The next day, Inazuma, outlying islands.

Ying rubbed her chin and said to Paimon with a pensive expression, "So, why did we get the commission again?" ”

"This, it's not that the son of God is too good at talking, and she got me into it." Paimon scratched his head in embarrassment.

"I understand the reason, but it's not the words you promised so quickly." Expressionlessly, Ying said to Paimon, "So, in order to punish you, you should cut your food expenses in half for the next month." ”

Hearing Ying's words, Paimon shouted in horror, "Wow, don't! ”

"Ying, you can't do this, reduce the food bill by half, I will starve to death, this is too cruel for me."

Ying: "."

Ying looked at Paimon's appearance, and sighed helplessly: "How many times have you said it, why don't you listen, don't accept the commission casually, don't accept the commission casually, isn't the lesson of the Yuanxia Palace and the crane view last time enough?" ”

"I, I know, not next time." Paimon said with a look of emptiness.

"Forget it, I guess you won't listen to it, it's almost time, we should go over and pick up people."

Paimon scratched his head a little embarrassed and said, "Hehe." ”

So the two of them sat on the dock and waited boredly for the arrival, and after a while, they saw a ship heading towards it.

After the arrivals disembarked, Paimon also learned from the other party's outfit where they were from.

He immediately greeted, "You came from Mondstadt to Inazuma to participate in the Rongcai Festival, right?" We are the guides of the Yeongchai Festival, and we are here to pick you up and take you to the island. ”

"Yes, we are all bards from Mondstadt." The bard named Lil nodded, "Inazuma has changed a lot lately. Hopefully we can find inspiration for poetry here this time. ”

"Paimon, what are you looking for?" Ying saw Paimon next to him looking at the ship in front of him, and asked with some curiosity.

"Since it's a bard from Mondstadt, I'm wondering if the singer will come." Paimon replied.

"I think he should come, but it's definitely not in a normal way, after all, these gods have their own unique way of traveling." Ying listened to Paimon's words and said a little strangely.

Paimon suddenly said, "yes, for example, Tassel and Nahida, they like to directly tear the space to teleport, and the way Wendy and Zhongli came to Inazuma last time seems to have flown over on the rock ridge made by Zhongli." ”

Ying: "."

"Sister Honorary Knight! Paimon! As Ying and Paimon were talking, a familiar voice came from the other side of the ship.

Ying and Paimon turned their heads to see a small, fiery red figure running quickly in their direction.

Paimon greeted in surprise, "It's Klee!" Have you also been invited to the festival? ”

Klee replied, "No, it was Albedo's brother who was invited. ”

"But because everyone in the Order has been busy lately, Brother Albedo asked the people here to provide Klee with a family pass."

"Then why didn't Klee go find Nahida?" Paimon asked, curiously.

Klee scratched her head a little embarrassed and said, "This, this, the last time Klee and Sister Nahida blew up the Sumeru Akademiya, it still reached the ears of the head of the Qin, so Klee can't directly tell the head of the qin that she is going to find Sister Nahida." ”

"Huh? You two also blew up the Akademiya in Sumeru? Paimon couldn't help but exclaim.

Klee nodded violently and said, "Well, it's Sister Lotia who came to help repair the Sumeru Akademiya, otherwise Klee will be finished." ”

Paimon: "."

Ying: "."

Hearing Klee's words, Paimon and Ying were both shocked, because they both knew that Nahida was the god of grass, and as a result, she also blew up her own territory, which was obviously not in line with the god of wisdom.

"So, Klee knows that it's better to wait for the head of the piano to be angry before going to play with Sister Nahida, and it would be better if she could meet Sister Nahida at the Rongcai Festival this time."

At this time, Albedo also stepped out of the boat and greeted Ying and Paimon, "Traveler, Paimon, hello, Inazuma Inazuma is going to hold a Rongcai Festival, I guess if I will meet you." ”

"It turns out that Albedo was invited to paint the portrait of the five immortals." Paimon turned to Ying.

Albedo nodded, "It seems that you already know about painting, but I use the pen name chalk in Inazuma." ”

"By the way, do you know where the International Chamber of Commerce is? I'll meet with the head editor of Yaedo there. ”

Paimon replied, "The International Chamber of Commerce is where you stay on the outlying islands, and it seems that the destination is the same." ”

"Then let's go." Albedo said to Ying and Paimon.

Paimon nodded, "Hmm." ”

Paimon and Ying then take Albedo to their accommodation on the outlying islands.

"There's a lot of stuff here that Klee hasn't seen before." Klee was running around the streets, looking at this and that.

"Didn't Klee come last time?" Paimon asked, curiously.

Klee explained, "The last time I was here with Sister Nahida, we didn't go into the city, but looked around for a place to fry fish. ”

Paimon: "."

"Klee, don't run around, be careful of bumping into people." Albedo reminded Klee of the activity.

Klee replied, "Yes, yes." ”

Albedo looked around for a moment, and suddenly said suspiciously: "It's strange, it seems that the editor of Hirayama hasn't come yet, and he obviously said that he will arrive earlier than me." Now it's a bit of a problem. ”

"What's wrong?" Ying asked curiously.

Albedo explained, "Actually, the editor's appointment to meet me today was to give me the details of the Five Songs, so that I could conceive of the specific content of the picture. ”

Hearing Albedo's words, Paimon wondered, "Albedo, didn't you know what you were going to draw before you came to Inazuma?" ”

"I only know the names of the Five Singers. Because of the age of the Five Songs, there is very little content that has been handed down to this day, so the editor-in-chief decided to help me collect some more information. Albedo explained, "I'm the type who can draw quickly as long as I'm inspired, so I agreed that he would give me the summary today." ”

Paimon listened to Albedo's words and asked, "When will these paintings be completed?" ”

Albedo thought for a moment and replied: "According to the plan, the portraits will be revealed one by one in the stages of the festival, and the first emerald light statue will be completed before the official opening of the Rongcai Festival the day after tomorrow. ”

Paimon said with a look of surprise, "The day after tomorrow?!" Isn't that a very stressful time! ”

"Actually, it's fine. When illustrating light novels, the situation is often much more thrilling because the manuscript has to be transported by sea. Albedo shook his head and said, "Last month, in order to catch up with the first release of the latest volume of "Shenqiu Sword Record" at the Rongcai Festival, the illustration of the last chapter was drawn by me on the day I got the manuscript. ”

"As soon as the Inazuma illustration arrived, it was sent for printing, and I still don't know how well it looked."

Hearing Albedo's words, Paimon spread his hands and said helplessly, "Uh... I really don't know whether to sympathize with your creative environment or praise you for being a genius. ”

Albedo didn't pay attention to Paimon's complaints, but continued, "Of course, if possible, I still hope to get the information as soon as possible, so that I can be more prepared." ”

Ying said, "Speaking of which, the Son of God said it before."

But before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Paimon, "yes, the editors of Yaedo will be near the Far Country Supervisor these days. ”

"Albedo, the chief editor may be over there, so we'll take you over to him!"

"It's fine." Albedo nodded.

Ying: "."

Ying silently followed, and she found that what seemed to happen had become the previous plot mode that she couldn't speak.

At the same time, the Narukami Taisha.

"Miko, Miko, get up!" Shadow pulled Yae Miko out of the bed and shook it vigorously.

Yae Miko yawned, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and said lazily, "Huh? It's a shadow, what's wrong? Let me sleep a little longer, I was so sleepy by you yesterday. ”

When Shadow heard Yae Miko's words, she let go of her hand and let Yae Miko lie back softly again, Yae Miko was suddenly discouraged by Shadow and fell down again, she struggled to get up, and looked at Shadow with a puzzled expression.

Shadow rubbed his head with a headache and said to Yae Miko, "Miko, have you forgotten something very important. ”

"Something important? What's up? Yae Miko scratched her head in confusion.

"Of course, it's the Rongcai Festival! And now you're still sleeping here? The invitees have already arrived in Inazuma, and I see what you plan to do. Shadow slammed on Yae Miko's head, causing the dazed Yae Miko to wake up suddenly, and then covered the place where he was knocked with a painful face.

"What are you doing, it hurts, I don't know who I learned from, I like to knock people's heads." Yae Miko couldn't help but complain.

Yae Miko reacted in hindsight, and said to the shadow in surprise, "Wait, you said Rongcai Sacrifice?" Hiss~ It's a little tricky. ”

"What's wrong?" Shadow wondered.

Yae Miko spread his hands at the shadow stall and said: "You didn't remind me earlier, it's all your fault, when I haven't gone out for a few days, and I forgot the time, count the days, the day after tomorrow is the Rongcai Festival, and I don't have time to prepare." ”

"You mean to say that you didn't prepare the Rongcai Sacrifice?" Kage also asked in surprise after hearing Yae Miko's words.

"Of course, how can I have time to prepare for the Rongcai Festival during this time." Saying this, Yae Miko also yawned.

"Originally, I wanted to make a light novel-themed Rongcai Festival.,As a result,I forgot about it.。

Shadow: "."

"Ei, you're not going to call me up now to make me ready to go to the Rongcai Festival, are you? I don't have that much ability, and I can do it well in the past few days. Yae Miko spread his hands and said helplessly.

Shadow listened to Yae Miko's words, and said with a strange expression: "No need, the Rongcai Festival is ready, and it is also based on the theme of light novels." ”

Yae Miko: "??? ”

"If you didn't prepare, then she should have made a move, after all, she knows what to do from the information she learned here." Shadow continued.

"Who made the shot? Raiden Shogun? Yae Miko wondered.

Shadow shook his head and said, "No, it's a family member of Raiden Shogun, and she has a lot of research on this aspect. ”

Yae Miko: "??? ”

You tease me, what other dependents does Raiden Shogun have? Isn't Raiden Shogun your doppelganger? Isn't it me after all her family? But I didn't prepare for it.

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Yae Miko asked at Shadow with an uncomfortable expression.

Shadow explained: "When I was visiting Inazuma before, I found that the Rongcai Festival had already begun to prepare, I thought you did it, but I didn't expect you to be so conscientious, so I didn't mention it, but today the tourists are here and you are still sleeping here, so I was going to ask you." ”

Yae Miko: "."

"Forget it, you go back to sleep, I'll go check on the situation." After Ei finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside.

Yae Miko hurriedly chased after him, and said as he walked: "Hey, wait for me, how can I still sleep after your violent trembling." ”

When Yae Miko came out of the room, she noticed several shrine maidens looking at her in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Yae Miko wondered.

"Yae Miyaji-sama, aren't you on an outlying island? Coming back so soon? The shrine maiden asked.

Yae Miko: "??? ”

"I didn't." Before Yae Miko could say anything, he was dragged away directly by the shadow, leaving only a bewildered shrine maiden.

Yae Miko looked puzzled and said, "Ei, what are you doing, I want to ask carefully to see who is pretending to be me, I haven't been to the outlying islands at all in the past few days." ”

"No need to ask, I know who it is, so you better settle down, or you'll be miserable." Shadow shook her head.

"Who? Why is she pretending to be me miserable? Listening to Ei's words, Yae Miko was even more puzzled.

Shadow didn't say anything, but said to Yae Miko: "Let's go, disguise, let's go to the outlying islands, and now it's not good for me to appear outside as a general." ”

"Cross-dressing? Why do I want to cross-dress, I don't want to, I'm the Yae Miyaji-sama of the dignified Narukami Shrine, and I have to cross-dress to meet a fake one? Yae Miko said with a dissatisfied expression.

"If you want to change, you will change, where do you get so many words." Shadow shuddered on Yae Miko's head and said to her.

Yae Miko: "."

In the end, Yae Miko was under the obscenity of the shadow, and he still honestly disguised himself.

"Cross-dressing is cross-dressing, why would you change to that woman's clothing style?" Yae Miko asked puzzled.

"I think it's nice and easy to wear." Shadow moved his hands and feet and spoke.

"That's true, but I still feel weird." Yae Miko whispered, "We are the gods of Inazuma and the dependents of the gods, so wouldn't it be strange to wear Liyue-style clothes?" ”

"She's still the god of Sumeru, what's this?" Shadow glanced at Yae Miko and said with a nonchalant expression.

Yae Miko: "."

I have to say that Shadow was wearing this dress with purple patterns on a white background, and even her usual hair was draped down like a tassel, and her demeanor had the feeling of an immortal in Liyue, which made Yae Miko's heart beat faster.

"Well, what does this set you change look like, it doesn't look good at all, so hurry up and change it." Kage looked at the kimono that Yae Miko was wearing, and said directly.

Yae Miko: "."

Under the obscenity of Shadow, Yae Miko honestly changed into the same style of clothes as Shadow, but the color and pattern of the clothes are a little different from Shadow's, the purple pattern on Shadow's clothes is the appearance of a crane, and the pink fox pattern on Yae Miko's dress.

"Yes, it looks much better this way, it's worthy of my little fox." Shadow commented to Yae Miko with a satisfied face.

"Hmm." Yae Miko listened to Kage's straightforward words and felt a little fever in her cheeks.

"By the way, there's this." Shadow suddenly thought of something, and took out a glass ball and handed it to Yae Miko.

After taking it, Yae Miko said to the shadow with a suspicious expression, "Why do you have this?" ”

"This is what I asked for with the tassel before, in order to prepare for my future life, it is a bit too conspicuous to use the elemental power directly without the Vision of God, and I will not travel around the world as a god in the future." Shadow nodded, "What, is there a problem?" ”

Yae Miko: "6. ”

It's you, Ei, and I'm even ready for the future, if I hadn't known that you had prepared the glass balls in the shape of a Vision this time, why wouldn't I have thought you were so smart in other details?

"Can't you just make your own glass ball? The tassel she gave was a Liyue-style Vision of God! Yae Miko looked at the prismatic Thunder Elemental Eye in his hand and couldn't help but complain.

Shadow replied indifferently, "Oh, because I'm lazy, and the Vision made of tassels has some special uses, so people can't tell the real from the fake." ”

Yae Miko listened to Kage's words and couldn't help but sigh, "It's really my blessing to have you. ”

"Let's go, go to the outlying islands." After speaking, Ying flew in the direction of the outlying island.

Yae Miko looked at the back of the shadow leaving, sighed and took off the vision of the god hanging on the ear with some discomfort, used a spell to hide his ear, and then hung the eye of the shadow to give, and then chased in the direction of the shadow leaving.

On the other side, Ying and Paimon also brought Albedo to the editor's office, and got a new commission from the other party, that is, the book was lost.

"I knew it wouldn't be that simple." Ying complained to Paimon as she walked towards the docks.

"Hehe, I didn't expect it, but losing the book is really a big deal, let's help." Paimon scratched his head.

Albedo also chimed in: "Well, the loss of the book still needs to be verified. ”

Ying: "Alas~"

Can Ying say anything but sigh? She could only follow the information provided by the female inspector named Yurika to go to the warehouse near the dock to look for clues.

However, when they reached the docks, they saw Kujou Sara and a green hat bard facing each other in silence.

Kujou Sara: "."

Wendy: "."

"Huh? You, you, how did you end up here? Paimon looked at Venti in surprise and said.

Thinking that Paimon was talking to her, Kujou Sara turned her head and replied, "The Celestial Leader is on official business, so of course I'll be here." ”

Paimon hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, Sarah, I didn't mean you—"

"The singer, the suspicious foreigner in the warehouse, could it be you!"

Hearing Paimon's words, Wendy replied with a smile, "Hey, I'm sorry, but it turned out to be me." ”

"Suspect, I should have told you not to speak until your suspicion of theft and smuggling is clear." Kujou Sara walked up to Venti and spoke to him with a serious face.

With that, Kujou Sara turned to Ying and asked, "Traveler, Paimon, do you know this self-proclaimed bard of Mondstadt?" ”

Ying replied, "I can only say that it is quite familiar."

Paimon said to Kujou Sara, "Sara, based on what we know about him, the theft should have nothing to do with him. But... What's going on with smuggling?! ”

Kujou Sara explained, "Although he claimed to be a guest of the festival, he couldn't get an invitation, so we suspect that he was smuggled into the country. ”

"Bi Jing found him in the cargo box of Dandelion Wine in the Wind of Voyage just now."

"Can we ask him a few words?" Ying thought for a moment and spoke.

Kujou Sara nodded, "Yes, if it's to find out the truth of the matter." ”

Paimon listened to Kujou Sara's words and immediately asked Wendy, "Wendy, you really smuggled, right?" ”

"Wow, we haven't seen each other for so long, but as soon as we met again, we were looked at by you with this kind of suspicion." Venti listened to Paimon's words and said with a sad expression.

"Isn't that how you came here before?" Paimon said suspiciously.

"Ahem, how is that possible?" Wendy choked on Paimon's words and continued, "How could I be the stowaway?" ”

"In general reason, you are indeed not a smuggler." A voice suddenly appeared, interrupting Wendy's words.

"Huh? Zhongli, why are you here too? Paimon asked in surprise, "But Zhongli is right, you really aren't going to smuggle people." ”

At the end, Paimon also pronounced the word "human" with emphasis.

Wendy: "."

"Old man, why are you here? You wouldn't have been smuggled here too, would you? Wendy listened to Zhongli and Paimon's words, and said helplessly.

"Naturally not, I got an invitation." After Zhongli finished speaking, he took out the invitation card that Raiden General had sent them.

After taking it, Kujou Sara looked at it and said respectfully to Zhongli, "It turns out that it is a distinguished guest invited by the General, so I will call someone to arrange your itinerary." ”

"Hey, old man, you're too unkind, we all came here like this last time, but this time you actually got an invitation." Wendy shook her head at Zhongli and said with a disappointed expression.

Listening to Wendy's words, Kujou Sara looked at Zhongli and thought, "Last time? ”

Zhongli: "."

Looking at Zhongli's dangerous eyes, Wendy hurriedly explained, "Haha, just kidding. Don't worry, the person who sent me the invitation was Kamisato Ayato, who was in charge of the society, and it's unlikely that anyone who knows about this is a stowaway. ”

Paimon listened to Wendy's words and wondered, "But why didn't you get on the same boat with the bards?" ”

Wendy gave an explanation, "Of course, it was because I wanted to come to Inazuma early after I received the invitation, and I happened to come across a cargo ship carrying dandelion wine, so I set off with them. ”

"The captain and I fell in love with each other, and invited me to drink a lot of good sake along the way, and I probably fell asleep in the cargo box while carefully comparing the differences in the taste of dandelion and Inazuma."

"When I wake up, I'll be in this warehouse, and this Heavenly Leader is glaring at me from the top of the box."

After listening to Wendy's explanation, Paimon spread his hands and said, "Although the whole thing is quite credible when it comes out of Wendy's mouth, it feels really a little..."

Ying added on the side: "No face."

While a few people were talking, a voice came again: "This is really in line with Jiu Mengzi's personality." ”

"Huh? Tassels, Nahida, and Lotia, you're here too? Paimon turned his head and was surprised to see the three people coming.

"Well, it's really hard to take a boat, and I won't take it again next time." Tassel nodded.

Ying listened to Tassel's words, and asked with a surprised face: "Tassel, are you still seasick?" ”

"No, it's just that it's been too long, and it takes a day or two from Liyue to Inazuma, which is a bit of a torture." Tassel replied with a sigh.

"So that's the case, so you're here with Zhongli?" Paimon nodded.

Tassel explained: "Well, I said to eat something before leaving, but Zhongli saw that the ingredients prepared were all seafood, and he couldn't do it after eating two bites, so he got off the boat early." ”

Zhongli: "."

(End of chapter)