[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

Ventara felt as if he had heard it wrongly, because such words really did not sound like something the upright warden would say, but unfortunately Leosli was serious.

The force in his hands increased a bit, but it was maintained at a level that was hard to ignore but would not actually hurt her.

He lowered his head, met the girl's evasive eyes, and smiled softly: "Don't be nervous, Ventara, you are my most capable assistant, you will be able to stay calm in this situation, right?"

Ventara almost wanted to punch him.

It's a pity that she is now under someone else's control and has no way out at all.

Leosley continued: "Don't you think this posture is familiar? Maybe you need a little kind reminder, ma'am, think carefully about what happened last night--"

Knowing that if she couldn't guess, his behavior might not stop there, Ventara had to use her brain as much as she could.

The hands being held down, and the cheeks being pressed close to each other...

Several images seemed to flash through her mind.

But in those pictures, the dominant and the controlled parties were completely reversed, and it was she who pressed Leosley on the bed.

Ventara's eyes suddenly widened in disbelief.

Seeing that she finally remembered, there was naturally no need for Leosley to maintain this posture any longer.

He decisively let go and stepped aside.

But even so, Ventara was still immersed in this tremendous blow and unable to extricate himself.

After remembering a little, the subsequent memories poured into her mind like a flood, and even the man's low and hoarse breathing last night became clear.

She never expected that she would be the first to take action.

"Remembered?" Leosley leaned against the wall, hugged his chest and teased.

"No, I don't understand what you are saying..." Ventara refused to admit that he was the one who did it, and continued to deny it stubbornly.

"That's it-"

Leosley pretended to sigh while walking towards her.

Ventara immediately shrank back vigilantly, but there was a wall behind her and there was no room to retreat.

She asked loudly and timidly, "What are you going to do?"

"Of course, it's to help you remember what happened last night. I don't mind using a more extreme method." Leosli stretched out his hand and pressed it on his lips suggestively.

Ventara immediately remembered the feeling of their lips touching each other, and her face turned red.

Fortunately, the light in this place was dim, enough to cover up her inappropriate shyness.

Leosley was still approaching.

Ventara had no choice but to surrender: "No, no, I already remember it! I remember it all!"

"Really?"

"real!"

Ventara was almost ready to swear with both hands and feet raised.

Leosley liked her reaction now.

His original intention of just teasing her now completely took over, causing him to temporarily forget about his business and instead try to dig out more interesting reactions from her.

He put on a sad expression: "You have to be responsible for me, Ventara."

Wentara doesn't want to take responsibility, Wentara just wants to be a cold woman.

But when she saw the bite mark on the man's chest faintly revealed from under the open collar when he "inadvertently" pulled his tie, she felt guilty again.

However, as a battle-hardened assistant lady in Melo Petersburg, Ventara has also seen big scenes. For example, a few days ago, because she deceived a girl in prison, she was finally caught and actually had a wife and children outside. So she was taken to the boxing ring by Leosley for "friendly sparring".

...No, this case doesn't seem to be used correctly!
Ventara felt as if his brain had become a mess.

Finally, a strange equation was born in her mind.

She has no wife or children outside = she can cheat on others in Mellow Petersburg = there is nothing wrong with her sleeping with Leosley = she does not need to be responsible!
Ventara's eyes lit up and she blurted out the conclusion: "We are just a one-night stand, I don't need to be responsible!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ventara himself was stunned.

Something seems wrong?
It was not until Leosley couldn't help laughing out loud that she finally came to her senses and looked at him blankly.

The Duke had an ambiguous smile on his face: "Excuse me, Ventara, but a one-night stand in Fontaine is also a crime that will get you imprisoned in Mero Petersburg—"

Just like the nonsensical rules like not being able to eat ketchup alone in a restaurant and not being able to name a pet "Funina", a one-night stand that might be legal in other places is also a crime in Fontaine.

In fact, most people in Fontaine are romantic, and one-night stands were quite common a long time ago. However, this behavior was banned after the current chief judge, Navilette, took over this position.

This serious and fussy gentleman, after being seduced many times by noble ladies because of his outstanding appearance, finally got fed up and wrote this into the law.

Ventara wanted to go back a minute to slap herself in the face for not thinking straight, but time could not be reversed. Now she could only watch Leosli trying to think of a solution.

It’s a pity that Leosley doesn’t intend to give her this opportunity again.

"If you insist on saying this, I'm afraid I'll have to reassign you a room that belongs to the prisoners—"

At that moment, Ventara even gave up on herself and thought about just leaving it at that. Her room was probably still a mess anyway, and there was no desire to go back there.

But Leosley's next words dispelled her thoughts.

"Would you like to guess whether I would give you some special care since you have become a prisoner for forcing the Duke to commit such a crime?"

Ventara gritted her teeth: "Despicable!"

Leosley didn't mind receiving such comments, after all, he was indeed threatening her.

His idea was simple. Since Ventara was unwilling to tell him what she had experienced, he might as well find another way to find out on his own.

*
Ventara finally chose to compromise, so she now has a new identity - the Duke's secret girlfriend.

The word "secret" was added at her own insistence.

She didn't want her private affairs to be spread because of the attention Leosley received in this prison.

Even though others didn't know about their relationship, as the only woman who could stay by his side for a long time, Ventara still received widespread attention.

This kind of attention has existed since she chose to become Leosley's assistant, not just now, but perhaps because of the title of girlfriend, she is more sensitive to this kind of attention.

*
That night, the atmosphere at the Melo Petersburg underground boxing ring, which should have been bustling with activity, was a little different.

The audience, who usually take on the responsibility of creating the atmosphere and are either cheering or booing, remained quiet today, watching with trepidation the almost one-sided crushing situation on the ring.

They were very familiar with the two people fighting on the stage. One was a new star in the boxing ring recently, and the other was the assistant that the Duke often brought with him.

Can an ordinary assistant really be that amazing...

The fight on the ring had come to an end. One of the parties seemed to finally feel that this kind of complete defeat was boring. He stopped punching the other party and instead threw him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.

The man still didn't give up and wanted to get up and continue, but because of the pain in his waist and abdomen, he could only struggle using all four limbs.

Ventara clapped her hands to brush off the dust, then took off the protective gear on her head and watched him stand up and fall down in embarrassment with cold eyes.

The boxing ring host, Roussimov, swallowed and looked stunned.

Ventara glanced at him impatiently: "Isn't it time for the verdict, Mr. Roussimov?"

"Yes, yes!" Although the tone was cold, Roussimov felt that he heard a threat in it and shuddered suddenly.

After making sure that Ventara's opponent had no chance of getting up, he quickly announced the winner of the boxing match: "I declare that the winner is Miss Ventara!"

Ventara's face showed no emotion, he nodded indifferently, took off his protective gear one by one and threw them to him casually.

She walked over to the loser and patted his face: "Well, as agreed before the game, I will pull out your teeth."

The bruised guy finally showed a look of fear and begged her to spare him this time, but unfortunately Ventara didn't buy it.

"I thought you were ready for what you are doing now when you slandered others behind their backs."

——Yes, this sudden boxing match was not without reason, but a long-planned killing of the chicken to scare the monkey.

This guy was carefully selected by her from the group of people who had been spreading rumors behind her back that there was an improper hidden relationship between her and Leosley, and this bet was also won by Ventara by taking advantage of the contempt of this group of people for her.

Now it looks like the effect is pretty good.

She stood up and glanced at the audience one by one. She was satisfied to see that several familiar guys no longer dared to look her in the eye.

Such bets often take place in underground boxing rings, so Roussimov is used to being a witness.

Ventara didn't plan to do it herself. After all, although she didn't mind seeing such a bloody scene, she would still feel a little disgusted. So she simply handed the tooth extraction over to him. Roussimov wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and agreed under her deterrence.

Ventara was not worried that he would go against his will. At worst, he could just do it himself when the time came.

She took the elevator to leave the underground boxing ring, but ran into Leosley, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded outside the elevator, looking like he was waiting for someone.

As for who he was waiting for, it was obviously her.

The control mechanism of the elevator was right next to Leosli, so even if Ventara wanted to pretend he didn't see it and go back, he couldn't do it.

Someone had obviously chosen this position on purpose. Seeing her standing there in the elevator, unable to move forward or backward, he smiled mischievously, "Aren't you coming out yet?"

To be honest, Ventara had been avoiding him since that day.

Leosli did try to talk to her, but during the unavoidable working hours, Wintara would always brush him off by saying, "It's working hours now, it's not appropriate to talk about personal matters." As soon as it was time to get off work, she would immediately disappear, making it clear that she refused to communicate.

It was the same now. The only way out was blocked. Ventara had no chance of escaping but still put on a stern face.

After seeing her expression like this for a long time, Leosli got used to it and still had a smiling face, but he still didn't forget to tease maliciously: "What's wrong, did those guys not let you have enough fun tonight?"

Ventara's expression was stunned: "You know I--"

"Shh." Leosley put a finger on his lips, signaling her to be quiet. "Sometimes you have to learn to keep silent about the bad things you do."

Although Mellow Petersburg is a place of exile for prisoners, it also has its own rules and regulations. Although Ventara's behavior was agreed upon by both parties who agreed to the bet, it was still a bit unreasonable and not suitable to be mentioned openly.

But this move seems somewhat ridiculous to the rule makers.

The corners of Ventara's lips turned up, revealing an ambiguous smile, but the smile did not reach her eyes, and the words she spoke seemed to be nitpicking: "It's really unexpected that the Duke would say this. As a symbol of justice in Melo Petersburg, you would actually be partial to someone?"

“The rules change with people.”

Leosley is not a rigid person, and the rules he sets are even more not rigid.

As the all-powerful warden of this prison, he actually knows more than Ventara.

For example, the guy who made a bet with Ventara was called Dur. He came to Melo Petersburg because he maliciously slandered the innocence of a young girl, which eventually led to the fragile girl committing suicide because she could not withstand the rumors.

However, this guy did not seem to realize his mistakes after being sentenced. Instead, after entering Melo Petersburg, he set his sights on a new target, that is, Ventara, who was the Duke's assistant but had a weak appearance.

To be fair, Ventara's appearance is quite deceptive.

Her waist-length black hair was usually let down and draped softly behind her back. Her round and soft almond eyes behind her bangs made her look more like a young student. She had a temperament that was incompatible with this gloomy prison, even though she always had a cold face.

With Dur's stupid brain, he only thought that the reason why Ventara could live so comfortably in this prison was because he had someone's protection, and that person was Leosli, who was closest to Ventara.

In his mouth, Ventara became a dodder clinging to the Duke, and Leosli became a villain who used his power to seduce young girls.

As for him, of course he is a cynical good guy!

There were many prisoners who loved to have fun and stir up trouble, so the rumor spread further and further through their mouths, and finally reached the ears of Ventara.

Leosli originally planned to secretly get rid of the culprit Dur, but after discovering Ventara's little trick, he decided to let her do it herself.

It's just that now it seems that Ventara doesn't seem so happy, especially after he said this.

She didn't know what she was thinking of, and her expression was gloomy: "Forget it, I don't care what you think. It's a good thing that you don't interfere with me. But since you are not here to accuse me, please get out of the way. I want to go back."

She was still covered in Durr's blood and felt very uncomfortable.

Leosli still had no intention of giving in: "If you don't mind, I can take you back."

Ventara looked up at him without saying anything, but one could tell from her droopy eyes that she cared a lot.

"Don't be so heartless. You are my lover." Leosli persisted, as if he didn't notice her rejection.

"Or are you planning to not take responsibility for me again?"

As he said this, he took off the handcuffs from his waist and turned them flexibly between his fingers, as if as a reminder.

Ventara gritted his teeth and chose to compromise.

The two of them went to the accommodation area together.

However, due to this not-too-serious threat, the atmosphere between the two inevitably became a little quiet. Leosley sighed silently, racking his brains to find a topic to talk about.

"Oh, I really miss the time when you were acting cute and wanted to be my assistant——"

He was talking about the time when Melo Petersburg had just announced that it was recruiting an assistant to the Duke.

Although he was awarded the title of Duke for his tax contribution after taking over the position of administrator of Melo Petersburg, and the Momen Palace even took the initiative to arrange a house for him in Fontaine, Leosli rarely returned to the water.

The few times he visited were mostly for official business, such as assisting Mo Mang Palace in arresting and escorting criminals, and the most recent one was to recruit an assistant.

It was at that time that Ventara, who had disappeared for ten years, suddenly appeared in front of him.

For some unspeakable reason, Leosli did not want his childhood friend to have anything to do with the mixed crowd of Mellow Petersburg, and he directly rejected the resume she submitted.

He had originally thought of finding an opportunity to reminisce about the past later, but he didn't expect that this guy would come to him that day because of the rejection.

Ventara had a fight with him, and although she lost in the end, the fact that she could fight him back and forth was enough for Leosli to believe that she had enough capital to gain a foothold in Melo Petersburg.

In addition, someone thought that there was no hope because he lost the fight, but he still didn't give up and had to stare at his green eyes stubbornly, as if he was saying that he would cry in front of him if he didn't agree.

Leosley was touched by the cuteness and of course chose to compromise.

However, Ventara, who didn't know the truth, just thought he was being stupid. After all, she didn't think she was acting coquettishly or cute at that time.

Ventara: I am a cold-blooded woman.

She was too lazy to argue with him, so she just emphasized, "I want to be the Duke's assistant because it's quiet, less work, and the salary is high."

As to how true this statement is, it depends on one's own opinion.

This is generally the case for civil servants in Fontaine. She chose this place on purpose, and Leosli doesn't believe that there is no reason for this.

That's why he was surprised that Ventara was like a little hedgehog when facing him later.

They soon reached Ventara's room, and this time Leosli chose not to go in with her, but stopped at the door and whispered, "Good night."

Ventara still couldn't get used to his gentle tone, just like she had never acknowledged their relationship in her heart. After struggling for a long time, she finally said dryly, "Go away."

Leosley spread his hands helplessly: "If you can't even get a good night, how about just giving me a good night kiss instead?"

Seeing that he started to talk nonsense again, Ventara rolled her eyes at him and closed the door.

Someone who was rejected was in a good mood.

Night is a good time to settle accounts, not only to clear the guilt of some prisoners, but also to record other trivial matters occasionally.

Leosley is actually a person with a strong sense of ritual, just like he believes that coffee needs milk and tea needs two pieces of sugar.

He has a notebook specifically for recording trivial matters. Originally it was just a simple diary, but two days ago he added the word "love" on the cover.

Well, a love diary, specifically used to record what happened between him and Ventara.

Leosley rarely talks about his past.

He actually didn't want to recall these things. After all, he was not a nostalgic person. The past was long gone. The only vivid thing in his memory was Ventara.

Young Mu Ai always comes suddenly, and Leosli is no exception.

Being young and ignorant, it took him a long time to realize that he seemed to like Ventara. When he finally reacted, the girl had already been sent away by the Dlasco couple.

They were separated for a very long time, and a lot of things happened in the meantime. The affection of their youth had grown from a young bud into a towering tree because of regret and took root in his heart.

Yes, Leosley liked Ventara, there was no doubt about that.

Perhaps it was because of this that he, under the influence of alcohol, reluctantly cooperated with Ventara to complete the "coercion". After all, the way the drunken girl whispered his name was not really heartless.

At least that night, he thought they liked each other.

Leosli believed that his intuition would not be wrong, but why Wentala wanted to keep a distance from him after waking up remained to be investigated.

Sitting there and waiting for death is not his style. He has already sent people to investigate, but there are too few clues, and he needs to find out more from Ventara.

Leosli picked up his pen and wrote down his recent interaction with Ventara in his love diary.

I believe this will be a very valuable memoir in the future. Ah, he can already imagine how wonderful this will be——

It's a pity that no one saw it now, otherwise anyone would sigh and wonder how such a good young man could become love-brained at such a young age.

(End of this chapter)