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Han Fu glanced back at the closed door, thinking to himself, "I'll remember this grudge," before forcing a smile and explaining to Yura, "Yura, don't misunderstand. This Miss Mona is just a friend of mine. Remember? We met on the way to Mondstadt. I have some important matters to discuss with her..."

To the tourists and residents passing by, this was clearly just a perfectly normal "couple's quarrel".

Han Fulai is currently pretending to be Yura's fiancé. Although his relationship with Mona is completely innocent, well, his relationship with Keqing was also quite innocent back then, right?

He abandoned his fiancée during the holidays to meet with other girls... If Schubert heard about this, it might cause trouble. In any case, Yura had to pretend to be very angry; it was a matter of a girl's pride.

Han Fulai naturally had to play his role well, and in fact, he was already mentally prepared to spend a lot of money to appease Yura later...

However, Yura's next words stunned him—

"I'm here to have Miss Mona do my fortune-telling... My uncle has gone missing."

Han Fulai spent a long time explaining to Mona through the door before finally getting her to open it.

In the rented room, Han Fulai listened to Yura recount in detail the whole story of Schubert's disappearance.

Yura left the city early this morning with an invitation from the Goethe Hotel on her person—according to the etiquette of the old aristocracy, one must be formally invited to a banquet and enter with an invitation in hand.

For such an important event as Han Fulai and Youla "meeting the parents," it was naturally necessary to follow the proper procedures. Youla specially asked the Goethe Hotel to give her an exquisite gold-embossed invitation, which only contained Schubert's name and the Goethe Hotel's address, while the date was to be determined.

Since Schubert is the guest of honor at this banquet, the time to attend depends on Schubert's mood. Once Schubert has set a time, Yura will have Han Fulai book the banquet at the hotel—which will likely be another painful expense.

Yes, it was Yura who felt the pinch. Yura was planning to reimburse Han Fulai for the mission expenses after the mission was over. Yura always kept her personal and professional matters very separate.

(Han Fulai secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. He had been too embarrassed to mention this to Yura, and he felt that he no longer needed to worry about how to explain it to Ningguang when he returned to Liyue.)

(Mona was wondering whether to tell poor Mr. H that, according to her divination, he was destined not to receive Miss E's money.)

Following the address Schubert gave her, Yura found an adventurer's tent on a hillside outside Springstown.

Inside the tent were a suitcase adorned with the Lawrence family crest, some scattered luggage, a camp bed commonly used by adventurers, uncovered bedding, and a rather nice-looking high-backed chair—which Schubert had purchased from the residents of Clearspring. Even when he was reduced to sleeping in the wilderness, he insisted on having at least a chair befitting his noble status.

But Schubert was nowhere to be seen.

"Didn't you go look for him nearby? Maybe he just went for a walk in the countryside and will be back in a while."

Han Fulai felt that it was a bit arbitrary to conclude that Schubert was "missing" just like that. Although he was not sure how the Knights of Mondstadt defined missing persons cases, according to the Liyue General Affairs Department's regulations, an adult could only be reported missing after more than 24 hours.

They just saw Schubert at the circus last night; Schubert might have gone to see another performance after that.

It's currently Mondstadt's "Badminton Festival," and the city and surrounding areas are so lively that it's normal to linger—and it's even possible that someone might get drunk and fall asleep somewhere, as Mondstadt has no shortage of drunkards.

Yura shook her head and said, "I think he's been kidnapped."

"Kidnapping?" Han Fulai was greatly surprised. It had only been a little over half a day since last night, and it hadn't even met the criteria for missing person yet. How could he have thought of kidnapping?

Yura gave her reasoning: "His tent was a mess. His belongings weren't organized, and his bedding wasn't folded properly—given his personality, he absolutely couldn't tolerate living in such a chaotic environment. If he had left the tent normally, he would have tidied it up first. I guess he was kidnapped while he was sleeping last night, and the kidnappers even ransacked his tent."

Han Fulai recalled Schubert's serious demeanor... Yura's statement did indeed make sense.

If we continue to deduce along Yura's lines of thought...

Han Fulai came to a conclusion: "You suspect that it was done by the Fools?"

Schubert, a fallen nobleman, was not someone who would be robbed of either money or women.

If there's any value in kidnapping him... either he carries some secret of the Lawrence family, or he's used to blackmail Yura... the prime suspect is, of course, the Fools who had frequent contact with Schubert.

Yura nodded.

Although Yura disliked Schubert's aristocratic manners, Schubert was, after all, her uncle, and Yura couldn't help but worry about his safety... Perhaps Schubert was being tortured or something right now...

Although she didn't know what deal Schubert had with the Fools, Schubert likely possessed something the Fools needed, or something that could be obtained by kidnapping him... She remembered Schubert yelling at her that night, "Give back the 'Ice Seal'."

Given the Fools' ruthless and unscrupulous style of doing whatever it takes to achieve their goals, they are absolutely capable of kidnapping and extortion—there are even "debt collectors" within the Fools who specialize in doing this kind of dirty work.

As the captain of the Knights, Yura possesses official status within the order and is exceptionally strong, making her difficult for the Fools to deal with. However, it would be much easier to coerce her into submission by taking Schubert hostage.

So her first reaction was to rush back to the Knights' dormitory to check if there were any extortion letters or messages from the Fools, and to gather her guerrilla squad to stand by.

There was no extortion letter, of course.

As an experienced guerrilla knight, Yura didn't immediately rush to the Fatui's office to cause trouble or send people out for a large-scale search in the wilderness. There are many places in Mondstadt where people can hide, and it might not be useful to send her small team out into the wilderness to search for a long time. What she needed was accurate intelligence.

Just as she was agonizing over whether to back down to Jean or cooperate with that guy Kaiya, her teammate provided her with a potentially helpful source of information—the Knights Library had recently hired a temporary librarian, who was said to be a very influential fortune teller, skilled at finding books and lost wallets.

So Yura rushed to find the accurate fortune teller Mona, and as for meeting Han Fulai here, that was purely coincidental.

Chapter 203 The Temple of the Four Winds

After explaining the situation to them, Yura bowed to Mona with a knightly salute: "I humbly request Miss Mona to help me divine the whereabouts of my uncle. The Knights of Favonius—no, I will reward you handsomely afterwards."

As Mona watched the female knight bow, she suddenly remembered something—when she first arrived in Mondstadt, there seemed to be a female knight who was quite arrogant.

The female knight also said something like, "Although I don't know who you are, if you want to seek revenge, please line up."

So, is now a good opportunity to "seek revenge"? Hmph.

Mona crossed her arms, striking a pose: "Miss Yura hasn't formally introduced herself to me yet, has she? Let me introduce myself. My name is Astrologis Mona Megistus. No need for gifts or anything like that. I study astrology to explore the truth of the world, and limiting material desires is also part of my training..."

“However,” Mona changed the subject, “I have a rule for my readings: if you want me to do one, remembering my name is the most basic respect you can show… and you have to pronounce it correctly the whole time!”

This is, of course, a rule that Mona just set.

Previously, Yura didn't even want to hear her name, but now that Yura needs her help, she naturally wants Yura to remember her name.

Mona's full name is long and difficult to pronounce; expecting someone to remember it after hearing it only once is undoubtedly asking too much of them...

Han Fulai coughed lightly and winked at Mona, meaning something like, "For my sake, please don't make things difficult for Yura."

Mona pursed her lips, as if to say, "I'm giving you face."

Just as she was about to say something like, "Let it go this time, but please remember next time," to let the matter drop, she saw Yura suddenly lower her head and bow to Mona in apology: "I'm sorry, Miss Astrologis Mona Megistus, I know I offended you before, but please do me this favor this time."

Mona was quite impressed by the fact that this proud female knight apologized so readily and that she actually remembered her name after hearing it just once.

"Ahem, I appreciate Miss Yura's sincerity. Don't worry, with my help, we'll find your uncle soon."

Schubert was just an ordinary person, and it wasn't difficult for Mona to predict his whereabouts.

Mona summoned her "Water Divination Plate," and with a wave of her hands, a brilliant sea of ​​stars appeared on the water's surface. Mona then tapped her fingers, inputting information representing Schubert into the divination plate.

After some calculations, Mona quickly came to a conclusion: "Astrologically speaking, Schubert is still alive, currently imprisoned. He's still in Mondstadt, and his movements from last night until now started near Springvale, heading northeast... um..."

The divination process went smoothly, but Mona got stuck at the last step.

She stirred the water in the dish several times, then finally shook her head.

"...The place where he was imprisoned is rather strange; I couldn't even divine the exact location."

To be honest, Mona was also a little embarrassed. She had spoken quite confidently just now, but then a problem arose at the last minute... How many times has this happened since Mondstadt?

Yura's face showed obvious disappointment.

Han Fulai had been listening to her teammates rave about the fortune teller, Ms. Mona, and she seemed to trust Mona completely. She was genuinely hoping that Mona could deduce Schubert's location, and was even willing to apologize to Mona for it.

It is certainly good news to confirm that Schubert was indeed kidnapped and that he is still alive, but what use is it to know where he is being held?

The northeast of Mondstadt is a fairly large area.

Whispering Woods, Starfall Lake, Stargazing Cliff, Windshorn... the area covered is several Mondstadt cities in size, not even counting Eagle Point Beach and the more distant islands at sea, since there probably isn't enough time for the Fatui to set sail.

The Fatui's hideout in Mondstadt must be very well hidden. If Schubert was imprisoned in the Fatui's hideout, it would be very difficult to find him through open searches alone.

Even if the entire Knights Order were gathered and a thorough search were conducted for a week, it might not be possible to uncover all the hidden strongholds in these places.

Moreover, this is during the "Badminton Festival," Mondstadt's national celebration. Most of the Knights of Favonius are on vacation, and the officers on duty are already working hard to maintain order during the festival. Where would they find someone to help her find Schubert?

— Rather, most people, upon hearing that the person they were looking for was an old nobleman from the Lawrence family, simply wouldn't be willing to put in any effort.

Yura knew better than anyone how bad the Lawrence family's reputation was in Mondstadt.

She pursed her lips, preparing to get up and say goodbye.

At that moment, a hand pressed down on her shoulder.

“Yura, calm down. Mona has already provided some very important clues. I have some ideas that I need you two to consider. Maybe we can find the location of the Fatui stronghold... Do you have a map of Mondstadt?”

Mona and Yura both shook their heads. Mona only knows how to look at star charts. Yura does carry maps when she is on missions in the wild, but since it is a holiday, Yura is still wearing her noble lady dress.

"Oh...it's okay if you don't have any." Han Fulai said, taking out paper and pen from his storage space and starting to write and draw on the paper.

Mona and Yura both watched his actions with some hesitation.

The pattern on the paper gradually took shape—it was a topographical map of Mondstadt.

Han Fulai's drawing skills, which he had shown to Ke Qing during his previous investigation of Guili Plain, came in handy again at this moment.

Mondstadt is, after all, a new server map, and veteran players like Han Fulai, who have experienced the long, quiet period of farming, are quite familiar with the Mondstadt map.

However, Mona and Yura could only describe his skill as "admirable." Not everyone is capable of doing this; at least Mona and Yura don't have that ability.

After Han Fulai finished drawing the diagram, he handed the pen to Yura: "Yura, using the elite knights of your knightly order as a reference, and starting from Qingquan Town, take one person and travel at full speed to the northeast. How far can you go in about half a day? You can consider having horses or other means of transportation."

Yura considered it carefully for a while and drew an arc on the map, roughly within a hundred miles of Clear Spring Town, mainly encompassing the area from Eagle Soaring Beach to Star-Picking Cliff. The elite knights with the Eye of God had indeed marched quite fast overnight.

Han Fulai took the pen from Yura and marked several dots in the arc Yura had drawn: “Lion of the South Wind”, “Wolf of the North Wind”, “Eagle of the West Wind”, and “Gate of the Eagle”.

Chapter 204 The Four Winds Guardian is Only One Person [4k]

"These locations you marked are... Temples of the Four Winds?"

Yura quickly recognized the punctuation marks on the map. This was partly due to the high accuracy of Han Fulai's map, and partly because Yura herself, as a guerrilla knight, had carried out patrol missions in that area several times.

The faith in the Four Winds has persisted in Mondstadt for nearly a thousand years, and these temples were quite prosperous for centuries. However, Mondstadt, having enjoyed a long period of peace, was far removed from war, and these legendary guardians were gradually forgotten. As a result, the temples have fallen into disrepair in the last hundred years, gradually being occupied by roaming monsters. Guerrilla knight squads have to go out every now and then to clear out the monsters in the vicinity to prevent residents and tourists from encountering danger.

Han Fulai nodded.

“Yes, they are all located in the northeast of Springvale, within the reach of the Fools. More importantly, these are places that Mona’s divination cannot penetrate—because these places are protected by the Four Winds… or rather, they are shrouded by the divine aura of Barbatos. Mona, please try to divine the ‘Eagle’s Gate’ that I mentioned.”

Mona did as instructed, turning her "water divination board" to perform a divination on the ruined temple called "Eagle Gate," and quickly received a response—the image of a dragon appeared in the center of the divination board, proudly coiled like a king in the sky.

"Huh? Its name is Eagle, so why did the divination say it's Dragon?"

That's clearly the legendary "Wind Demon Dragon"!

Before Mona could figure it out, the image of the constellation in the center of the horoscope suddenly fluctuated, like the surface of water rippled by the wind, and the image of the constellation instantly became blurred.

"Try divining those temples again," Han Fulai said.

Mona changed the horoscope and began to divine the "Temple of the West Wind Eagle"... This time it wasn't a dragon, but the "Song of the Celestials" she had seen before.

"How could it be him?" Mona exclaimed in surprise again.

Then... the "water-covered plate" collapsed.

"Water-based plate," of course, is made of water... so Mona's chest area was immediately soaked, and her already fitted clothes became even more clingy, making her already not-so-prominent figure quite prominent...

The secrets of the "Seven Rulers of the Earthly Realm" cannot be explored by astrology; consider this a small punishment.

"Wow!"

Mona frantically covered her chest, while Yura kindly offered her a handkerchief.

“Yes, I knew it. As I just said, Mona provided a very important clue—the fact that she couldn’t divine the location was a clue in itself.”

Han Fulai had already anticipated this outcome.

—Just like when she asked Yingmei and Han Fulai to divine the fate of that bard, and almost had her clothes blown away by the wind.

Mona's "water divination" is considered the most advanced divination technique in Teyvat. There are virtually no secrets hidden from her water divination skills; it's as if she can peek at the "script" written by the "screenwriter" who weaves fate on Sky Isle. This skill truly deserves the title of "cheat code."

Logically, the fate of an ordinary person like Schubert should be clearly revealed in the divination plate, yet she could not divine Schubert's current location. If there was nothing special about Schubert's fate, then there must be something unusual about the location he was in.

The places she couldn't even divine were either outside Teyvat, the so-called "outside the world," or protected by the power of beings of higher rank.

"If you knew this would be the result, why did you still make me try!"

Mona clutched her chest, glaring angrily at Han Fulai, only to find him already looking up at the sky, clearly saying, "I didn't want to see you make a fool of yourself."

Han Fulai stared straight up at the ceiling and argued vehemently, "This is called the scientific spirit; practice is the sole criterion for testing truth."

This was a research spirit that Mona also agreed with. Mona temporarily put aside her embarrassment and annoyance, and correspondingly, her curiosity was completely piqued by Han Fulai.

"Wait, why did my water divination result in the Dragon King and the Wind God? What does this mean...?"

Upon hearing this, Yura also looked at Han Fulai. She couldn't understand what this meant either. Moreover, how could Schubert's kidnapping by the Fools have anything to do with Mondstadt's Anemo and his familiars?

"This means that Schubert was likely imprisoned at the 'Falcon Gate'."

Han Fulai drew a circle on the map and then put down his pen.

Without having to go to the scene in person or search painstakingly, he was able to calculate where the missing Schubert had been taken, simply by relying on three failed divinations and a map.

—If Mona's divination was already considered miraculous, Han Fulai's performance at this moment was truly divine.

Although it's all just Han Fulai's speculation so far, Yura has a gut feeling—trusting him is the right thing to do.