[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

The elevators at Fontaine are always designed to be extra long, or perhaps it's because the road from the Opéracle Opera House to Merlot Peterburg is really far. In any case, they have been here for quite a long time.

Paimon couldn't stand the silence with only the clacking sound of gears. He glanced at Madeline not far away and quietly leaned on the traveler's shoulder, whispering: "Kong, do you think the Duke of Melo Petersburg is scary?"

After all, he is the one who manages a prison. He wouldn't act like a prisoner, right?

Sora thought about it and denied, "Probably not."

Although the outside world has mixed opinions about the manager of Mellow Petersburg, "The Duke", there is no doubt that everyone admits that it is his credit that Mellow Petersburg can be what it is today. Compared with the previous manager, he is really an outstanding gentleman.

Such a person would not deliberately make things difficult for a few small prisoners.

"And Villette also said that he has a personal relationship with the Duke. Although this investigation is a confidential operation, the Duke should be able to tell that we were sent by him," he comforted.

Paimon still looked uneasy.

However, when she thought about how Chloe, who was taking care of her temporarily, mentioned to her when Violet was discussing business with Sora that she would treat her to the most delicious cakes in Fontaine when she returned, she couldn't help but look forward to it again.

Hehe, I hope I can finish things here as soon as possible and go back to eat cake!

Paimon swung his feet, the only thing on his mind was the cake.

Just then, the clicking of the gears stopped and the elevator door opened, indicating that they had reached their destination.

"Come with me." Madeline asked them to follow her to find the prison registration officer.

Sora and Paimon followed her quietly, and after spending some time passing through the long and narrow pipe, they finally saw a figure.

The black-haired girl sat quietly at the table, her green eyes staring blankly ahead, her fingertips boringly rotating the slender pen, looking bored.

Madeline was obviously an old acquaintance of her and was a little surprised to see her: "Ventara, why are you in charge of the registration list today? Where is Miss Maretti?"

Maretti is the receptionist at Melo Petersburg, responsible for receiving new prisoners, but now the seat where she should have been sitting has been taken by someone else.

The girl called "Wentala" finally stopped spinning the pen, stood up, and said in a clear and cold voice: "She happened to be busy, so she asked me to stay here and take care of her."

As she was talking, Maretti came around the corner. Seeing Madeline, she took the initiative to greet her: "Oh, it's you. Why did I ask you to come down here today?"

"Lord Villette specifically asked me to escort these two prisoners, maybe he was not confident in leaving them to others." Madeline smiled.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before Maretti turned her gaze to Sora and Paimon: "Let me see, what is your crime - "Without God's permission, you ate the cake that the Envoy of Winter carefully prepared for God, causing the political core of Fontaine to fall into silence for a short period of time"? "

She couldn't help but look at the two innocent people in front of her, then looked down at the words again, and fell into a strange silence. After a long while, she said with difficulty: "...You are really people who can do great things."

"Thank you for the compliment." Kong scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

After completing the formalities and taking their pictures, Maretti seemed to remember something and pulled Ventara, who was about to leave, and asked, "What do you want to do later?"

Ventara shook his head in confusion: "No, the Duke didn't assign me any tasks today."

"In that case, please help show them around Mellow Petersburg and introduce it to them." Maretti smiled.

Ventara thought about it briefly and simply agreed.

She turned to look at Sora and Paimon, "Please follow me. I will introduce you to the infrastructure and living rules of Mello Petersburg. I am Ventara, the Duke's assistant."

"It doesn't sound like a sinecure, but it really looks like a sinecure." Paimeng complained subconsciously.

But after she finished speaking, she quickly realized that it was not a good idea to say this on someone else's territory, and quickly covered her mouth: "Sorry, that's not what I meant--"

"It's okay." Ventara's expression did not change, and he shook his head calmly.

Maretti took the initiative to explain for her, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice: "That's because Ventara was accidentally injured when she and the Duke were escorting a prisoner some time ago. The Duke didn't want her to go to work with an injury, so he made this arrangement."

Kong always felt that this word seemed to have a deeper meaning, but before he had time to think about it, Ventara had already left, so he could only quicken his pace to catch up.

Along the way, Ventara diligently introduced him to the facilities along the way and the basic situation of Melo Petersburg, such as the purpose of the concession coupons.

Her voice was really suitable for this kind of thing. At least Kong was quickly immersed in her explanation, until the sound of orderly footsteps suddenly rang in his ears, waking him up from this atmosphere.

He noticed that Ventara's brows were slightly furrowed, and he seemed to be wondering why so many security agencies suddenly appeared -

Yes, the security agencies. The footsteps just now came from the large number of security agencies in front of them. They didn't know who ordered them to block this place.

Kong always felt that something was wrong.

Could it be that their purpose was discovered as soon as they entered prison?

He and Paimon looked at each other and had quietly prepared for a fight.

"Prisoners 7459 and 7560, welcome. Don't be so nervous. These security agencies are not here to be your opponents. They are just fulfilling the duty of an honor guard."

As the man finished speaking, the security forces separated and made way for the owner of the prison to pass through.

"I heard that you are friends of that Villette, that's why you asked these guys to line up here and wait." The man smiled.

His unique appearance made Kong realize his identity immediately. He reached out to cover Paimon's mouth as he was about to ask more questions, and said cautiously: "Mr. Duke, you are so polite——"

Leosli did not reply to him. Instead, he raised his eyebrows slightly after noticing that the person leading the way was an "acquaintance": "Ventala, you are here too. It turns out that you still can't stay in the office to recover from your injuries."

Ventara glanced at him and said, "Duke, it's working hours now."

"Yes, during working hours..." Leosley shrugged helplessly, "In that case, how about giving you a performance evaluation?"

Ventara was puzzled.

Leosli turned to the two people who were out of the situation and asked, "Traveler and Paimon, right? Ventara is responsible for receiving you. Are you satisfied with the process just now?"

Kong didn't expect him to ask this. He was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and replied: "Yes, Duke, Ventara's reception was perfect."

Leosley showed an expression of "as expected" and walked a few steps forward to her side: "Excellent employees must be praised. Since Ventara's reception work is so perfect, how about rewarding you with a half-day paid vacation in the Duke's office?"

Ventara's response was a speechless look.

Leosli rubbed her head and said, "You don't want to be unable to play Frisbee with Xuta every day when you go home because your injury heals too slowly, right?"

Ventara was speechless, after all, she really wanted to accompany the puppy Xuta.

But it's not right to run away halfway through something, she insisted, "You can take a break, but you have to wait until I take them to get familiar with the environment here."

Leosli couldn't persuade her, so he had to agree: "Then I will also travel the rest of the way..."

"no need!"

Before he could finish his words, Kong interrupted him hurriedly: "I think after the explanation just now, we have already figured out the situation in Melo Petersburg. Ventara should go back and rest early. There is no need to trouble you and the Duke with the next thing!"

Are you kidding! After what happened just now, he finally understood what he had thought was strange before.

"Reluctant to" "Reluctant to", plus the conversation between Leosley and others, doesn't it make it clear that these two are a couple?

Damn it! He just escaped from the clutches of the young couple in Mo Mang Palace, and he would rather die than fall into the clutches of the clutches again and watch others show affection every day!
"Please stop here, Duke!" He was really worried that after what happened next he would become familiar with these two people and eventually become friends with them.

As a single man who has been widowed for who knows how many years, he really doesn't need another couple as his best friend! He really, really already knows a lot of them!

The attitude of resistance was so fierce that Leosli felt a little puzzled, but this proposal also fulfilled his wishes, so he agreed without much hesitation.

"If you need help, you can ask other prisoners for help. Helping newcomers will only benefit them and will not cause any harm. They will be happy to help."

In the end, he just gave this instruction and left with Ventara.

Kong heaved a sigh of relief and loosened his hand that had been covering Paimon's mouth.

Although the petite Paimon looks like a child, the expression on his face is full of sadness and vicissitudes of life.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Teyvat is really full of young couples—"

Thinking back to the days when they were always forced to eat dog food, they both made a silent decision in their hearts that they would definitely avoid the two people in Melo Petersburg from now on!
absolute!

(End of this chapter)