali.
You have been carrying out your missions in the previous three nations.
It seems that your ultimate goal is to see the gods.
So, your stance is to rescue the Lesser Lord Kusanali.
Needless to say about me, Saino, and Dehya, we are Sumerians.
But as a diplomat, your stance is Fontaine, not Sumeru. You keep providing intelligence to both sides of the conflict.
You're just trying to satisfy your desire for entertainment, aren't you.”
As soon as Alhaitham finished speaking, all eyes were on Si Xuan.
“But, he's not... taking our... .”
In Paimon's mind, since Si Xuan took their money, he should stand with them.
Alhaitham sighed, seemingly lamenting Paimon's naivety.
“He's just helping us fight, he hasn't made any guarantees otherwise.
He doesn't care what happens to us, because he is Fontainean, not Sumerian.”
Si Xuan clapped his hands, looking at Alhaitham with admiration.
“Good, really good, keen observation, meticulous logical analysis.
To be honest, Alhaitham, after this event is over, aren’t you going to work for me?
The treatment is negotiable.”
After Alhaitham graduated from the Akademiya,
Si Xuan began poaching him.
Unfortunately, Alhaitham still refused.
The reason being, Si Xuan’s work is too intense. He prefers a regular 9 to 5 job.
“Forget it, I like a job that allows me to get off work on time. You probably don't need me for this kind of work.”
Alhaitham understands that Si Xuan merely has his eye on his scientific ability.
But if he joined the research work, a regular 9 to 5 would be a fantasy.
Once a certain research is stuck, it means endless overtime.
Si Xuan sighed with some regret.
“Okay, if you don't want to, there's nothing I can do about it.
You guys discuss the next plan, I'll go back to Sumeru.”
Si Xuan knows their plan perfectly well. It makes no difference to him whether he listens or not.
Si Xuan did not return to Sumeru, but went to Faruzan's room.
Faruzan was reading a book.
She had inexplicably spent a hundred years.
She needed to learn about the research trends of this era.
“Come in.”
Faruzan, hearing the knock on the door, closed her book and replied.
Seeing that it was Si Xuan who opened the door, she opened the book again.
“How are you considering it? I was rejected. I hope your answer can make me happy.”
Speaking of this, Faruzan was gnashing her teeth in anger.
She's sure that Si Xuan knew something back then and made that bet with her.