Hearing Mu Yang's words, Qin became flustered and said apologetically, "It was truly our fault for forgetting about Lord Dvalin.
However, I don't believe Lord Dvalin would truly retaliate against us just because we forgot about him. I think something we don't know must have happened to Lord Dvalin."
"Is that so?" Mu Yang smiled ambiguously. "I do know a bit about Dvalin's situation."
"Please tell me, I, on behalf of Mondstadt, am deeply grateful to Mr. Mu Yang." Qin bowed to Mu Yang as she said this.
Qin had now decided to dedicate all of Mondstadt's strength to resolving Dvalin's problem. It wasn't about eliminating Dvalin, but rather resolving the conflict between them.
Not only was Dvalin a familiar of the Anemo Archon Barbatos, but he had also saved Mondstadt countless times throughout history. This meant Qin would never consider harming him.
As for why the Mondstadt people had forgotten about Dvalin, Qin was speechless. After all, it had already happened. If she were to find a culprit, she wouldn't be able to, and even if she did, it wouldn't change anything.
Could she possibly dig up their ancestors' graves?
Qin wanted to express her apologies to Dvalin and then find a way to help him solve his problems.
Mu Yang looked deeply at Qin. "To me, your gratitude means far more than Mondstadt's, because Mondstadt excels at betraying those who help them, doesn't it?"
Continuing, Mu Yang said, "Five hundred years ago, Dvalin protected Mondstadt and fought a battle against the dragon Durin.
Dvalin crushed Durin's throat and killed him on Dragonspine. However, Dvalin also swallowed Durin's poisoned blood. For the past five hundred years, Dvalin has endured the torment of that poisoned blood.
He can no longer bear the pain, and also, hasn't the temple of the Four Winds Guardians been neglected for a long time?"
Mu Yang looked at Qin with a faint smile as he spoke.
To be honest, Mondstadt was a great place for Travelers at the beginning of their journey. After all, the people there seemed friendly. But if you wanted to settle in Mondstadt long-term, or like Mu Yang, establish a guild and expand, Mondstadt would be an absolute nightmare.
Not to mention those drunkards and lazy bums who shout about freedom every day, just the fact that Mondstadt people habitually backstab those who help them would make Mu Yang unable to tolerate it.
"The temple of the Four Winds Guardians..." Qin's face stiffened, revealing a look of shame. Not just the others, even Qin herself had forgotten about cleaning the temple and had even forgotten about it.
It seemed that even if there hadn't been the issue with Durin's poison, Dvalin would still be heartbroken!
But now Mondstadt had to help Dvalin solve the problem, not just because Dvalin was Barbatos' familiar, but also because he had protected Mondstadt in the past. Similarly, Mondstadt now needed Dvalin's strength.
Barbatos had vanished, the Knights of Favonius' elites were on an expedition, and Mondstadt was facing both internal and external troubles. Sometimes in her dreams, Qin would dream of Mondstadt collapsing under her watch, and she would become a sinner against Mondstadt.
She wanted to protect Mondstadt, but she didn't want to become as infamous as the Lawrence family.
Now that Dvalin had appeared, Qin wanted to use his power to protect Mondstadt, because the current Mondstadt was beyond her ability to protect.
This wasn't out of self-interest. Even if Dvalin ran away afterwards, Qin wouldn't blame him. After all, it was Mondstadt who wronged Dvalin.
But Qin still wanted to try.
The Fatui's pressure was just too great. A nation with a god's support was completely different from a nation without a god!
Even when the former Grand Master and others were still around, Mondstadt was at a disadvantage against Snezhnaya because they didn't have a god. It was even worse now.
But on second thought, why did she feel like the Mondstadt people were truly wolfish and ungrateful?
"It seems we've learned something incredible!" Ningguang looked at her pen pal's embarrassment with a look of surprise.
Was Mondstadt that amazing?
They didn't even care about a god's familiar?
What had happened to their faith in that country?
In Liyue, the adepti were revered. Not just the adepti, even the Geo Archon Morax's suppressed primordial beast, the Ruo Tou Long Wang, still had people worshipping him.
But in Mondstadt, they had become like this. Ningguang didn't know what to say.
Keqing blinked. Wow, she was already disrespectful enough to the adepti, but compared to the Mondstadt people, she seemed to be doing much better!
"I'm sorry, I made you laugh at me." Qin smiled self-deprecatingly. "If Lord Dvalin is going mad because of the poison, how do we solve this issue?"
As she spoke, Qin looked at Mu Yang expectantly.
She wanted to get an answer from Mu Yang.
"I don't know that. But you can try asking Albedo, after all, Durin was Rhinedottir's creation.
Maybe he has a solution." Mu Yang was helpless. He felt like Qin was trying to get something for free.
You keep asking me questions like this, where's the benefit for me?
"Is that so? Thank you." Qin nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Mu Yang with gratitude. "In the future, Mr. Mu Yang, you will be our most honored guest in Mondstadt."
Although Mu Yang seemed to have some dissatisfaction with Mondstadt, Qin felt that he had simply misunderstood them.
Okay, Qin admitted they had shortcomings in the matter of Dvalin, but the Mondstadt people were definitely not wolfish or ungrateful.
They were very enthusiastic towards their friends. Qin believed that in the future, Mu Yang would change his perception of Mondstadt.
"Perhaps. As the acting Grand Master, you have time to help people find lost cats and dogs, but not time to clean the temple of the Four Winds Guardians.
Although they may not really care, and the things you do are just wasting time.
The acting Grand Master is different from ordinary Knights of Favonius, Qin, you are too arrogant!" Mu Yang's last words stunned everyone.
Qin arrogant? No way!
From their interactions, it was clear that Qin was definitely a kind-hearted person. No matter how you looked at it, she didn't seem arrogant at all.
Had Mu Yang misunderstood something?
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