The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Goodbye, everyone." With Aleto's farewell, all the black swords entered the spatial rift.

Hearing Aleto's farewell, everyone couldn't help but smile. Black Knife has changed a lot.

"Who are these two...?" Looking at the somewhat tired Patch and the other two, Godwin asked the question that everyone present had.

Actually, he had wanted to ask this question since the meeting, but because the meeting content was so explosive, and because of the impact of summoning the Black Knife gang, he only had time to ask it now.

"A friend of your king." The Supreme Will, without blushing or skipping a beat, gave a completely opposite identity.

"As for this one..." The Supreme Will looked at Melina and the others, and wisely shut its mouth.

When the Fire Keeper noticed that everyone's eyes had turned to her, she said softly, "Me? I should be considered your king's consort."

The atmosphere froze instantly, and everyone turned to look at Patch.

An immense pressure descended upon Patch. He glanced at Melina and the others' anxious and pleading eyes, then at the Fire Keeper waving her index finger at him.

"Uh... don't look at me, I don't know—" Before he could finish speaking, Patch had already disappeared, taking Godwin and the Supreme Will with him.

Seeing Patch's behavior, Melina and the others knew perfectly well that Ember had no partner at all.

The three women exchanged glances; it seemed a troublesome fellow had arrived.

……

The space tunnel is bizarre and chaotic, with all sorts of strange and fantastical spatial fragments covered with crazy fantasies.

Unfortunately, Black Knife had already ingrained in his mind what he should and shouldn't see, and those ramblings and madness had no effect on these assassins hidden in the shadows.

After an unknown amount of time, all the madness and chaos gradually dissipated. A faint light appeared before Black Knife's eyes.

After a moment of disorientation, the Black Blades found themselves standing in a vast plain. Not far ahead lay a massive city. This was Mondstadt, one of the Seven Kingdoms; it seemed Patch's methods had proven effective.

In the blink of an eye, the figures of the Black Blades vanished. Their ability to conceal themselves was arguably the best in the border region.

"The aura of a king." This time, the voice wasn't Aletto's, but that of another black-clad swordsman.

In front of others, Aletto always speaks, but the other Black Blades only speak in front of their own people and the King.

"Jiu, not bad. I thought your senses would become dulled in peace." A silvery laugh came from the mouth of another black-sworded man.

“Not everyone enjoys fighting as much as you do. The King did ask you to change, San.” Jiu retorted without backing down an inch.

"Tch~, the king even said he wanted me to protect him." San didn't care at all.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Alto, as the leader of the Black Blades, spoke.

Immediately, the restless Black Knives quieted down. When it came to serious matters, Black Knives were never ambiguous.

Aleto looked around and made up his mind.

"Jiu and I are responsible for finding out the balance of power among the various factions in this city."

"Lu and Qi are responsible for observing the operation of the city's internal defense facilities and the patrol personnel's schedules."

"Two, three, four, five, ten, each disperse and find out the number of people in the settlements around the city and their attitudes toward the city. Also, gather some basic information about this world."

"Eight and Eleven, you are responsible for finding out the population movement in this city."

After arranging everything, Aletho addressed the restless crowd, saying, "The king should leave for now. Until he gives the order, disperse, prioritizing the least intensity of conflict!"

As soon as Aleto finished speaking, her gaze fell solely on Jiu. The Black Blades' stealth techniques were so sophisticated that even they themselves couldn't detect them.

However, she had anticipated this and, without any surprise, ran with Jiu towards the distant Mondstadt.

……

Upon arriving in Mondstadt, the first thing Eight and Eleven did was jump around on the rooftops.

As rare individuals, even the women are over two meters tall. The daggers they wield are daggers to them, but to ordinary people they are just short swords.

Even so, they landed on the roof without making a sound.

They were Black Blades, and they were not discovered when they infiltrated the core of the border city to assassinate Godwin.

Of course, this was only before the assassination attempt; it was discovered afterward, and the Black Knife assassins suffered heavy casualties.

Looking at Eleven leaping in front of her, Eight couldn't help but feel a surge of thoughts. Eleven had once accompanied the king in battle as ashes, and in the end, her soul did not return to the tree, but was reborn.

Just as Ba was lost in thought, Eleven in front of him suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong? Is there something special?" Ba asked Shiyi beside him.

"The body created by the King." Eleven stared at Tina, who was busy at the flower stall below, and said calmly.

"Really? Just keep an eye on it. Maybe we can chat after the mission is complete." Ba looked at Tina and smiled at her beautiful face hidden behind the veil.

Shiyi nodded; she had only been a little excited after seeing the traces of the king.

While the Black Knives were busy figuring out Mondstadt, a new storm was brewing inside the Goethe Hotel.

"Don't cross the line, Arecino!" The lady said in a displeased tone, looking at the servant opposite her. This guy really did come all the way to Mondstadt.

“What do you mean by crossing the line? I’m just here to see my children.” The servant sat opposite the lady, completely unfazed by her words.

“How interesting. How many years has it been? It seems like the House of Hearthstone hasn’t had a traitor in decades. Have the children forgotten my methods?” The servant bit his finger, a red glint flashing in his already scarlet eyes.

"You want to harm Tina?" The woman narrowed her eyes as she looked at the servant.

"Oh? You actually know the child's name? That's quite rare." The servant seemed to have discovered something interesting, his eyes fixed on the lady.

"I'm just giving you a piece of advice: it's best not to use your so-called 'methods' here." The lady wasn't one to back down from trouble, and she met the servant's gaze directly.

"Really? I'd like to try everything you've said." The more the woman advised her like this, the stronger her curiosity became.

"Pfft—" To everyone's surprise, the lady burst out laughing upon hearing the servant's words. She said to the servant before her:

"You and I have been able to move freely for hundreds of years based on our strength and status, as if we have forgotten what reverence is?"

"Since we're barely colleagues, I'll give you a couple of words of advice."

First, don't break the rules.

"Second, if you encounter someone wearing full armor, don't slash them three times."

The lady held up two fingers to the servant and said quietly.

Thank you to Ba Dao Tian Zun, _Be, Meng Xin Yi Tuan, and Xi Hu Shui for your monthly tickets!

Chapter 55 The King's Blessing

2023-08-28

As he walked out of the Goethe Hotel, the servant's mind was filled with the words the lady had spoken earlier.

"Heh, they're really getting worse with age." The servant looked at Mondstadt under the setting sun, dismissing the lady's warning.

"Well then, I should go check on Tina. The flower stall should be closing up shop by now." People kept passing by the servant on their way home, and she was looking to see if Tina was there.

However, she was disappointed. Tina was not among those returning home, and even the place where Tina usually set up her stall was deserted at this moment.

"Was it simply brought forward? Or did they sense something was amiss?" The servant chuckled softly, then walked towards a street. There was no escaping it; Mondstadt was teeming with her eyes.

"Knock knock knock!" A slow but rhythmic knocking sounded on the door. Tina was a little puzzled. It was mealtime, so who would come looking for her?

Although she was a little annoyed that her dinner time had been interrupted, her mood improved considerably when she thought about how she had met two flower lovers who had bought all her flowers that day.

"You're here!" Tina opened the door with light steps, but her smile froze when she saw who it was.

“Tina Schneizevna, it seems you’re doing quite well since leaving the Fools.” The silver-haired woman stood in front of the door, her tall figure casting a shadow over Tina’s entire body.

"Servant...Master?" After the initial shock, Tina was calmer than she had expected.

Looking at the darkness that enveloped her, Tina suddenly laughed. Having emerged from hell and repaid the debt of her past life's filth to repay the purposeful favor owed to Zhi Dong, she felt she owed this woman nothing.

As for the pain, the burning of thirty years still echoed in her mind, and she didn't think anything was more terrifying than this kind of punishment.

"Hmm, a servant. Since you're an executive officer, I'll call you Servant." Tina greeted the shadows with a radiant smile.

“Well then, my lord, what brings you here? Do you wish to order flowers for the children? If so, I can do it for free.” Tina bowed and gestured for her to come in. The light returned to her, and her smile brightened.

Hearing Tina's confident and clear words, and seeing the radiant smile on her face, the servant felt a sudden, inexplicable fear rise within him.

The person in front of me, apart from looking just like Tina, was completely the opposite of the Tina I knew. She was kind, sunny, and full of love.

It was precisely because the servant knew the former Tina that she felt even more terrified. Apart from her appearance, everything else was different. So, was this person still the same person?

"What exactly did you go through?" The servant's bloodshot eyes were fixed on Tina. She didn't understand; she should have absolute control over the children of the Hearth Wall House.

But she couldn't see through Tina at all right now.

"Me?" Tina seemed surprised by the servant's question. She lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "I just went to heaven and washed away the filth on myself."

Heaven? The servant's pupils contracted slightly; she had never heard such a strange expression before. Was it true? Or was it just her own imagination?

However, she quickly regained her confidence. Even with all the mysteries surrounding Tina, she was just an ordinary person without even the Evil Eye, and didn't even have the right to fight.

A flash of red light appeared in her eyes, and the servant's aura suddenly sharpened. She looked at Tina, who was already walking back into the courtyard, and said without a trace of emotion:

"Tina Schneetsevich, you should know the consequences of leaving the Fools!"

Tina paused in the distance, then turned around and said nonchalantly, "I know, but unfortunately I've already stepped into the sunlight. If I were to be tainted again, I'm sorry, I'd rather die!"

After saying her last words, Tina opened her arms with a smile. She knew this day would come, but as she said, being filthy was worse than death.

"In that case, farewell!" A crimson light burst from the servant's hand, piercing towards Tina, who was not far away.

"Sizzle—" A corrosive sound rang out, and two tall women appeared in front of Tina without her noticing. The crimson attack only emitted a puff of blue smoke upon hitting them, and then stopped.

The two women were so large that they seemed to be beyond human size; Tina could only reach slightly above her waist when standing next to them.

Even more bizarrely, they were completely shrouded in silver-white full-body armor, the soft, snow-white armor outlining their full, slender figures. The light gauze behind the armor added a touch of agility and lightness to them.

Unfortunately, their faces were hidden behind a black veil, leaving only room for imagination.

However, what was somewhat jarring was that the two women's silver-white armor was adorned with numerous fresh flowers, which clashed with their somber atmosphere.

"Hehe, Eleven, shall we do it or shall we?" Eight looked at the wary servant in front of her and let out a pleasant chuckle.

"Come on, I'm fast, I can save them." Eleven said as she pulled the flowers that Baqiang had stuck on her armor, and then jumped onto the roof of the Li family's house with Tina in her arms.

"Servant? What a strange title?" Ba looked at the servant in front of him, dressed in a silver-white suit, and couldn't help but curl his lip.

Fighting in this kind of clothing? Is it because he hasn't taken enough beatings or is he overconfident?

"You're not bad either, huh? You're really bad at speaking." Looking at the tall woman who had suddenly appeared in front of him, the servant was somewhat puzzled.