[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

The turning point of the matter was bizarre, even very rapid.

The next day at work, Chloe always felt that everyone looked at her in a strange way.

But the Court of Compulsion was, after all, a serious official agency, and although the rules were not strict, the employees were quite professional, or did not like to meddle in other people's business. Except for a few guys who had a good relationship with her and simply reminded her that she could buy a copy of today's tabloid, everyone remained silent.

This also caused Chloe to remain confused until she finally saw today's newspaper after get off work.

《Surprise! Keeping oneself clean is just a character setting, the Supreme Judge secretly met with his secret girlfriend for two hours! 》

Chloe's heart skipped a beat and she quickly continued reading.

The guy who wrote this report was obviously a wicked person. All the photos in it were candid photos taken at tricky angles. The captions were extremely exaggerated, and even hinted at some unspeakable things, which made her tremble with anger.

It's a complete rumor!

Although she had thought about the many troubles that would come with getting along with Navelette, the Supreme Inquisitor, when she was chatting with Aurelie yesterday, she didn't expect it would be such troubles!
Isn't this guy afraid of being sent to Melo Petersburg? !
The photo is not very clear, but it is enough for people to see the faces of the two people above.

Chloe could clearly feel that the people around her seemed to have discovered that she was the one involved, and many people were secretly looking at her.

She gritted her teeth and said to the owner of the newsstand, "I'll buy all of today's newspapers!"

Chloe is not short of money, she just wants to quickly curb the source of the rumors.

After all, it was a big order, so the boss immediately ignored the rumors and asked for her address diligently, intending to deliver it to her home personally.

Chloe waved her hand and told him to burn these things directly so as not to get in her way. Then she rushed straight to Mo Mang Palace with the copy in her hand.

It was already time to get off work, and the Mo Mang Palace was quiet, but she knew that Villette must not have gotten off work yet. She just hadn't decided whether to say it or how to say it.

This resulted in someone walking over aggressively but then becoming hesitant at the door of the Supreme Judge's office.

Chloe clenched the newspaper in her hand and squatted in the corner in a daze. She thought about the previous visit of Villette to her house, and then about the rumors in the tabloids. Her face turned red and white.

In the end, she was found by Sedna, who had been planning to go home but came back because she realized she had forgotten something.

Mei Luxin, who was responsible for entertaining guests at Mo Mang Palace on weekdays, of course recognized her and asked curiously: "Chloe, aren't you going home? It's late, and it's time for dinner."

"Sedna—" Chloe looked at her eagerly, "Have you seen today's newspaper?"

"No, I don't usually like to watch these." Sedna shook her head.

Chloe handed over the newspaper in her hand, and cried, "This is simply a rumor! I only took Lord Villette back temporarily because it was raining, but they, they actually said this about us-"

Sedna was confused at first, but after reading it, she immediately became indignant: "Damn it! How could there be such a bad person who would write such a false report! Let's go, we must tell Lord Villette and let him make the decision!"

The little Melusine looked weak, but she was surprisingly strong. Before Chloe could even say a word of hesitation, she was dragged into the office by her. Villette was still working, and was obviously stunned when she saw the two people who suddenly broke in: "Chloe, Sedna, what happened?"

Sedna told him everything in one go.

Villette's expression darkened, but he was more worried about Chloe's situation than the culprit: "I'm sorry, Ms. Chloe, for getting you into this trouble."

Chloe was just angry at first, but when Villette softened his voice to take her feelings into consideration, she felt aggrieved for some reason, and even tears appeared in her eyes.

But now is not the time to cry. To prevent the impact of the incident from expanding, the most urgent task is to ban the sale of these tabloids.

Of course, Villette knew the importance of the matter, and immediately asked Sedna to convey this order to the Shadow Chaser Court.

The Shadow Chaser is a personal guard unit directly under the Supreme Inquisitor, specializing in the investigation of major cases. Almost all of its members are Melucens who possess special perception abilities.

However, it is easy to prevent the spread of newspapers, but it is difficult to find the culprit in a short period of time.

The sources of reports for tabloids are very wide, unlike those of large newspapers like Steam Bird. They often do not have regular reporters, only anonymous contributors, so most of their reports are more entertaining than true.

In the past, it was just a minor incident, so Villette always turned a blind eye to it. But this time it could almost be said to be a very bad slander, which not only damaged his own reputation, but also involved other people.

He suddenly felt even more sorry.

After all, they have known each other for so long, or more precisely, they have been apologized to so many times that Chloe can perfectly judge whether he will say this again next second based on his expression, and quickly interrupted: "Then Lord Villette, this is not your fault. After all, it was indeed me who took the initiative to take you home. I can only say that I was not thoughtful enough. I didn't expect that someone would make a fuss about this matter."

In fact, maybe that guy had been eyeing them when they first met in the coffee shop. Even if he didn't go to her house, it probably wouldn't have prevented the report from appearing, at most it wouldn't have been so exaggerated.

Both of them knew it.

There was no point in staying here any longer, so Villette said, "It's getting late, Ms. Chloe, go home. If necessary, you can stay at home and rest for a while. As for Leon, I will take care of it."

Chloe knew that she couldn't help by staying here, so she could only agree, but -

She looked at Navelette, who was still working on the pile of documents, and hesitated, not knowing whether she should continue speaking.

Even if she was indeed moved by what Aurelie had said before, this was not a good opportunity.

She shouldn't have disturbed Villette because of her own selfishness.

So until the end, Chloe just quietly retreated.

However, after she left, Villette looked up again and sighed deeply. The documents spread out on the table were clearly filled with instructions, and they looked like they had been processed.

(End of this chapter)