[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

If you talk about Lady Cecilia, the only daughter of the Lawrence family, the people of Mondstadt will only tell you truthfully that they have only heard of this lady but never seen her in person. Only if you are lucky enough to ask Lawrence's servants can they tell you something.

But compared to her brothers, this young lady's presence was too low, and they could only stammer and say that Miss Cecilia was a very good young lady who listened to Master Lawrence very much.

They are right, Cecilia is such a person.

She grew up obediently according to her parents' ideas, but the repressed emotions in her heart never stopped sprouting and growing.

She originally thought that her dreams were simply a result of her desire for the outside world, but when she found that the things in her dreams were becoming clearer and clearer, and more and more traceable, Cecilia realized that something was wrong.

Therefore, after going out with Wendy without telling anyone, she declined the schedule for the next day that the maid handed over to her: "I have something to do tomorrow and I want to see my father. Can you spare some time for me?"

The maid looked at her busy schedule in embarrassment: "Miss Cecilia, this matter is not for me to decide. Perhaps you have to wait until the butler comes tomorrow..."

"It's okay. I'll tell the housekeeper myself tomorrow." Cecilia smiled soothingly. "I remember that father is only available tomorrow afternoon, right?"

The maid replied, "Yes, yes. The master will go out hunting with Master Buck tomorrow morning and will not be back until the afternoon."

"Thank you for telling me this. Go back and have a rest."

The maid felt that her face was getting hot because of her laughter, so she quickly lowered her head, agreed, and walked out.

Miss Cecilia is so gentle, she thought, and she is completely different from her brother, Master Barker. One is pretty and considerate, while the other is fat and annoying.

Thinking about the special holiday of Badminton Day coming up soon, she frowned unconsciously. However, no matter what she thought, she was just an ordinary maid and there was no way she could interfere with what would happen next.

The maid felt sad and was reminded of their gods.

Barbatos, the god of freedom, left after blowing away the snow for the Mond people, choosing to let the people of Mond manage the country themselves. But he probably didn't expect that this would only make it easier for the nobles to control the civilians...

How difficult is freedom?
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The butler's reply came quickly, and Cecilia saw him soon after.

Mrs. Desailins had just finished her lecture. The housekeeper knocked on the door and walked in directly: "Miss Cecilia, the master has returned. He heard that you wanted to see him, so he asked you to go find him now."

Cecilia lifted her skirt and said goodbye to Madame Desaline, then followed the butler to Master Lawrence's study.

On the way, the housekeeper reminded: "When the master came back with Master Buck just now, he looked unhappy. It seems that the master made the master angry. Miss Cecilia, although I don't know what you want to say to the master, please be careful at that time and don't make the master angry again."

"Yes, I understand, don't worry." Cecilia smiled, then pushed open the door of the study and walked in resolutely.

As the patriarch of the Lawrence family, Master Lawrence's study was decorated quite magnificently, but this did not seem to make the ruler happy at all. His face was always serious and fierce, even though the person in front of him was his only daughter.

"Father." Cecilia was already used to his appearance. She greeted him calmly and then stated her purpose directly, "I want to ask you about the family trial."

Mr. Lawrence looked more serious. He waved at her and asked her to stand beside him. “Cecilia, why do you suddenly want to ask this?”

Cecilia was considering whether to tell her about her dreams, but before she could think clearly and speak, Master Lawrence had already shaken his head: "Family trials have always been mysterious. We only know that it originated from the Lawrence family's matriarch, Lady Vanilare. Every member of the Lawrence family will experience it after they reach adulthood."

"If that's the case, why do we rarely hear about family trials?" Cecilia was puzzled.

Mr. Lawrence explained, "Because all those who fail will forget everything about the family trial afterwards. Since about six hundred years ago, very few people in the Lawrence family have successfully passed the family trial, and the existing information is all left by the ancestors who successfully passed the family trial before that time."

Seeing the thoughtful expressions on the faces of the people around him, he slowed down his tone and said, "Cecilia, you have just become an adult not long ago. Now that you are suddenly asking this, I believe you must have noticed it. But if you don't want to say it, your father won't ask any more questions. Just remember that it is best not to leave the Lawrence family during this period of time to avoid any accidents."

Cecilia's heart skipped a beat, and she almost thought that he suddenly said this because he had noticed that she had sneaked out last night. However, Master Lawrence's attitude was almost the same as usual, and he didn't look like he had discovered it at all. She could only comfort herself that she was probably overthinking it.

"Yes, father." She replied obediently, "Then I will go first."

But Mr. Lawrence called her again: "Wait, since you are here, why not wait a little longer? I have an appointment with your vocal teacher today, he should be here soon."

Cecilia almost pinched her hands to maintain a decent expression on her face, and asked with difficulty: "Why does father suddenly want to see Teacher Wendy?"

Master Lawrence curled his lips and sneered, "The Lawrence family does not accept useless people. If you have never been able to learn music no matter how many vocal teachers from famous noble families I hired for you, I would not have relaxed the standards and even allowed commoners to apply for this position."

"Your current vocal teacher came to me on his own initiative. He promised me that he would let me see your learning results in three months, and now is the time for the assessment. In fact, even if you didn't come to me today, I would have come to you. Now is the perfect time." As soon as Master Lawrence finished speaking, the door of the study was knocked again, and the person Cecilia had been thinking about appeared outside the door.

Seeing the two people in the room, Wendy smiled and greeted them: "Good afternoon, Mr. Lawrence, Miss Cecilia."

"No need for pleasantries, Mr. Wendy." Sir Lawrence glanced at him with contempt. "You should know why I asked you to come here today."

"Of course, Miss Cecilia is very smart, and her teaching results during this period are very good. Please feel free to assess her." Wendy didn't care about the malice implied in his words and faced his gaze calmly.

But his calmness was not contagious to Cecilia at all. When Wendy said the words "random assessment", Cecilia's eyes were already panicked. She kept winking at him hoping that he could think of another way. After all, until now she still couldn't sing along with the music score.

If Master Lawrence took out a piece of music, we would be doomed!

Unfortunately, Wendy was quite confident in her and just winked at her, and the Eye of God on his waist turned into a xylophone in his hand.

Before Mr. Lawrence could say how he would test her, he said, "How about letting Miss Cecilia sing the first song I taught her?"

The wind element brought a roll of music score to Cecilia, who opened it and found it was blank.

She probably guessed what Wendy was going to do.

Mr. Lawrence only glanced at the scroll of music casually. Seeing that Cecilia looked normal, he quickly retracted his gaze and looked at Wendy again: "In that case, let's do this."

Then the piano began to play, the same tune they had sung on the windowsill not long ago, the only tune that Cecilia could play without worrying about the others.

She took a deep breath and spoke.

Perhaps the scene was too embarrassing. Her teacher and father were both there, waiting to hear her singing. Cecilia's face had turned red. She sang almost completely subconsciously. In the end, she didn't even know what happened. She only remembered that her father seemed very satisfied.

She listened to her father's praise for Teacher Wendy in a daze, and then was dragged out by him.

As soon as she went out, Wendy waved in front of her: "Hey, it's time to come back to your senses~"

Cecilia was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. Although the blush on her face still did not fade away, she became a little more sober.

She covered her face and said weakly: "It's really too embarrassing..."

Wendy patted her shoulder to comfort her and encouraged her, "Why be embarrassed? I think you sang very well!"

Cecilia was just about to have a good discussion with him about how such behavior would lead to social ruin, but before she could open her mouth, she heard a disdainful snort from behind her: "Cecilia, don't you feel disgusted to let dirty civilians touch your body?"

Cecilia was very familiar with that voice. It was her brother, Buck.

In front of outsiders, Cecilia always maintained her noble demeanor, but facing Buck's harsh words, even she couldn't help but look cold: "This is my vocal teacher, Buck, please be respectful to him."

Buck seemed to have come to apologize to Master Lawrence for the unpleasantness that had occurred in the morning. He was followed by a group of servants, each holding several valuable treasures in their hands.

Because of the heavy bleeding this time, he was not in a good mood to begin with. Hearing this, his brows immediately frowned: "Is this how you treat your brother! Cecilia, it seems that I have to have a good talk with father about your upbringing! Not only do you hang out with commoners, but you also have no manners when it comes to treating your brother!"

He brought up the issue of Mr. Lawrence, so Cecilia naturally wouldn't be polite and retorted, "If you think my father is still willing to listen to you at this moment, you can go. But forgive me for being blunt, Buck, Teacher Wendy is the teacher my father found for me. Do you think he would mind Teacher Wendy's identity?"

Of course, Master Lawrence was as disdainful of common people as ever, but Buck didn't know this. He only knew that given this relationship, Master Lawrence would definitely not mind their contact, so he had no place to complain.

Besides, Cecilia is Mr. Lawrence's favorite child.

(End of this chapter)