Ch 26: Venti: Oh No! Successfully Bankrupt

Traveler watched Dvalin, bound like a rice dumpling in dark gold chains, feeling a strong sense of déjà vu.

This scene felt familiar, like she had seen it somewhere before.

After struggling to recall, Traveler’s expression froze.

“No wonder it’s so familiar! It’s exactly like when that woman sealed herself!”

Initially, she was just like Dvalin, completely helpless against being sealed.

Traveler suddenly felt hesitant to look at the scene, seeing more and more of herself in Dvalin.

Ye Yun looked up and down at Dvalin, bound like a rice dumpling.

This was the first time he had seen a dragon; even if it was a Western dragon, it was still a dragon, wasn’t it?

At that moment, a voice echoed in Ye Yun’s ear.

“My friend, please spare Dvalin’s life.”

The next second.

Venti appeared before the two.

Venti’s mood was terrible.

Just now, he was still happy about Ye Yun and the others’ departure, glad that he could continue with the script.

Who knew the Traveler could still go and call Ye Yun back? Coming back was fine, but it happened to be during Dvalin’s attack on Mondstadt.

Now, not only was the script ruined, but Dvalin had been captured.

Traveler looked at Venti.

“Who are you? Just because you say so, we should let him go?”

Venti knew that if he didn’t reveal his true identity, he might not be able to take Dvalin away.

“My name is Barbatos, the Ruler of Mondstadt. You can also call me Venti.”

Traveler sized Venti up and down.

“Just because you say you’re the Anemo Archon doesn’t make it so?”

In Traveler’s opinion, how could a God have such an appearance? In her mind, Gods were all sacred and majestic.

At this time, Ye Yun said.

“Traveler, he really might be the Anemo Archon. I sensed a vast amount of ‘wind’ within him.”

Hearing this, Traveler looked at Venti incredulously.

“No way? You really are the Anemo Archon? Why are you so different from what I imagined?”

Venti looked gratefully at Ye Yun.

“My friend, could you spare Dvalin’s life? It’s been corrupted by the Abyss, causing it to become like this.”

Ye Yun was about to agree; giving Venti some face wouldn’t hurt.

At this time, Traveler suddenly interjected.

“Just because you’re the Anemo Archon, we should release him? Unless you agree to two things!”

Ye Yun looked at Traveler.

“What kind of mischief are you up to?”

Traveler muttered softly.

“Don’t worry about it, I’m getting you some benefits.”

Seeing this, Venti agreed.

“Okay, I can agree to your requests within my capabilities.”

Hearing this, Traveler smiled triumphantly.

“Ahem, first, the first one.

Do you know my brother? He looks similar to me, with golden hair and the same clothes.”

Hearing this, Venti immediately feigned ignorance.

“Your brother? I’ve been asleep for a while and only recently woke up. You can go to Mondstadt City to ask around; how long has it been since they’ve seen the Anemo Archon?”

Traveler sighed a few times.

“Fine, it looks like he doesn’t know.”

So Traveler stated her second condition.

“The second condition is simple: since you want us to release the person—no, the dragon—what about the ransom?

We don’t want anything else, just ten thousand Primogems will do.”

Venti shrugged.

“I just woke up, and I don’t have any Primogems.”

Traveler was instantly furious.

“No way, you’re a God! You’re the Anemo Archon who rules Mondstadt! How can you not have Primogems?”

“Just ask the people of Mondstadt to get them for you! Aren’t you Mondstadt’s God? They would certainly be willing to give them to you.”

Venti looked down at Mondstadt.

“Mondstadt is a free Kingdom. I will not interfere with the decisions of the Mondstadt people. Everyone is free.”

Hearing this, Traveler was speechless; Venti successfully shattered Traveler’s previous impression of Gods.

Ye Yun smiled.

“No need, Venti, you can take it away.”

After speaking, Ye Yun released the chains binding Dvalin.

Venti quickly used his Power to restrain Dvalin, preventing it from causing further chaos.

“Thank you, Ye Yun. If you need any help in the future, feel free to call me.”

Ye Yun thought for a moment.

“I don’t need help, but how about you give me all the alcohol buried at Windrise?”

Upon hearing this, Venti’s eyes widened.

“How did you know I hid alcohol at Windrise?”

Ye Yun smirked.

“Don’t worry about it, just say yes or no?”

Venti hesitated for a moment and agreed, retrieving the alcohol from Windrise to give to Ye Yun.

When Venti gave Ye Yun the alcohol, he was so reluctant that Ye Yun had to put in a lot of effort to get it from him.

Afterwards, Venti flew away with Dvalin.

Venti felt miserable; not only did the script fail, but he also lost all his alcohol.

My alcohol! You left me like this! Heartbreaking!

Ye Yun, after resolving the Dvalin situation, bid farewell to Traveler and returned to the train to rest.

He hadn’t finished his meal before rushing over, so he would continue eating when he returned.

Upon returning to the train, Pam greeted Ye Yun.

“Passenger Ye Yun, you’re back? Pam will reheat your food, please wait a moment, Pam.”

Within Mondstadt City.

Traveler successfully landed in the Plaza using the Wings of the Wind, and Paimon and Amber immediately greeted her.

“Traveler! Are you okay?!”

Traveler smiled.

“I’m fine, Paimon. How about you? Are you injured?”

Paimon shook her head.

“No, by the way, I saw Ye Yun come earlier, where is he?”

Traveler said.

“He went back to eat. Speaking of which, I’m hungry too, shall we find something to eat?”

Amber said worriedly.

“That might be difficult. Stormterror attacked Mondstadt just now; many shops have ceased operations.”

As the three were worried about this, a voice came.

“My friends, if you don’t mind, you can have a staff meal at our Knights of Favonius, how about that?”

Amber looked at the newcomer.

“Kaeya!”

Kaeya nodded to Amber, then looked at Traveler.

“Hello, I’m Kaeya, Cavalry Captain of the Knights of Favonius.”

Paimon waved her hand.

“Hello, hello, I’m Paimon, and she’s Traveler. We’re Travelers. Can we really have a meal at your place? Honestly, I’m starving.”

Kaeya laughed heartily twice.

“Of course, you two are Mondstadt’s great benefactors, you helped us drive away Stormterror, let’s go, let’s eat first.”

Paimon cheered joyfully.

“Yay! Finally, I can eat, I’m starving.”

More than ten minutes later.

The four came to the Knights of Favonius to dine.

The four ate and chatted, and after a while, footsteps came from the doorway.

Jean, the Acting Grand Master of the Knights, and Lisa, the Library manager, came to the Dining Hall.

The two came closer, and Jean formally introduced herself.

“Hello, Traveler, I’m Jean, Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, thank you very much for helping us repel Stormterror.”

Traveler shook her head.

“It wasn’t just me, it was all Ye Yun’s merit.”

Lisa swept her hair back.

“Oh? So that handsome guy’s name is Ye Yun? It sounds a bit like a name from Liyue.”