The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 40 Klee's Arrival

"It's really strange. Paimon doesn't seem to have much appetite today. He even said he wanted to have three bowls of noodles in the kitchen."

After watching Ying and Paimeng leave, Xiangling took a bite of the apple pie she made with a little confusion. It was sweet, soft and delicious. Why did Paimeng seem to have no interest in apple pie? If she hadn't quickly stuffed a few apple pies into Ying's hands, Ying would probably have been dragged away by Paimeng without eating anything and went out to do the commission.

Ruojin, who has always been confident in Xiangling's cooking skills, took a bite of the apple pie and found it tasted very good. Then why wouldn't Paimon like to eat such delicious food? This is a bit unlike Paimon's style.

"Eat, eat, eat. All you know is eating. You must have heard what the little girl named Ying said just now. In three days, we will go to the Wind Dragon Ruins with them to look for Tevarin. Don't oversleep, boy."

"Don't worry, Boss Ruota. I have never been late when something happened."

Ruo Jin perfunctorily said to the Dragon King Ruo Tuo and continued to taste the delicacy in his hand. The crispy crust was baked with honey and cream, and the fragrance of apples just neutralized the sweetness. It would be a big loss for Paimeng not to eat such a delicious dish.

The Dragon King Ruota snorted. This was related to whether he could find Morax, so he could not be careless. He had already decided that he would not sleep the next night and would wake up Ruojin at dawn.

"Brother Jin, I'm going to look for Sarah. If you and Keli don't go out for lunch, you can meet me at the Deer Hunter Restaurant."

Xiangling took some apple pies she had just made for Sarah, then went out with Guoba. As soon as they arrived at the Deer Hunter Restaurant, Guoba, who was running around, saw a heroic woman walking on the street holding Kelly's hand.

"Lululu~"

Seeing the friend who played well with him yesterday, Guoba happily came over. Jean, who was teaching Klee not to play with bombs randomly, saw out of the corner of her eye that a strange "monster" half a person's height suddenly rushed towards her. Jean, who had been nervous because of the Fatui's little tricks recently, subconsciously protected Klee behind her, and the Wind Eagle Sword was instantly placed in front of her.

The sharp wind element lingered around Qin. Qin stared closely at Guoba who was approaching. Guoba, who was cheerful, was startled by Qin's action. He opened his mouth to greet Keli, and tilted his head in confusion. Wasn't it the little girl in front of him who played with him yesterday? With a doubtful attitude, Guoba tentatively greeted her.

“Lululu?”

"Captain Qin, it's Guoba!"

A familiar voice came into her ears, and Klee poked her little head out from behind Qin. Seeing the familiar little bear, Klee immediately ran to Guoba.

"Kelly, wait, this little bear is called Guoba?"

Seeing the two little ones playing together, Qin finally realized that the friend named Guoba that Klee mentioned to her yesterday was actually the little bear in front of her.

Ah, this... Qin put away the Wind Eagle Sword awkwardly. She thought a monster wanted to attack Klee and almost hurt Klee's friend by mistake.

"Guoba, don't run around, be careful not to scare people."

Xiangling wiped the flour off her hands on her apron and ran outside to drag the rice crust into the Deer Hunter Restaurant. Seeing Xiangling with flour all over her hands, Qin guessed that this should be the Xiangling sister who cooked delicious food that Klee mentioned.

"Hello, Miss Xiangling. I am Jean, the acting leader of the Knights of Favonius. I really troubled you to take care of Klee yesterday."

In order to prevent Xiangling from misunderstanding anything, Qin revealed her identity as soon as she opened her mouth. When Xiangling heard that Qin was the acting leader of the Knights of Favonius, she immediately guessed that this person should be the leader Qin who had always taken care of her in Klee's words. "Hello, Leader Qin, have you had breakfast? Do you want to try the apple pie I made? It's delicious."

"That's not necessary. I'm going to take Keli to see Mr. Ruojin. Next time I get a chance, I'll definitely try Miss Xiangling's cooking."

Now, with Tevarin causing chaos in Mondstadt and the Fatui constantly exerting pressure and making small moves outside, Jyn's workload is not small at this time of internal and external troubles.
In order to prevent the Fatui from doing anything while she was out helping Tevarin, she now just wanted to send Klee to Ruojin as soon as possible and let Ruojin take care of Klee for a few days so that she could go to the office as soon as possible to handle documents and prepare for defense.

"Okay, Captain Qin, you must try my cooking next time."

Faced with Jean's refusal, Xiangling was not disappointed nor did she try to keep Jean. She knew very well how busy Keqing was on weekdays. As the acting leader of Mondstadt, Jean certainly had no less things to deal with than Keqing. Xiangling said she could understand.

Giving Xiangling an apologetic look, Qin took Klee, who was reluctantly saying goodbye to Guoba, towards the house where Ruojin was. She originally wanted Lisa to take care of Klee for a few days, but yesterday their Lord Wind God said that Ruojin could take care of Klee.

At this time, Wendy, who had said yesterday that he would go to Ruojin in person to talk about this matter, was now snoring in the guest room in the Hall of Rebirth. Yesterday, he ran to Liyue to inquire about Ruojin's affairs, and it happened to be dinner time. He happened to meet Zhongli eating in Liuli Pavilion, and he happened to have a few drinks without eating.

"Zhongli, what can I say about you? Why did you bring back a drunk girl?"

"I know your character, but if you are seen by the patrolling Qianyan Army, aren't you afraid that they will arrest you as a bad guy who kidnapped young girls? Then I might even have to ask Yan Fei to rescue you."

"Master Hu, based on universal reasoning, is there a possibility that the person I brought back is a boy?"

"???"

Hu Tao widened her beautiful plum blossom pupils. If she didn't know Zhongli well, she wouldn't have believed that the girl on the bed, who was more beautiful than her, was actually a boy. Hu Tao felt that she must ask the boy about it after he sobered up. Otherwise, she would go to the Qianyan Army to report that a cross-dressing pervert had come to Liyue Harbor.

dong dong dong~
There was a knock on the door. Ruojin, who had been waiting for a long time after eating and drinking, opened the door and saw that in addition to the cute little Klee, Qin also appeared outside the door.

"Mr. Ruojin, I'm sorry to bother you with Keli these few days. All your expenses during these days will be reimbursed by the Knights."

"Keli, you must listen to Mr. Ruojin. I will pick you up when the time comes."

After giving a few more instructions to Klee, Qin thought that Wendy had resolved everything, so she said hello to Ruojin and left in a hurry. Ruojin looked at Qin's back with a question mark on his face. He still didn't understand what had happened.

"Boss Ruota, did I not hear Qin say anything important just now? Why do I feel a little confused?"

"Don't ask me. I'm catching up on my sleep. Go play on the side."

Inside the seal, the Dragon King Ruota turned over and impatiently blocked Ruojin's voice. There was no choice but Ruojin took Keli's hand and let her enter the house first.

(End of this chapter)