In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

"Ah."

"I see."

Rhodes nodded, a relaxed smile spreading across his face.

The two were talking.

A sudden commotion arose downstairs at the Golden Sands Journey Hotel.

Just as Rhodes was about to get up to look, he was stopped by Desia.

"Sit down and have a drink."

"If anyone asks later, just say you stayed here drinking with me all night."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 17 Punch

The person who came to the Gold Sands Journey was Seno.

When he revealed his identity, the entire hotel erupted in chaos.

Who is a discipline officer?

Those were the fiercest and most ruthless hounds of Sumeru, the sharpest claws of the Church Council.

No one who gets entangled with them will be happy.

Especially that senior discipline officer.

They are the hounds of hounds, the henchmen of henchmen.

Rumors and anecdotes about him are widely circulated in Sumeru. Not only are the scholars of the Academy afraid of him, but even the people of Sumeru who have nothing to do with knowledge in their daily lives are terrified of his name.

Therefore, when news spread that Grand Inspector Sano was coming to investigate the case, everyone on the Gold Sands Trip panicked.

They were afraid of being implicated in cases involving knowledge due to some unknown incident.

After all, no one knows exactly what their business partner has done.

If someone among them has violated the prohibitions of the Holy See, wouldn't they be unjustly accused?

not to mention.

Merchants who travel between the desert and the rainforest, none of them have completely clean hands, and no one can guarantee that the Grand Inspector won't take care of them while investigating.

A tense atmosphere quickly spread with the arrival of Sino.

Some people have even prepared to flee.

fortunately.

The Grand Inspector's arrival seemed to be solely for the purpose of investigating a major case that occurred this morning in Kavan. His only requirements were to check luggage and conduct a body search, as long as no contraband was found on him.

This relieved many people.

But some people are even more terrified because of this.

After the third person who tried to escape was captured by Seno with his hands tied behind his back, the people on the Gold Sand Journey completely gave up the idea of ​​escaping.

Seno is a holder of the Eye of the Lightning Element.

Lightning is the fastest of the seven elemental forces in Teyvat.

With his mastery of lightning elements, Seno could easily deal with these ordinary guests.

To put it bluntly.

Let them run for an hour, and Sino can easily catch them.

Therefore, after witnessing the terror of the Grand Eunuch.

Those with guilty consciences could only wait anxiously for Seno's search.

All they can do now is pray that Sino doesn't classify what they have as contraband, and rack their brains trying to figure out who can bail them out if they get caught.

The commotion on the first floor quickly alerted the guests on the second floor.

People came out of their rooms and leaned over the railings to watch what was happening below.

Rhodes and Desia were no exception.

"Wow, that's quite a commotion, he's even here."

Upon seeing that it was Seno himself, the alcohol-smelling Dixia immediately perked up and stared wide-eyed at the white-haired boy below.

After Rod came back yesterday, she and Rod have been drinking together until now.

Dixia has a good alcohol tolerance. After drinking for so long, she is only slightly tipsy and far from being drunk.

Rod, on the other hand, was a little tipsy.

Two lives are human beings.

He still doesn't really like drinking.

He wouldn't have drunk so much if it weren't for Dixia trying to cover up the murder for him.

Fortunately.

Confused as I am.

Rhodes' mind was still clear.

Dixia had excellent control; as soon as Rhodes started to show signs of being drunk, she immediately stopped him and prevented him from drinking any more.

Looking at the lively commotion below.

Rhodes shook his head.

Although Dixia had controlled it very well, he still saw double images when he looked at things, and it took him a long time to finally recover.

He squinted hard, trying to make out the face of the senior discipline officer.

Hmm, another familiar face.

Including Candice.

This is the third game character Rhodes has met since arriving in Teyvat.

However, I no longer have that unreal feeling I had when I first met Desia.

They seemed to have noticed the gaze from upstairs.

While searching a merchant, Seno looked up and met Rhodes's gaze directly.

When he saw the Eye of the Ice Element hanging at Rhodes' waist, his gaze immediately became much more serious.

He was able to kill nine people silently in the heavily guarded Kawan Post Station, six of whom were highly skilled desert dwellers.

This stranger with the Eye of God is a highly suspicious target.

Of course.

The suspicion against Rhodes wasn't based on the assumption that only someone with the Eye of God could commit such a heinous crime.

In fact.

There was not a trace of elemental force remaining at the scene.

Sino checked carefully and confirmed this.

This only shows that the murderer is highly skilled in martial arts and has the ability to see without eyes; at most, it increases suspicion but is not enough to convict him.

Especially when he saw Desia talking to Rhodes, Seno's suspicions about Rhodes lessened somewhat.

Although I have never dealt with the Blazing Hunter.

However, in the Disciplinary Officer's archives, Dixia is a top priority for investigation.

This is not because the Blazing Beast Hunter has done anything illegal or disorderly.

It's simply because any mercenary group might unknowingly receive escort requests involving contraband.

Therefore, mercenary groups travel between the rainforest and desert areas.

Regardless of size.

They would all be listed on the disciplinary officer's list.

The Blazing Beastmasters have an excellent reputation in the rainforest and are infamous in the desert. Such a powerful mercenary group is naturally a key target of the Disciplinary Officer.

However, with their consistently excellent performance, Desia and the Blazing Beast successfully left a very good impression on the Disciplinary Officer.

Therefore, upon seeing Desia, Seno's immediate reaction was that the person with her couldn't be the murderer.

This preconceived notion was formed.

Sino's attention was no longer focused on Rhodes. Instead, he searched the merchants downstairs before going up to the second floor to check.

Not much effort.

With their eyes still blurry from drinking, Rhodes and Desia came face to face with Seno.

"I'm."

Sino's introduction was not yet finished.

Dixia interrupted him, her eyes glazed with drunkenness, saying, "Your Excellency, I... I know you. Go ahead and investigate. Our things are all in the room. After you've finished investigating, Rod and I can continue drinking."

Rod?

Seno gave Rhodes, who was leaning against the railing and looking somewhat drowsy, a deep look, then nodded and thoroughly searched their room.

Nothing at all.

Only a small bag of abundant benefits.

It was found in Rhodes' room.

Seno, holding the bag of bountiful bounty, walked up to Rhodes and asked, "Is this yours?"

"what?"

"Let me see, oh, it's mine."