After the Dragon Scourge, Mondstadt almost always had good weather. The bright sunshine and ever-present breeze always brought infinite comfort.
During such a good season, one should, of course, go to Mondstadt's best tavern for a drink.
So, after the Dragon Scourge ended, Angel's Share's business returned to its booming state, with sales far surpassing the second-place Cat's Tail.
"Charles! Another large glass of Apple Cider and three servings of Sweet Madame!"
Inside Angel's Share, Paimon, with a bandage wrapped around his head, raised his small hand and loudly called out to the bartender, Charles.
"Coming right up!" Not long after Paimon's voice faded, Charles ran over with a tray.
He looked at the stacked plates next to Paimon and the empty glasses, and a fine sweat broke out on his forehead.
How could this little guy named Paimon eat so much? Was his stomach a bottomless pit?
Putting down the tray, Charles looked at Paimon, who immediately started 'fighting,' and helplessly rubbed his forehead, saying, "This is a tavern, not a restaurant. Next time, how about you go to Good Hunter Restaurant for your meals?"
"I... I know..." Paimon responded indistinctly, his cheeks puffed out.
From the looks of it, he didn't take Charles's words to heart at all.
Seeing Paimon like this, Charles could only let him be. Having been a bartender for so many years, what kind of scene hadn't he seen? Just treating Angel's Share as a restaurant, small matter, small matter.
Charles walked away with the tray, but Lumine leaned over. She looked at Paimon's eyes, which were covered by the bandage; now Paimon had become Dainsleif 2.0.
"Paimon, are you feeling better?" Lumine touched the bandaged area on Paimon's head, asking apologetically.
She had been too excited when she heard the news about her brother last night, and for a moment, she forgot that her hand was still covering Paimon's eyes.
So, that squeeze last night almost made Paimon, like Dain and Kaeya, become a cyclops.
Fortunately, after Yu Jin's diagnosis, Paimon's eyes were fine. The current bandaging was just Lumine's own precaution.
"Hmph!" Paimon turned his head away, adopting a haughty demeanor.
However, this haughtiness didn't last long before Paimon abandoned it—the haughty posture prevented him from enjoying the feast on the table freely.
For Paimon, eating was the most important thing.
So, he decisively gave up his aloofness and began to feast.
"Seeing as you're treating me to so many—delicious things, I'll reluctantly forgive you!"
Paimon said with a burp after devouring the various Mondstadt delicacies on the plate.
As he spoke, Paimon also descended from the air to a chair.
[So this is what it feels like to be so full you can't move.] Paimon narrowed his small eyes, feeling very content.
Paimon suddenly felt that the minor DMG he suffered last night was absolutely worth it. If he could get such a feast every time, then he hoped Lumine would be a bit more clumsy in the future.
"Cough cough! Can we talk now?" Dain, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak.
He pushed away the plate in front of him, only to find that Paimon's eating was so messy that some grease had fallen onto the table.
"Here, tissues." A dark hand reached over with a stack of white tissues, so distinct that Dain couldn't possibly ignore it.
"Why are you here?" Dain took the tissues, wiped the grease from the table, and then asked with a forced poker face.
"Why can't I be here?" Yu Jin retorted. Then he changed his tone and said, "If you find me an eyesore, then this should be fine, right?"
The light twisted, and Yu Jin performed a disappearing act in front of everyone.
"Woohoo, this is much better than the performances of Joser and Venti!"
"A Great Adventurer is just different!"
"Who is that next to Mr. Yu Jin? I've never seen him before?"
...Yu Jin didn't shy away; he performed his shapeless transformation in plain sight, drawing cheers from the surrounding customers.
"Bang!"
Dain didn't care if the grease on the table was wiped clean or not. He propped his elbows on the table, looking utterly dejected.
He should have realized it earlier, from the moment Paimon walked in with a bandaged head—today's conversation was destined to be fraught with countless twists and turns.
"Hoo—" Dain took a few deep breaths, calming his heart, which hadn't stirred in a long time.
Isn't it just discussing forbidden intelligence in front of everyone? He was familiar with this; when it came to being a riddler, Dain would say he was second, and no one would dare claim to be first.
"Want to know information about your brother?" Dain looked at Lumine in front of him, his tone without a ripple.
It was as if he hadn't lost his composure at all just now.
"Do you know where my brother is?" Lumine stared intently at Dain, and unconsciously, she started to grip harder again.
But this time, it wasn't Paimon's eyes, but the sturdy tabletop.
"Lumine..." Paimon had long since removed the bandage from his head; it was too stuffy to keep it on.
"Three questions, and I'll tell you information related to your brother's whereabouts." Dain held up three fingers.
"You speak." Lumine nodded at Paimon, who looked worried, signaling that she was fine before speaking.
"These questions have no right or wrong answers; their answers are merely a revelation of your different attitudes towards certain things."
Dain gave Lumine a meaningful look, then asked the first question.
"First question, the Dragon Scourge in Mondstadt was resolved by you and the Anemo Archon who calls himself Venti. In your opinion, who was key to resolving the Dragon Scourge?"
Dain's first question greatly surprised Lumine. The news that Venti was the Anemo Archon should only be known by a few people like her and Yu Jin. How did Dain know?
"Don't think too much; you just need to answer the question." Dain seemed to have guessed Lumine's thoughts and simply urged him on.
"It's..." Lumine thought for a moment, then replied, "It's Lanssangx, and Yu Jin."
"???"
Dain's eyes showed a hint of confusion. He rarely conversed with people and had only inferred the general process of resolving the Dragon Scourge from its dissipation in Mondstadt and the time Lumine was granted the title of Honorary Knight.
"Minor issue, nothing to worry about." Yu Jin's figure appeared next to Dain, and he waved his hand, looking smug.
"You just listen. If you talk, I won't speak." Dain's threat sounded like a child's, but it couldn't be helped.
If it were anyone else, Dain would have countless ways to make them ignore him, but with Yu Jin, he was somewhat at a loss.
"Oh, okay, you speak." The threat was effective, and Yu Jin turned into a transparent wisp of air again.
"Skip this question. Now for the second."
Dain paused, then asked, "Lord Rex Lapis, who protected Liyue for a thousand years, has now retired. In your opinion, who will protect Liyue, now that it has lost its Archon?"
Lumine now felt that Dain truly knew quite a lot. The Geo Archon's retirement, not death, was also information known only to a select few.
Having somewhat anticipated it, this didn't cause Lumine too much shock. Lumine sat up straight and answered directly:
"Azhdaha."
"???"
Dain pondered for a while before remembering there was an Ancient Dragon in Liyue named "Azhdaha."
But wasn't that guy sealed by the Geo Archon? How was he released?
Dain's gaze turned towards Yu Jin, and soon, several charred marks appeared on the table.
"Medium difficulty, easy peasy."
"..."
"Skip this question too. Third question."
Dain uncharacteristically wiped his forehead. Why did he feel like he was sweating profusely?
"Between having a Vision and not having a Vision, which do you think is more important to an Archon?"
Lumine pondered this question for a long time, unable to come up with an answer, so her gaze once again turned to Yu Jin.
Seeing that it was going to involve Yu Jin again, Dain wasn't just feeling it; he was already sweating profusely.
There was no way to talk about this!
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