“琴, this isn't your fault. After all, Dvalin hasn't appeared for five hundred years, and neither has Barbatos.”
Lisa reminded 琴 with a serious expression, “The people of Mondstadt have reached their limit with Dvalin. The calls for us to eliminate the Stormterror are growing louder.”
琴 seemed to have thought of something and asked Lisa, “Lisa, do you think we can reveal Dvalin's identity?”
“That way, everyone's tolerance for Dvalin would increase.”
“But that would also damage the reputation of the Four Winds, and the Fatui might also do something. They could spread rumors like, even the Four Winds are attacking Mondstadt, are we doing something wrong? What would happen then, I believe you can understand.” Lisa was helpless by this point.
As a Mondstadter, Lisa knew Mondstadt well. They were a bunch of "difficult people"! If you asked them not to relieve themselves in public, they would claim it's their freedom! If you asked them not to get drunk in public, they would say it’s their freedom! When the Knights of Favonius tried to manage them, they would say that the Knights of Favonius were depriving them of their freedom. If you were a little stricter, they would say that this was repeating the path of old Mondstadt, a form of enslavement and exploitation.
Could the Knights of Favonius still manage Mondstadt under these circumstances?
They wanted to do something, but a cap of "restricting freedom" would be placed directly on them. Even the Knights of Favonius couldn't stand it! If they really did that, Lisa strongly suspected that 琴 would become as infamous as the old Lawrence family.
If it wasn't for this being her beloved country, and the fact that she had a dear friend here, Lisa wouldn't have wanted to return to Mondstadt.
If they were to announce Dvalin's identity now, in their eyes, it would be the ruler of Mondstadt who had let Dvalin down.
As for them forgetting about Dvalin? Oh, how could it be their fault? Even the Knights of Favonius and the Church of Favonius didn't recognize Dvalin, how could they be blamed?
“This...” 琴 imagined the situation, her face also froze.
So what should they do now?
“However, we still have time. The people's tolerance for Dvalin is still high, we can at least drag this out for a few months,” Lisa continued to comfort her, “Maybe we can find the reason for Dvalin's attack on Mondstadt within these few months.”
“I don’t believe that as a wind god's 眷属, Dvalin would attack Mondstadt just because they forgot about him.”
When she said this, Lisa also smiled wryly.
琴 fell silent. They indeed had a big problem.
She rubbed her forehead in distress, “The matter about Dvalin, not only do the Knights of Favonius have very little records, my family doesn't have many records either.”
“This is our fault. As Mondstadters, we forgot about the Four Winds who protect Mondstadt. We're truly heartless."
Towards the end, 琴 also smiled self-deprecatingly.
This was not just her problem, but also a problem of the previous generation of the Knights of Favonius and her ancestors.
Suddenly, 琴 stood up and said to Lisa with determination, “Lisa, I've decided to go to Liyue. Since Liyue can analyze Dvalin's identity, they probably know more about Dvalin than we do.”
“Maybe they know why Dvalin is attacking Mondstadt. I need you to continue the investigation in Mondstadt.”
Lisa frowned, but still nodded, “Alright. But you have to go and come back quickly. I can't handle everything in Mondstadt.”
As 琴's best friend, Lisa knew how heavy the burden was on this young girl. Just managing Mondstadt's affairs was enough to keep 琴 busy. Now, with the Dvalin incident, and the Fatui not being honest lately, all of this needed 琴 to handle personally.
“Yes, I'll travel light and can make a round trip in seven days at most.” 琴 quickly made a decision, “Mondstadt's been having some supply issues due to Dvalin's attacks. This is a good opportunity to buy some special materials from Liyue.”
Mondstadt is a grain producing country. Due to their special climate, even if they don’t need to work, Mondstadt will never lack food. They can even make wine with it, but for other things, they can be self-sufficient. However, with daily production problems now, they need to import from Liyue.
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“Like this, lower the angle of your sword by 3 degrees, this might be better.”
“Look at this Taiyi Xuanmen Sword. It's no worse than your previous swordsmanship. That world was just limited by its world. The moves can be of great help to us humans.”
“You need to incorporate these swordsmanship techniques into your own combat system. As long as you achieve this, you will be a Liyue Sword Saint.”
“Actually, I feel like it's better to use the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Sword's variation now. Of course, the battle situation is ever-changing, anything could happen, so maybe this is not wrong.”
“Keqing, don’t clench your waist too tightly!”
“Damn it, where are you putting your hand!” Keqing protested to Mu Yang with a blushing face. She had originally thought that Mu Yang would be a gentleman, and their relationship would develop gradually.
But she asked Mu Yang to guide her swordsmanship, and she also wanted to learn some of the martial arts of the Geo Archon. After all, Mu Yang was taught by the Geo Archon, practicing the Geo Archon's divine arts, his martial arts also belonged to the Geo Archon's, and he used the Geo Vision, he was a miniature Geo Archon.
Although this was a super youthful version of the Geo Archon, the Geo Archon was someone who could be admired from afar but not touched. Mu Yang and her were like a couple who had mutual affection, of course, Keqing admired the Geo Archon as a father, but Mu Yang was different.
But wasn't Mu Yang a bit too eager?
Or were they all like this in other worlds?
No, it wasn't just other countries like that. Some countries on the continent of Teyvat had a very rapid development of romantic relationships between men and women, like Mondstadt and Fontaine. Some men and women could run off to bed together on the first day they met, and then get married.
This made Keqing a little at a loss, but Mu Yang's guidance was indeed useful to her. And she seemed to enjoy being with Mu Yang like this.
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