Chapter 163 The Protagonists Are in Action
When Wang Hao was adventuring in the snowy mountains,
Ying and the Knights also began the second operation to rescue Tevarin.

Why the second time?

Because the first time was in Whispering Forest,
Wendy tried to comfort Tevarin, but was interrupted by Ying's unexpected arrival.

Therefore, this action of the Knights, or the protagonist group, is considered the second time.

"Wendy, are you sure you can call out the Wind...Tvarin?"

On the way to the destination,

Paimon asked with some curiosity and some concern.

In the past few days, they have done a lot of things, and Ying, as an honorary knight, even stole the Sky Harp.

As a result, they were intercepted by the Fatui and staged a scene of sneaking into the Fatui base.

After retrieving the Sky Harp, collecting the dragon's tears and repairing the strings, he began the final rescue - heading to the Star-Picking Cliff.

In short, after going through many difficulties and obstacles,
The protagonist group's team gradually grew larger.

Master Diluk of the Dawn Winery and acting captain Jean have also officially joined the team to rescue Tevarin.

"Don't worry, Tevarin loves my piano the most. I will definitely be able to call him out."

Wendy said lightly,
"If another traveler comes along and purifies the poisonous blood in Tevarin, we can save the East Wind Dragon of Mondstadt."

"Simple plan, hope there are no surprises."

Diluk said with a cold expression.

"We will definitely succeed." Qin cheered.

As they were talking, the group had already arrived at the Star-Picking Cliff.

The towering cliffs stand by the sea, and the warm sea breeze blows here.

If it weren't for the need to rescue Tevarin next, Ying felt that lying down and taking a nap would be a good choice.

"Then the best bard in the world will begin to pluck his harp!"

Standing on the top of the Star-Picking Cliff, Wendy took out the Sky Harp that restored his strength.
The fingertips gently pluck the strings.

The beautiful and pleasant sound began to float with the sea breeze.

next moment,
The wind began to blow.
A giant six-winged green dragon rose into the sky from below the Star-Picking Cliff.

The strong wind from the flapping wings made people unable to help but cover their eyes.

As the wind died down, everyone looked up and saw
Sure enough, the giant blue dragon had stopped in front of the bard.

"…It's you.… At this point, there's nothing more to talk about."

Tevarin opened his bloody mouth and stared at the bard in front of him with his dragon eyes. There was pain and resentment in his eyes, as well as a trace of very deep longing.

His tone at this time was very soothing, and there was no trace of the madness he had when fighting with Wang Hao.
For five hundred years, it has been tortured by poisonous blood and thought of Barbatos countless times.

But in the end, when they met again, the other party was already standing opposite him.

The other person's piano music made him miss it, but the other person's appearance made him feel uneasy and sad.

"Really? Did I see it wrong? Your eyes seem to be missing this song as well."

Wendy stretched out his right hand towards the dragon, looking like he wanted to touch it.

"Humph~"

Tevarin uttered a dull snort.
The dragon is proud. Even though it is now affected by the poisonous blood and is almost half crazy, it still disdains to lie.

Wendy was right, he did miss this song a little.

But the more I miss you, the sadder I feel.

How beautiful it was in the past, how angry it is now.

But at the same time, the more he missed her, the clearer the color in the dragon's eyes became, the more it overcame the scarlet.

Teyvat is a fantasy world.

Sometimes, beautiful memories can really overcome the invasion of the abyss.

Behind Wendy,

The members of the action team stared ahead.

Qin showed a trace of disbelief: "They can really communicate..."

There was disbelief in her tone, and it was unclear whether she was marveling at the fact that Wendy could communicate with dragons, or at something else.

Just as Tevarin was silent, Wendy wanted to comfort him further.

Behind the dragon, an icy spike flew out, pointing directly at Wendy below.

To be precise, it is the Sky Harp in Wendy's hand.

Wendy, who was trying to comfort Tevarin, was unable to dodge the attack.

The Sky Harp in his hand was knocked away.

"Ah, the singer!"

The team members behind were startled and hurried forward, even Paimon came forward.

"Hehe, don't be fooled by him, poor dragon..."

A short flying abyss wizard with rabbit ears leaned out from behind Tevarin.

He mocked the protagonists below.

"He abandoned you a long time ago..."

"Look, now he's going to cheat on you again..."

Below, Diluk ran forward, seemingly about to attack the Abyss Mage.

Qin and Ying stood in front of Wendy.

Tevarin flapped his wings slightly, pulling away a certain distance, and looked at the little man below with his dragon eyes: "Barbatos..."

The Abyss Mage flew beside its ear: "Hate it, be angry, you have become the enemy of Mond, there is no turning back, have you forgotten? The shot that pierced through your body, he has already abandoned you, he wants to kill you."

The evil whispers of the Abyss Mage made the scarlet light in Tevarin's eyes more severe.
Finally, the dragon flapped its wings and soared into the sky. The surrounding storm began to become violent.
He stared at Wendy who was protected in the center of the team: "Are these people here with you to hunt me?"

It must be said that what the Abyss Mage said really irritated Tevarin.

The shot Wang Hao fired at the Wind God Square was the most serious injury Tevarin had suffered since the Dragon Rebellion.

And it would be hard to say that that shot was made without the help of Barbatos.

If Ying hadn't used Millennium Wind to suppress Tevarin, it would have been difficult for Wang Hao to succeed.

After all, dragons are too flexible.

And to whom does the thousand-year-old wind belong?
Barbatos, of course.

Therefore, once the Abyss Mage provoked him, Tevarin, who was already emotionally unstable, went into a rampage instantly.

"That's not the case." Wendy tried to explain.

But before he could say anything.

The Abyss Mage flew to Tevarin's back and said in a blasphemous voice: "This dragon should go serve its true master... You will continue to stay here and lament your powerlessness."

Perhaps the Abyss Mage communicated with the poisonous blood (power of the abyss) in Tevarin's body and rode away on the dragon.

The atmosphere was silent for a while.
Finally, Qin broke the silence: "Master Wendy, please take care of yourself."

Wendy didn't care about her identity being revealed: "Haha... Actually, you didn't just guess the identity now, did you, Qin? But thank you for continuing to call me by that name."

Diluk glanced at Barbatos, not with much awe, and looked at the Sky Harp on the ground: "How is the Sky Harp? Can it still be played? ... Or, can it be repaired with Dragon's Tears?"

Wendy also looked at the Skyharp on the ground, one hand on her chin and the other on her waist: "Well... if it's broken like this... maybe there's nothing we can do about it."

Everyone's expression darkened.
If the Skyharp breaks down, not to mention how to explain it to the Church of Favonius, even how to summon Tevarin again will be a problem.

If we can't deal with Tevarin, think about the Abyss Mage just now.

The mad dragon has an evil helper, and this is undoubtedly a very, very dangerous situation.

Ying frowned slightly: "We can't let the Abyss Mage go like this, Tevarin is in danger..."

Diluk nodded as well. "That's right. If we can't defeat the source of the corruption, we won't be able to alleviate Tevarin's suffering."

Qin replied very naturally: "Then, I will summon the scout knights to track..."

Diluk did not agree and shook his head: "No need."

Qin: “Hmm?”

The others also looked at him with some confusion.

Diluk explained, "Not long ago, I killed one of its kind in the ruins of the temple guarded by the Four Winds."

Paimon looked confused: "Huh?! When was it..."

Didn't everyone act together? When did you start?

Diluk ignored Paimon's doubts and continued, "If you want to track those monsters, you can use my intelligence network and methods."

After a conflict broke out with the Knights over his father's death, Diluk left Mondstadt to investigate the truth on his own.

During this process, Diluk joined a mysterious intelligence organization.

It was with the help of the organization that he was able to escape from the Fatui executives many times and even get the upper hand.

It is certainly no problem to use it to investigate an abyss mage.

"Diluc..." Paimon gave Diluc a thumbs up. "Even though he hates the Knights, he will protect Mondstadt in his own way."

On the side, Wendy laughed: "Little Paimon's tone suddenly became doting...!"

“Humph.” Diluk snorted coldly, but perhaps out of respect for the God of Wind, he did not refute Venti’s words, but directly said, “Anyway, wait for my news. I want to make them understand that no matter how lawless the Abyss Cult is…”

"But in Mond, there are some things that you can't do."

……

the other side,
On the top of the mountain in the ancient capital of Mondstadt, a blond boy stood there, with several abyss mages crawling on the ground behind him.

The next moment, a giant dragon flew out from behind him and passed over his head.
The Abyss Mage who had just acted so well in front of the protagonists appeared, holding a staff in one hand and gently caressing his chest with the other: "Your Highness... your servant has brought you another victory."

"When your kingdom comes again, we will share in its glory."

Sora looked down at the other person: "It seems that the plan is going well?"

"The one you asked us to focus on at the beginning, he pierced the dragon's body. Although he broke a piece of holy blood, it helped us to infect the dragon better."

The Abyss Mage began to explain.

“That guy… after only two years of not seeing him, he already has the power to pierce through a dragon’s body?” Kong looked towards Mond, not knowing what he was thinking. “Never mind, we’ll meet sooner or later. This Liyue ambassador may have as many secrets as I do.”

The dark blue abyss portal opened behind Sora.

"Continue with your plan. That dragon must know where what we are looking for is."

After saying that, Kong walked into the portal without looking back.

The Abyss Mages still prostrated themselves on the ground, respectfully seeing their master off.

In the distance, on the lonely king’s high tower, the wind dragon roared angrily, causing the surrounding wind to become extremely chaotic.

……

When Wang Hao left the Snow Mountain Camp and returned to Mondstadt,

He was greeted by Shi Jie, who had a face full of resentment.

"No ambassador has ever been away from the embassy for so long without orders."

Shi Jie's words were filled with dissatisfaction and a little resentment.

Do you know what it feels like to have endless documents to review every day?

You don't know! I know!

This is probably what Shi Jie feels in his heart.

This elite spy from the General Affairs Department has now become a very professional politician.

Compared to Shi Jie, Zhi Yi is much better.
His relationship with Wang Hao was not as close as Shi Jie's, so his actions revealed a sense of rules.
Whether in work or in life, there will never be any overstepping of the mark.

"My Lord, during the time you were away, we reorganized the Liyue merchants who were still in Mondstadt and discussed the issue of mutual assistance in resources.

In addition, this year's wine festival has been confirmed to be delayed. Mond Wine Industry apologized, but judging by the preparations of the Knights, it seems that the delay will not be too long.
……

As for the donation we mentioned last time, it has been finalized. The specific plan is on the table in your office.

Finally, a letter was sent from Liyue and was collected by your guards. "

Zhiyi didn't talk about too many trivial matters, but mainly mentioned a few key things.

Wang Hao nodded as he listened, and finally said, "I'm at ease with you guys doing the job."

Then he praised them a few more times before sending the two good helpers away.

Go back to your office,

After a while, numbers 4 to 7 all appeared in front of him.

"Are there any letters from Liyue?" Wang Hao asked.

Number Four nodded immediately, then went to the secret safe in the office and took out three letters.

When you receive the letter, look at the sender first.

Very good, Keqing, Xingqiu and...Yanfei.

Wang Hao was not surprised by the letters from Keqing and Xingqiu. These two people would send him a letter every once in a while, and Wang Hao would also write back.

But Wang Hao felt a little strange that Senior Yan Fei actually sent a letter to him.

After all, Wang Hao hadn't seen the other party for two years since coming to Mond.

The last time the two of them communicated was when they sent Kuki Shinobu back to Inazuma.

"You guys go out first. Number Three, you should go down and rest too."

Wang Hao did not open the letter directly, but ordered the death squad to go down and rest.

After all, we are in the embassy, ​​so there is no need for them to follow us all the time.

Number Three emerged from Wang Hao's shadow and left the office with the team.

She knew that Wang Hao must be going to read Keqing's letter again.

It's like this every time, take her out.

in the office,

After watching the team go out,

Wang Haocai smiled, and nodded between his eyebrows amid the scolding and cursing in the barrage.

You still want to read the letter that Keqing wrote to me? You are dreaming.

Turn off the barrage,

Wang Haocai sat back in his seat and took out three letters.
The first thing I opened was Keqing's letter.

Unique hairpin sword print and a light lavender scent.

He took out the letter, spread it out on the table and started reading.

Keqing's letters to Wang Hao basically follow the same format:
First, let me express my inner thoughts.

Then we talked about some recent events in Liyue.

Then came the changes in the poorhouse.

It will be the important things in the end.

At the end of the letter, Keqing wrote:

'I have proposed to the other seven stars to transfer you back. Everyone agrees that you have done a good job and agrees to transfer you back.

But afterwards, Uncle Tian had a talk with me. He told me that if we maintained our current relationship, then you would not be able to succeed him. There cannot be couples among the Seven Stars, which would lead to an imbalance of power.
I know our beliefs and we will never do anything to form cliques, but Uncle Tian's concerns are justified.

So, I would like to ask for your opinion here, what do you think, of course, if it cannot be explained clearly in the letter, maybe we can talk about it after you come back.

In addition, Ningguang seemed to be preparing something for you, but when I asked her, she didn't say anything. But I thought she wouldn't harm you, so I didn't care.

The transfer documents should be delivered before this year's invitation ceremony. I hope you can come back soon.

——I love you, Keqing.'

If I become a couple with Keqing, it will be impossible for me to become the second Seven Stars.

Looking at the words written on the letter, Wang Hao had a blank expression on his face and his heart was calm.

In fact, in the second year after he came to Mond, after coming into contact with many Mond high-level officials, witnessing the division of power, and understanding the divorce of Frederica and Simon, Wang Hao already understood this.

Power cannot be overly concentrated, let alone lose balance, which is something that everyone is wary of.

If we ignore the Emperor and the Immortals, and divide the power of Liyue into seven parts, with each of the Seven Stars holding one part,
So if two of the Seven Stars become husband and wife, the power they hold will be higher than that of the other Seven Stars.

Even if these two people have no selfish motives, there will inevitably be deviations in some decisions.

This means that Qixing must avoid such things from happening.

Therefore, if Wang Hao wants to continue his relationship with Keqing, he will have to give up the position of Tianshu Star.

If they were ordinary people, they would probably break up for rights.

But for Wang Hao, the location of Tianshu Star is no longer as attractive to him as it was two years ago.

I have vague memories of witnessing giant spikes falling from the sky and destroying civilization.

Power is no longer something that can attract Wang Hao.

Just like at the beginning, it was Mora who attracted Wang Hao, but after he had power, Mora no longer attracted him.

And now he also understood,

Power is only a tool for him to act, not the goal of his action.

As Tianshu Star, perhaps he can make many decisions that affect Liyue.

But if he gives up this position, does that mean he will no longer have this influence?

impossible,

After the Emperor fakes his death, and when his plans are realized step by step, and he announces to the world that Liyue is safe amidst the wailing of Osel, even if he is not a seven-star, he will have an influence equal to or even greater than that of a seven-star.

Therefore,
Put away Keqing's letter,

Wang Hao took out a pen and paper and began to write a reply.

[From Keqing:
I received your letter. Regarding your confusion, I want to tell you that it is not necessary.
In my heart, you are much more important than the Seven Stars.
Since the Seven Stars have such a limitation, let's just give up.
What we need to do is to lead Liyue towards a better future.

As for whether the position of the seven stars belongs to me, it is actually not important.

...]

After a lot of righteous words,

Wang Hao wrote some more love words,
Finally, he mentioned some of his experiences in Mond.
Including the blond traveler,
[I met a very interesting person in Mond, I think she might be able to help us in the future,

She is traveling in Mondstadt now, but will go to Liyue soon. It will probably take about the same amount of time as the Immortal Ceremony.

This is a very interesting person, and maybe you will become good friends with her. By the way, there is a little white guy next to her, and you can recognize it as soon as you see it.

...]

I wrote a lot of words.

After checking it again, Wang Hao put it away with satisfaction.

Wait until tomorrow to send it out.

(End of this chapter)