Noelle glanced at the spiked club in her hand, her face instantly flushed red, and she quietly hid it behind her back.
However, this was an enlarged and reinforced version of the spiked club, and Noelle's small frame could not possibly conceal the massive weapon behind her.
Noelle explained with evasive eyes:
"This is... a weapon for protecting teammates."
Barbara covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, explaining somewhat sheepishly:
"Please don't make things difficult for Noelle."
"It's actually because, during our volunteer work here, some of my fans lined up to ask me for autographs, causing the time of many Mondstadt citizens to be delayed, and we couldn't carry out our normal duties."
"Moreover, among the citizens queuing, there are always some bad guys who try to disrupt order."
"So we came up with this method: using this custom-made spiked club forged by Uncle Wagner to maintain... the order of the queue."
Siegfrieda looked at the ferocious spiked club behind Noelle, which seemed entwined with countless resentments, then looked at the people behind her who were standing in line quietly, as obedient as good children, and her body instantly trembled.
"Hahahaha, this method is indeed quite effective."
"Even I feel a little... scared seeing it."
"Um, Amu and I will leave now!"
"We won't bother you anymore!"
Saying that, Siegfrieda pulled Amu and led the wooden horse, preparing to leave the area.
"Wait!"
The three young women immediately stood up and reached out to stop them.
Noelle even held the giant spiked club in one hand while blocking the two with the other.
"Freya, Amu, and Mr. wooden horse, you haven't been inspected yet!"
Barbara placed her hands on her hips and pouted.
Siegfrieda immediately waved her hands repeatedly, explaining in a panic:
"A misunderstanding! I got too excited and forgot, didn't I?"
"Inspection, right? I will certainly cooperate!"
Fischl picked up a cotton swab from the table and walked up to Siegfrieda.
"My friend, open your abyssal maw, and allow my key of sanctity to probe thoroughly."
Siegfrieda: "Abyssal maw???"
Amu: "Key of sanctity???"
Siegfrieda helplessly held her forehead and said: "Even if I ate a bit too much at the banquet before, and even snatched a piece of meat from your bowl, Fischl, you don't have to hold such a grudge, do you?"
Fischl tilted her head up, placed one hand on her hip, and raised her index finger towards the sun, striking a classic pose of a supreme being demanding suffering.
"Hah hahahaha, I am the prinzessin der verurteilung! Every single one of your sins is recorded upon the radiance of the sun!"
Amu, standing nearby, couldn't help but complain: "Fischl really holds grudges."
Helplessly, Siegfrieda had no choice but to obediently cooperate, opening her mouth and waiting for Fischl to insert the 'key of sanctity' inside.
"Ew! Ew! Ew!"
After poking around randomly, Fischl took out the cotton swab soaked in Siegfrieda's saliva and satisfiedly placed it into a transparent plastic reagent bottle.
Siegfrieda weakly complained: "Fischl, I said, you only need to collect a little saliva, there's no need to poke so hard!"
Fischl raised an eyebrow, a wicked smile appearing on her face:
"Oh hahahaha, Freya-chan, you are still too naive."
"If I truly wished to..."
"Collecting bodily fluids doesn't necessarily have to be done through the mouth!!!"
Siegfrieda's heart instantly trembled, and she quickly covered her little bottom, bowing deeply to express her gratitude:
"Thank you, Your Highness the Princess, for sparing me!"
"Freya is endlessly grateful!"
Fischl smiled: "It's good that you know."
However, when she saw Siegfrieda tightly holding her hands behind her bottom, she was stunned for a moment, and then her face immediately turned bright red.
"Freya, you lewd creature full of dirty thoughts! I meant your nostrils, where did your mind wander to?!"
Siegfrieda heard this and chuckled sheepishly: "Hehe, I was also thinking of the nostrils."
It was just that the hands covering her bottom never let go.
On the other side, Noelle, holding the spiked club in one hand and a small cotton swab in the other, leaned toward Amu with a gentle smile and whispered:
"Amu, please take off your mask, then open your mouth, Ah~~~"
"Ah~~~"
Amu cooperated perfectly, opening her mouth wide, seemingly not worried at all that Noelle might shove the spiked club into her mouth.
Noelle inserted the cotton swab into Amu's mouth and stirred gently. Unfortunately, although Amu had evolved for a long time and her external appearance was very human-like, her internal body had not yet fully evolved. Thus, even after stirring for a long time in Amu's mouth, she couldn't draw out any saliva.
"Ugh, Barbara!"
Hearing Noelle's cry for help, Barbara came running over quickly and asked curiously:
"Noelle, what's wrong?"
"Look at this cotton swab, Amu has no saliva. What should we do now?"
Barbara took out a bottle of water of purity from her small satchel and smiled: "Don't worry, I came prepared."
"Amu, come here, drink this bottle of water obediently."
"Oh."
Amu opened the potion bottle and drank the entire bottle of water of purity.
After waiting for one minute, Amu showed no abnormal reaction, and no black smoke emerged from her body. The test was complete.
At this time, Fischl walked over with Siegfrieda and the wooden horse.
"Why are you guys so slow? I've even finished testing the wooden horse."
Siegfrieda: "To make the wooden horse cooperate obediently, I had to sacrifice my small treasury—one delicious carrot!"
"carrot!!!"
Fischl smiled: "That's right. Freya just told me that she and Amu came today to deliver goods to The Good Hunter Restaurant."
Barbara's eyes lit up: "Does that mean Miss Sara's delicious honey glazed carrot fried meat will be on sale again?"
Fischl nodded: "Exactly."
Recalling the delicious honey glazed carrot fried meat she had tasted in Acting Grand Master Jean's office before, even Noelle couldn't help but swallow.
"Gulp."
Barbara happily suggested: "How about we have a gathering at The Good Hunter Restaurant after we finish work tonight?"
Fischl nodded: "Sounds good!"
"Last time I went to queue, but it sold out before I even got my turn. This time, I must have a good taste of what the delicacy that the people of Mondstadt City praise so highly is like!"
Noelle also nodded: "We can buy a few extra portions to bring to Acting Grand Master Jean and the others."
"But since Miss Sara has put up her signboard, The Good Hunter's business must be booming. Will we be able to get in line after work?"
Hearing Noelle's question, Fischl and Barbara also looked somewhat troubled.
Barbara saw Siegfrieda and Amu, her eyes lit up, and pulling Siegfrieda's and Amu's hands, she pleaded:
"Help me, Freya, Amu!"
"Freya, after you finish delivering the goods with Amu, can you help me notify Amber at the Knights of Favonius, or Acting Grand Master Jean and the others, that we are gathering at The Good Hunter tonight?"
Siegfrieda nodded; sending a message was a small effort, something she often did.
"Oh, right, remember to tell them to go early, or there won't be any seats left!"
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