Kai was quite good at coaxing his wife.
Looking at her husband standing before her with gentle eyes,
Jean sighed, feeling somewhat relieved, then continued to lean on the desk.
She looked a bit troubled.
"Although having Kai here does make me feel a lot better,"
"But the Fatui matter is truly too troublesome!"
"It's clearly not something we did, yet we can't stay out of it."
"So annoying, so annoying~ What should I do, I'm really not good at handling these things."
It had been a long time since Kai had seen his wife act coquettishly while working.
Seeing Jean slumped on the desk, as if carrying an inexplicably huge burden,
Her face was filled with endless grievance.
In front of him, she couldn't even maintain the aura of the Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius.
As the instigator, Kai couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.
He gently stroked Jean's head, offering comfort.
He probably also knew the difficulty of this problem.
It had almost completely broken the Dandelion Knight, even her mindset had reverted to that of an ordinary young girl.
Kai couldn't help but cough twice softly.
At such a time, he naturally had to take responsibility.
"Well then, it's not that there's no way to solve this."
"You have a way?"
Jean turned around curiously, seeing his confident demeanor.
Her eyes suddenly filled with suspicion.
"Could it be because…"
"The one who attacked the Goethe Grand Hotel was you, Kai?"
"What are you thinking?"
Kai playfully tapped Jean's head.
For that one moment, he was clearly a bit guilty.
"I wasn't even in Mondstadt yesterday."
"Diluc can testify that I stayed at Dawn Winery all night."
"So, an alibi…"
Jean muttered softly.
"Huh?"
Kai was stunned.
He suddenly felt a little guilty.
"I remember, Kai, when you were at home before, didn't you tell me a story called something like…"
"Detective Co…nan or something."
"I don't remember the exact details, but it seemed to mention alibis… I have a very strong sense of déjà vu."
Holy crap?
Did I really tell that story?
Kai's forehead was sweating.
At this moment, he was panicking internally.
When he used to spend time with Jean at home,
As a man who had traversed countless worlds, Kai would often tell stories from his memory.
Just to pass the time for Jean.
Therefore, he might have inadvertently mentioned this topic.
"Ahem…"
"In any case, let me first state my judgment."
Noticing that his wife had fallen into a state of contemplation,
Kai quickly coughed twice, swiftly interrupting her.
At that moment, he appeared quite guilty.
"First, you're worried that the Fatui will use this incident as an excuse,"
"To pressure Mondstadt, or even directly launch a war, right?"
"Right."
Despite her internal doubts,
Jean didn't notice Kai's very skilled topic diversion and was directly led by his train of thought.
"Then, as long as we pin this whole thing on someone,"
"Wouldn't that allow the Knights of Favonius to stay out of it?"
"Hmm?"
Jean hadn't considered this line of thinking.
Hearing Kai say this,
Jean couldn't help but fall into thought, humbly asking, "What does that mean?"
"Simply put, it's manipulating public opinion."
Kai organized his thoughts and replied.
"Snezhnaya's excuse for war is nothing more than the Knights of Favonius attacking the Goethe Grand Hotel."
"But we can't deny it… After all, we don't even know who the attacker was. As long as the real culprit doesn't appear, Snezhnaya can shamelessly pin this blame on us."
"Since that's the case, why don't we just give them a culprit?"
Tapping the table with a rhythmic and regular beat,
Kai's voice was quite lighthearted.
"Do you still remember when the Snezhnaya envoy was inexplicably beaten up in Mondstadt?"
Jean, of course, remembered this incident.
At the time, the Snezhnaya envoy had been overly arrogant in the Knights of Favonius Headquarters.
As a result, that very night, he was beaten to a pulp at the foot of the city wall, unable to care for himself.
Even Grand Master Varka used this incident as an excuse.
Under the guise of protecting Snezhnayan personnel, he "respectfully escorted" all Fatui members out of the country.
"I do remember…"
"Wait, Kai, do you mean to push all the blame onto that person?"
"Exactly, and the Knights of Favonius's case records still contain many strange cases that have occurred over the years."
"And you've even suspected that all these cases were committed by the same person, haven't you?"
Kai nodded with a smile.
"In that case, all we need to do is push all the blame away."
"First, you need to stir up public opinion, informing Mondstadt and Snezhnaya… and even all countries across the entire Teyvat continent."
"The Fatui were attacked within Mondstadt, and the attacker is the same person who assaulted the Snezhnayan diplomat two years ago, and this person has always been on the Knights of Favonius's wanted list."
"Secondly, as far as I know, Captain Kaeya seems to have been injured in yesterday's battle?
So, we can also publicize that the Knights of Favonius suffered heavy losses last night while clashing with the culprit, and the Captain of the Cavalry… uh, was seriously wounded."
"This shows that our Knights of Favonius have done our best and are sworn enemies with the culprit."
"Finally…"
Kai pondered for a moment.
Facing a listening Jean.
He directly stated the final measure.
"Issue a public invitation to Snezhnaya and neighboring countries, stating that the culprit disappeared last night under the pursuit of the Knights of Favonius, and there's a possibility he fled the country."
"For safety, request neighboring countries to send relevant personnel to form an investigation team with Snezhnaya and Mondstadt to conduct a thorough investigation into this case… we will absolutely give the Fatui a satisfactory explanation."
"This way, there won won't be any problems."
To be fair… operating this way would be equivalent to dragging all countries on the Teyvat continent into it.
Completely muddying the waters.
And given Snezhnaya's domineering style of doing things over the years.
Other countries on the Teyvat continent have long harbored strong dissatisfaction with Snezhnaya… or rather, the Fatui.
Therefore, even if they know Mondstadt is deliberately muddying the waters.
These countries will likely be happy to participate.
After all, if Mondstadt were truly conquered by Snezhnaya.
Then the previously balanced situation on the Teyvat continent.
Would probably be directly broken.
This is something the other five nations do not want to see.
"The most crucial point is…"
Gazing out the window, as if thinking of something.
Kai secretly added in his heart: "The current Fatui probably won't believe this incident was committed by Mondstadt."
"Instead, they'll target their suspicions at… Liyue, right?"