The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 20 Diona

"Hmph, look, I, Diona, will mix you a glass of the most unpalatable wine."

Diona didn't give Ruo Jin a good look. She picked up her cocktail shaker, added some ingredients into it, and started shaking it frantically.

"Um, Diona, if I saw correctly just now, you added a frog leg to the cocktail shaker, right?"

"Yes, is there any problem? It just so happens that I came up with a cocktail recipe these days. Hehe, I'll let you try it."

As she spoke, Diona added half a lizard tail into the glass. Looking at the various ingredients being added into the cocktail glass, Ruo Jin swallowed deeply.

He had a feeling that he needed the Rebirth Hall set meal launched by Hutao more than when he was dragged by Xiangling to taste the slime dishes. As an employee of the Mondstadt branch of the Rebirth Hall, he would probably be able to enjoy the employee benefits immediately.

Light yellow cider was added into the cocktail glass and Diona shook it vigorously. After Diona said, "It's ready, please taste it," she poured the wine in the cocktail glass into the glass in front of Ruojin.

The light red wine glowed with a strange color under the sun. The tail of a lizard of unknown species sank quietly to the bottom of the glass. Half of a butterfly wing was dancing an unrhythmic waltz in the glass. A frog leg floated on the surface of the wine as if warning people not to drink it.

I should have no grudges against this little girl Diona. If we have no grudges, why did this little girl mix a glass of wine that looked like it was meant to poison me?

Looking at the glass of wine in front of him that exuded the scent of death, Ruo Jin had to admit that he was scared. This made him even more uncomfortable than the slime gel dish that Xiangling had developed.

Although the ingredients that Diona used to make cocktails were not poisonous, Ruo Jin didn't want to let his mouth touch the greasy frog legs. They were truly disgusting. Even a rock dragon lizard couldn't drink this stuff. Ruo Jin pushed the cup slightly outwards.

"I suddenly don't feel like drinking anymore. I think juice tastes better. Diona, can you give me a glass of apple juice?"

"Hey, big guy, don't you like drinking?"

When Diona heard that Ruojin didn't like drinking, her eyes lit up and she threw herself on the table in front of Ruojin. Her sparkling eyes and twitching little ears were so cute that Ruojin almost told the truth. Fortunately, at this last moment, the little bit of rationality made Ruojin nod against his conscience.

"Great, I finally found an adult who doesn't like to drink. Big guy, let's join forces to destroy Mond Wine Industry."

"Destroy Mond Winery, why?"

Ruo Jin asked with some doubt, Mond's wine industry is a major part of Mond's tax revenue, if the wine industry is destroyed, the Knights of Favonius will probably fall into a situation where their income is not enough to cover their expenses.

"It's because those drunk adults always go crazy. If Mond Wine Industry is destroyed, they won't run around, and dad will have more time to accompany me..."

Diona's voice became lower and lower. At the end, Ruo Jin had to use his magical powers to enhance his hearing to understand roughly what she said. It seemed that this was also a little girl whose father was unreliable.

Ruojin gently touched Diona's head. This little girl wanted her father to spend more time with her. She guessed that she wanted to destroy Mond Wine Industry. That was a good idea.

"Okay, I promise you, Diona, if you need any help in the future, just tell me and I will definitely help you."

"Really? Really? That's great, big guy. You're the first person willing to help me. I'll treat you to this glass of juice!"

Diona generously took out a large glass of apple juice from under the counter and handed it to Ruojin. Seeing Diona's happy expression, Ruojin couldn't help but smile.

"Little Diona, my name is Ruojin and I'm from Liyue. Speaking of making wine taste bad, I have some ideas."

"I have a friend in Liyue. Most of the medicine he sells is extremely bitter soup. I have a prescription he gave me. This prescription can nourish the skin, strengthen the kidneys and consolidate the essence. You can add some of this medicine next time you make a cocktail." Ruo Jin took out a prescription and handed it to Diona. This was the prescription given to him by Bai Shu who was trapped on a cliff when he was rescued in the wild. According to Bai Shu's description, the effect of this prescription is quite good, but children cannot drink it.

There is no need to worry if this is banned. Mond has regulations that minors cannot drink alcohol and pubs cannot sell alcohol to minors. Moreover, diluted medicines are likely to be only one tenth as effective, so it is not a big problem if children accidentally ingest them. They just need to drink more water.

Diona regarded the prescription that Ruojin took out casually as a treasure. She carefully folded the prescription and put it into the small pocket in her clothes. This was an important method for her to destroy Mond Wine Industry and she must not lose it.

But what Ruojin and Diona didn't expect was that since Diona used this method, the customers who patronized the Cat's Tail Tavern later discovered that the wine in the Cat's Tail Tavern had the effect of nourishing the kidneys.

The news spread from one customer to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and soon the whole Mondstadt knew about it. The Cat's Tail Tavern was packed, and Diona's workload not only did not decrease but increased. Every day a bunch of people came to the Cat's Tail Tavern and asked for this kind of wine.

To what extent was the Cat's Tail Tavern popular during that period? Thanks to this kind of wine, the sales of Angel's Gift dropped by 13 percentage points. Diluk asked Charles to buy him a glass to try it himself. In the end, he felt that the drop in sales was not unfair.

According to a blindfolded black-skinned insider, the Dark Night Heroes that night were extremely dedicated. They not only cleared out the monsters around Mondstadt, but also left traces of battle all the way to the foot of Dragonspine Snow Mountain. He also said that if the Dark Night Heroes continued to maintain this, he would apply to change the patrol route to the section from Mondstadt to Dragonspine Snow Mountain.

In the end, if Diona had not strongly protested to her boss Margaret and ordered that only twenty glasses of this wine be sold every day, Diona's arms, even the mechanical arms of the ruins guards, would not be able to withstand the enthusiasm of the Mond people. Diona would have been frustrated for a long time because of this. Of course, this is all a story for later.

"Big guy, are you here to do business in Mondstadt? The dragon plague is so serious now, I haven't seen any outsiders for a long time."

"Well, I'm not really here to do business, I just have some things to deal with. By the way, Diona, do you know a family called Lawrence?"

"Lawrence, that annoying nobleman?"

When Diona heard the word Lawrence, her brows frowned and the joyful expression on her face disappeared. As a Mondstadt person, Diona didn't like the Lawrence family very much, but her partner asked her, and Diona also said a few words.

"Last month, an old man accidentally bumped into someone from the Lawrence clan. It is said that the Lawrence clan broke the old man's leg, but because there was no evidence, the Knights had no choice but to let the matter go."

"Big guy, you wouldn't have offended anyone from the Lawrence family, right? Except for Sister Eula who often comes to drink, the other guys from the Lawrence family are all bad people."

Speaking of the crimes of the Lawrence clan, Diona puffed up her cheeks in anger. In the past, many of the prey her father hunted were bought at low prices by the Lawrence clan. Anyone who dared to resist would be severely beaten. In order to have enough income to support their livelihood, her father had to take risks and go hunting in areas where monsters often appeared.

If the Knights of Favonius had not intervened to stop the Lawrence family's overbearing behavior, there is no telling how long the hunting team in Qingquan Town would have been exploited.

"Speaking of which, I heard this morning that a Liyue person had a conflict with the Lawrence clan. How brave! Wait, stranger, big guy, it's not you, is it?"

Diona glanced at him suspiciously. She had just heard from a drunkard that a Liyue man stood up when the Lawrence family was bullying others. She admired the courage of that Liyue man. Although Diona was young, she also had a dream of becoming a great hero in poetry.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be me."

Ruojin took a sip of juice and nodded. Seeing that Ruojin admitted that he had a conflict with Lawrence's men in the morning and was still drinking juice leisurely here, Diona paused and pulled Ruojin to the door of the Cat Tail Tavern.

"Come on, I'll take you to Qingquan Town to hide. There are patrolling Knights of Favonius near Qingquan Town. It will definitely be safer for you to live in my house than in Mondstadt, and I can protect you, too."

"Let me tell you, the Lawrence family is really annoying. Go back to Liyue in a few days. They won't dare to do anything to you in Liyue."

(End of this chapter)