He changed Tiwat

Chapter 18 Klee doesn't know.

In the afternoon, the luxurious carriages of Dawn Winery finally brought everyone closer to Mondstadt.

Even Mona, who had been trying to maintain her composure, finally showed a nervous expression—after all, she was about to "confront" the heir to the rare Great Witch.

Just like those students who are still flipping through their notes before entering the exam hall, Mona once again forced her two disciples, Ying and Paimon, to review the key points of "water divination." Even last-minute cramming can be effective—although Mona had been tirelessly teaching them all along, the greatest respect these two disciples showed her was by not snoring on the spot…

She waved her hand, summoning the "Water Divination Chart," and began manipulating the chart: "I'll demonstrate it for you again, watch carefully..."

Mona pointed to the four-leaf clover-shaped "Constellation of Fate" in the center of the horoscope.

"Judging from the current astrological signs and trends, look here, this is an image of a flower, which means she is a woman..."

"Looking here again, her life trajectory is still very short, which means she is still very young..."

"And this part indicates that the successor is the 'Knight of Favonius,' a young and promising individual..."

“A woman…young and promising…working for the Knights of Favonius…and she must be very learned…could it be Aunt Lisa?” Paimon whispered to Ying.

Ying quickly covered Paimon's mouth: "Shh, don't say 'Auntie,' Lisa... might hear you..."

Mona flipped the astrolabe over one last time, facing it towards Ying and Paimon, then clapped her hands: "Alright, this much information should be enough. My disciples, based on this information, can you deduce where we will meet her?"

Ying and Paimon stared blankly at the star chart, then whispered to each other for a while before reaching a consensus: "In the Knights of Favonius' library!"

Mona sighed, rubbing her forehead, sounding rather disappointed: "Sigh, it seems even the most basic astrology isn't so straightforward. The answer is clearly outside Mondstadt... Never mind, I'll explain in detail later, she'll be here soon."

As Mona spoke, the carriage had already reached the outskirts of Mondstadt and stopped in front of the famous "Timmy's Pleasure Bridge".

The group thanked the driver from Dawn Winery and jumped off the carriage.

Han Fulai spotted a familiar face immediately. Sure enough, a large flock of pigeons were circling around the little boy Timmy on the bridge.

Timmy clearly saw them at the same time, or more precisely, he saw the blond traveler.

Then Timmy jumped up and started yelling and shooing the pigeons away—to save them from being turned into "sweet flower chicken" by travelers.

—A memorable scene.

Han Fulai even felt a bit moved by the "pilgrimage" of a typical otaku, and wished he could remind Ying to quickly release a tornado to collect the poultry.

Of course, he knew now was not the time to do such a thing, because he would soon see the next acquaintance.

Mona stood aloofly at the bridgehead, arms crossed, her gaze fixed on the direction from which the wind rose. According to her prediction, the successor would soon arrive from that direction.

About half a minute later, a fiery red figure appeared in front of them accompanied by a cheerful "da da da" tune.

—She is a frequent visitor to the Knights of Favonius's confinement chambers, Mondstadt's demolition master, known as "The Runaway Sun," and "Spark Knight" Klee.

Klee suddenly stopped in front of them, and the "Dudu" doll hanging on her big backpack swayed back and forth, as if it were greeting everyone.

"Wow, it's the Honor Knight sister! And Paimon too! Weren't you supposed to be going to Liyue? You're back so soon!"

Klee was overjoyed; her sister, the Knight of Honor, was back, and now she had someone to go fishing at Starfall Lake with her again.

At that moment, Mona reached out and struck a pose reminiscent of Phoenix Wright, pointing at Klee: "—It's her! The inheritor of great knowledge!"

Ying tilted her head: "...You mean Klee?"

Paimon tilted his head: "There must be some mistake, right?"

Klee tilted her head: "What is an heir...?"

Mona ignored the three's questions, stood tall and proud in front of Klee, and declared loudly, "That's right, I am the astrologer who has seen through the secrets of the starry sea, your destined rival! You foresaw my arrival, didn't you?"

Klee bit her finger, blinking her big eyes: "Starry Sea? Is Starry Sea a place like Starfall Lake? Are there fish in it too?"

“Fish…?” Mona frowned, then quickly snorted, “No, don’t play dumb. Are you afraid of my challenge?”

"Sister, what are you talking about? I don't understand a word!" Claire pouted, looking aggrieved.

Klee's aggrieved expression and repeated calls of "sister" somewhat swayed Mona's mind. She turned to Ying and Paimon and asked softly, "How old is this child?"

Paimon counted on his fingers: "Jin and Lisa said that Klee was entrusted to the Knights by her mother three years ago... she was probably not even 5 years old at that time..."

Ying touched her chin: "So it seems she's currently... 8 years old...?"

“But my astrology is never wrong…” Mona stared blankly for a moment, then shook her head and looked at Klee: “Hmm, just in case, I’ll ask you, your mother’s name is Alice, right?”

“Yes.” Claire nodded, as if she understood something. “Oh! My sister is Mom’s friend. But you’re too late. Mom has gone to a very far place now…”

Although Klee spoke as if Iris had already passed away, she was actually just stating the literal meaning: Iris had indeed gone to "a very far place"—the borders of Teyvat.

“I already know that through astrology.” Mona crouched down and looked at Klee very seriously. “But before she left, she must have left you all the occult knowledge she knew, right?”

"Mysticism, knowledge...?" Klee blinked, looking innocent. "Klee doesn't know."

Han Fulai, who had been watching from the sidelines, quietly provided the voiceover for Keli from behind the crowd: "Ah, she said she didn't know."

Paimon finally understood: "So, Klee's mother is Mona's master's 'friend and rival'?"

Mona nodded: "Yes. My master is very skilled in astrology, but that's all she knows. Alice is different; she's an all-rounder who's proficient in all sorts of mystical fields..."

Paimon recalled how dizzy he felt listening to Mona's lecture in the carriage earlier, and shook his head, saying, "...Claire is so young, even if she listened to those profound theories, she wouldn't understand them, would she?"

Ying readily agreed with Paimon: "Absolutely no one can understand it..."

Claire delivered the final blow: "My mom only taught me how to make a 'bouncing bomb'."

Mona covered her face: "Hmm, it seems they only inherited the bloodline, not the knowledge... What a miscalculation, there's no way to compete with them..."

She thought for a moment, then, clinging to her last glimmer of hope, asked, "By the way, little friend, did Alice tell you about the 'fifty-year promise' and 'that box' before she left?"

Although Mona was prepared to come up empty-handed, Claire gave her a pleasantly unexpected answer—

"Oh, I know that! So you came to get that box, sister. Let me look for it, just a minute!"

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Before Alice left, she did give Klee some detailed instructions about the box.

For Keli, this was like a child helping her mother buy soy sauce for the first time, which was quite exciting.

So Keli immediately opened the large backpack on her back, squatted down, and began to search diligently.

Mona watched Claire's movements with anticipation.

Klee pulled out a quill pen, an ink bottle, a ruler, a compass, and other stationery... These were stationery items provided by the Westwind Church's Sunday school. Klee was a school-aged child and had to attend classes every Sunday.

"Hmm, not this..."

Klee then pulled several more books out of her bag, including Sunday school textbooks, fairy tales, and a travel guide to Teyvat written by her mother.

"It's not this one either..."

She finally turned the backpack upside down and emptied everything out.

A whole bunch of round little toys appeared on the ground, rolling around Mona—they had a very cute name: "Bouncing Bombs".

"No, no, this isn't it either..." Klee shook her little head, her pointed elf ears twitching as if she were very troubled.

"Uh... as far as I know, that box shouldn't be big enough to fit in a backpack..." Mona suggested weakly.

"Well……"

Klee tilted her head, looking completely innocent, her expression clearly asking Mona, "If the box isn't in your backpack, where is it?"

Mona sighed and turned around to ask Yingmei if the child was reliable or not, but found that Yingmei, Paimon and Han Fulai were all hiding far away behind the bridge pillars.

"Hey, what are you doing running so far?"

—When Klee dumped the bombs out of her bag, Ying instinctively grabbed the nearest person to avoid the explosion. She grabbed Paimon with her left hand and Han Fulai with her right, finding cover as quickly as possible. The whole sequence of actions was so fluid, it was almost like a fire drill.

As for Mona... she's too close, all Ying can do is pray to the wind god for Mona.

Of course, Mona wouldn't actually be injured by the explosion. Han Fulai had been secretly activating his immortal power, ready to cast a jade shield on Mona at any time...

Fortunately, the bomb didn't explode this time, so Mona was quite lucky.

But how were they going to explain to Mona that she was standing in the middle of a bunch of explosives? Ying and Han Fulai were both thinking about this problem in a very awkward way.

Just then, Klee clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Ah! I remember now, I hid it and my new treasure in Windrise!"

Ying and Paimon exchanged a glance, simultaneously recalling the incident not long ago when they had Klee report to the solitary confinement room—

Klee's treasure chest, which she had buried in Whispering Woods, was stolen by someone. She returned to the Knights of Favonius for help and happened to run into Luminous and Paimon.

The group then returned to the forest and, following the trail, found the Abyss Mage who had stolen the treasure chest and tracked him to his hiding place... After a fierce battle, the Abyss Mage who stole Klee's treasure chest was blown to smithereens by the treasure inside (a special bomb)...

Then, it's the usual "bomb injures people, piano comes knocking" scenario...

"Why does she always like to bury important things in the wild..." Paimon shrugged helplessly.

Ying looked at the small round balls on the ground and shrank back: "...Could they be bombs again?"

Klee haphazardly stuffed the "bouncing bombs" on the ground back into her backpack, then jumped up: "Wait for me, I'll get them right away!"

After saying that, she ran away with a "tap tap tap" sound.

"Don't run away! Don't you want the things in your bag?"

Mona was dumbfounded as she looked at the stationery and textbooks scattered all over the floor.

"Sigh, seeing how reckless she is, I'm really worried something might happen to the box... That box is really important to me... If anything goes wrong, I won't be able to go back and explain to the old woman..."

At this moment, the reliable traveler and her guide stepped forward without hesitation and chased after Klee—professional adventurers are still very ethical; they specifically returned to Mondstadt to help Mona retrieve that box.

Mona knelt down to help Klee tidy up the things she had left behind, temporarily storing them in her own storage space, intending to return them to Klee when she came back.

Han Fulai, who stayed behind, also squatted down to help Mona tidy up. Besides helping out, he actually had another thought in mind—to secretly see what Mona's master had recorded in his diary.

He had done the Mona Legend quest before, and apart from Yura's intrusion, the plot unfolded much like the story he remembered. What he was most curious about was what Mona's master wanted her to retrieve—her master's diary from her teenage years.

He was genuinely curious about what kind of dark past Mona had that had scared her so much that she dared not return to Fontaine and preferred to live a life of hardship, renting a place in Mondstadt and barely having enough to eat...

Mona tidied up the books on the floor one by one: Sunday school literacy textbooks, Mondstadt's fairy tale "The Wild Boar Princess", Iris's masterpiece "Teyvat Guide: Mondstadt Chapter", and a simple notebook with a gray cover and a few small stars printed on it.

"This is it!" Han Fulai's eyes lit up.

He watched Mona's every move with bated breath, but Mona... Mona was putting the notebook away, showing no intention of opening it at all...

Hmm? This isn't right. Shouldn't the plot be that Mona reads this diary and then can never return to Fontaine...? Han Fulai had been holding back all the way to sneak a peek at Mona's master's diary, not revealing a single detail about being a time traveler, just waiting for Mona to open the diary.

From another perspective, he was also hoping to have a chance to lure Mona, the Astrologer, to Liyue in the future! If Mona hadn't peeked at the diary and had gone back to Fontaine after getting the item, how would he have had the chance to lure her to Liyue?

What he didn't know was that if he weren't there, the bored Mona would naturally open the notebook to pass the time while waiting for the travelers to return. But with him there, the prideful Mona had to show that she didn't look at other people's lost items, and even if she was curious about the notebook, she would never open it in front of him.

Just as Mona was about to put the notebook away, Han Fulai grabbed her wrist in a moment of panic.

"?" Mona looked up at him.

If it were an ordinary person, Mona would know what he wanted to do at a glance, but she really couldn't see through this young master Han.

Han Fulai smiled somewhat awkwardly and said, "Miss Mona, could you show me that 'Teyvat Travel Guide'? It's my first time in Mondstadt, and I'm a little curious about the sights and things there."

“Oh…” Mona handed him the “Teyvat Travel Guide”.

"Oh, right, and that one below, is it also a travel guide? I heard that Ms. Alice has written a series of travel guides with many volumes..." Han Fulai seized the opportunity to guide Mona to look at the diary.

"N-I don't know..." Mona hesitated, touching the gray cover of the notebook.

As a holder of the Eye of God, Mona could see the special features of this book—simply put, it was a book protected by elemental power, preventing it from being damaged by insects or water.

Klee, that clumsy little girl, obviously wouldn't be able to do such a delicate operation. If nothing unexpected happens, the owner of this notebook should be that rare witch, Alice.

Mona certainly wanted to open the notebook, as it might contain occult knowledge left behind by the witch—but it could very well be something Alice left for Klee, so she should at least get Klee's permission before she could look at it.

The knowledge left behind by Alice should be like the "water divination technique" of her sect, a secret that should not be passed on. Would it be inappropriate to just casually open it up like this?

Han Fulai, of course, had no idea what Mona was struggling with, but he could see the hesitation on her face as she stroked the book cover. Wanting to give her another push, he simply took the gray notebook from Mona's hands: "Let me take a look..."

"Oh dear... this isn't a good idea..." Mona said, but she watched helplessly as Han Fulai took the notebook away.

He took it and looked at it, not me. So it can't be considered that I peeked into someone else's sect's secrets, right? Mona was even secretly grateful to Han Fulai for taking the blame for peeping.

Han Fulai slowly opened the gray cover, and Mona stretched her neck and put her face close to his. Both of them were eagerly anticipating the contents of this mysterious gray book.

"It seems this is a diary..."

Han Fulai noticed that the diary's heading included the weather and date. Unfortunately, the year was not noted.

"Hmm...and the font is very childish..."

Mona glanced at the contents with a slight disappointment; they seemed to be mostly trivial matters of daily life, such as what she ate, and had nothing to do with the occult.

But since it was left behind by Alice, it must have something special about it, right?

"Is this Klee's diary? Hmm... no, the person who wrote this diary should be a few years older than Klee..."