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"No, although I know where He is now, He will not see you."

"Have we disappointed Lord Barbatos?"

Qin thought of what Li Xiao had just told them about Tvalin, and spoke up with some self-reproach.

Li Xiao shook her head.

"That's not the case. It's just that Barbatos is in a very bad state right now, so just in case, it's not appropriate for him to see anyone else."

Lisa keenly sensed something was amiss; it wasn't a good time to meet anyone. How had Li Xiao managed to see her? However, she didn't make a fuss, planning to talk to Qin about it later when they were alone together.

Qin hadn't thought that far ahead, but her expression was grave.

"Excuse me, has something happened to Lord Barbatos?"

Li Xiao replied with the same solemn expression, "Yes, He was cursed with a terrible curse."

curse?!

None of the people present seemed to have expected this to happen. Can gods be cursed?

Lisa tugged at her mage hat.

"Oh? What kind of curse is it? Could you tell me more about it? I do have some knowledge in this area, and I might be able to help you out."

Li Xiao quickly brought out the curse she had made up.

"It's a curse about alcohol. People cursed by this will become extremely addicted to alcohol, and once they start drinking, they will forget everything else. The more they drink, the more addicted they become, and when they finally succumb to it completely, they will lose their minds and go crazy, destroying everything in their sight."

Lisa crossed one hand across her chest and rested her chin on the other. "Hmm... I've never heard of such a curse before."

"Lisa, do you have any ideas on how to solve this?" Qin asked, her face full of worry.

"I haven't seen it in person, and I don't know how this curse works. Besides, who cast this curse on Lord Wind God? I can't imagine what kind of being would cast this curse that can even affect a god."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt something was amiss. The seven gods of Teyvatri were the strongest beings in their respective kingdoms; who could possibly curse a god? Could it be a god from another country?

"Actually, this is because Barbatos used most of his divine power to maintain the Great Symphony of a Thousand Years, which is why he was able to take the opportunity to cast a curse."

Li Xiao continued to fabricate, throwing out another setting from the game.

"Who is it? How dare they attack Lord Barbatos on Mondstadt's soil?" The Mondstadt people present all looked angry.

But I noticed a word related to "荧" (ying).

"A grand symphony of a thousand years? What is this?"

"I don't know exactly who cast the curse."

Li Xiao originally wanted to say that it was the Fatui, since if anything bad happened on the Teyvat continent, it could basically be attributed to the Fatui and the Abyss Order.

However, after careful consideration, he realized that he couldn't say that. Otherwise, if it caused Mondstadt and Winterbreak to go to war, Mondstadt would suffer a lot of unnecessary losses regardless of whether they could win or not.

As for the Anemo Archon being beaten by the Executioner in the original game, that was voluntary on Venti's part, and he probably explained it to the Knights of Favonius afterward, covering it up to prevent a war. Otherwise, even if the Knights of Favonius didn't pursue the matter, those fanatical followers of the Church of Favonius wouldn't have let Winter Off the hook.

"As for the Great Symphony of a Thousand Years... You must know that in ancient Mondstadt, the environment was not as good as it is now. There was snow and wind everywhere, which was not suitable for human survival at all."

So Barbatos used the wind to disperse the snow and completely transformed the environment of Mondstadt, and with most of his divine power, he composed the Great Symphony that shrouded Mondstadt for millennia to maintain its environment.

Wow, the wind god is so great!

Paimon gasped in surprise. Ying nodded in agreement.

"Lord Barbatos..."

Qin's eyes welled up with tears, and she felt her level of devotion had increased once again.

“Is there anything we can do for Lord Barbatos? We can’t let Him bear all of this alone. Mond can’t just accept His sacrifices so easily. Mond can now repay Lord Barbatos in some way.”

Li Xiao waved his hand.

"You don't need to worry about Him too much; He found a solution on His own. You know the wind spirits, right?"

Lisa thought for a moment before saying, "Legend has it that before becoming a god, the Wind God was a wind spirit."

“That’s right,” Li Xiao nodded, “So you should understand now that the wind elves are Barbatos’s natural servants.”

"But is this related to a curse?"

"Of course, Barbatos and the wind spirits share the same origin, so naturally he can do some special things—such as sharing the curse!"

If one person cannot bear the burden, then all the wind spirits should share it. This way, the curse will be less severe for each person, and Barbatos can take the opportunity to slowly cleanse the curse.

"Is there another way to break the curse?" Lisa felt like she had learned something new.

"Unfortunately, He overlooked one thing." Li Xiao decided to reveal his true intentions.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he slowly said, "In order to keep track of Mondstadt's movements at all times and to prevent anything major from happening to Mondstadt while he was focused on solving the curse, Barbatos left behind one of his most trusted wind spirits to look after Mondstadt and to facilitate the transmission of messages to him."

But what He didn't expect was that after this wind spirit arrived in Mondstadt, it was quickly corrupted by the city's fine wines and became a creature that couldn't stand not drinking enough wine for a dozen people a day.

This greatly delayed Barbatos's efforts to break the curse, and the wind spirit had almost forgotten about its important task of looking after Mondstadt, wanting to spend all its time in the tavern.

Qin asked Li Xiao a somewhat serious question.

"Could you tell us who this wind spirit is? Perhaps we can do something about it."

Li Xiao smiled, a small smile, but one that revealed her extraordinary joy.

"Of course, he's now disguised as a bard named Wendy. You should be able to find out if you ask Grandpa Diluc."

"Pfft!" Wendy, who had been listening to the story with great interest in the shadows, couldn't hold back any longer when he heard this and spat out a mouthful of wine. He hurriedly used the wind to send a telepathic message to Li Xiao.

"No way, bro, why did you do this to me? Didn't we agree last time that you wouldn't reveal my identity?!"

Li Xiao listened to the voice beside him without showing any emotion. He knew, of course, that Wendy was eavesdropping nearby; the system had told him beforehand that Wendy planned to appear only after he, Ying, and Qin finished their conversation.

He ignored Wendy, after all, although he said he wouldn't reveal Wendy's identity as the Wind God, he didn't say he wouldn't reveal his identity as a Wind Elf!

Besides, wouldn't that allow us to enjoy Wendy's antics?

Wendy was frantically scratching his head in the shadows, but he couldn't just jump out like that. Otherwise, if Captain Jean and the others saw him, he might be caught immediately and wouldn't be able to drink anymore!

Oops! Absolutely not!

The thought of a future without alcohol plunged Wendy into deep despair. A future without alcohol is not the future I want!

Wendy decided she would have to talk to Li Xiao later and see if she could tell the band leader that he was just joking.

Main text: Chapter Eight Your brother became Nantong

“Wendy? I see. I will verify this with Diluc. Thank you for bringing us news about Lord Barbatos.”

Qin bowed deeply to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao waved his hand, "It's nothing, I'm just passing on a message. The most important thing right now is to solve the problem of Dvalin. After all, it was once the guardian of the east wind and a close friend of the wind god."

You can also ask Wendy for help; as a follower of the Anemo Archon, he might have a way to save Dvalin. Of course, the prerequisite is that he doesn't drink alcohol, otherwise, once the curse takes effect, he might forget the important matter.

“We understand. Once we find Lord Wendy, we will try to persuade him to stop drinking.”

Li Xiao nodded in satisfaction.

"In that case, I won't say anything more. Ying and I have other things to attend to, so we'll be leaving now."

“Very well, thank you again for your contributions to Mondstadt.” Jean bowed to Li Xiao and Ying with a knightly salute.

Li Xiao waved his hand and then pulled Ying away from the Knights.

Lisa spoke again after they closed the door and walked away.

"Qin, how much of what he just said did you believe?"

“I don’t think Mr. Li Xiao is lying. After all, he knows a lot of information that we haven’t been able to obtain, and this information matches some of our intelligence. Besides, I don’t want to doubt a friend who saved Mondstadt.”

"Oh dear! Qin, doesn't saying that make me sound like a suspicious woman?"

Qin didn't want Lisa to misunderstand, so she quickly explained.

"Lisa, that's not what I meant! Your suspicions are reasonable, I just..."

"Oh, I was just teasing you. Honestly, no boy likes someone who's always so serious."

Lisa interrupted Qin's speech and said something that made Qin blush.

"Huh!? Is Lisa saying that Li Xiao just lied?"

Amber only then began to realize what was happening.

Kaeya replied to Amber, "Haha, Lisa is just making a reasonable suspicion. After all, Mondstadt's safety is more important. Talk is cheap, isn't it?"

Lisa covered her mouth and laughed, "Hehe, little Amber still has a lot to learn! But your willingness to unconditionally trust your friends is truly dazzling in my eyes~"

"Dazzling, huh?"

Amber smiled a little shyly.

"Alright, let's go find Lord Wendy first, and then we'll see what we can do to save Dvalin."

Qin interrupted everyone's chatter.

......

Just as the Knights were preparing to look for Wendy, Wendy approached Li Xiao instead.

"Brother, brother!!! Can't I just call you brother? Please explain this to the troupe leader."

Wendy clung to Li Xiao's leg, wailing and crying.

Li Xiao swung her leg, and seeing that she couldn't shake him off, she pretended to be a little helpless and said...

"Wendy, I'm doing this for your own good, aren't I? After all, it's better to get rid of a 'curse' as soon as possible."

Wendy stared at him in shock. How could someone be so shameless? It was one thing to say these things behind my back, but to tell that 'curse' lie to my face?

He stared at Li Xiao.