Hearing Amu say that, Siegfrieda was first stunned, then gave a sly smile:
"You are right. If the Knights of Favonius had discovered this a few days ago, they definitely would have fined me Mora."
"But now, I am no longer your boss. You and I are both employees of Springvale Farm. Even if it's discovered, it will be Mr. Arkz's Mora that gets fined."
Amu heard this and said dejectedly: "Damn it, I was originally planning to use this method to threaten Freya into coughing up some Mora."
"Mondstadt Department Store just stocked a new pair of sunglasses that I really like, but unfortunately, I don't have enough Mora."
Siegfrieda was speechless: "If you need Mora, just say so directly. Would I refuse to lend it to you?"
Amu hesitated for a moment before saying: "But borrowed Mora has to be paid back."
Amu's line of thinking left Siegfrieda in awe.
Siegfrieda thought to herself: "If Amu turns out crooked, that would be terrible."
"It seems I need to find a way to remind Mr. Arkz to pay attention to Amu's education."
"But how should Amu's education problem be solved?"
"Mondstadt doesn't even have a school that teaches children like Amu!"
Looking at the sun gradually rising in the sky, feeling that time was getting late, Siegfrieda pushed the doubts in her mind aside and urged Amu to hurry up and leave.
If they delayed too long, the goods wouldn't be delivered on time.
On the other side, Amber, whose mind was preoccupied with Collei, was following the Acting Grand Master Jean for her daily morning run, circling Mondstadt once every morning.
According to the game map, it didn't feel like much, but scaling Mondstadt up to reality, running one lap around a city inhabited by hundreds of thousands of people suddenly increased the difficulty several hundredfold.
Following behind the Acting Grand Master Jean's heels, Amber's eyes looked somewhat distant.
"I wonder how Collei is doing?"
"Can that guy Xing take good care of Collei?"
"After the run ends, I should ask Acting Grand Master Jean for leave and go visit them at Springvale Farm."
Smack!
"Ouch!"
Amber bumped headfirst into Acting Grand Master Jean, who had suddenly stopped in front of her.
"Acting Grand Master Jean, why did you stop so suddenly?"
Luckily, Acting Grand Master Jean wasn't wearing armor while running. Amber collided with the Acting Grand Master's soft yet gracefully powerful body; otherwise, the poor Outrider would definitely be clutching her red forehead, crying and fussing, needing the Acting Grand Master to soothe her.
Waaah, so pitiful~
Acting Grand Master Jean pointed ahead, where a carriage was approaching in their direction.
The street here was quite narrow. If they didn't stop to make way, they might collide.
Amber followed the direction of Acting Grand Master Jean's finger and looked up, only to see two familiar little heads peeking out of the carriage window, looking outside.
"Xing!"
"Collei!"
Jean looked at the startled Amber, then looked at the two people waving towards them from the carriage, and immediately understood.
"It seems Amber has made new friends again."
Halt~
Amu expertly stopped the carriage right beside Acting Grand Master Jean and Amber. Then Xing pulled Collei and rushed off the carriage impatiently.
They had only planned to deliver goods, but unexpectedly they ran into Amber—what fate!
Xing pulled Collei, rushing over recklessly like an overexcited husky.
"Amber, Amber, Amber..."
"Xing, Xing, Xing..."
Collei, who was being dragged by Xing, instantly sobered up, thinking:
"Hmph, you two are playing and didn't even bring me along!"
"I want to join too!"
Just as Collei was about to shout like Xing, she made eye contact with Acting Grand Master Jean beside Amber and was instantly stunned.
"Wow! There's another strange, pretty young lady here!"
"Good thing I didn't shout yet, or I would have been socially dead!"
"Darn it! I really want to play with Xing and the others!"
Xing sprinted wildly, dragging Collei like a kite string. Poor Collei's feet were off the ground, her body horizontal, like a flag.
The Human Flag—Collei—makes a grand entrance.
(Collei: "What should I do? I really want to die.")
Xing shouted while running: "Amber, Amber, Amber..."
Amber, the social terrorist, naturally wasn't going to be outdone and responded in kind.
However...
"Get out of the way!"
"I can't brake!"
Amber: "..."
Amber: "Ah!"
Xing, unable to brake, charged towards Amber and Jean like an out-of-control locomotive.
Just as Amber was about to step forward to stop Xing, Acting Grand Master Jean took action.
"Wind!"
Acting Grand Master Jean stood in front of Amber, the Anemo Element ready to be unleashed.
Seeing this, Amber quietly retracted the little foot she had extended and stepped aside to quietly admire Acting Grand Master Jean's performance.
Acting Grand Master Jean truly never disappointed.
The moment they made contact, she used the Anemo Element to generate a repulsive force in the opposite direction to cancel out the inertia on Xing and Collei. Then, with a big spin, she caught both of them in her hands.
Acting Grand Master Jean held them by the collars at the back of their necks, one in each hand, just like carrying kittens.
"Amber, are they your friends?"
Amber nodded, her eyes sparkling.
"As expected of Acting Grand Master Jean, reliable, cool, and dashing no matter the time..."
Acting Grand Master Jean gently set them down. Collei, due to her weak body, was still dizzy and was helped to the side by Amber to rest.
But the culprit, Xing, wasn't so lucky.
The gentle Acting Grand Master Jean went offline; the stern Acting Grand Master Jean came online.
The Acting Grand Master Jean had a complete set of communication skills and 'punishments' for dealing with rowdy children.
"Wake up, stop playing possum."
Acting Grand Master Jean saw through Xing's pretense of being dizzy due to guilt at a glance.
"If you don't wake up, I'll hang you up and spank you!"
Xing immediately opened her eyes, disgruntled: "Even if you're from the Knights of Favonius, you can't abuse private punishment."
"If you dare to spank me, I'll report you to your Grand Master at the Knights of Favonius."
Hearing Xing say this, Acting Grand Master Jean, who had been very serious, broke into a smile.
"Oh~, report me to our Grand Master?"
"Don't you know that the Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius is away on an expedition and not in Mondstadt?"
Xing stuck her neck out, stubbornly saying: "Then I'll report you to the Acting Grand Master."
At this moment, Siegfrieda, who had parked the carriage by the roadside and was about to greet Acting Grand Master Jean and Amber, froze upon hearing this and looked at Xing with sympathy.
"Xing, you don't know?"
Xing looked at Siegfrieda doubtfully: "Huh? Know what?"
Siegfrieda: "The one holding you is the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius."
!!!
Who dares to impeach this official in court!
Xing seemed to see the tragic ending of her complaint letter being seen by Jean, followed by her exile to Snezhnaya.
Xing immediately and decisively admitted defeat.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong!"
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