Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

Sighing and feeling a little worried about Mondstadt's future, Diluc gritted his teeth and refused Venti's request, while also telling Su Feng some bad news. Su Feng, who had been leisurely drinking, suddenly froze.

"Is there such a thing?"

Su Feng was genuinely stunned. He never expected that his only source of income in Teyvat would be cut off like this!

Although at their level, the physiological needs of normal people, such as eating and sleeping, are of no importance, how could any normal intelligent life not want to enjoy life?

In any case, Su Feng is unlikely to accept a life where he can sleep for hundreds of years or even longer.

But to obtain the services of mortals, one needs Mora.

As an outsider to Teyvat, Su Feng obviously didn't have much local wealth. If he hadn't been stationed at the tavern at the beginning, he probably would have been left with nothing—literally, left with nothing.

"Of course, after all, a certain bard hasn't appeared for a long time, and even my tavern needs to operate normally. Since we're missing a bard, we can just replace him."

Diluc said these words rather coldly, and upon hearing this, Su Feng involuntarily covered his face.

Well, he was just laughing at Wendy, but now he's the clown himself. Su Feng never imagined that even in Teyvat he would have to face something as terrifying as unemployment.

Soon, Wendy and Su Feng looked at each other, then both turned to look at Diluc, who had somehow ended up sitting opposite them.

"How about...give us some more time?"

At this moment, Wendy still looked pitifully at Diluc and begged him to extend the repayment date. After all, the two bottles of wine that Su Feng had taken were indeed quite expensive, and without a clear source of income, Wendy, a poor wretch, simply couldn't afford to pay them.

Or, if he wants to pay, he may be forced to quit drinking for a long time to come.

"Hey, why don't you come and beg Lord Diluc too? After all, you also drank a rather expensive bottle of wine!"

Perhaps feeling that she wasn't convincing enough on her own, Wendy decided to drag Su Feng, who had just realized he was unemployed, into the plea. However, Su Feng quickly showed this poor drunkard and pauper what an accident was.

"Cough cough!"

"Lord Diluc, do you think this can be used to pay for my drinks?"

Su Feng quickly produced a pale blue feather that looked quite gorgeous and precious from somewhere. Wendy was immediately shocked after sensing the pure wind element on the feather.

"Dvalin's feathers? Where did you get those?"

"I wanted to get some of Dvalin's feathers to make a fan, but I begged for a long time and still couldn't get them. That guy values ​​his beautiful feathers more than anything else!"

Wendy, upon suddenly seeing the Dvalin Feather, looked genuinely incredulous.

In his memory, Dvalin valued his feathers very much. Wendy had tried many ways to get some feathers from him, but all of them failed, which disappointed him for a long time.

After all, Dvalin's feathers feel so good that even Wendy is reluctant to part with them.

As a result, Su Feng has successfully obtained Dvalin's feather without anyone noticing, and judging from its quality, it was only recently acquired. This is truly unexpected!

Could it be that Dvalin has changed his ways?

Or should I try to pluck some feathers from Dvarin sometime?

"Of course, I got it on the snow mountain. At that time, Tvalin's mind was entirely on Dulin. How could he care if I plucked a feather or two from him?"

However, Su Feng's answer quickly plunged the two people present into silence once again.

So it was just plucked directly from Dvalin's body? Wouldn't you call that taking advantage of someone's misfortune in some way?

Won't Dvalin hunt me down if I carry this feather?

Even Wendy, who always considered herself knowledgeable, was now unsure how much trouble it would cause if Dvalin found out about this.

On the other side, Diluc, upon hearing this, also naturally refused the seemingly valuable but potentially problematic collateral. Dvalin might not care about Su Feng's actions, but Diluc, being a Mondstadt native, simply couldn't accept something clearly stolen from his own East Wind Dragon.

"I'm sorry, I won't take this mortgage. After all, I don't want to cause any more conflict between East Wind Dragon and Mondstadt over such a small matter."

"Furthermore, I think you'd better hand over this feather as well. After all, it's considered a sacred object of the Church of Favonius, and I don't want to see a huge vortex of wind element appear in the sky of Mondstadt again one day."

"Eh? Why is that?!"

Su Feng was dumbfounded that Diluc would reject him so decisively, while Wendy, seeing that Diluc's wishful thinking had been thwarted, burst into a genuine smile.

Sure enough, the smile doesn't disappear, but it keeps shifting.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: So why not hold a competition?

"So how exactly do you two plan to resolve the payment issue?"

Diluc was genuinely troubled by the sight of the god and his familiar mocking each other. The unreliability of these two was beyond human imagination. If they hadn't demonstrated their responsibility and strength on the snowy mountain, Diluc might have seriously considered replacing Mondstadt with a new Anemo Archon.

After all, it seems that Wang Lang isn't incapable of becoming the Wind God.

At least that Wang Lang isn't that unreliable, right?

Maybe?

"Well!"

Upon hearing this, Wendy, who had been laughing wildly, immediately turned bitter, just like Su Feng. After exchanging a glance, the two of them decisively chose to look at Diluc with pitiful eyes.

"..."

"This wine can be considered my treat for the two of you."

Unable to bear being stared at any longer, Diluc slowly and methodically spoke up. Upon hearing this, both Venti and Su Feng visibly breathed a sigh of relief. As for whether Diluc would make any demands next—the two were quite at ease about that.

Given Diluc's personality, he would never do anything to harm Mondstadt or even ordinary people; this is very clear to both of them, as they both know Diluc's character.

"Gentlemen, I'd like to know if Mondstadt still has anything that could attract the Fatui, because I've received word that the Fatui seem to be preparing to send another Executor into Mondstadt."

"This means that Mondstadt will once again face a situation where there are two Fatui Executors."

"But after the lady took away some divine object from the wind god that we still don't know what it is, what else in Mondstadt is worth the Fools going to such lengths for?"

Diluc's calm voice was filled with deep confusion—having had some entanglement with the Fatui Enforcers before, he knew very well how powerful those enforcers were, and it was precisely because he knew this strength that he wondered what the Fatui were planning to take from Mondstadt by investing so much of their power.

Even though Lady Ming paid the price of her life to take something from the Wind God, the Fatui still chose to increase their bets?

"Ok?"

Upon hearing that the Fatui had sent another executor, both Su Feng and Wendy's eyes flickered slightly. Then, two barely perceptible wisps of wind flew past them.

Of course, the two of them almost simultaneously ignored Diluc's curiosity about the 'Heart of God' in his words—the Heart of God is not something that too many people should know, and after seeing the two of them like this, Diluc did not dwell on the matter of the 'Heart of God'.

Since these two are not going to say anything, it is clear that this matter is not suitable for a mortal like him to know. In that case, there is no need to dwell on it. Moreover, what is more important now is to deal with the sudden appearance of the Fools' Enforcers.

After all, this is the one who is more likely to harm Mondstadt, and now no one knows what Winter, who seems to be gradually going mad and arrogant, really wants to do.

This is also a problem that Wendy and Su Feng need to consider.

Although the Fatui's executives are extremely powerful, with the top three even said to possess power comparable to that of gods, it should be known that there are differences even among demon gods.

Recently, Mondstadt's Anemo Archon and its familiars have truly demonstrated their power to everyone. Even if the Fatui Enforcers are stubborn, there should be a limit, right?

Do you really think God doesn't kill people?

Moreover, Venti's Divine Heart has already been 'stolen'. If the Fatui are too aggressive in this situation, it will only cause Venti to turn against them completely, which would be the worst option for Winter.

But if the Fools, knowing this situation, still choose to increase their bets again...

"Is it for that destiny star?"

"After all, right now Mondstadt only has that Destiny Star that's enough for the Fatui to go to great lengths, isn't it?"

Now that he had relaxed again, Su Feng said this lazily. It was clear that he had figured things out and was not too worried that Zhi Dong and Mond would actually start fighting immediately.

"That should be true. After all, it's a star from high heavens. It's not hard to understand why those guys would be interested in that thing."

Wendy, who had also thought of this, relaxed as well. Diluc frowned when he saw the god and his retinue relax immediately after a brief moment of alertness.

Although Su Feng and Wendy seem to be only making guesses, the certainty in their tone is enough to say a lot—it is clear that the information the superhumans possess far exceeds his imagination, and the executors of the Fools of Winter have even been classified as superhumans to some extent.

Those guys are actually that powerful?

"We need to discuss this with Jean. Diluc, why don't you come along?"

Venti was slightly annoyed that the Fatui Enforcers would interfere in the matter of Destiny again, so he decisively extended an invitation to Diluc. Still not wanting to work, he wanted to push things away, but considering that the Fatui had increased their demands, he also planned to find two helpers for Jean.

Otherwise, poor Qin, the band leader, might really have collapsed.

......

"So, my workload is going to increase again?"

When Jean looked at the three people in front of her, she felt like her head was about to explode. What made it even more of a headache was that she had just sent a protest to the Fatui about their executor's illegal intrusion into Mondstadt territory, and now another executor had come from the Fatui side.

Moreover, this time they were so careless that the information was leaked to them in advance by a mortal intelligence organization.

For a moment, Qin didn't know if the Fools were being too arrogant!

Of course, the bigger problem for her was probably that the Fools were after the meteorite that had fallen from the sky.

This is probably what they call an undeserved disaster, right?

Mondstadt has been having a really bad run of luck lately.

"So how do you plan to handle this?"

With his arms crossed over his chest, Diluc asked Jean about her next plans. He was also curious about how his outstanding junior intended to handle the matter, which could probably be considered a test from the Night Heroes for the Knights of Favonius.

"Well..."

"Let's protest against the Fools first, and then..."

"Lord Wind God, is there any way to deal with this meteorite?"

After some deliberation, Qin first decided on the safest approach given that she knew nothing about the situation, and then began to seek a solution that would address the root cause of the problem.

Since this Fatui executor might be after that meteorite, let's just take care of it. Then the Fatui executor, having lost his target, will naturally leave.

"I'm sorry, but this meteorite is not something that can be dealt with so easily. Otherwise, the Fatui's executives wouldn't have come knocking on our door."

However, Wendy could only helplessly shrug when faced with Jean's expectant gaze.

"To put it in terms you can understand, this meteorite contains a tremendous amount of obsession and elemental power. If a mortal without the Eye of God were to merely come into contact with a fragment of this meteorite, they would probably be instantly eroded by the obsession and elemental power within it."

"So this thing is really dangerous, and its core is extremely solid and difficult to deal with. Even if we want to get rid of it without causing too much damage, we can only slowly grind it down little by little, but that would waste a lot of time and effort."

"This would be troublesome and not worth it."

After briefly summarizing the current situation, Wendy glanced at Jean with a helpless look. Her expression of being unable to help and even wanting to shirk responsibility was enough to make anyone's blood pressure rise.

Qin, who had recently improved her resilience, felt a sense of despair after hearing all of this.

"So...why can't we hold a competition?"