"Kai's right."
Unfortunately, Kai didn't have time to think too deeply.
Hearing this answer, Jean nodded in agreement, then shifted her gaze back to Diluc.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Senior Diluc. Can you arrange for me to meet the Traveler?"
"Of course, I'll have the Traveler named Lumine come back to my tavern later, and the Bard is upstairs right now."
"What?"
Hearing Diluc's easy reply, Jean's eyes narrowed, and she almost involuntarily looked upstairs.
Immediately after... by the stairs, a green figure quickly appeared before her eyes.
Noticing several gazes directed at him, the green figure scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly, then raised a hand to greet them: "Hello everyone..."
"Master Kai, we've met before."
"Mm."
Kai replied indifferently.
Facing the Bard before him, he clearly didn't have a good expression.
After all, all of this was happening because of this guy.
Anemo Archon Barbatos, unable to even deal with his own familiar.
Although Kai knew that he was weak, to be this weak was truly inconceivable.
I say, Barbatos, can you do something useful?
Let's put aside the drinking and bardic poetry.
First, recover some strength, at least look like a god, okay?
"You're the Bard who stole the Holy Lyre der Himmel with the Traveler?"
At this moment, Jean naturally didn't know his identity.
Seeing the main culprit for the theft of the Holy Lyre der Himmel right in front of her, she immediately walked towards him with a serious gaze, the familiar aura of the Acting Grand Master returning to her.
"Stealing the Holy Lyre der Himmel from the Cathedral, although there were reasons, it still violated Mondstadt's laws."
"According to regulations, I can arrest you right now..."
Ahaha... Jean, you're quite a joker. Actually, the Traveler and I just accidentally wandered into the Cathedral's basement for a stroll, and we weren't the ones who stole the Holy Lyre der Himmel.
"It was someone else."
Venti smiled very awkwardly.
At this moment, he didn't look like an Archon at all.
"Oh? Then you need to explain this matter thoroughly."
"Especially the story of Stormterror... I want to know how you knew that Stormterror could be summoned through the Holy Lyre der Himmel."
Jean stood before him with her arms crossed, slowly speaking with the gaze of someone interrogating a criminal.
If Jean knew that she was interrogating the true owner of the Holy Lyre der Himmel, Anemo Archon Barbatos, she would definitely be shocked, right?
Glancing at the scene not far away, Kai suddenly remembered this and couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
Then he looked at Diluc again.
At this point, having finished his task, Diluc had returned to his leisurely bartending mode.
Noticing Kai looking at him, he asked very calmly, "What? Do you want to take Jean to continue participating in the festival?"
"I'm not stopping you, but I don't think Jean has any plans to go out right now, after all, the clues about the Holy Lyre der Himmel are right in front of her."
"That's why I gave up on my plan to continue exploring the festival."
However, what Diluc didn't expect was that Kai firmly shook his head in response to his words, giving such an answer.
"I wanted to ask..."
"How much intelligence have you gathered on the Fatui?"
"Hmm?"
Diluc looked surprised.
Yes, Kai had changed his mind.
If Kai before had tried his best to avoid getting involved in the plot, now...
"Alright, let's continue. Living his own peaceful life in Mondstadt."
"So, when he was truly drawn into the plot, Kai suddenly realized that the path he had chosen earlier was absolutely the most difficult one."
"You see, although Kai no longer remembered the specific details of the plot, he clearly recalled its general direction."
"From the information currently available, it seems that in the short term, most of what the Traveler does in Mondstadt cannot be separated from the assistance of Jean."
"In this situation, as Jean's husband, trying to avoid the plot, or rather, the main characters, was simply impossible."
"He would always be innocently drawn in due to some incident, resulting in the exact same outcome."
"In this situation, there was only one way left to live his own daily life."
"That was… to join in."
"This is the same principle as if you can't beat an enemy, you might as well join them."
"Since it was impossible to avoid being drawn into the plot, he might as well transform into a plot-driving machine and help the main characters accelerate the process."
"Then… as long as he sent these main characters out of Mondstadt and resolved all the plotlines that involved Jean, his daily life would naturally return to normal."
"I am a renowned Plane Traveler, after all."
"Do you think being drawn into a plot necessarily means you have to save the world?"
"Naive. Let me give you some reverse-thinking."
"I'll help you remove all the obstacles. Then the remaining world-saving work will still be your main characters' responsibility."
"I can then boldly and confidently accompany my wife in Mondstadt."
"This deal is absolutely not a loss!"
"I do indeed have a great deal of information about the Fatui."
"For example, the current location of the Holy Lyre der Himmel, and that a mysterious person from the Fatui appeared at the Goth Grand Hotel not long ago. Furthermore… someone has been inquiring about you in the city."
"Are you interested in these things?"
"Someone is inquiring about me?"
Kai was slightly taken aback.
Connecting it to the mysterious Fatui person the other party mentioned, a figure suddenly appeared in his mind.
If he wasn't mistaken, according to the original plot, this so-called mysterious person… should be one of the Fatui Harbingers who secretly entered Mondstadt.
"The Lady?"
"But even if you are interested, this matter will have to wait."
Just as Kai was pondering, Diluc's voice suddenly rang out, and then he pointed behind him.
And at this moment… the Traveler and Paimon had already entered the tavern as agreed.
Seeing Jean and Kai on the first floor, Paimon was immediately startled.
Her face was full of guilt.
"Je - Jean."
"Why are you here?"
"When I left earlier, I mentioned that I would send someone to help you complete your plan," Diluc replied with a relaxed expression.
"This is the reinforcement I've brought for you."