The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 210 The Soul on the Body

Perhaps this action of King Ruota was not in line with his nature of liking to watch the fun, but King Ruota was really too sleepy. A few days ago, Ruo Jin told King Ruota that he always dreamed of a little girl with white hair recently. The little girl asked him many questions about Liyue, and he even played many games with the little girl in his dream.

Originally, Ruojin told this matter to King Ruota as a funny story. After all, this kind of dream was quite magical no matter how you thought about it, and there was nothing wrong in sharing it with King Ruota. However, after listening to Ruojin's story, King Ruota, who felt that this matter was not simple, became alert all of a sudden.

Being able to invade Ruojin's dream without King Ruotu being able to sense it at all, King Ruotu was very worried that this person would harm Ruojin. In order to ensure Ruojin's safety, he simply sensed the surrounding situation when Ruojin was sleeping at night to prevent any enemy from attacking Ruojin in secret.

As a result, after sensing for several days, he did not sense the enemy. Instead, King Ruota, who was used to the human's schedule, felt extremely sleepy during the day. King Ruota even suspected that Ruojin's dream was just a coincidence, otherwise how could he not sense anything for so many days.

Actually, this is not the fault of King Ruotu. Although King Ruotu has excellent perception, because of the unreliable impression that Wendy made in front of ordinary people, King Ruotu subconsciously forgot about Wendy, the God of Wind. After all, what bad intentions could a worn-out God of Wind have?

It was precisely with this mentality that King Ruotu did not notice at all that the wind blowing towards Ruojin's bedroom had increased significantly during the past few days when Ruojin was sleeping.

"You, what on earth do you want to do? I, I am the great adventurer Stanley. You, our admirers will not forgive you for doing this to me. Captain Kaia, look at them."

As if discovering something strange, Walnut suddenly circled around Stanley a few times, and the look in his eyes became more and more strange. After seeing Walnut's strength in the fight just now, Stanley, who was tied to the ground, swallowed deeply, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"Admirer? I didn't expect a guy like you to have an admirer?"

Paimon looked at the unkempt man in front of her and shook her head in disbelief. She and Ying had been in Mondstadt for so long and were considered adventurers of some reputation in the Adventurer's Association, but they had never heard of the name Stanley.

"Of course. I, Stanley, am a great adventurer and have many fans."

The tied up 'Stanley' said this quite proudly as if he was showing off. Seeing 'Stanley' so proud, Paimon scratched his head and thought for a while. He didn't know who 'Stanley' belonged to, so little Paimon still spoke honestly.

"I've only heard that Miss Barbara has fans, but I've never heard that you have fans."

"what?"

Paimon's words seemed to have hit the man named Stanley. The man's head, which was originally raised, suddenly lowered down in depression, and after a while he actually sobbed softly.

"Um... Ying, do you think what I said just now was too harsh?" "Well, Mr. Stanley, I didn't mean to say that, I was telling the truth."

It would have been fine if Paimon hadn't said anything, but Stanley, who was tied to the ground, cried even louder after he said that. Paimon scratched his head in confusion, wondering how could telling the truth hurt someone?
Seeing that Paimon was rubbing salt into someone else's wounds, Ying felt a little sympathetic towards this man. Just as Ying was thinking about speaking to comfort Stanley, Kaia, who had been watching from the side for a while, suddenly spoke.

"Okay, don't be sad, Mr. Stanley. It's normal for a traveler from another world not to have heard of your name."

"Now that the Fatui have been dealt with, it's time to talk about your problem, Mr. Stanley. Can you tell me why these Fatui wanted to kidnap you?"

As someone who often hangs out in Angel's Gift, Kaia has some impression of this middle-aged adventurer who talks about his adventures all day long. Before, Kaia always thought that Stanley was just making up some false adventures to deceive those new adventurers, but what happened today made Kaia doubt the authenticity of the experiences told by this middle-aged adventurer.

After all, Kaia, who has dealt with the Fatui many times, doesn't believe that an old guy who is full of big talk and false stories will attract the attention of the Fatui. Excluding all possibilities, the biggest possibility among the remaining possibilities is that the adventure story told by this guy named Stanley is true, and this decadent guy in front of him really arrived at the Dark Sea.

Following this idea, Kaeya thought that the reason why the Fatui wanted to kidnap Stanley was probably because the Fatui had recently made some moves in the Dark Sea. During the actions, the Fatui discovered that some things in the Dark Sea were exactly the same as what the adventurer named Stanley described, so they wanted to kidnap him.

The more Kaia thought about it, the more it made sense to him based on his understanding of the Fatui. If Stanley had no value, the Fatui would not have sent out two teams to kidnap him. With the Fatui's methods, if Stanley knew any secrets, he would have been a corpse by now.

What a troublesome matter, Kaiya sighed in his heart. If it is really as he imagined, then this matter is not a trivial matter. Feeling a little tricky, Kaiya thought for a while and decisively decided to throw the problem to Qin who was still working during lunch break.

"Ruo Jin, Traveler, and this Hall Master Hu, please help me protect Mr. Stanley. This matter is of great importance. I need to report it to Captain Qin immediately."

After that, Kaia left the alley directly. In the alley, they looked at each other. There was no other way. They could only wait here. After all, it was a human life. They couldn't just leave Stanley here. What if the Fatui made a surprise attack? That would be terrible.

"Let me untie Stanley first. Mr. Stanley's condition might be disrespectful to Captain Qin when he arrives."

Looking at Stanley who was squirming on the ground, Ying flashed the edgeless sword in her hand and was ready to cut the rope on Stanley first. However, before Ying could make a move, Hu Tao seemed to have confirmed something and stopped Ying all of a sudden. Under Ying's puzzled eyes, Hu Tao took out the Homa Staff.

"Ying, before I untie the ropes for Mr. Stanley, I need to deal with the soul attached to him. It is not a good thing for the soul of another person to stay in a living person."

(End of this chapter)