Chapter 141 Culture Shock, This is Tewa...
"Haha... Are you looking for trouble?"
Diluc was in a low mood and had no energy to joke around.
"If everyone who comes to Mondstadt looking for trouble were like you, that wouldn't be so bad."
"Haha, so you were just looking for trouble."
Kaiya chuckled softly behind him.
"If they're just here to cause trouble, that's fine too."
He tried to appear calm on the surface, but his heart was in turmoil.
Can anyone tell me why the Wrathful King of Sumeru suddenly appeared here?
This appearance clearly belongs to the one described in the intelligence report—the tyrannical king who, without a second thought, twists off the head of a great sage, exiles architects and scholars, and beats up people from both the desert and the rainforest, using the grass god to command all the wise men!
Unlike Diluc and most Mondstadt people, Kaeya, a descendant of the Kanreia, has always been collecting intelligence on various countries in his own way, especially Sumeru, the wise nation that is very close to Kanreia.
This information, which ordinary people shouldn't know, added a layer of tension and vigilance to the young adopted son's grief.
So why are you here? And why did you seem to have saved your father?
Moreover, it also behaves in a way that is completely inconsistent with the intelligence.
So gentle it's frightening...
"?"
Mainkun sensed the presence of negative emotions and turned to look at Kaia.
"Oh~"
The cat twitched its ears contentedly.
"I like young people like you."
"Huh?"
Kaiya forced a smile: "Should I say thank you for your kindness, Mr. Crown?"
Or should we say thank you for your great favor? That's terrifying...
"Hmm, I like it even more now."
Alas……
Kaiya felt a chill run down his spine, but he saw his sworn brother slowly recovering from his grief and bowing to the tyrannical king.
"Is this your first time in Mondstadt, sir? Then please allow me to personally entertain you as a small token of my gratitude..."
Ah! A lamb thrown into the tiger's den!
"Diluc!"
Kaiya rushed forward in one stride.
"Look over there, the Inspector General's men are waving at you. It must be Lord Ilock asking you to go and report on the battle situation. Don't delay your official duties!"
“But entertaining our distinguished guests is more important. How about this, Father, could you go with Kaia on my behalf…”
Diluc turned his questioning gaze toward Lord Cripps.
"Of course, this is my savior who saved my life..."
"No, no, no! Father has a lot of things to do, like notifying the winery and comforting the family!"
Kaiya immediately pushed them both behind him, stepped forward and pulled Mainkuen away, feeling as tragic as if he were offering himself to a tiger.
"As for me, the junior steward, I have a much easier time. Besides, I know all the places to eat, drink, and have fun. Don't worry, I guarantee I can keep Mr. Crown completely under my thumb!"
"Hey! Kaeya? Seriously, why are you suddenly so enthusiastic..."
“But Kaiya has certainly never disappointed, has he? Diluc, go ahead and get busy, leave the winery matters to me…”
As the voices of his family members faded into the distance, Kaiya finally relaxed slightly and met the young man's eerie vertical pupils.
"hehe."
“...Um, Mr. Cat.”
Mainkun absolutely adores Kaia's dark face, which is so reluctant yet forced to put on a smile.
"Why don't you go change out of your trendy clothes first? There's an inn up ahead, and I'll prepare some new clothes for you. You know, even though Mondstadt is like spring all year round, there are still plenty of people who catch a cold from carelessness."
"Need not."
He shook his head violently, splashing water all over Kaeya's face. Then, as if remembering something, Mainkun reached out and caused two blobs of black water to fly out from between their clothes, making the knight and king dry again.
"Normal time is precious and should not be wasted."
"Hmm... sir, relaxation is the main theme of Mondstadt, why not try to do as the locals do?"
Kaeya looked at the clothes with curiosity, wanting to dissuade him, but it was too late. Mainkun had already used Blink to grab a Mondstadt resident:
"Tell me, what are some of the most famous unsolved mysteries in this country recently?"
"ah?"
The resident, who was pouring alcohol into his mouth, looked completely bewildered.
Does the sight of strange children wandering around Benlang Ridge count?
"...I mean the murder case, the unsolved murder case."
"Ah! Who exactly killed Ronan, the Pure White Knight? Does that count?"
"Calculate."
Mainkun was satisfied.
"How many suspects are there, and where are they?"
If I beat up the real culprit and hang him on the wind god statue, it will definitely cause widespread panic.
"I don't know, that happened five hundred years ago."
The residents wiped their faces and, slurring their words, began to discuss the past and present:
"They all say Ronan died at the hands of the Sumeru Hunter, but how could that be? He was the disciple of the young wolf, strong... hiccup, super strong! Invincible!"
"?"
How many years? No? Why is that your first reaction?
Mainkun shook his shoulders violently.
"I want modern ones, recent murders, homicides, drug trafficking... anything goes."
"No...no, Mondstadt is...friendly, not many people would hurt each other, everyone is...good, stop shaking, I'm going to throw up, ugh!"
"??"
How could there be none? This person must be drunk.
Mainkuen, from the talented country of Fontaine, didn't believe it at all. He let go of him and reached out to stop the flower girl next to him.
When can we schedule an appointment to watch a trial in your courtroom?
"Court hearing? Ah, you mean the one on the second floor of the Knights' Order building?"
"Yes, where is the reservation location? Are foreigners allowed to enter and watch...?"
"I heard that hall is never used, and some members of the Knights are suggesting turning it into an elemental workshop."
"...?"
What is it?
Is this still Teyvat?
How could there be such a peaceful country, where people are as harmonious as a spring breeze?
"Sir? Sir? Are you feeling unwell?"
The girl reached out her hand worriedly and waved it in front of his eyes.
"I'll take you to church. Listening to hymns will make you feel much better."
Mainkun grabbed her hand, his face still cold, but his voice slowly began to ripple:
"Who do you usually hate the most? Who do you dislike the most? Who oppresses you? Who bullies you?"
"ah?"
The girl was clearly taken aback by the question; she thought for a long time:
"Ms. Slime and Mr. Hilichurl, you're preventing me from picking the little rushes in peace..."
"wrong!"
Even the medicine couldn't stop the cat's confusion.
"We don't want monsters, we want people! Is there not a single one left?!"
This is no longer a question of whether or not emotions can be collected. Mainkuhn doesn't understand, can such a peaceful country truly exist?
What is Fontainebleau? What is Mount Sumeru? What is everything I have experienced?
"Hey, you're really strange! Everyone's doing great, what are you complaining about?"
The girl shook off his hand, and before running away, she frowned and muttered one last thing:
"If I had to say, it would be the Lawrence family."
“None of those despicable nobles can be trusted.”
“Noble, ah, that’s right, I know this place well.”
Forced confinement, imprisonment, sexual intercourse, and human trafficking—finally, an answer was found. Mainkun breathed a sigh of relief and pulled out Kaia, who had been secretly observing from the side.
Where is the Lawrence family?
"Well."
Kaiya sensed something was amiss, her gaze darting away, "...It might be a little different from what you imagine."
Mainkun lifted him up and spun him around in the air: "Stop talking nonsense and lead the way."
"…OK."
In a moment, the cat quickly knocked out the middle-aged man who had been yelling at the blue-haired girl, his face flushed, and who was about to attack her. Turning to the victim, who looked pitiful and barely containing her anger, the cat said:
"How do you want to get revenge on him? Stab his liver or crush his kidneys?"
"ah?"
Yura glanced at Kaeya, whose eyes were glazed over, and didn't raise her greatsword to defend herself, but she couldn't help herself and took the opportunity to give the man two hard elbows.
"W-no need to be so cruel! He's still my uncle, after all," she said as she hit him.
"Huh? So what were you doing just now... "
Internal strife? Unequal distribution of property? Issues with illegitimate children? Extramarital affair?
"He wants to restore Lawrence's former glory, but I don't want to. I think being a knight is good enough. Lawrence's original duty was to protect Mondstadt."
"???"
How can he be so noble and righteous?
Maine Kuhn didn't believe it and swept the entire mansion through in a whirlwind. He found that not only was no one locked in the cellar, but it was also quite empty, with not even enough food reserves.
"After all, Lawrence doesn't have a good reputation in Mondstadt, so there are very few people willing to do business with us."
...
"Don't go any further ahead, there's some landslide there, and it hasn't been repaired yet," Yura said, a little embarrassed.
! ? ?
"These are the nobles of Mondstadt."
Mainkuhn completely lost his composure. He grabbed Kaia and asked her a question with murderous intent in his eyes.
"Why is the lethality so low?"
"Ah! It was quite tall a thousand years ago!"
Kaeya raises his hands in a gesture of surrender:
"You're too late!"
...
This shouldn't be happening!
Mainkuhn hoisted Kaiya onto his shoulder and leaped and ran through the land of wind, determined to find some faults in the country before the potion wore off.
Skipping over slowly spinning windmills, skipping over oddly shaped mushrooms, skipping over pigeons, skipping over flowers and poems, Mainkuen's keen cat ears finally picked up on a discordant cause.
“Diluc, you know that the dragon Usa is of extraordinary significance to Mondstadt. Even Vanessa, the Lion Fang Knight, almost lost her life to it!”
"The credit for killing it, the legend of washing away shame with blood, must all belong to Mondstadt, to the Knights of Favonius, and not to some unknown beastman from another land! Diluc, go and kill him, and let glory return to Mondstadt!"
"Shut up, Ilock! You're making me shed innocent blood for your own resume! This is an utter insult to me!"
"Do you want the Knights of Favonius's abilities to be questioned by the people? That they are less capable than a passing outsider? This is a reasonable sacrifice, Diluc. As one of us, you'd better be wise."
"!"
Finally found it! Mainkun was overjoyed and immediately dragged the dazed Kaia into the house.
"Therefore, I withdraw from the Knights of Favonius..."
Before Diluc's Eye of God could land, the cat-eared youth burst through the window, slapped Illok hard across the head, and then immediately looked at him with bright eyes, as if waiting for something.
"...Well done?"
Diluc tentatively praised.
"?"
The cat's eyes widened in disbelief for a moment, then narrowed as if it had realized its mistake. It threw Kaiya aside, grabbed Irok, and darted out the door, randomly stopping a few people.
“The person who saved Mr. Cripps is indeed intriguing, but with Lisa here, we’ll definitely recognize him at a glance… Oh, what a serendipitous encounter.”
The blond man at the head of the group stopped in his tracks, intrigued.
"Falgar! Come save me now... Aaaaaah!"
Click.
Mainkuen glared at him, simultaneously snapping Ilock's forearm in a highly provocative gesture.
"Eh..."
Falgar scratched his head and looked down to ask the library witch next to him.
Yes, it is.
Lisa smiled and nodded.
"Exactly the same."
Kaiya, feeling dizzy and disoriented, leaned against the door, looking at them expectantly: "Right, how could I forget? Lisa is the senior of the Grand Disciplinary Officer, she must know things that ordinary people shouldn't know... cough..."
Quick! Commander Falgar! Reveal the identity of the Wrathful King!
Then I told my dear sworn brother to stay away from this dangerous and strange fellow!
[Emotions! Emotions! Emotions! Emotions!]
"That's good."
Unexpectedly, the Grand Master simply nodded, then burst into hearty laughter at the expectant Kaeya and the expectant Nekomamushi:
"Well done, unknown traveler!"
...
"Huh?"
[Meow? ? ? ]
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Author's Note: As Lisa mentioned in her voice line, Mondstadt's Inquisition has been idle for two years, and that doesn't even include the main storyline time... Fontaine, you...
Illok, this guy was the main reason that Diluc left the Knights of Favonius, and in the game he's already been dealt with by the Grand Master.
This is outrageous! How dare this person steal credit from his recently deceased father in front of his son? And it was only for repelling the enemy! The Demon Dragon Usa was defeated by the Doctor three years later. This is utterly shameful. Negative marks.
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