Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

(Mondstadt)

"I know, I'll leave right away!"

At the entrance of the Deer Hunter Restaurant, Sarah was complaining to Amber who was passing by, complaining about why the ingredients had not yet been delivered to the restaurant from Qingquan Town. After hearing this, Amber immediately volunteered to help check the situation on the road and urge the Deer Hunter's order.

At this moment, Kong and Paimon also arrived here.

"It's Amber!" Paimon greeted Amber immediately after seeing her. "Are you here to handle a commission?"

"Wow, it's you." Amber also greeted them, "I was just about to go. It's best to leave the cleanup of the hillbillies on the trade route to the scout knights!"

"Oh..." But at this time, even after hearing Amber's words, Sarah still sighed heavily.

Amber was very confused and thought that Sarah had no confidence in herself, so she said, "Miss Sarah... why do you still look so distressed? Don't worry, the strength of the scout knight will not let you down!"

"Oh, oh, that's not the case. I don't doubt your ability, but there are too many orders right now." Seeing that her sigh had caused Amber to misunderstand, Sarah quickly waved her hands and explained, "Just now, another strange order came in. It looks like they want to prepare the quantity for an entire banquet..."

"Ahem." Amber quickly coughed twice to try to get rid of the embarrassment. After all, firstly, she misunderstood the other party, and secondly, the other party's current request, with her own ability, may... perhaps... should... really be impossible to do.

Amber knew her cooking skills very well - the food she made was somewhat edible, but... that was all. If you compare it to a place like the Deer Hunter, haha...

It's like the difference between a low-quality roadside stall chef and a chef in a five-star hotel.

"Is there anything else I can help with?" After hearing what Sarah said, Kong suddenly volunteered, "If you are short of people to cook, I can help!"

In addition to his strength, what Kong is most proud of is his photographic memory and his cooking skills, which he can learn with a little practice (Paimon said he has a lot to say about this). Since he can now complete the commission in such a simple way for himself, and can also further practice his cooking skills in a professional environment like the Deer Hunter Restaurant, why not do it?

"Really?" Sarah's expression immediately turned from worry to joy when she heard Sora's self-recommendation. "Are you willing to help?"

"That's right." Kong nodded. "I'll just use the environment of "Deer Hunter" to hone my skills."

This kind of "a new hope after a dark tunnel" experience made Sarah extremely surprised: "Great, you are definitely the benefactor of the Deer Hunter!"

"Hmm... why do I feel like my limelight has been stolen?" Only Amber started to grumble. But it was not Kong's fault, after all, he did have the ability, and I... well, forget it.

"Then this new order is given to you. Let's start by collecting the ingredients!" Sarah said, her tone full of urgency.

"But... is it really okay? The taste of the food and so on..." At this time, seeing Sarah's face full of anticipation, Sora didn't say anything yet, but Paimon became a little nervous.

Sarah waved her hand magnanimously: "I can't care about that. This is a battle related to the reputation of the "Deer Hunter". It's not okay to be picky!"

"Fight, fight?" Paimon was confused by Sarah's exaggerated statement. Not only her, but also Sora and Amber were confused.

"The dish requires three portions of sweet flowers and a fresh whole chicken." Sarah said, "Okay, go and prepare them. And Miss Amber, too. I'll be waiting for you here!"

"Oh...oh, oh!" Amber came back to her senses after being called by Sarah. She quickly agreed and planned to set off for the business road.

"By the way, Amber." Just as Amber was about to walk away, Kong suddenly remembered something and hurriedly stopped her and said, "I have previously asked Mr. Uzumaki and Mr. Senju to help deal with the matter of the hillock people blocking the trade route. If nothing unexpected happens, the road there should be clear by now, so you just need to check and urge the orders."

"Oh, okay!" Amber waved her hand to show that she understood, and then quickly ran towards the city gate.

"Well...let's go and do our own thing now," Paimon said.

"Ah."

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“Although I don’t care about the loss of sales, but…” At this time, in [Angel’s Gift], Diluk was crossing his arms and looking at Cripps and Kaeya standing in front of him with an extremely vigilant look. “Father, can you tell me in detail why you did this?”

After hearing Klips say that he was going to lend out [Angel's Gift] for free tonight, Diluk was stunned for a moment, wondering if his father had been deceived. After self-denial, he started a new round of speculation. And when he saw Kaeya standing next to Klips, his suspicion of the reason and seriousness of his father's idea suddenly increased by several points.

"Nothing much, just a holiday party for one person." Cripps shrugged, "And who this person is, I think you should have some guesses."

"...Is it Jean?" Diluk thought carefully and gave this answer. After all, his father was very optimistic about Jean, who became the acting leader of the Knights, and she just happened to collapse today due to overwork. In addition, the word "holiday" alone is enough to explain a lot of things.

"You are worthy of being my son. You understood what I meant in an instant." Cripps smiled and patted Diluk's shoulder, making him confused: he just guessed someone, why did Cripps praise him like this?

The more Diluk thought about it, the more confused he became.

"So, since you just said that you don't care about that little loss, then it's okay to agree to your father's request, right?" At this time, Kaeya's mean voice sounded, attracting Diluk's speechless gaze.

"Sure. I will record in detail the names of the drinkers who cannot come to the pub tonight because the pub is booked out, and then I will put the corresponding amount into your account based on their usual consumption."

"Ah? Why?!" Kaeya was shocked and almost died. What kind of devilish operation did Diluk do?

Asking him to pay for the non-existent bill of a customer who couldn't get any drinks that night?! This is simply asking for his life!

"I'm sure you've been behind my father's proposal." Diluk said these chilling words with his 37° mouth. "Of course I won't refuse my father's request, but I'm not someone who likes to suffer losses. I don't want to bear even the smallest loss for no reason. So... the turnover lost tonight will be deducted from your account and returned to me."

"Hey, hey, hey, you're being a little bit disrespectful..."

"Don't scare Kaia. This was mainly my idea." Krips took the initiative to come over and smooth things over. "Jin works too hard. She has worked so hard that she doesn't even know how to take care of herself. She has made a great contribution to the peace and stability of Mondstadt. It's time for her to have a good rest."

“…Although I hate the Knights, I really can’t refute this.” Diluk said in a deep voice, “We all see how hard Jean has worked. In today’s Knights, she is the only one I can recognize.”

Although Kaeya wanted to say "why don't you consider my situation?", he finally decided to shut up when he thought of Diluk's outrageous request. After all, he wasn't sure if he would get another wave of outrageous requests from Diluk if he opened his mouth again.

"So you agree?"

“Of course I won’t refuse your request.” Diluk nodded to Krips without even looking at Kaeya. “I’ll post the corresponding notice later. Tonight’s [Angel’s Gift] is now in your hands.”

"Okay, okay." Klips nodded approvingly. "Oh, by the way, Diluk, then you don't have anything else to do today, right?"

"That's right. Since the tavern doesn't need to be open, and there's no business at the winery that I need to discuss, I am quite free today."

"Then... I'll give you a task." Krips gave a mysterious smile, and even Kaia next to him couldn't help but do the same.

"What mission?" For some reason, Diluk always had a bad feeling.

"With Barbara's care, Jean should be awake now. You should go and visit her." As expected, Krips' next words made Diluk's scalp tingle. "Oh, by the way, don't forget to buy some comfort items."

"Why do you want me to go?" Diluk pointed at Kaeya and said, "Isn't the Knights' Cavalry Captain still here?"

“Hey, hey, hey, don’t drag me along.” Kaia waved his hand quickly and stepped back a distance. “I suddenly remembered that the Knights still have some things to deal with. If Jean isn’t here, we have to supervise everything. Well, I’ll be leaving first.”

Before Diluk could finish his next sentence, Kaeya had already walked out of the tavern and disappeared.

"This guy..." Anyone could see that Kaeya was just trying to fool them, and Diluk could see it even more.

"Okay, let's go now without further ado." Krips walked forward and gently pushed Diluc towards the door. "Don't forget to take good care of her."

[Why would I do this... and why would my father say that?] Although Diluk was very confused, he finally walked out of the tavern door obediently and walked towards [Mondstadt Department Store]. [And Kaeya, one or two of them are like this...]

Diluk was not a completely dull guy, and he quickly thought of his previous experience with Jean, as well as what his father, Wendy, Mr. Uzumaki and others had said.

But he was still slow to think about Qin from the beginning to the end. Judging from the fact that she kept calling him "senior", it was probably that she was still respecting herself as the "youngest cavalry captain of the Knights Templar".

With this thought in mind, Diluk soon arrived at the counter of Mond Department Store.

"Hello~ Master Diluk~" Seeing Diluk coming, Blanche put on a welcoming gesture, "Do you want to buy something~"

Blanche's voice sounded a little coquettish, and I didn't know if she was like this only when she was welcoming guests or if she was like this all the time.

"I want to buy some comfort items to visit the patients. Do you have any recommendations?" Diluk couldn't stand Blanche's voice, so he explained his purpose in a concise manner.

"If you're visiting a patient, I suggest you buy some fruit." Blanche smiled and motioned Diluc to look at the fruit shelf next to him. "Please take your time to choose."

"Well, thank you." Diluk nodded and began to pick out the fruits he liked.

However, since Jean was known for not being picky about food, Diluk didn't know what kind of fruit she liked, so he could only choose according to his own preferences and opinions.

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“Thank you for your patronage~ Welcome to come again next time~”

After paying the bill, Diluc started walking towards the Cathedral of West Winds, carrying a fruit basket, amid Blanche's farewell.

The style of the fruit basket was suggested by Blanche. She took the initiative to make this suggestion to Diluk because she keenly caught the look on Diluk's face when he mentioned the so-called "patient", which he himself might not have noticed.

"Look, isn't that Master Diluk?"

"That thing he's holding is... a fruit basket? And it's the kind of fruit basket given to women? Is he going to visit someone?"

"I seem to have heard that the Knights' Captain Qin suddenly fell ill... Isn't this such a coincidence?"

"What did you say? Captain Qin fell ill?!"

"Hush... I just heard this news from my cousin who is a Knight of Favonius. I'm not sure if it's accurate..."

Along the way, many passers-by who saw Diluk gathered in twos and threes to whisper to each other, and a lot of their content fell into the ears of Diluk, who had good hearing.

[Of course it’s accurate. After all, I was the one who carried Jean to the Cathedral of West Wind. Although not many people know about it because of Mr. Uzumaki and the others…]

Diluk originally didn't want to pay attention to them, but who knew that the direction of their subsequent conversation gradually went off track, making him increasingly unable to hold his temper...

"What do you think it means for Master Diluk to visit Captain Qin at this time?"

"Hey, how can you be sure that he must be going to visit Captain Qin?"

"Because I know Master Diluk doesn't have many relatives and friends, and none of them are sick in the hospital right now. What's more, those people are all men, and the fruit basket in Master Diluk's hand is obviously meant for women. Who else could it be?"

"I have to say, your analysis is quite good..."

"Let's get back to the point. I remember when Master Diluc was still in the Knights, he was Captain Jean's most admired senior. What do you think? Could it be that..."

“Ah? Just because of Master Diluk’s expressionless face that says “keep away from strangers”? ”

"Just because he has a paralyzed face now doesn't mean he was the same before, and Captain Qin is not in the category of 'strangers' at all. What's more, if they already had that kind of emotion or even relationship between them..."

"Hiss... I can't think about it too much, I can't think about it too much..."

"Although this seems to be a good idea, after all, in my opinion, there seems to be no one else in Mondstadt who is worthy of Master Diluk and Captain Jean except each other, but in this case... Tsk tsk..."

"That's right. I guess there will be countless little fans of Master Diluk or admirers of Captain Jean who are going to collapse..."

Hearing the increasingly outrageous chatter of passersby, Diluk's footsteps slipped and he almost lost the fruit basket in his hand. He wanted to correct the rumors of the passersby, but his identity as a "master" stopped him from thinking about it. After all, if he really did it himself, it would only make things worse.

Therefore, his final choice was to ignore those passers-by and quicken his pace towards West Wind Cathedral.

But what he didn't expect at this moment was that his choice would make him regret it for a short period of time. Of course, it was only a short period of time.

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After a while of traveling, he arrived at the gate of the Cathedral of Favonius. Since everyone in Mondstadt knew him, the wealthy and famous Master Diluc, the gatekeeper, Otto, the Knight of Favonius, did not hesitate at all and opened the door to let him in without saying a word.

Soon, Diluk came to the room where he carried Qin. But when he saw Barbara here, he got some news that surprised him:

"What? Jean has left the church?"

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(The wind rises)

"Ok?"

The melodious piano sound coming from the tree was suddenly interrupted, and at the same time, Wendy's somewhat doubtful voice sounded.

After carefully feeling the message the wind brought him, he stretched himself, hung the glass bead that had transformed "Felin" back into the shape of God's Eye on his body, then jumped down from the tree and landed on the ground.

"Although I still want to continue playing and let you two rest for a while, but..." Wendy said, looking at the two people sitting under the tree, "Someone will be here soon. If she sees you, she will definitely have many questions.

I can't explain this clearly, and you probably don't want to explain it either. So what we should do now is to hurry up and run away."

As soon as Wendy finished speaking, Menma, whose face was covered behind the fox mask, quietly opened his eyes.