The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

“I think we should send you to the guards.” Yu Jin raised his hand, hesitating.

On the one hand, he felt that taking photos without permission was wrong, but on the other hand, he felt that it was too much trouble to send the person to the security guards for such a trivial matter.

"No way! Even if I was secretly taking pictures, it didn't work, did it?" Upon hearing this, the reporter quickly showed Yu Jin the film, which contained nothing but a few landscape shots.

"Then what are you doing here?"

"I already said it was an interview with Meiluxin. But she hasn't arrived yet." The reporter covered his forehead, looking frustrated.

Hearing that the Melusens lived nearby, he traveled a long way to Erinas determined to interview them, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see a single person.

"Then why not just go directly to Haimo Village?"

"Haha, you can tell you're from out of town just by looking at you." The reporter laughed a few times after hearing Yu Jin's words.

Then he quietly asked Ember, "Do you think Meloshen is popular?"

Yu Jin thought for a moment, then decided to tell the truth.

"do not know."

Although Abel is good, she is just a Melusin. It is foolish to use one individual to represent the entire race, for better or for worse.

Therefore, Ember was unsure how the Fontaines viewed this race, which was so different from humans.

"You haven't seen Melusin before?"

"I've seen it."

"Can't you tell they're so cute?"

"Hmm... okay, it is indeed cute." As he spoke, Yu Jin also started scribbling and drawing.

"Short arms, plus fur, plus horns equals cute? What are you writing?" The reporter looked at Yu Jin's crooked handwriting, completely bewildered.

"Nothing, Meloshen is cute, so what?" Yu Jin didn't care, anyway, the reporter wouldn't understand what he wrote.

"So that's why so many people are looking for Meluxin." The reporter shrugged, then smiled as if remembering something and said:

“I remember someone used to build a house in Haimo Village, saying they wanted to live with Meilushin.”

"This……"

Yu Jin scratched his head, "This is a bit hard to say."

"Then he was taken away by the law enforcement officers, and thereafter Fontaine added a rule that no one was allowed to go to Haimo Village without an invitation."

The reporter spoke through gritted teeth. If it weren't for this regulation, he wouldn't have needed to "ambush" Melousin on the way to request an interview.

"There's such a rule?" Yu Jin was taken aback. He had just been thinking of visiting Haimo Village, but now he was being told he couldn't go there casually?

"Otherwise, with Meilushin's popularity, Haimo Village would be packed with people every day." The reporter was also helpless. He knew that the regulation was reasonable, but he was just unwilling to accept it.

“Okay… you can continue with your work.” Yu Jin patted the reporter on the shoulder and left with him.

As he continued forward, he wondered whether he should stop a Melosin and ask her questions, just like the reporter had done earlier.

Actually, he still had some doubts, thinking that the reporter might have exaggerated Melusin's popularity.

Who has nothing better to do than think about finding Melusin?

Then Ember realized he was wrong.

Ouch! I stepped on someone!

"You're a journalist too?"

Am I that famous?

"do not know."

A sense of resentment suddenly rose from the bushes behind Yu Jin, clearly indicating that his words had upset the people inside.

As he got closer to Haimo Village, these kinds of things happened more and more often. Now, Yu Jin was starting to wonder if the reporter from before had arrived too late and was standing so far away because there were no seats available.

"It's really... lively."

Standing on a hillside, Yu Jin couldn't help but twitch his lips as he looked at the scene below.

Below is a clear pool of water, and beneath the pool lies a deep, dark cave.

This is nothing new; what's truly unsettling is the dense "shrubs" growing near the pool.

Without a doubt, each "shrub" here represents a lurking person.

Of course, you could also call it perverted.

“No wonder Melusin built her home underground.” Yu Jin looked at the cave in the pool and shook his head speechlessly.

Building a village on the ground like this means the surrounding area will likely be covered in shrubs.

"Fine, I'll dig the hole myself."

Ember turned around, intending to find a random spot to dig a hole and investigate the peculiarities of Erinas.

But before he could take more than a few steps, a commotion broke out below.

"Hey! What are you trying to do?!"

"Everyone likes Melusin, so what? Is your face bigger than everyone else's?"

"Two men, go and inform the guards that someone is trying to force their way into Haimo Village!"

The bushes removed their camouflage and surrounded a man in a purple robe located near the pool.

Jacob was also completely bewildered. He had just been about to go to Haimo Village to see if the little ones had collected Erinus's blood when he found that a group of people had suddenly appeared beside him.

Where did these guys come from?

Jacob grew annoyed by the pointing and whispering of the crowd around him. He waved his arm, and a circle of purple lightning appeared beside him.

"呲呲呲!"

Purple lightning formed a barrier between Jacob and the crowd.

"Get out of my way!"

"otherwise……"

"boom!"

A bolt of lightning surged out from the barrier, shattering a rock about half the size of a person into pieces.

"Elemental... power!"

"Possessor of the Eye of God!"

"He may not be the possessor of the Eye of God. God wouldn't pay attention to such an annoying guy!"

The group grumbled, but silently retreated. Every single one of them was someone who couldn't even beat a Hilichurl, let alone expect to defeat Jacob.

"Hiss... It's not human?"

Ember turned around, and in his eyes, Jacob, who was swaggering below, could hardly be considered human.

Chapter 764 Another traitor has emerged from the Abyss Order?

2024-07-07

Those who had been lurking near the pool succumbed to Jacob's tyranny and fled. After looking around to make sure he was safe, Jacob plunged into the water.

After he left, the embers on the hillside jumped down. He looked at the rippling pool and felt distressed.

"Why do I go diving more often when I'm in Fontainebleau?"

With this in mind, Ember quietly followed Jacob.

In the flooded cave, he finally understood why so many people just stayed at the exit of Haimo Village and didn't go in—the cave was winding and twisting, and ordinary people without diving equipment would not escape drowning even if they knew the way.

However, this was clearly not the case for Jacob. His magnificent purple robes swayed with the current, yet his agility remained unaffected.

He seemed quite adept at navigating the azure cave.

Soon, Ember, who was hiding behind, realized that Jacob in front was gone. He waited underwater for a while before slowly poking his head out of the water.

This is inside a hollowed-out hill, with scattered small houses nestled in its broad interior. These houses appear to be less than half the size of normal houses, and their decorations are varied and whimsical.

Looking around, it felt like a giant amusement park made of building blocks. But considering that the residents here were all Melusians, Ember suddenly felt much more at ease.

He is now on a high ground in the corner of the small village. If he goes down the path ahead, he will reach Haimo Village directly.

As for Jacob, he had already run to a small house.

That room, like the others here, was very small; to be precise, it was probably only about one and a half times the height of a person.

The walls are just ordinary brick walls, while the roof is simply covered with a giant seashell. This combination can only be seen in Haimo Village.

Not only that, but the white walls and the large seashells were covered with countless graffiti. These graffiti came in all sorts of colors and had no clear meaning, as if they had been drawn on randomly.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

Jacob knocked on the door, and after a short while, a puzzled response came from behind the small door.

"Who?"

With a creak, the door opened, and a woman named Melusin wearing an apron walked out.

Her colors and patterns were similar to those of Abel, whom Ember had seen before—both were bluish-white. However, her horns were different; Abel's horns resembled two spindles, while hers looked like those of a fawn.

Mame looked up and saw who it was, then a look of surprise appeared on her puzzled face.

"Oh, Mr. Jacob, when did you get here?"

"I just got here. How's it going? Any new paintings?"

Jacob returned the same smile to Mameh.

"What's going on? Do they know each other?" Yu Jin, hiding in the corner, was puzzled when he saw Jacob and Melusin chatting and laughing.

Could these two be friends? If so, there's no point in following them. What's there to spy on when two friends meet?

“Of course! What do you think of this painting?” Upon hearing Jacob’s question, Mameh excitedly ran back into the house and brought out a painting that could be described as “mysterious.”

The paint on the canvas was haphazardly smeared together, a dazzling mix of colors.

Despite using a lot of paint and ink, there was nothing of any form on the canvas; it was just a jumble of paint.