Although the character entries generated on the light screen have never been serious, at least before, they were just memes or attribute tags for him.
—But they never targeted other characters in the game, hey!
He could accept being a fervent believer of Furina, but what in the world was "Duck Bane"?
Generally speaking, game achievements or titles like "XX Bane" are usually related to how many small monsters one has defeated...
He only fought Tartaglia once... Why did he become "Duck Bane"?
Also, why didn't this prompt appear when he just slammed Tartaglia into the ground, but only now?!
What did he do to persecute Tartaglia again?
...
Time rewound to five minutes ago.
While Yuto was intensely confronting Arlecchino... Lumine and Paimon, walking on the street, had already met Tartaglia.
As the third son in his family, Tartaglia has younger brothers Anton and Teucer, and a younger sister Tonia. As an older brother, when he came out for vacation and rest, he naturally had to bring gifts for his younger siblings.
And in this situation... the three met, and Lumine naturally returned the Vision that Tartaglia had entrusted to her.
Of course, during this process, Tartaglia also issued a new challenge to the Traveler, defining this battle as a sparring match, and he would fight her again once his injuries healed.
Hearing this, Lumine knew she couldn't refuse, so she just nodded lightly, and then... gave up struggling.
And during this exchange, Lumine and Paimon also learned that Tartaglia had challenged Yuto again.
Paimon expressed her great shock at this.
—She had truly never seen anyone who wanted to ask for a beating after already having been beaten.
"Didn't Yuto just... press you into the ground last time? Why do you want to fight again this time?"
Paimon asked with some concern.
Although Tartaglia's Fatui were at odds with their stance, after spending time together... they both felt that Tartaglia wasn't a bad person, so... they treated him as a friend.
Hearing this, Tartaglia gently waved his hand, denying Paimon's statement.
"It's true that I was pressed directly into the ground, but that doesn't mean I can't continue to challenge him."
"Mr. Zhongli once told me an old Ritou proverb, 'A scholar who has been away for three days should be looked at with new eyes.' Moreover, that was me from over forty days ago, not me now. How do you know I can't win without even fighting?"
"Besides, for a martial artist, the meaning of battle lies in becoming stronger. Only by fighting those stronger than oneself can one's combat skills be honed."
"What's more... he has some connection to my master. Perhaps once I defeat him, I'll be able to find my master and then see if I can get her to fight me with both hands this time."
At this point, a flicker of fire, a warrior's fighting spirit, flashed in Tartaglia's blue eyes.
Looking at the battle maniac before them, Paimon and Lumine exchanged glances, sighed in unison, and then gave up on trying to persuade Tartaglia.
However, there was one point in Tartaglia's recent words that made Paimon a bit concerned.
"You just said that Yuto and your master are related?"
Tartaglia nodded, then recounted how he had to deliver a letter after waking up.
And upon hearing this description... Paimon's already shocked heart became even more so.
"Uh... that's really complicated. Why do I feel like your master and Yuto are now peers..."
Paimon muttered, then quickly shook her head. She found sorting out such interpersonal relationships somewhat headache-inducing.
Lumine, meanwhile, secretly resolved that if she could ask Yuto anything more later... she would absolutely not hesitate for a moment.
After this... the three parted ways, each going about their own business.
Tartaglia continued to buy souvenirs for his younger siblings, while Lumine and Paimon continued to search the streets for blue question marks to raise travel funds.
Although the incident at Meropide had earned them a large sum of mora from Yuto, it was still far from enough for their upcoming trip to Natlan.
Moreover, they planned to stay here a bit longer, as Fontaine was so vast and there were many places they hadn't visited yet.
...
[Achievement Unlocked: "Suddenly Increased Seniority"]
Nonomi's mouth twitched slightly as she looked at the achievement pop-up at the bottom of the screen, momentarily at a loss for words.
For her, this matter was somewhat absurd.
She couldn't immediately grasp how her seniority had increased, or if...
"Has the Star Rail writing team really come over? Why is Fontaine's main story so daring with its antics?"
Nonomi couldn't help but complain.
However... what made her go blank wasn't just the game content, but also the bullet comments from her live stream.
"You know what, you know what, I really don't think this is just antics."
"Huh? This isn't just antics?"
..."Could it be a human seniority calculator?"
"I don't see it, can a big shot explain in detail?"
"Look, logically, we fought Yuto, and hey, we didn't win. And Tartaglia fought Yuto, and hey, he didn't win either.
From the perspective of strength, we and Tartaglia are of the same seniority, thus concluding: Tartaglia and we are peers in Yuto's eyes."
"But then the problem arises: currently, in terms of interpersonal relationships, we are friends and collaborators with Yuto, while Tartaglia is his Senior apprentice-sister's disciple, meaning he's a junior nephew."
"In that case... Tartaglia's seniority would drop, wouldn't it? Does that mean our seniority has increased?"
"Since our seniority has increased, then isn't this achievement reasonable?"
As the user named "QingyiOfficial" finished their logical deduction, the live stream fell into a brief silence.
After a while, another bullet comment finally appeared.
..."Big shot, you must be from Shandong, right? So skilled in seniority calculation?"
"Just average~ This is just basic operation, you can figure it out if you put your mind to it~"
"Big shot, next week I'm attending the wedding of my great-aunt's second cousin's grandfather's son's female cousin. How should I address her?"
The moment this bullet comment appeared, the live stream fell into a brief silence, and "QingyiOfficial" gave their answer five seconds later.
"You can just call her Great-Grand-Aunt. Wishing her a happy wedding."
..."Big shot, you're amazing."
At this moment, Qingyi didn't know... that in the near future, his words today would be incorporated into a certain game producer's game text, a producer who was bored out of their mind.
From then on, "Qingyi" became synonymous with "seniority calculator."
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