[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

It turns out that sometimes you can't be too sure.

After successfully dodging the patrolmen from Lawrence's house and secretly attracting many people with her cute picture books, this behavior still caught the attention of the patrolmen.

It was almost morning. Cecilia, who always set up a stall at night, was sorting out the remaining picture albums and preparing to go back when she suddenly heard footsteps.

She didn't look up.

The calm weather over the past few days has made her no longer jump in fear at the slightest sound of footsteps like she did at the beginning. Moreover, according to the arrangement, Gunhild and Leggenfind were watching the situation here in a restaurant not far away.

Both of them are nobles. Although Gunhild's situation is more complicated, at least his identity is intimidating enough. Ordinary patrolmen dare not confront them head-on.

They made an agreement with Cecilia that if any patrolmen became suspicious, they would pretend to have noticed something and interrogate her to dispel the patrolmen's suspicion.

Although this was a bit beyond the rules, as long as a few special guys from the Lawrence family did not come forward, no one else would dare to question their behavior in person, which was enough for them to evacuate safely with Cecilia.

This is exactly what happened right now. When he noticed several soldiers dressed in Lawrence's uniforms walking towards Cecilia, Leggenfind immediately stood up and prepared to meet their comrades, but he was stopped by Gunhild as soon as he took a step.

Leigenfind looked at her in confusion, but found that the expression on Gunhild's face was incredibly serious.

"This is too much." Gunhild stared at the corner where the patrol had just come from, and it took him a long time to utter these few words.

Leggenfind looked in the direction she was looking, confused, and his expression froze when he saw the woman who was one step behind the patrolmen.

Over there, since Cecilia didn't notice any unusual movements from Leggenfind and Gunhild, she thought that the people who came were just ordinary guys who wanted to get the picture album.

So when she noticed a hand pressing on the album on the stall, she was still packing her things with her head down, and just said, "Sorry, it's late, I'm planning to close the stall. If you really like this album, you can take it back and consider it a gift from me."

"Oh? Are all of you businessmen so generous?"

It's a very young female voice.

Cecilia finally stopped what she was doing and looked up.

The woman's hair seemed to be very light in color, and the sun was rising at this time, and it appeared golden under the reflection of the light.

Cecilia was dazzled by the reflected sunlight and quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears. She did not forget to reply, "I can't help it. I'm in a hurry to go home. And what you have is the first book in this series. If you think it's good, you can buy a few more. Isn't that making money back?"

"Is that so..." The woman raised her eyebrows, "You sound like a business-minded guy. But why would a business-minded person choose to set up a stall at night? Don't you think this is strange?"

Of course they have their considerations for choosing to set up the stall at night.

Although there were few people at night, her movements were not so conspicuous under the cover of darkness. This was a decision made after careful consideration by everyone.

Cecilia finally realized the opponent's aggressiveness and her expression became serious.

Her mind was working rapidly. Thinking of Gunhild and Leggenfind's previous assurances, she immediately guessed that the person in front of her might be someone else.

But Cecilia couldn't guess who this "not simple" person was referring to.

She stood up.

Due to the angle, the hair color and eye color that were previously unclear finally became clear at this moment.

Light blue hair, golden eyes—exactly like hers.

This is the appearance of Vanilare, the mistress of the Lawrence family, as described by the young men.

At the same time, her appearance also caught the eyes of Vanilara.

Cecilia noticed the woman smiled.

Her heart skipped a beat, but she remained calm and even smiled politely: "I'm sorry, Miss, I don't understand what you mean."

"You are a smart man, I know you understand." Vanilari's smile became even bigger.

Cecilia wanted to argue, but Vanilari obviously didn't intend to listen to her anymore. Instead, he raised his hand to shut her up and picked up a book at random and flipped through it.

Cecilia's heart was in suspense.

However, when they were compiling the picture album, they had taken the current situation into consideration, so what they wanted to convey was expressed very obscurely. The main content of the album is a rather bloody but addictive story.

However, Vanilari seemed to have no interest in this. After flipping through the book and finding nothing, he put it down.

But she trusted her instincts.

This story may seem insignificant on the surface, but the purpose of the person selling the picture album is definitely not simple.

Vanila Rui said, "Do you know that the review of this kind of literary works is very strict now? All literary works must be handed over to the Lawrence family for inspection before they are sold. If I remember correctly, I have never seen your picture album."

The boys had never mentioned this to her.

Cecilia was stunned for a moment, and quickly made up for it: "I don't know, I just came here not long ago, no one told me about this policy."

"Just arrived?" Vanilarai showed disbelief on his face, "Where did you live before? This policy was issued a long time ago, there is no way anyone here doesn't know about it."

Cecilia named a place.

This was decided after she discussed it with the teenagers. It was located in the most remote place in the territory. It was not surprising that there was a lack of information. Apart from the fact that it was in the territory of the Lawrence family, there were almost no disadvantages. "I said the same thing. No matter how powerful she is, she can't know everyone's face, right?"

The young man said so.

Unfortunately, Vanilaraj’s bad taste was far beyond their imagination.

In other words, it's not a bad taste.

[Cold and noble, not afraid of rage, strong and calm, not shaken. 】

This is Vanilari's code of conduct and also the family motto of the Lawrence family.

The Lawrence family takes it as their duty to defend all civilians within their jurisdiction. For Vanilari, civilians in such remote areas are the ones who need more attention, because the danger level is greatly increased as they are far away from the center and close to the border. She often sends people to check the situation, and has even gone there herself many times.

There weren't many people there, so she memorized everyone's appearance.

Obviously, Cecilia is not one of them.

Vanilare didn't say anything, but it was this behavior that made Cecilia realize that she might have said something wrong.

But at this time, any more excuses would only increase her suspicion, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

And Vanilara didn't want to listen anymore.

She raised her hand: "Take the person away."

The patrolmen behind her responded and held down Cecilia's limbs.

However, Vanilara seemed very dissatisfied with their way of handling the situation. He frowned and said, "Be gentle."

The patrolman was completely confused, but he still followed her orders and went lighter.

Before being taken away, Cecilia subconsciously looked in the direction of Leggenfind and Gunhild.

Their eyes met, and Cecilia could tell that he meant to wait and see what happened.

She took a deep breath and decided to do as they said.

Even though they had not been together for a long time, she could tell that they were not the type to just stand by and watch. They would definitely come to rescue her. She just hoped that Vanilara would not be too cruel before they came.

Cecilia is still unsure whether she can survive the death in the family trial.

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But unexpectedly, Vanilari's attitude towards her was unexpectedly gentle.

This guy dismissed the extra patrolmen and took her alone to walk in the corridor of Lawrence's mansion. Cecilia was not sure what she was thinking for a moment.

Until Vanilara stopped and took the initiative to ask: "Is your hair and eye color natural?"

Cecilia had guessed that she would ask this question, and immediately put on a flattering look: "Of course! My lord, you see, I look exactly like you, maybe we are from the same family? How about we forget about today's matter and just treat it as a good deed -"

She knew that according to Fanilarai's personality, he must hate such people. Maybe if she behaved like this, Fanilarai would not want to continue to explore the matter and her origins would not be exposed.

It's just that she had never done such a thing before, and she didn't seem to have any talent, and her expression looked very fake. Vanilara could tell at a glance that she was acting.

She smiled, but instead of doing what Cecilia thought, she said, "Well, maybe we are really a family."

"Come, look here, Cecilia."

She called out the name Cecilia had said when she revealed her identity not long ago.

Following her instructions, Cecilia finally noticed that they stopped in front of a large portrait. The lady in the painting had a similar appearance to her.

"You don't look like me, but you look a lot like my mother. If it weren't for this face, I wouldn't have come to test you in person." Vanilara touched the picture frame and sighed, "If I wasn't sure that my mother only had me as a daughter, I would have thought you were my sister or something."

As she spoke, she chuckled softly, a little mockingly: "I guess it's because she died very early and almost no one remembers her now, so you - well, or your accomplices, didn't realize that you should do something to your face and change it."

Cecilia didn't expect that this would be the biggest flaw in the whole thing.

She subconsciously touched her face and her expression froze.

"Don't worry, Cecilia. I won't do anything to you before I find out your origins. Caring for everyone in the family is a virtue of the Lawrence family from ancient times to the present. If you are really a member of the Lawrence family, not only can the previous things be written off, I can even let you live here in peace." Vanilarai's tone was gentle, but the movements of his hands were completely the opposite. He pushed her into the room next to the picture frame with an irresistible force.

"Now, dear, you can start praying that you are really a Lawrence family member."

She said softly, the threat in her words was self-evident.

Then, the wooden door closed - Cecilia was locked here.

Just like before, in the present-day Lawrence mansion.

Only this time, there was no teenager named "Wendy" to take her out of the cage.

(End of this chapter)