"The Liyue region, huh..."
Walking out of the office, Kai sighed, unable to help but murmur to himself.
"Speaking of which, the Traveler's next stop should be there, right?"
Ying's purpose in traveling was to find her family.
According to her own account, a strange god took her family away.
Although he didn't know who it was.
What could be determined at present was that it was definitely not Barbatos.
Under such circumstances... it was only natural for the neighboring country of Liyue to be their next target.
Moreover, if he wasn't mistaken, after Barbatos handed over her Gnosis.
Whether it was for subsequent goals or due to the inducement from the Goth Grand Hotel incident, the Fatui's next area of operation would most likely also be Liyue.
Based on the axiom that protagonists always appear wherever there are villains.
Basically, the two sides would eventually meet again and a larger conflict would erupt.
Naturally... although Kai could guess these things, he didn't pay much attention to them.
After all, with the protagonist group leaving Mondstadt, Jean's work was completely finished.
He could return to his peaceful daily life.
It could be said that just for this reason, Kai wished they would leave Mondstadt for Liyue as soon as possible.
Anyway, he didn't have to go.
"Yo, Lisa."
Soon, Kai pushed open the library door.
There was no difference from the imagined scene.
At this moment, Lisa was in an extremely lazy posture, curled up on the sofa beside the library door.
In front of her was a book emitting strange fluctuations.
It was as if she had encountered something that gave her a severe headache, and she was deep in thought.
Hearing the greeting, her emerald green eyes, exuding a lazy and alluring gaze, looked up at Kai.
She yawned sleepily.
"Kai, why are you here at this time?"
Kai often came to the library.
After all, he often came to the Knights of Favonius to pick up Jean.
To pass the time while waiting for her to get off work, he would always come to the library to borrow a couple of books.
However, under normal circumstances, he would only sneak over to find some fun to pass the time when he had to wait a long time for Jean to get off work.
But now... looking at the time, it was already close to quitting time.
Lisa looked at Kai, feeling very puzzled.
"Is something wrong?"
"Not really anything major."
"It's to celebrate the end of the Dvalin incident and the Fatui's withdrawal from Mondstadt... so Jean plans to hold a celebration party..."
Kai answered easily.
"Uh... didn't Jean tell you?"
He remembered telling his wife about this when they returned the Holy Lyre der Himmel, and he had asked her to remember to invite Lisa.
Could it be that she was so engrossed in work that she forgot to do even this?
This woman, she really is... "A party?"
"Ah... Jean did mention it a while ago."
Lisa paused for a moment, then seemed to remember something, immediately showing a look of sudden realization.
"It's time, then let's go."
"Huh?"
Honestly... at this point, even if Kai hadn't thought in other directions, he would have noticed that Lisa's condition was slightly off.
Seeing this woman, who was usually so lazy, clearly out of sorts at this moment.
Especially when she entered the door, she was staring at something with a look of headache.
For a moment, Kai's expression couldn't help but become quite puzzled.
"I say..."
"Did you encounter some difficulty?"
No matter what, Lisa was Jean's best friend.
During their usual interactions, he had been force-fed dog food more than a few times.
Under these circumstances... since he noticed the problem, Kai couldn't just ignore it.
"It's not really a difficulty."
"It's just that a very troublesome guy might come to Mondstadt."
Lisa sighed wistfully.
Looking at the books not far away, a hint of lingering distress flashed in her emerald pupils.
"A troublesome guy?"
If Kai had originally only asked out of consideration for Lisa's relationship with Jean, simply asking what trouble she had encountered, he wouldn't have minded lending a hand if possible.
But with her answer, his originally calm expression almost immediately froze.
"Will it cause trouble for Mondstadt?"
The Fatui incident had just ended.
It could be said that Mondstadt City, after being tormented for so long, had finally found some peace.
But before I could properly enjoy the peaceful life of yesteryear... will another troublesome individual arrive in Mondstadt?
"Then I'll have to consider whether to nip the danger in the bud."
This thought couldn't help but surface in his mind.
Kai narrowed his eyes, thinking of Jean, who had been overworked recently.
He wouldn't mind putting on a different disguise to help her clear out some potential threats in advance.
"It shouldn't affect Mondstadt."
"To be precise, this matter should be related to Alice."
Lisa shook her head, letting out a troubled sigh.
Clearly, the mess that woman left behind...
She found it very tricky.
Alice?
Kai was stunned; he knew this person.
The famous adventurer of the continent, Alice.
She is also the mother of the Spark Knight, Klee, who is currently confined to the solitary room.
It can be said... that Klee's ability to become the Spark Knight in the future...
Is inseparable from her mother's personal guidance since childhood.
From selecting fuses to mixing explosives.
And then to finding stress points and using the smallest force to cause a larger explosion.
Or gradually guiding Klee to create brilliant sparks with her own imagination.
Even after Klee's bomb-making skills had matured... Alice simply made blueprints with her daughter.
Planning to use handmade explosives to reasonably blow up Starsnatch Cliff.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Grand Master decided to embark on an expedition.
This caused the plan, which could have changed one of Mondstadt's famous landmarks, to be aborted midway.
If you were to ask who the most troublesome person in all of Mondstadt City was, it would undoubtedly be Alice.
Even Kai felt a headache just hearing the name.
And now... a troublesome individual is coming to Mondstadt.
And this matter is even related to Alice?
Kai felt a little uneasy.
Things related to Alice, while most wouldn't harm Mondstadt...
Blowing up a few ancient ruins along the way was basic procedure.
Emmmm... Sure enough, it's better to find out what's going on beforehand.
Can you tell me what exactly happened?
Taking a deep breath... So, facing this potential trouble...
Kai directly asked.
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