The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 14: First Meeting with Kaia
After dealing with the heavy machine in the ruins, Ruojin and Bennett entered the ruins together. After checking that there were no traps inside, Ruojin asked Bennett to explore the room to see if there were any treasure chests or the like.

"I didn't expect the ruins this time to be so simple. The commission was completed so quickly. I'm so lucky."

"But why is there no treasure chest in this ruins? I didn't even see a treasure chest."

Bennett was muttering strangely while searching for treasure in the room. Normally, no matter how unlucky he was, he would always get an ordinary treasure chest filled with carrots and potatoes. How come he didn't see any treasure chests in this ruins today?

"Boy, look up at the walls around you. I feel like the walls around you seem to have been moved by someone."

Walls? Ruojin looked at the surrounding walls according to Ruotu's instructions. After observing carefully, Ruotu Dragon King said with gloating.

"Boy, it seems that you are late again this time. The treasure in this ruins has been taken away."

"Huh? Boss Ruota, you are not fooling me, are you?"

Thinking of the heavy troops guarding the ruins just now, Ruo Jin felt that it was impossible for anyone to take away the treasure here without destroying the ruins' heavy machinery, not even he could do it.

"Hmph, look carefully at the walls around you. You can see that there are some colors in the corners of those walls, right?"

After hearing Ruota's reminder, Ruojin looked carefully at the corner of the wall and found that there were indeed some colors painted with unknown pigments, but they were only scattered in a few spots and could not be seen without careful observation.

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be three murals on the three walls of this room. These murals should record a certain story. Unfortunately, you came a step too late. These murals have been taken away by someone using unknown means."

"From this activated relic machine, it can be seen that the person who took away the mural should have done it in the past few days. Well, if it is still there, I might be able to tell you what story the mural tells."

Inside the forbidden body, Ruota shook his head with a hint of regret. If possible, he would like to know what this land looked like before it was granted light by Morax.

As a good brother of Morax, King Roda knows many unknown secrets of the continent of Teyvat. He even mentioned the secrets about Morax on the Sky Island to him, but the mystery of the continent of Teyvat still concerns Roda very much.

Of course, Ruota would not admit that the main reason he wanted to know some secrets that Morax didn't know was so that he could show off in front of Morax.

"No wonder the ruins here have been activated. This makes sense. If someone really came here not long ago, then it makes sense. Who on earth could do this?"

Ruo Jin checked the gate of the ruins. There were no signs of fighting on the door, which made Ruo Jin even more curious. Could it be that this person took away the mural and left the ruins in just a few seconds when the heavy machine of the ruins was started?
Ruo Jin frowned as he thought more and more that it was possible. If it was really as he thought, then the things hidden under the seemingly calm waters of Mond must be very complicated.

"Brother Ruojin, there doesn't seem to be any treasure chests in this ruin. I searched the entire room but found nothing."

After searching for a while, Bennett gave up the idea of ​​looking for the treasure chest dejectedly. It seemed that there was no special gain this time. However, thinking that he could get a generous reward from the Adventurer's Association later, Bennett regained his former vitality. He calculated the reward for this commission. According to the previous agreement that he and Ruojin would split it 50-50, he could not only buy a good wheelchair, but also prepare a sumptuous meal and a few bottles of good wine for the fathers.

"I'm so sorry to bother you two. Was the explosion just now caused by a little girl wearing red clothes and a red hat?"

A frivolous voice came from outside the gate of the ruins. Hearing this familiar voice, Ruo Jin raised his eyebrows. This guy's tone sounded really frivolous. Bennett on the side scratched his head and looked a little embarrassed.

"Kai, Mr. Kaia, are you on patrol today? The explosion just now was caused by our battle. I'm sorry to disturb you."

"So it's a battle. That's good. It's not really a disturbance. I'm just a little worried that the explosion might hurt someone."

After confirming that the explosion was not caused by Klee, Kaeya breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not caused by Klee. When he saw Bennett just now, his heart sank. After all, it was he who secretly released Klee from the confinement room. If Klee was next to Bennett and something blew up because of Bennett's bad luck, Jean would not let him off easily.

Fortunately, things didn't go to the worst, and his salary for this month was saved. The one that had just fought with Bennett should be this relic heavy machine that was smashed into pieces. Kaiya looked at the fragments at his feet, and he was very familiar with the type of "tillage machine" that this kind of fragments came from.

Judging from the traces of fighting around and the parts of the suspected relic heavy machinery scattered on the ground, the Liyue man in front of him should not be easy to deal with. Before confirming his identity, Kaeya felt that he needed to get to know this outsider.

"This stranger must be your friend, Bennett. Do you want to go to Angel's Gift for a drink? I'll treat you. Angel's Gift is the best tavern in Mondene. I think every outsider should not miss it."

"No need to have a drink. It's Mr. Kaia's working time now. I don't want to disturb Mr. Kaia's work because of me."

Ruojin narrowed his eyes. Having grown up in an aristocratic family, Ruojin had seen many smiling tigers. He could tell at a glance whether a person's smile was fake. The knight in front of him named Kaia looked easy to get along with, but the true face hidden under the smile was a little intriguing.

"Haha, what you said does make sense. I should go on patrol. If you have time, you must go to Angel's Gift to taste our Mond's dandelion wine. This is our specialty and will definitely leave you with an unforgettable aftertaste."

"Okay, I'll definitely try it if I have time."

After getting Ruojin's reply, Kaiya said goodbye to the two with a smile. Looking at Kaiya's back as he left, Ruojin always felt that this guy named Kaiya was not a good person, and the faint smell of blood on this guy revealed that he had just seen blood.

"Bennett, can you tell me what kind of person Kaia is?"

"Mr. Kaia? I think Mr. Kaia is a very kind person. He has saved me many times in the wild. There was even one time when he accidentally fell into a trap with me because of me, and he didn't blame me at all."

Bennett gave a thumbs up in the direction where Kaeya left. In Bennett's mind, Kaeya was one of the few people in Mondstadt who did not despise his bad luck. In addition, Kaeya had a very good reputation in Mondstadt, so he had a very good impression of Kaeya.

(End of this chapter)