However, it seems the news has been leaked. Could it be that some customer who came to drink saw them discussing things with Diona at the back door?

Just as Barbara was in a bit of a dilemma, a pink-haired, cat-eared beast girl loli walked out of the tavern next door with a tense little face.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you all doing gathered around here? We still have business to do."

Although her words sounded stern, unfortunately, they carried an inexplicably cute quality no matter how they came out of Diona's face.

Even the most aggressive words sound like the other person is just being cute, let alone the most enthusiastic fan group in Mondstadt she's facing. How could anyone possibly listen to her and obediently move aside?

All of this was only alleviated with the arrival of the real Knights of Favonius.

A female knight with short, light blue hair was leading several patrolling Favonius Knights as they approached. Yura raised an eyebrow, and the surrounding crowd unconsciously dispersed.

After all, Lawrence's name carries considerable weight in Mondstadt.

"The Knights are in office. All unauthorized personnel should disperse immediately and not obstruct the normal passage of pedestrians."

This time, however, Yura didn't need to play the bad cop; her knight Gaza stepped forward and began to guide the crowd.

Guided by the Knights, even Albert, who had been standing defiantly at the front, obediently retreated to the other side of the street corner.

However, it seemed that the dispersed crowd had not given up, and some of them were still staring intently at Barbara, who had not left.

Upon seeing this, Yura felt a headache coming on.

Barbara's situation in the city was vastly different from hers, but the troubles she caused were just as bad.

Left with no other choice, she could only lead Barbara out through the main gate of Mondstadt first, and their figures gradually disappeared only after they crossed the stone bridge over the moat.

"I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."

Barbara kept her head down after leaving the city, looking remorseful.

Yura, on the other hand, waved her hand dismissively, seemingly unconcerned about the trouble she had caused.

"It's alright. Our duty is to maintain order in the city, which is our job. Why are you two following us?"

The female knight's gaze fell on Ying and Bai Qiyun, who were following behind the group. Especially when her gaze swept over the boy's face, Yura's eyes became even colder, as if the person in front of her owed her hundreds of thousands of Mora.

She still remembered that probing attack from before, and she needed to find an opportunity to have a proper showdown with this guy.

Looking at the wave rider with his red lips pursed, Bai Qiyun scratched his head sheepishly.

"After all, Barbara has helped us a lot, and we can't just sit idly by. However, it seems that it's better for the Knights to step in on this kind of thing."

"Yeah, yeah, those guys are always wandering around the city, they even hold a parade when Pastor Barbara goes out. If it weren't for the rules, I would really like to lock them all up in jail and give them some peace and quiet."

Bai Qiyun's words did not elicit a response from Yura, but instead, Gaza, who was on the side, casually joined in the conversation.

She tilted her head, looking helpless, and clenched her teeth tightly when she mentioned what those guys had done, her face full of hostility.

It seems she genuinely finds those people a real nuisance.

"Oh... um."

Please, don't act like we're really close.

As the female knight in front of him spoke, her upper body unconsciously leaned closer, causing Bai Qiyun to subconsciously take a half-step back.

Seeing this, Gaza's eyes flickered slightly, but he immediately moved closer, not feeling awkward at all, until Ying came over to help his teammate out of the predicament.

"Pastor Barbara is not ready to return to the city for the time being. Gaza, why don't you accompany the others for a stroll outside the city? I still have matters to attend to in the city."

Having said that, Yura no longer lingered, nodded to Barbara beside her, and then left.

Watching the female knight's departing figure, Paimon, who had been unable to speak due to the oppressive aura emanating from her, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since the captain has said so, let's go further away so that those people in the city don't come out and cause trouble again."

Gaza opened his mouth wide, revealing a set of white teeth to the breeze.

Logically speaking, if a person with fair skin exposes their teeth, people around them will always feel that the person's teeth do not appear very white.

But for Gaza, this old rule of contrast seems to have failed.

Looking at her, Bai Qiyun saw that the female knight's pearly teeth were piled up in her mouth like a finely carved ivory.

It's worth noting that Gaza's skin was already unusually fair, but her teeth were even whiter than her skin, which truly surprised Bai Qiyun, who had grown up in Liyue.

Perhaps sensing the gaze of the boy beside him, Gaza gave himself a thumbs-up.

"Haha, young man from Liyue, have you never seen the Imloka clan before? Our clan is like this, our skin is a little whiter than normal people."

No, no, no, you're not even that pale anymore.

Seeing Bai Qiyun's skeptical expression, Barbara couldn't help but chuckle.

The priest covered his mouth with his wrist and chuckled softly before saying, "You two haven't been in Mondstadt for very long. It's not hard to believe that the locals are familiar with the characteristics of the Imloka clan."

Walking through the Whispering Forest outside the city, the group strolled casually like close friends.

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"Imonroca...I think he was one of Mondstadt's old nobles?"

Bai Qiyun had read about this family from Diluc's father's records.

Legend has it that before the winds swept across the snowfields, a group of people broke free from the storm's rule and ventured alone into the snow-covered wilderness in search of a new place to live.

Perhaps their perseverance moved the heavens, for they eventually found a place where birds sang and flowers bloomed in a place covered by layers of ice and snow, and eventually established the ancient kingdom of Fendnir.

Later, the wind god Barbatos liberated the entire Mondstadt, blowing away the ice and snow on the plains. The people living in Fendnir voluntarily returned to the embrace of the wind god and thus became part of Mondstadt.

As Fendnir's successor, and coinciding with the princess's marriage to a warrior who had crossed the snowfield, they adopted the warrior's name "Imonloka" as their new tribal name, abandoning their own royal status.

This is the origin of the Imloka clan in Mondstadt today.

However, although the book recorded the general course of history, a history spanning hundreds of years cannot be summarized in just a few words. Due to his status, even the chieftain of Lakenford could not gain a deep understanding of the Imroka clan who previously lived in the Snow Country. He could only hastily record the historical facts he had learned in the past into the book, which was a minor shortcoming.

"Haha, those are all old stories, not worth mentioning. But speaking of nobles, isn't Miss Barbara also a lady of the Gunnhildr family? As the sister of that acting captain, her status is much higher than mine, and she's a beloved idol in Mondstadt..."

"Hey, Gaza, stop teasing me."

Before Gaza could finish speaking, Barbara rushed forward and covered the female knight's mouth to prevent her from revealing more of her dark past.

The girl blushed with embarrassment as she was praised again and again.

"Eh?! Barbara is actually the band leader's sister?!"

Paimon, who was beside him, belatedly shouted, which made Bai Qiyun's eyes twitch slightly.

Didn't this guy notice? When Jean asked them to take care of Barbara, she made it so obvious.

After a while, Barbara finally let go of her hands.

"Besides, I'm no longer a member of the Gunnhildr family."

The girl intertwined two fingers, as if she had something on her mind.

As the daughter of Bishop of Zephyr, Barbara and Jean are undoubtedly sisters. However, their parents later divorced, and Jean inherited her mother's surname, Gunnhildr, who was a noblewoman.

Barbara, following in her father's footsteps, inherited the bishop's surname and became known as Barbara Page.

Seeing that the girl was starting to feel down again, Gaza quickly went over to comfort her.

"Oh, that kind of thing is all fake. It's just a surname. Your mother can just take you back and change your name. Bloodline can't be faked."

This is a lie. The rules of the Mondstadt nobility are not so easily changed. Once a family separates, it's a separate family.

However, Gaza's words made some sense. Bloodlines cannot be faked, and given Barbara's status in Mondstadt, her return to the Gunnhildr family would likely not be hindered.

However, this matter concerns their parents; at least for now, Barbara is not in a position to decide her own fate.

"If we're really talking about blood ties, aren't you, Sister Gaza, the main line of Imroca back then, the 'princess' of this generation?"

"Huh? How did the topic come back to me?"

Upon hearing this, Gaza, who had just thought Barbara's mood had improved, was taken aback and scratched his head helplessly.

Admittedly, she was trying to comfort Barbara, but she also secretly wanted to change the subject.

"Princess? Eh, eh?"

Paimon started yelling again, making Bai Qiyun's ears hurt.

Seeing this, Gaza knew perfectly well that the little guy had misunderstood, and waved his hands repeatedly.

"Don't overthink it. The so-called 'princess' is just someone who plays a role during the traditional festivals of the Imroka tribe. On ordinary days, she's just like any other member of the tribe."

That's what he said, but Bai Qiyun didn't believe it at all.

If they were truly the same, why not choose someone else instead of Gaza?

It must be due to bloodline issues.

So, these two guys must be of very high status.

Although he was young, Bai Qiyun always felt strangely that he was now getting along well with the future top management of Mondstadt.

Moreover, judging from her clothing, even though Gaza said that the princess's identity was not important, her overly casual attire was still out of place with her status.

But in another sense, even such a casual outfit can't hide Gaza's charm, so it's no wonder she's called a "princess".

While Paimon and the others were still engrossed in the mystery of Barbara and Gaza's identities, Gaza, who was walking at the front, seemed to sense something. She twitched her ears and led the others to hide behind a tree, revealing her big, bright eyes as she looked into the depths of the forest.

There stood several people dressed as thieves surrounding a nun in white robes, seemingly pointing at her and saying something.

But the nun looked very agitated.

"It's Sister Giliana, what's she doing here?"

As a colleague of the Church of the West Wind, Barbara recognized the person in front of her at a glance; it was none other than Gianna, who was also an employee of the church.

Seeing her colleague surrounded by people, Barbara instinctively wanted to go and help, but was stopped by Gaza.

"No rush, let's hear what they want to do first."

After saying that, Gaza led the group to hide behind the tree again to avoid being discovered.

Before long, the nun's voice came from ahead.

"I already told you not to contact me again!"

Gianna yelled loudly as she looked at the members of the treasure-hunting group.

However, she also knew in her heart that this group of people were like a leech, impossible to shake off.

Moreover, she was somewhat guilty because of her previous experience as a member of a treasure-hunting gang.

After being yelled at by the woman, the leader showed no intention of leaving. Instead, he calmly watched Gianna with his henchmen as if she were a joke.

"Heh, you didn't think you could hide in Mondstadt and we wouldn't be able to find you, did you? You even became a nun. I wonder if those people will still let you stay in the church if they find out about your past."

The man's voice was hoarse and had a street thug vibe, sounding like a fly buzzing around a garbage dump, which was annoying to listen to.

However, because the other party had something on her, Gianna didn't dare to say anything too harsh, and could only muster up her courage to say a few words in retaliation.

"You...you're going too far!"

But it seemed to have little effect, and some of the henchmen of the treasure-hunting group even laughed for no apparent reason, seemingly mocking Gianna's impotent rage.

"We don't care what you think. Our treasure-hunting gang isn't a place where you can come and go as you please. We happen to have a few brothers who have been arrested recently. Go and get them out for us."

The "treasure thief group" refers to the people who hijacked the Baroque shipment before. After being knocked unconscious by Luminous, they were captured and imprisoned in Mondstadt's dungeon.

Another group of people who were up to no good in Liyue were caught red-handed by Bai Qiyun and were probably taken back to Liyue's prison by the Thousand Rock Army.

The round trip is so far, even if the treasure-hunting team worked themselves to death, they still couldn't rescue so many people.

"How is that possible?! How could I possibly have access to information about the Knights?"

Gianna's eyes widened as if she had heard something impossible.

"Stop talking nonsense. Just do it. Don't ask us if you can or can't do it. I remember you have a daughter, don't you?"

The leading man threatened the nun in front of him with words, seemingly not satisfied with just threatening her, he also wanted to harm the little girl.

"you!"

"What do you mean 'what do you mean'? Hurry up and do it."

Looking at Gianna, who was trembling with anger but dared not utter a word, the leading man suddenly felt a surge of pleasure.

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