Genshin Impact, starting from becoming the God of the Ocean

"Something bigger?"

"For example, our brave and fearless Commander Jean led the Knights into battle and helped Stormterror regain its sanity. Stormterror once again became one of the Four Winds Guardians. Do you think they would be happy?"

"this..."

Qin opened her mouth, but couldn't think of any reason to refute it.

"Of course, the lady cannot be killed, but we absolutely cannot let the Kingdom of Winterfell get away with it. Aren't they rich? The Dragon Plague has ravaged Mondstadt for so long, causing great losses in all aspects, especially the economy. It's a good opportunity to get them to spend some money to make up for it."

"Qin, don't be soft-hearted when the time comes. Pay a sum of money to release one person, and calculate it by the number of people. I think the lives of so many elite members of the Fools, plus an executive officer, will cost at least tens of billions of Mora, right?"

"Hundreds of billions!?"

Upon hearing the number, Paimon immediately exhaled two puffs of hot air from his nostrils.

"Can there really be that many? Is there really? Is there?"

"Of course there are, I think there aren't enough. With so many people, plus the charge of military invasion, and the murder of our benevolent Inspector General Archie, this debt is far too large to be settled."

Su Zhe snorted.

"Jane, you can ask Ningguang from Liyue for advice. You should be able to double your investment. By the way, the Fatui also raided all their hidden strongholds in Mondstadt. I'll have Diluc tell you their exact locations. There should still be a lot of good equipment in those strongholds."

The Fatui have already lost many men in the previous battles, so killing a few more wouldn't be of much use to Mondstadt.

Let's try something more practical. The Dragon Disaster is about to end, and the next period should be a time for vigorous development, which urgently needs economic support.

As for those hidden strongholds, he had Diluc send people to keep a close watch on them as soon as the Fatui left the city.

Although the exact location cannot be determined, the general area is still known.

It's only a matter of time before we find it.

"Several times!"

Paimon was even more excited than Qin.

"Hehe~ Captain Qin, you see, the Traveler and I played a crucial role this time, could the Knights give us some kind of reward? Like Mora, Mora, Mora?"

Little Paimon was so excited that she danced around in the air. Finally, Ying couldn't stand it anymore, so she sternly reprimanded her and dragged her back.

What an idiot! How could you make something like a reward public?

Of course, you have to find a time when no one is around and tell it secretly!

"Yes, I've got it." Qin nodded very seriously. "Is there anything else I should pay attention to?"

"That's all for now. I'll contact Wendy about Tvalin. You should also prepare yourself. Archie is right about one thing: public sentiment is always important. Don't just focus on solving problems and end up making things worse."

"The benevolent and virtuous Inspector Archie...tsk tsk~ If he knew that the envoy praised him so highly, would he be so happy that he would come back to life?"

Lisa stared at Su Zhe with a smile.

"He has such a cute face, yet he can come up with such a series of terrible plans. He doesn't even blink when he's scheming against people. He's full of evil intentions. Qin, you'd better be careful in the future. Don't get sold out and end up counting the money for him."

Qin immediately looked puzzled: "What's wrong? Did Su Zhe say something wrong?"

"Yes, yes, he's right in every way. Qin, the way you are to me right now is like a naive little girl about to be tricked, you know?"

Qin: "???"

What kind of metaphor is this?

She's been in the position of group leader for quite some time now; surely her way of dealing with people isn't that of a naive little girl?

However, on the other hand, since Su Zhe appeared, everything seems to have become more orderly.

And she, the leader who should have been someone everyone could rely on, now seems to have someone to rely on.

Although such thoughts are wrong, as the leader of the Knights, she must pull herself together, be strong, and do her best to satisfy everyone.

But... even this time, let her slack off a little.

Qin thought to herself silently.

Then she suddenly realized something and looked at Su Zhe: "By the way, I heard you mention Miss Ningguang before... Do you know her?"

Su Zhe laughed and said, "Of course I know her, and we have a pretty good relationship."

"???"

Qin opened her mouth, her expression hesitant.

"...So you came from Liyue?"

"Yes."

"Wasn't it supposed to be a snow-capped mountain?"

"Snow-capped mountains? When did I ever say that?"

Qin: "..."

Wait, wait a minute, could Kyogre really be Ningguang's little whale?!

When Qin thought about what she had said to Ningguang in her previous reply, she wanted to crawl into a hole.

Ningguang, I'm so sorry!!

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Chapter 16: Wendy stores the Heart of God; the Mondstadt Grand Theater opens.

As instructed by Su Zhe, Qin kept the entire operation to subdue the dragon a secret from the outside world.

The more this situation arose, the more the people of Mondstadt felt that something was amiss.

As they walked past the Knights' headquarters, they could feel the oppressive atmosphere emanating from the building.

Clearly, something terrible has happened!

Then, after some people with good intentions made inquiries from various sources, the 'truth' was finally uncovered little by little.

You won't know until you dig deeper. When the truth began to circulate in Mondstadt, everyone was furious!

"Those damned Fools, they had no intention of helping us defeat the Wind Dragon; they were after Mondstadt from the very beginning!"

"Indeed, they actually killed Inspector Archie. Waaah~ Lord Archie, he was so considerate of us."

"If it weren't for the timely arrival of the envoy and Commander Qin, the entire knightly order that launched this attack would probably have been wiped out!"

"It is said that Lord Archie was killed by the Fools while protecting the Knights."

"Pass down the word! The Fools' Enforcers have killed Lord Archie!"

"Pass it on! The Fools are trying to take advantage of the Dragon Plague to gradually devour Mondstadt!"

As Su Zhe expected, curiosity is human nature, and driven by the pursuit of truth, even the most secret can be unearthed.

That's why they say there are no secrets that stay hidden forever.

Well, even though Su Zhe himself had the wall hollowed out.

As the news spread, the calls for punishment of the Fools grew louder.

Su Zhe did not allow Qin to expose Archie's little scheme with the Fools! At this time, not only could it not be made public, but it also had to be publicized in a high-class way.

Otherwise, this incident could very well be interpreted as two people who were secretly colluding getting into a fight over a dispute about how to divide the spoils, which resulted in a death.

If that's the case, then its nature is completely different from 'military invasion'.

Moreover, Su Zhe actually admired Archie quite a bit. The more he investigated this guy, the more he felt that if he weren't in a country led by gods, this kind of person would probably have taken off long ago.

Many of his ideas were correct. Mondstadt does indeed have a lot of problems. It is said that the winds of freedom blow through every corner of Mondstadt, but from another perspective, it seems that all that is left here is the wind.

Wanting to pursue freedom is fine, but you can't use freedom as an excuse for everything.

Does freedom mean giving up food?

Does freedom mean disregarding life and death?

Mondstadt now feels to Su Zhe like a legitimate excuse to lie low. No matter what happens, as long as he shouts "For freedom!", he can be forgiven for anything.

Failing to face oneself, refusing to acknowledge one's shortcomings, and failing to make an effort... there are many problems, and they are very big problems.

Of course, there are also people who are genuinely working hard.

For example, after returning from this mission, Su Zhe was accompanied by a silver-haired girl dressed as a maid.

She's not very old, but she's well-developed, good in every way, and even better in personality.

"My lord, what is it? Leave it to me, I can handle anything!"

When Su Zhe finished talking with Qin and was about to go find a drunkard to discuss the next steps, the maid arrived.

This was someone Qin specially invited to accompany Su Zhe.

After all, Su Zhe had only been in Mondstadt for a short time and didn't know much about the Knights of Favonius.

If you ask Noelle about these things, she can answer almost all of them.

On the other hand, Qin also wanted Noelle to stay by Su Zhe's side, not only so that the latter could study better, but also so that she could rest a little.

Otherwise, if Noelle were allowed to run around Mondstadt, she would be busy from morning till night.

Indeed, Su Zhe discovered that Noelle was, in some ways, even more of a workaholic than Qin.

"Noelle, you've come at the right time. There are some things that need to be announced to Jin immediately. Go and help her out."

"Don't worry, Your Excellency, I will definitely do my best!"

The young maid clenched her fists and said with high spirits.

"Ha~ This isn't a war, so there's no need to be so nervous."

“Yes, I understand!” Noelle nodded emphatically. “Is there anything else? You can leave anything to me!”

Over the past two days, Su Zhe has almost been brainwashed by this phrase.

Moreover, Noelle is the type to keep her word. With her around to take care of things, you don't have to do anything yourself except for matters of privacy.

"Ah~"

Su Zhe sighed.

The situations in Mondstadt are truly two extremes.