Genshin Impact, I, a mere mortal, cannot accompany you to the very end.

Gradually, going to the attic became something the girl looked forward to every day...

Although she didn't admit it at the time.

"Your Majesty, my noble lady."

Her thoughts were interrupted by the respectful voices of her subordinates coming from outside the cabin.

"The boy who was pulled out of the water has a very suspicious background... There were no wrecked ships around, yet he suddenly appeared on the water."

"Would you like to... personally review it?"

The woman gently shook her head, blinked her alluring yet cold eyes, and snapped out of her reverie.

These past few days, I've been thinking about these inexplicable things.

"Or should we just get rid of him?"

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There will be another update tonight! Wow, Boss Mei won last night!

Volume One

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Throw them into the sea when they die.

"Name?"

"Wind Whisper".

"age?"

I think it should be sixteen.

What are you thinking?

"It's sixteen."

The officers at the opposite table stopped writing, looked up, and stared at Kiyono with questioning eyes.

"I am a truly good citizen."

Kiyono raised his hands, revealing an innocent smile. "Boss, you've seen the documents too."

When traveling, it's essential to disguise all kinds of documents.

He felt very insecure without Shenqie by his side, but no one else could use that sword, and its appearance was also unremarkable, not even as good as a fire poker.

He was now in a cell-like room, cramped and with only a dim light at the far end of the corner.

"Are you Inazuma?" He flipped through a series of forged identity documents. "You encountered a sea monster, and it ate everyone on the ship, except for you?"

“That’s how it is.” Kiyono nodded.

The officer opposite him gave him a suspicious look again.

This is a bit dangerous, Kiyono thought to himself.

The Fools are cunning and unpredictable; they are all utter madmen who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. This interrogation has been repeated several times, and the officer on the other side still seems unsatisfied.

He frowned, seemingly pondering how to handle the situation.

Soon, he no longer needed to worry, because the lady arrived.

Miss.

Accompanied by the clacking sound of high heels.

The first thing you see is a long black and white dress, with a black velvet red striped cape trailing on the ground. The dress has cutouts on both sides that cling to her slender body, revealing her long, white legs. She walks down the stairs step by step.

She wore a black crown-shaped mask that covered half of her face. Her eyes were purple with crimson eyeshadow, making her look alluring and aloof, but the deepest feeling she gave was still indifference.

This woman seems very fierce.

This was Kiyono's first impression of the woman.

The officers standing nearby all bowed low, their heads bowed, not daring to look at the lady even once.

She glanced at Qingye indifferently, then looked away without looking at him again, and simply ordered the soldier next to her: "Lock him up and clean his head."

The woman spoke in a tone as light as the wind, as if human life were not worth mentioning.

She has been feeling unsettled lately, as past memories continue to confuse her.

Her mind was in turmoil, and she became irritable as well. She had come to Mondstadt with other secret purposes, and the timing of the young man's appearance was bad. Under normal circumstances, she could turn a blind eye and let him go, but not today.

So regardless of whether he is innocent or not, getting rid of him is the simplest option.

Because it's the simplest, it's the most efficient.

...Is this woman so fierce because she's on her period?

Qing Ye secretly thought.

But he wasn't going to sit idly by and wait for his doom.

Wash away memories?

His memories were already chaotic enough. If the Fools were to take action, who knows what mistakes might happen and he might end up with a mentally challenged person. It would be better to just kill him with a sword.

Upon hearing the woman's words, the officer across the table stood up.

He took out a chain-like instrument of torture and was about to wrap it around Qingye's head. Qingye was calm and focused, his mind clear and unmoved, and he could clearly see the latter's movements.

The gentle breeze, the sound of chains vibrating...

He practiced in his memories until he was dizzy and almost lost his life, but he also gained a lot.

Kiyono thought about the boy in the dandelion, how he wielded his sword, how he manipulated the wind element.

Light and nimble, unlike the violence and ferocity of thunder, the tip of the sword pierced through the flowers in the wind, touching them in an instant—he tilted his head slightly and dodged the chains that were about to bind him.

An invisible blade made of wind condensed in his palm, then slashed upwards, wrapping around the man's arm and striking his chest.

The officers of the Fools were horrified. They had already checked the boy and found that he clearly did not have the Eye of God. How could he mobilize elemental power?

He tried to activate his Evil Eye to defend himself, but it was too late. With a howling wind, an invisible force rolled over his skin, and layers of blood gushed out from his chest.

Having landed a successful blow, Kiyono no longer showed weakness or backed down. Kaze broke free of the chains binding his hands and flipped himself up.

The other soldiers had already reacted, and as the Evil Eye appeared and disappeared, the air quickly froze.

Kiyono used his fingers as a sword, and the West Wind Sword Technique was fully displayed in his mind. In his unwavering gaze, the nodes of the operation of various elements were clearly visible. He touched the nodes of those elements with his sword as lightly as if he were gliding over a cluster of flowers.

This body's talents were even greater than he had imagined.

One spell after another exploded before him, but instead of retreating, he moved closer and pressed forward. His figure was as graceful as a startled swan, and the wind swirled in his palms. With a sideways flick, three soldiers fell to the ground.

This change happened in the blink of an eye.

Kiyono tried to move forward, but he was shocked to find that he couldn't move. His feet seemed to be rooted to the ground, and a bone-chilling coldness rose up his bones and into his mind.

His feet were frozen in an instant.

It's a lady.

She did nothing, only glanced at Qingye, and he was unable to move.

This is the power of the Fools' Enforcers.

"West Wind Sword Technique..."

The swordsmanship was familiar to her because she had seen it many times before. In the attic of Mondstadt, the boy waited for a promise that would never be kept, practicing his sword tirelessly. The trajectory of that swordsmanship was very similar to what Kiyono was using today.

The lady later learned that the boy was indeed a genius, and that his swordsmanship was something he had created himself—this nameless swordsmanship was later named 'West Wind Swordsmanship' and became the pinnacle of the Mondstadt Knights' swordsmanship.

disgust.

If the lady's attitude towards Kiyono was indifferent before, now it's pure disgust.

Or rather, it's displaced anger.

Seeing this sword technique reminded her of the past, of her powerless self.

The woman hated seeing that sword technique again, just as she hated Mondstadt, hated the gods of Mondstadt, hated that plaza, and resented everything that belonged to Mondstadt... She was a living dead, whose heart was already ashes.

What Knights of Favonius, what Mondstadt, what chivalry...

Can the thing you risk your life to protect ultimately protect you?

It's ridiculous.

She pulled off her plain white gloves and gently placed her slender left hand on Qingye's chest.

Terrifying magic rapidly gathered.

Kiyono felt as if all the blood and energy in his body had been frozen, his joints were twisted together inch by inch, his lungs were convulsing violently, and he collapsed to his knees, powerless.

"Drag down."

The woman instructed those around her, "If he dies, throw him into the sea."

Volume 1: Chapter 38 Perhaps She Missed Something

cold.

So cold.

That was the only feeling that Kiyono Kazein had.

He curled up as much as he could, his lips covered in a thin layer of frost. The chill was emanating from his very bones, licking at his very marrow in waves. Qingye had never experienced anything like it before.

Like... the coldness that would freeze the whole world.

"Have a drink, it'll warm you up a lot." The sailor across from me shook a bag of ale in his hand.

Kiyono still remembered him; it was he who had pulled her out of the water.

"No, it will shorten your lifespan."

“I think you’ll die young if you don’t drink.” McCa took a sip; the ale was steaming hot, and the warmth flowed from his throat to his stomach. “Want some?”