Chapter 46 The Suspected "Knight of Honor"
Chapter 46 The Suspected "Knight of Honor"
The city of Mondstadt was extremely lively, but it was not the usual liveliness. A large number of Knights soldiers were searching for something in the city. According to the description, they found that the Sky Piano suddenly disappeared, so they followed the nun's request and started looking for the 'suspicious person'.
Charles is checking this week's bills with Diluc. With the help of the fruit tea, even with the Wind Demon Dragon, this week's accounts are not too ugly.
"Master Diluc, that's it for this week's accounts." Charles put all the data in front of Diluc.
Diluc looked carefully and crossed his arms: "This storm has indeed had a great impact on business, but thanks to them..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard noisy sounds coming from outside the tavern, and then three knocks on the door: "Hello, Mr. Diluc, the piano in the sky has been stolen, and the nuns have sorted out suspicious people. May I ask? Have you seen them?"
The panting West Wind Knight Miles calmed down his breath and informed Diluc of these words.
Looking at the two girls and their little white companions who were obviously recently awarded the title of "Honorary Knight", Diluc's eyes were a little confused.
"Oh? Aren't these knights of honor? Why are they on the list of suspects?" Diluc's tone was inevitably cold, and then he sneered: "Oh? It's really strange."
Miles obviously misunderstood Diluc's words. He said helplessly: "That's right. The Sky Piano is a treasure played by the Wind God himself. It is such a precious cultural property -"
"Someone would be stupid enough to steal something that can't be sold. It's better to steal my wine cellar." The two West Wind Knight members who came over choked with unkind words and looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
But what Diluc said is true. The Sky Piano is indeed not a good deal for thieves.
Diluc felt much better after finishing his rant: "Sorry, I'm off topic. I'll pay attention, I haven't seen them yet."
The two knights seemed to be relieved: "Okay, okay. Thank you, Master Diluc!" Then they stood up with their left hands behind their backs, put their right hands on their chests, and saluted the West Wind Knights: "Then, let's leave first. .”
Wendy has successfully obtained the Sky Piano through copying. Wendy naturally knows that after thousands of years of changes, the appearance of the Sky Piano and the wind element attached to it are no longer as good as they were a thousand years ago.
But the replica in his hand looked just like the freshest one in his memory.
Wendy was surprised and felt more confident at the same time. He looked at Ying: "Do you still have those two teardrops from before?"
Ying nodded, and two clear wind dragon teardrops appeared in her hand. Qin looked at the teardrops that were completely different from before in surprise: "This is completely different from before."
Qin's eyes passed over Ying who was holding the teardrop: "Did you purify it?" Ying raised her head and looked at Qin: "Yes, but I don't know why I can purify it."
"In that case, let's..." Wendy smiled: "I suddenly discovered something interesting. Do you want to go back to Mondstadt with me?"
The four of them were a little confused, but since it was Wendy who said it, they naturally had no objections.
Wendy skillfully pushed open the door of Angel's Gift Tavern and saw the expected red-haired man. He was not standing behind the bar, and Charles was not serving drinks to the guests of the tavern.
"Put down the wine you got from the back of the cabinet." Diluc said without mercy. Wendy turned around when she saw that she couldn't drink what she wanted.
"Hey hehe... I just want to drink some ice."
Diluc looked at the piano coming over, and then at the two honorary knights following her who were still under suspicion just now: "Do you know that you are suspected of stealing the piano from the sky?"
Before Ying and Gan Lin could say anything, Paimeng retorted fiercely: "How could it be that we stole it? We didn't even do anything!"
Ying: Little Paimon, little Paimon... wait for the afternoon tea!
Paimon, knowing that he had made another mistake, said, "Uh... I'm sorry." Diluc didn't mind what she said.
"Then, please answer my question properly." Then Wendy took back the beer that Wendy had sneaked out and placed it relatively far away.
"Hey, let me drink first. I will pay for it, or use the performance to pay off the debt." Wendy tried to recover the drink that was taken away.
Diluc didn't buy it: "It's not about money. You don't seem to be old enough to buy wine, but just like the previous times, let's have some fruit tea."
Not allowing Wendy to refuse, he handed the passion fruit tea with ice to Wendy: "What do you want to drink?"
"I want to drink the same flavor as last time!" Paimon ordered without hesitation, Ying nodded, and Ganlin looked a little sleepy: "Well... I'll drink some coffee."
Diluc glanced at her and continued her work: "First of all, I appreciate that you actually want to steal the Sky Piano."
Qin: ...please don't ignore me...
Then Diluc sneered: "Even if you are fools, you are rare fools in a thousand years."
Paimon: "It's really not us who stole it! The real culprit is someone else——"
Qin sighed: "Diluc, it's like this. They have been discussing issues with me in Fengqi Land since they left the church this morning."
"Oh? Are you familiar with this bard?" Diluc asked, looking at them.
"Actually, we just drank fruit tea together a few days ago and listened to two of his songs." Ying explained.
Diluc pondered: "As travelers, you are willing to lend a helping hand to Mondstadt in distress. It would be a pity for such a person to join the Knights."
Qin was helpless: "Diluc, I'm still here."
Diluc turned to look at her: "The Knights of the West Wind... have been timid and inefficient on the issue of the Wind Demon Dragon. Diplomatically, they are also weak and conservative towards the "Fools". "
He clicked his tongue irritably: "Forget it, I don't want to bring up this topic anymore."
Wendy spread her hands: "It seems that Master Diluc doesn't like the Knights of the West Wind very much." Diluc regained his mood and said: "The paths are just different."
Paimon looked at Qin: "Captain Qin, are you okay?" After all, she is now the acting leader of the Knights of the West Wind. Diluc directly said the bad things about the Knights without giving any face, which made Qin feel sad. Not so pleasant.
"I'm fine. Don't think of me as the acting leader of the West Wind Knights this time. Just think of me as gathering with friends." Qin didn't care about what Diluc said, and there was indeed nothing wrong with what he said.
Diluc nodded: "I have my own expectations for the city of Mondstadt..."