"Are you back? Why did it take so long to deal with it?"
Qin looked at Kaia who opened the door and walked into the team leader's office, and couldn't help but ask.
"Sorry, I ran into some trouble guys. After Zhong Mo left, I found traces of the Abyss Cult's activities in the temple, so I wasted some time."
Qin frowned, thinking about something that seemed to trouble her.
"Tvarin, you fools, now the Abyss Order has also joined in, and it happens to be a time when the Knights are short of manpower. Everyone, now is the time when Mondstadt needs our Knights, everyone should work harder.
"
Looking at Qin's troubled expression, Kaia said: "Now the Knights are short of manpower, and the situation they face is unprecedentedly severe, but our Knights are not the only ones in Mondstadt who have the power to defend Mondstadt. If it is about Mondstadt,
If his safety is in danger, I believe he will not sit idly by."
"Senior Diluc?" Qin seemed hesitant.
"But Diluc-senpai and the Knights..."
Kaia spread his hands: "We all know that he will not put his conflicts with the Knights above Mondstadt, right?"
"But Mr. Laws..."
[Lause: The culprit behind the death of Diluc's father, the elder of the Knights who cooperates with the Fools, a fictional character in this book.]
Kaia turned around and looked around. There was frost condensing in the cracks in the door and window sill that was difficult for ordinary people to see.
"Anyway, Mr. Rouse is famous for his love of success. We can take advantage of this to get him away, and then work with Grandpa Diluc to resolve everything before he comes back, right? In order to protect Mond, I believe
Even Captain Qin won’t care about a small deception, right?”
Qin lowered her head and thought, seeming to be engaged in a strong ideological struggle.
"You are right, Kaia, and the safety of Mondstadt comes first. The patrolling knights happened to report that because of Tevalin, a group of monsters were attracted by the chaotic elemental power and entrenched themselves in the Whispering Forest area, causing the port to
Traffic with Mondstadt has been greatly affected, we can ask Mr. Laws to go there."
Kaia squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Captain Qin, you remember wrongly. I remember that these monsters also looted a large amount of jewelry shipped from the port to Mondstadt."
According to Qin's information, the monsters did not loot any jewelry, but Qin also knew that it was just a group of ordinary monsters, and Rouse might not be dispatched at all. After all, hiding in Mondstadt City is safe and enjoyable, and no one would go out to take risks, so
She acquiesced to Kaia's exaggerated statement.
Seeing Qin's silence, Kaiya also understood what Qin meant, and he stretched out his hand: "Then, give me the letter of authorization regarding the subjugation of the monsters in the Whispering Forest, Captain Qin."
After getting the power of attorney, Kaia went to the garden where Rouse often haunted, and deliberately looked at the power of attorney as if she had a headache.
"Oh, it just happens that at this time, there are these hateful monsters again. Where are the extra manpower to deal with these guys now?"
Rouse was minding his own business, dancing with his sword on the grass in the park. Two guards wearing the Eye of God were guarding him not far away.
"And these jewels, who knows how many will be left after we finally recover them?"
Hearing Kaia's words, Rouse's ears seemed to twitch.
Rouse took the initiative to talk to Kaia who was walking towards him:
"I wonder what kind of trouble you have, captain of the cavalry? Are you sighing here?"
Kaia seemed surprised to meet the elder of the Knights here, and looked at Laws in surprise.
"Is it Mr. Laws? That's right."
Kaia told Rouse about the monster subjugation.
"Looted a large amount of jewelry? As far as I know, there is no such group of monsters, right?"
But he confirmed again and again that it was indeed Qin's power of attorney. In his mind, he would rather believe that his intelligence department had made a mistake if he believed that the acting head of the delegation had made a mistake.
"That's right. This is information that was just sent over. After all, it happened recently."
Rouse hinted at one of the guards with his eyes, and the guard disappeared, while he himself talked with Kaia to stall for time.
It wasn't until the guard came back and nodded slightly to him that he believed Kaia's words.
Kaia watched this scene silently and couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of Night Owl, he has indeed infiltrated the intelligence department of the Knights."
Although this was all a matter of good agreement between him and Diluc, he still couldn't help but sigh when he saw this.
"It seems that I also need my own "friends"."
"Since Captain Kaia has no manpower, how about I conquer these monsters?"
The loss of jewelry is naturally decided by the knight who went to conquer it. After all, the owner would not dare to go to the monster pile to confirm in person, right? This means that the "man-made" loss may be more serious than the loss of monsters, but the owner generally
Everyone will acquiesce, and the Knights will only take the "appropriate amount".
This is a tacit and unspoken understanding between both parties. After all, the Knights do not want to work in vain, and the merchants do not want to gain nothing.
The Knights have been under great pressure recently, and Rouse also understands that if he does nothing as a member of the Knights, he will inevitably be criticized. When the elders go out in large numbers and he is the only one left, he cannot
It will definitely suppress public criticism.
"In that case, please trouble Mr. Laws."
"No problem, making a contribution to the Knights is what every knight should do."
Kaia looked at the back of Rouse who was leaving with the power of attorney, with only cold eyes in his eyes.
"Farewell, Rouse, the rest is up to you, my adopted brother."
In the Whispering Forest, a group of people with their faces covered looked at the remains of the burned corpses of monsters lying on the ground in front of them, silently cleaning up the surrounding environment. The leader among them had his face covered, and only saw that he had one head.
Fire red hair.
He did not look at his men cleaning up the corpses of monsters, but stood on a high place and looked at the road from Mondstadt to the Whispering Forest. He knew that he was waiting for someone to appear on that road.
"They all lurked around and scattered the jewelry on the ground so as not to expose the trap."
I don't know how much time passed, but a group of cavalry appeared in everyone's sight. They were lying in ambush on trees, in gaps, and high on stone walls, watching this group of people.
Before Rouse could get close, he saw half a box of jewelry lying on the ground. The jewelry was not shiny, so it was probably that the monster had no interest in leaving it behind. However, Rouse was overjoyed.
"Hahaha, it's true. Keep searching and find all the treasures for me without missing a beat!"
All the retainers moved forward under Rouse's order, and suddenly a dense rain of arrows came towards everyone.
"There's an ambush!"
A retainer shouted, and then the scene became chaotic.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
There's been a lot going on lately, so I'm sorry for being out of action for so long.
