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Chapter 207: The Tavern During the Brew Festival
"Ruo Jin, why didn't I see Hall Master Hu come to see you today? According to previous habits, you should have been dragged away by Hall Master Hu to have lunch at this time."

In the Angel's Gift, Kaeya was happily tasting the cider that Diluk had brought to entertain Ruojin. There weren't many cider of this age in the Dawn Winery, and he was able to drink it now thanks to Ruojin. Normally, Diluk wouldn't sell it to him even if he wanted to drink it.

"Kurumi has been busy building her Mondstadt branch of the Hall of the Dead recently, so it's normal that she will be delayed for a while. But for you, Kaeya, it shouldn't be the lunch break stipulated by the Knights of Favonius yet, right?"

Ruo Jin glanced at the wall clock. The time shown on the clock was just after eleven o'clock. There was no doubt that Kaeya was slacking off again. During the Wine Festival, Ruo Jin had seen Kaeya and his Knights of Favonius coming to the Angel's Gift to drink many times. Moreover, these people always came within the working hours stipulated by the Knights of Favonius, and they were always late and left early.

Alas, there are not many people available in Mondstadt now, and the people under him love to slack off. It is no wonder that Jean, the acting leader, has not rested so late. Thinking of the lights on in Jean's office in the Knights of Favonius office building every time I sent Klee home these few nights, I couldn't help but feel helpless for Jean.
Ruo Jin had gone to see Qin before, and he suggested that Kelly could sleep at his place at night instead of going home every day. But he didn't know what Lisa said to Qin in the office. Qin blushed and said that she didn't want to disturb him, and insisted that Kelly go back to sleep at night.

"The Knights are still so unworthy of their posts. If possible, I can pay to send these Knights of Favonius to the Thousand Rocks Army in Liyue for further training, at least to help them get rid of their laxity."

Glancing at the Knight of Favonius who was getting drunk in the Angel's Gift with the Cavalry Captain Kaeya, Diluk made his suggestion with a blank expression and indifferent tone, without paying any attention to Kaeya who was in front of him.

After reading the intelligence provided by Diluk about the Thousand Rocks under the attack of Osel, Kaeya's eyes flashed with embarrassment, but Kaeya was not someone who would be easily taken advantage of, especially in front of Diluk, Kaeya would not admit defeat.

"My dear brother, you can't say that."

"I came to the Angel's Gift because I was worried about you. The number of drunkards at the Wine Festival increased dramatically. I was worried that there would be drunkards causing trouble in your tavern, so I came to see you. But your words were so hurtful. I will take this bottle of cider as an apology gift."

Kaeya stretched out his hand and wanted to take the bottle of aged cider on the table. Unfortunately, although Kaeya's hand was fast, Diluk, who had been on guard against Kaeya, was even faster.

Before Kaeya's hand touched the bottle of wine, Diluk had already transferred the bottle of cider to Ruojin's hand. Looking at Kaeya's unwilling look, Diluk said lightly.

"The glass of wine you just drank costs five hundred Mora. Remember to pay for it later."

"Also, during the vintage wine festival, I stayed in Angel's Gift the whole time, and I didn't think there would be any drunkards that I couldn't handle."

After saying that, Diluk glanced at the people drinking in Angel's Gift. Noticing Diluk's cold eyes, the people drinking couldn't help but remind themselves in their hearts that they must not act crazy while drunk in Angel's Gift.

Rumor has it that a few days ago, a drunkard caused trouble in Angel's Gift, but Diluk used reason to beat him so hard that even the drunkard's wife couldn't recognize him.

It is said that many people saw it at the time and described it with detail. As a result, no one, whether from Mondstadt or not, would get drunk in the Angel's Gift during the Brew Festival. It would be too embarrassing if they got drunk and acted crazy and were beaten up by their boss Diluk so badly that their family couldn't recognize them.

Of course, as to whether this news was released by Diluk or he really released it, it is unknown. After all, based on Ruojin's understanding of Diluk, Diluk doesn't seem to like to convince people with reason. Compared with the weapon without blades, Diluk obviously prefers the bladed sword more. Choked by Diluk's words, in order to fight back against Diluk, his dear brother, Kaeya pretended to take a sip of the cider in the glass, but in fact he was brainstorming in his brain. When he put down the glass, Kaeya, who had finished thinking, said confidently.

"Boss Diluc, Liyue values ​​contracts, while we in Mondstadt value freedom. It's normal for the two sides to have some differences, just like the people of Mondstadt only like to drink Mondstadt's special apple cider and dandelions, while the people of Liyue only like to drink the high-concentration liquor produced in Liyue. This is just a difference between countries."

As he spoke, Kaeya was about to reach out for the wine bottle next to Ruojin, but unfortunately, Diluk was one step ahead of him this time and poured all the wine in the bottle directly into Ruojin's glass. Facing Kaeya's regretful look, Diluk poured wine for Ruojin while speaking lightly.

"I respect the differences between countries, but your behavior of coming here to drink without completing your patrol mission does not involve the issue of differences between countries. You and your Knights of Favonius are simply being lazy."

After taking a sip of the cider in the glass, Ruojin took over Diluk's words. Looking at Kaeya, who looked relaxed and didn't take Diluk's words to heart, Ruojin asked Kaeya with some curiosity.

"Kaeya, aren't you worried that a letter of complaint will appear on Qin's desk one day? Our General Affairs Department in Liyue often receives letters of complaint."

When Keqing first took office as Yuhengxing, in order to quickly secure her position as Yuhengxing, she vigorously promoted land reform. Some acts of uneven distribution or forced seizure of land were common.

At that time, the mailbox of the General Affairs Department for receiving letters of complaint was full every day. In order to implement the contents of the letters of complaint, Ruojin was also forced by Keqing to be a conscripted man for a period of time. During those days, Ruojin really went out every day.

It happened that a group of scammers appeared in Liyue at that time. The Qianyan Army who was standing guard at the entrance of Liyue saw Ruojin running out again and again and thought that this rich young man Ruojin had been defrauded by the scammers, so they reported the matter directly.

Ruo Jin still can't forget that dark night. Yan Fei gave him an anti-fraud course for the whole night. It was not until dawn when Keqing explained everything that the people from the General Affairs Department realized it was a misunderstanding.

"Report letter? As long as there is no chaos in Mondstadt, there won't be any big problems under normal circumstances."

As soon as Kaeya finished speaking, a Knight of Favonius rushed into the Angel's Gift in a panic. Seeing Kaeya sitting at the bar drinking leisurely, the Knight of Favonius spoke hurriedly as if he had seen his backbone.

"Captain Kaia, go check it out. An adventurer was nearly kidnapped by the Fatui in Mondstadt."

(Two updates today, hey~)

(End of this chapter)