After that day, the water goddess Funina had not been seen in the Inquisition for a long time, and no one except the three who knew about it knew what had happened that day.

Even little Klee wouldn't talk about it, because what happened had caused irreversible damage to her young mind.

Whenever someone asks about it later, Klee says, "Klee doesn't know." This sentence to respond to the other party.

Hearing Tassel say something fun about the god of water, Wendy and Zhongli sniffed it and came over, and then let them see the picture that shocked their hearts.

"The wear and tear seems to have gotten worse." After a long time, Zhongli let out a long sigh.

"That's it, tassels, your big problem, you know? Calling us here just so we can see this? ”

"No eyes, really no eyes." Wendy covered her eyes with both hands, but the cyan eyes peeked through her fingers that were bigger than his eyes.

Everyone: "."

Don't see it? I said so, but the way you cover your ears and steal the bell is really funny.

"Ahem, can you give me a copy of the tassel video? I want to use it later to blackmail the god of water. ”

"Of course not." Tassel refused without hesitation.

"Why?"

"I'm not that kind of person." Tassel shook his head and said, "How could I give you this kind of picture that you can use to endanger others?" ”

"Why don't I trade something funny?"

The tassel nodded: "Deal!" ”

Wendy: "."

Wendy was silent for a long time by the tassel's words, not only Wendy, but even Zhongli on the side couldn't help but sigh.

Because Tassel refreshes her perception of her all the time, you think that she is already the limit for doing this kind of thing, but she can always surpass the limit in a way that she can't understand.

"Anyway, isn't it true that the gods who join you later will be more miserable?" Then in the silence, he suddenly found a blind spot and said: "Just like me before, and Ying, I have been tricked by you." ”

"And the means are more and more cruel every time, obviously I am the god of the first kingdom in the main story, why am I behind the shadow?"

"The game is for reference only, please refer to reality for the facts." Tassel glanced at Wendy and said lightly.

"You made such a game, and now tell me that the facts are based on reality? You're almost cleaning up all the things that Teyvat is hiding. Wendy's eyes widened and she looked at the tassel with an incredulous expression: "Don't talk about me, just talk about the shadow, when I was with the old man in Inazuma that day, you also relied on tough means to force her to submit, right?" ”

"What, do you have an opinion?"

Wendy hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, of course not, I'm just complaining." ”

Shadow: "."

Looking at Funingna, who was constantly struggling in the picture, Ying couldn't help but think of what happened when she first met Tassel in the Pure Land of One Heart, and her face gradually began to become unnatural.

"Ei, what's wrong with you? Why is something suddenly wrong? Yae Miko was puzzled: "By the way, Thor shouldn't be shocked, right?" ”

"Son of God, shut up."

Yae Miko: "."

Sure enough, love has disappeared, and now my home only makes me feel cold and ruthless, you wouldn't have spoken to me in this tone before, but now? You're starting to kill me!

I don't want to be your little fox anymore, I'm going to run away from home!

What Yae Miko is thinking, of course Shadow won't know, and even if she does, she won't say anything, and if she runs away from home, it's a big deal to raise another fox.

"Anyway, Alice also intervened in this Wind Flower Festival, right?" Tassel suddenly said, "I'm curious, what the witch will be." ”

"yes." Wendy nodded and said, "But the Witch Club is not a thing, it is a club-like thing for a group of sick but capable old women."

Speaking of this, Wendy glanced at Tassel and Shadow with some concern, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't care about his words, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Go on, what do you see me doing?" Tassel glanced at Wendy and said, "You don't think I'm a woman, do you?" ”

"Isn't it?" Wendy asked, a little confused.

"Laugh to death, I'm a god, have you drunk too much fake wine lately? Have you forgotten that? Tassel said with a disdainful face: "Let's not talk about my Wendy, even Zhongli can turn into a female form and wander around the world." ”

Zhongli: "Ahem. ”

"This appearance of mine is the appearance of the Great Cishu King, but because my strength has evolved by 100 million points, it has become a little faster, as for why I don't change it to the appearance of Zhongli and you, because I am lazy, too lazy to pinch my face."

Wendy: "."

"There is only one gender present, and that is the little fox, and she is the only one who is the female."

Yae Miko: "."

"Wendy, you go on." Tassel looked at the silent few people and spoke to Wendy.

"Well, I don't know exactly how they work, I just know that they come to Mondstadt every once in a while, and I don't care about that, I think Alice is more normal between them, and the rest, well, it's hard to say."

"Although in some ways it is still not as outrageous as you."

"If the latter sentence of yours has no meaning, you don't need to add it." Tassel complained expressionlessly.

"Oh hey!"

Two days later, it was also the day that Ying and Sucrose had agreed, and Elysia disappeared for two days and returned.

Not only that, but little Klee, Nahida, and Lotia also brought back a lot of harvest from Fontaine.

"Sucrose! Here we go! ”

"Traveler, Elysia, Paimon! I've only just arrived, and I've done some tidying up. ”

"Cutie, what did you do before?" Elysia asked, curious.

"That's right."

Paimon gives her a brief account of what happened while Elysia was away.

"I see, I seem to understand a little."

"You understand? Can you talk about that?"

"Of course it is—no."

Paimon: "."

Oh, another riddler.

Sucrose waited for a few people to finish discussing it, and then said, "Oh yes, Collei was passing by here just now, let's remember to go to her, she is packing up in the inn." ”

"I heard that Mr. Tighnari and Mr. Cyno were out, and she wanted to help us, so she didn't go with them."

"Got it, so what's going on on your side?" Ying asked out loud.

"It's okay, after a change of thinking, there is a new direction. Hmm, let me say a little bit about it." Sucrose thought for a moment and replied, "I think that the four propositions in that prophecy point to four different realms. In other words, the person who wrote the prophecy wanted to test the wisdom of the reader."

"But it's hard for one person to have all the wisdom at the same time, so we should be brave and bold and ask people who know how to gather advice."

"In addition, there are two things in this prophecy that seem to require us to find a specific [person], and perhaps everyone we know may be the answer to the prophecy."

"Then if you want to ask, why didn't you ask Albedo directly the day before yesterday?" Paimon scratched his head and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Because Mr. Albedo has the answer there." Sucrose said, "It's like if you have a problem and don't know how to solve it, Mr. Albedo is a standard answer to this problem. ”

"I don't think it's right to look at the answer before we have explored the process, but to ask someone else is to understand the question from different aspects, and then analyze it from various angles to get the answer."

"Although the answer is the same, but what I look for and what I get directly, I think this mood should not be the same, the former will only make my mood feel bland, while the latter can get the joy of solving the puzzle."

Paimon nodded as if he didn't understand, "Hmm, okay."

Because for Paimon, it doesn't matter what happens along the way, as long as the answer is right.

"In other words, we need to use our brains and list the people who can help us!"

"Yes, we can discuss it by category and formulate four groups of relevant candidates for the four propositions." Sucrose nodded.

Paimon proposes, "Let's start with the first group, then!" The first proposition I remember was. [Non-existent flowers]. ”

"My words still come to mind of Mr. Albedo. Alchemy is most likely related to the Flower That Does Not Exist, and Mr. Albedo is an expert in this area. Sucrose thought for a moment and replied.

"If you only talk about alchemy, you are one of the candidates." Ying said.

Paimon nodded in agreement, "That's right, Sucrose is an alchemist who has studied the Quadruple Seed Sweet Flower, maybe the non-existent flower is the Quadruple Seed Sweet Flower!" ”

"Huh? I'm counted too?.hehe"

"By the way, Tighnari counts, right? He was a forest ranger and was well versed in botany, and if you wanted to find any flowers, you should be the quickest to ask. ”

"Paimon, what's the use of all this? On the contrary, our goal has been infinitely expanded. Ying said helplessly, "You might as well ask Tighnari about the [non-existent flower] directly to Elysia." ”

"Huh? Is it? Does Elysia know? ”

"No, no, no, Elysia doesn't know~"

"Surely you know!"

Seeing that Elysia was reluctant to speak, Paimon continued to speak helplessly after complaining, "Sucrose, let's include Tighnari in it, and we'll see when the time comes." ”

"Well, that's what I mean." Sucrose opened the notes and nodded while recording: "Next is the second group, and the proposition is, [The Guide Who Will Not Be Lost]." ”

"I know this, it's her! It's definitely her! Paimon exclaimed, "I guess she's the only one in the world who can't get lost, right?" Although she didn't know what her path was, she never pointed out the wrong direction to others! ”

"Paimon is that what you mean?" Sucrose was surprised.

"Our good friend tassel." Paimon replied, "It may not be in line with her in the front, but this proposition must be very much in line with her." ”

"I don't know who the tassel is, but if Paimon is so sure, I'll write her down."

"Paimon, that's true, but didn't Albedo and Wendy say it before? Tassels have nothing to do with these propositions."

"I know, but I can't think of anyone else."

"Don't you count yourself? He also said that he was the best guide in Teyvat or something. ”

"This, this, even if I know Teyvat, it's not as powerful as tassels." Paimon scratched his head at first, then suddenly said with a serious face, "Because I believe that as long as we are under His watch, we will never lose our way forward." ”

Ying: "."

Paimon, that's what he said, but don't you make a flag, don't you know that saying something like this won't lead to any good results?

"The name tassel sounds like a Liyue person, right? Is there anything else? Sucrose asked again after taking notes.

"Astrologer?" Ying thought for a moment and replied.

"Oh, I see, this is Mona, right? Indeed, it seems that it can be counted. Paimon nodded in agreement.

Sucrose nodded and said, "Miss Mona's words. Yes, she seems confident and can show people the right direction through divination. ”

"Does Bennett count?" At this time, Paimon suddenly appeared in his mind with the figure of an unlucky person, and he couldn't help but speak.

Ying looked at Paimon with a puzzled look and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"You think, Bennett's luck is very bad, which means we can find the right direction just by going against him, right?" Paimon explained reasonably.

Ying: "."

"Well, it doesn't seem to be unreasonable."

Isn't it, Sucrose, and Paimon believe that? Believing Bennett's luck, I might as well flip a coin, at least the coin is only 50% doom, and Bennett is 100% doom, even if it is the other way around, it won't work!

Don't ask me why I know, because I tried.

Paimon continued when Ying was silent, "Let's write it down first, it won't take too long to find someone anyway, so it's better to have one less than one more." ”

Next, Sucrose will scout the knight Amber to join the personnel of this proposition, and not only that, but several people also get an unfamiliar name from Sucrose's mouth, Mika.

"Ah, it's about to be the time to make an appointment with Collei, but she hasn't shown up yet, so let's continue talking in another place, shall we?" Sucrose looked at the time and said a little anxiously.

"Oh! You're going to see what happened to Collei, right? Let's go, let's go together! ”

So, a few people followed Sucrose to Collei's accommodation in Mondstadt, and found that the other party was still packing up at the door, and Ying saw this and understood that Sucrose and Collei must have agreed on a long time.

Otherwise, with what she knew about Collei, she wouldn't be unhurriedly packing up at the door here.

Sure enough, the next moment, Ying heard Sucrose greet Collei who was still busy: "Collet, I'm sorry we came over early. You okay? ”

Collei: "!! ”

Collei heard Sucrose's voice, and hurriedly greeted Sucrose with the East XZ in his hand: "Ah! Sucrose, I, I'm preparing something"

"Is it time to make the appointment? I'm really sorry."

"What's the matter, it's still a long time before the agreed time, why did they come early? Is it because the people of Mondstadt don't have the same time as me? 】”

"[The first time I made an appointment with Mondstadt's new friend, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, I'm sure I'm going to make the other person hate it, right?] 】”

"Ah! No, Amber is also from Mondstadt, so why not? 】”

While Collei was still thinking, Sucrose hurriedly explained: "Don't be nervous, we won't be together for long, and it's still early before the agreed time, just because I'm afraid that you don't know the way, so I came to pick you up." ”

"Ying, I just saw that Collei seems to be preparing some kind of gift, could it be for me?" Paimon whispered beside Ying.

"Think about it, you look good, this look is what Collei prepared for Sucrose." Ying whispered.

"Well, okay."

"Uh-huh, I'll join you! So, is the thing that Sucrose mentioned going well? ”

"That's right."

Sucrose informed Collei of the results of the previous discussion with Ying, "We just discussed here, let's continue to talk." ”

This brings us to the third proposition. [The one who doesn't lie]. Hmm, who do you think of? ”

After Paimon finished speaking, Ying said with some uncertainty, "Didi Luke? ”

"Well, not necessarily, it's hard not to lie at all." Paimon spread his hands.

"Yes, Diluc was secretly asked about his identity in front of the Night Heroes of Mondstadt, and he wanted to deny this identity, and he wouldn't be honest.] 】”

"What about Mr. Kaeya? Very good cavalry captain, though"

"You don't think it's right, right? So Kaeya should forget it, when the Traveler and I first came to Mondstadt, he fooled us so badly. Paimon spread his hands and said helplessly, "To say that Kaeya can't lie is like saying that Anemo won't fool the people of Mondstadt." ”

Collei: "."

Collei was silent for a while, then scratched his head and said, "I can't refute it."

"The singer, ah, I mean the bard, doesn't live up to the standard, that guy is full of nonsense. Are there any other candidates? ”

"Does that count as a shadow?" Ying pondered for a moment and replied, "They all seem to be in Mondstadt right now. ”

"Ei's words really don't look like she can lie, because all the people who need her to lie have been stabbed by her before this."

Ying: "."

"What about Zhongli? With his identity, he shouldn't be lying, right? ”

"Zhongli still can't lie? Have you forgotten that we were fooled by him in Liyue? Ying covered her head and said a little uncomfortable.

"Ahem, too." Paimon nodded approvingly, "Hmph, they don't have a normal person. ”

Sucrose thought for a while and put forward her own opinion: "The acting head of the group, Miss Qin, is a very prestigious woman, but as far as I know, in order to take care of the people around her, she occasionally covers everyone in various aspects"

"For example, Miss Lisa is in the library and misses the patrol time, and Miss Jean will say that Lisa is sick and something like that."

She would also coax Miss Klee to say that there was a big monster coming to catch the children who didn't sleep at night. Isn't that substandard? ”

"Well, it's true that she lied, but to exclude her from this kind of white lie, I always think."

Ying touched her chin and analyzed, "I think it should be counted, right?" Otherwise, the prophecy would be too strict, and there would hardly be a person in the world who did not lie."

"We're too strict!" Paimon retorted.

Ying: "."

What you said makes a lot of sense, but you actually yelled at me today, okay, your food expenses will be halved again next month, although I also lied, but this is the only thing I said and did!

(End of chapter)