Genshin Impact, I'm Slime

"Of course, here you go."

Paimon looked at the traveler first, and after the other nodded, he handed him the registration list with the seal of the Liyue Maritime Affairs Bureau.

"Hmm... yes, it is clearly written above that the wholesale price of bamboo paper in Qingce Village is 120 Mora per jin."

The Qianyan Army soldiers confirmed the authenticity of the list, and then stared at the Xiaodeng vendor who was obviously beginning to panic with sharp eyes:

"There is indeed something wrong with the price of the sky lanterns you are selling. Please bring samples with me to the Accounting Department to verify the situation."

The young soldier blew the flute to call his patrol companions. Seeing that they were impartial and fair in enforcing the law, the vendor selling inferior sky lanterns finally gave up struggling and waited for his predetermined fate like a dead fish.

"Humph!"

Paimon looked like he had won a battle, and after the other two Thousand Rock Army soldiers arrived, the Traveler also let go of the stall owner's wrist, and at this moment, the other party's hand had already been pinched with red marks.

The moment the girl let go, the mother and daughter who were almost cheated by the unscrupulous merchant also came to the traveler and thanked Paimon and the blonde girl. The little girl even took out a colorful shell from her arms and stuffed it into the traveler's hand.

"Thank you, big sister! This is the most beautiful shell that Nannan found at the beach!"

Looking at the little girl's bright eyes, the traveler couldn't bear to refuse and accepted the gift.

After the mother and daughter left with many thanks, the Qianyan Army soldier came up to the traveler with the same smile, handed the list back to the traveler, and then saluted the two of them with his white tasseled spear tightly.

"Thank you for your bravery... If I'm not mistaken, you should be the hero who defeated Osel and saved Liyue, and the hero's assistant Paimon, right?"

Hearing someone praising himself and the traveler, Paimon nodded in acknowledgement without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, the young soldier's words were also heard by the Liyue people who were watching. Someone shouted, "It's really the swordsman from the foreign land!" Then the whole Chihuyan Street began to boil like boiling water.

"Hero, look at my new Jade Necklace!"

"Great hero, can you please sign my Teyvat Travel Guide?"

"Learn about the special package at Wangshengtang!"

There seemed to be something strange mixed in with the continuous noisy conversations. Facing the enthusiastic people of Liyue, Paimon, who always liked to join in the fun, felt suffocated.

"Thank you, thank you, the hero has something urgent to do now."

The traveler pulled Paimeng with him, found the right moment to squat down and crawl into the gap between the cargo boxes in the market next to him, but ran into Guoba who was stealing boiled fish. The smoke from the Wanmin Hall just covered their embarrassed figures.

When the traveler came out of another corner of the market in a panic, the cake in his arms was squeezed out of shape. Paimon rubbed his red ear and muttered:

"Next time, you should wear a bamboo hat when you go out... Oops, there's Wanmintang's chili sauce on your skirt!"

After hearing Paimon's words, the traveler began to clean up the dust and traces of rummaging around on his body. Paimon beside him crossed his arms over his chest and angrily blew up his white bangs in front of him:

"These merchants are really something. They sell a Sky Lantern for 5,000 Mora, which is ten times the price of Ashanpo. It feels like the people of Liyue are being taken advantage of."

Although he was a little embarrassed, the traveler who had just completed the act of helping others was in a good mood and did not take Paimon's complaints to heart at all:

"The Lantern Festival is a special holiday. Maybe it's worth spending some money once in a while?"

The traveler spoke to comfort Paimon, and after the two, one big and one small, found the right direction, they continued to walk towards the dock and shipyard, preparing to meet up with Famas and Zhongli.

But when passing by the inn owned by the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, the traveler saw Xingqiu and Yanbo of the Qianyan Army talking about something in front of the door with serious expressions.

"Hi, Ying!"

Xingqiu glanced at the traveler and immediately greeted the girl. Yingmei put the shell the little girl gave her in the pocket of her skirt and walked quickly towards Xingqiu: "Hey, Xingqiu, Yanbo, why are you two together?"

Both of them looked embarrassed at the same time, and it seemed inconvenient to reveal the specific situation to her.

"It seems that I came at the wrong time. I will come after you two are done with your work..."

The traveler immediately understood their thoughts from their faces and was about to turn around and leave when Yanbo spoke first:

"Please stay, traveler. I think it might be more appropriate for you to help with this matter."

"Oh? Is it time for us to show up again? Don't worry, there is nothing that the Traveler and I can't handle!"

Before Yingmei could speak, Paimon answered for her.

The little mascot has just dealt a blow to the unscrupulous merchants operating in Liyue, and now is the time to get motivated.

Seeing Xingqiu and Yanbo's expressions as if they had finally found their biggest enemy, Yingmei couldn't refuse her friends' request, so she nodded.

Xingqiu looked around and said to the two of them, "Let's go inside the inn. There are too many people outside. Can we talk for a while?"

"Why are you so mysterious? Is something big going to happen in Liyue today?"

Paimon tilted his head oddly, not understanding why everything had to be so serious.

But they obviously didn't know that from the moment they, Famas, Zhongli and others set foot in Liyue, the major forces in Liyue had never stopped keeping their eyes on them.

Xingqiu is also the second young master of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce and knows much more inside information than the two women.

After confirming that it was still early, Yingmei took Paimeng to the private room of the inn. After Xingqiu dismissed the attendants, he told the traveler the whole story: "Ying, you should know about the recent Xiaodeng fever in Liyue, right?"

"Of course I know. The price of Liyue's Sky Lanterns has skyrocketed recently. Even the most ordinary one sells for five hundred Mora."

Paimon recalled what he had just seen and heard at the market, and answered before the traveler could open his mouth, muttering to himself. Who knows which unscrupulous merchant was hyping up the popularity!

"Recently, Feiyun Chamber of Commerce received an auction item from the Adventurer's Association. It is a sky lantern released by the ancient Liyue people. After evaluation, this sky lantern is extremely complete and the existing scale is probably from the Guiliji period."

"In addition, the Sky Lantern also contains a few strands of... uh, how should I put it, it should be called the power of the immortals, so we value it at 50 million Mora."

Xingqiu originally wanted to summarize it as immortal spirit, but he was afraid that travelers from foreign lands would not understand the preciousness of this sky lantern, so he changed his wording.

"Recently, many merchants have been attracted to this place. It's not a big deal...but the Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from the Northland Bank. The owner of the bank, the ninth executive officer of the Fatui, the "Rich Man" Pantalone, is also very interested in this Sky Lantern."

The familiar organization and familiar name immediately made the traveler alert.

She still had an unsolicited debt with the Northland Bank. Although FAMAS had burned the contract and the copy earlier, the girl felt that the Northland Bank would not let it go so easily.

After hearing Pantalone's name, the traveler looked around suspiciously, as if he was afraid that a debt collector would appear in some corner.

According to what Young Master said, the seats of the Fatui are related to strength, so wouldn't Pantalone be more difficult to deal with than Tartaglia of the Golden House?

Don’t think that the confrontation between Famas and Pantalone almost always ended with Famas’ victory, but the boy was an ancient demon god after all, and it was very easy for him to suppress Pantalone.

For the Traveler, Pantarone, who is in a higher position than Dartaglia, is undoubtedly a strong opponent that needs to be dealt with with caution. (End of this chapter)