I'm not feeling right when I transform into Keqing

"It's just an excuse."

Qin smiled, a little lonely.

"A selfish excuse."

Looking at the lonely Qin, Lisa's teeth ached a little, and her expression showed obvious impatience for the first time.

Why did Qin suddenly change his mind at this time? He has already come to this point. What should he do?

But at this moment, she suddenly saw a purple shadow in the distance.

"The reason why I made that unconventional decision was because I asked the God of Wind..." Qin looked down at the fallen leaves in her hand that had lost their luster when she first saw them, and said, "The good advice from the Lord of Wind made me understand the direction of the wind in my heart."

"But I've thought it through over the past two days. It was an impulsive decision. Everyone even became a thief for my selfishness, and I became a sinner wearing a mask of lies, insulting the name of the Lionfang Knight."

"That's why I decided to tell her the truth."

"Lisa, don't worry. I will take responsibility for everything. If the covenant is destroyed, I will resign as acting leader and live forever next to the ruins of the wind dragon. I will not let any monster harm the people of Mondstadt."

"As for the vacant position of leader... I originally wanted to wait for the Grand Leader to come back, but... it might be too late after I tell the truth. Lisa, do you have any good suggestions? Who do you think is more suitable in the Knights' Order?"

"I think... Noelle."

"Noelle?" Qin was slightly surprised, then after thinking for a moment, she shook her head: "Although that child also has firm beliefs, he is not ready yet."

"Barbara then."

"Barbara? Don't you know she's from the West Wind Church?" This suggestion was even more outrageous. Qin was a little angry at Lisa's dishonesty. She frowned and tilted her head and said, "Lisa, you..."

"what?!"

As if petrified, the piano stopped playing on the spot.

The person sitting next to her is not Lisa. Even though she is also wearing purple, Qin will never mistake her for that pair of ponytails and beautiful purple eyes.

After time stopped for a full five seconds, Qin fell to the ground with a cry. She moved back several times as if she had seen a monster.

“Kekeqing?!!”

“Are you so scared of me?” Keqing said to Qin.

Fortunately, Jean's experience as a superior and leader of the Knights of Favonius came in handy. Although Keqing came over, it doesn't mean she heard those words.

After the initial surprise, she immediately calmed down, stood up, coughed, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I went to the Knights of Favonius to look for you. I wanted to see if you'd recovered from your cold. The guard said you were not there, so I thought you must be here." Keqing answered truthfully.

"That's it."

Qin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

(Fortunately, she didn’t hear those words, otherwise…)

But before Qin could relax, Keqing continued, "So, this is the truth you want to tell me?"

"Ah! You, you heard it?!"

Keqing rolled her eyes: "I'm not deaf."

Qin was sitting there, talking to himself, and didn't even notice her coming over.

"Then, the previous..."

"You mean the Knights stole the marriage certificate?" Keqing nodded: "I heard that too."

"So it was your idea."

It was like a bolt from the blue. Jean never expected that Keqing could hear everything she said.

Although I wanted to tell her the truth, telling her with mental preparation was completely different from telling her like this.

At this time, Qin wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

But... it seems that Keqing is not angry?

Qin, with red ears, looked at Keqing, who looked calm. She asked in confusion, "Are you not angry?"

How many times should she explain it?

Keqing pointed to the forest in the distance and said, "Look over there."

"What did you see?"

Qin looked in the direction her finger pointed and saw a big tree with two round, light green creatures with small wings on the tree.

"Wind Slime?"

"Does that thing look like me to you?"

"Of course not."

After Qin finished speaking, she realized what Keqing meant.

She had decided to take responsibility for everything. She took a long breath, lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, this is all my fault. I ordered those mistakes and crimes to be committed. You can do whatever you want, but please... or try not to affect the relationship between our two countries..."

Keqing held her chin in her hand and thought for a moment before asking, "Can I really do whatever I want?"

"Ah."

After getting a positive answer, Keqing looked at the shy Qin who seemed to be admitting her mistake, and said after thinking for a while.

"Well - the old rules."

Upon hearing the "old rules", Qin was stunned for a moment, then looked at Keqing.

"Here?"

"Of course, where else are you going to be?" Keqing looked around: "This place is wide, with wind, grass and trees, isn't it great?"

"Yeah...it's true. There happened to be no one around."

On the other side, behind the big tree, Lisa, who heard this conversation, was laughing so hard that she couldn't stop.

As expected, Jean has no advantage over Keqing. As long as they both open up to each other, any problem can be solved.

(However, I didn’t expect these two to be so brave. They are indeed young girls. How dare they do this in the wilderness...)

Just as Lisa was about to check around, she suddenly heard a crisp sound.

Of course, that couldn't be the sound of clothes falling off, but rather - the sound of a sword being drawn? ?

Lisa immediately walked out from behind the tree and her expression changed drastically when she saw Keqing and Jean.

"What are you doing?"

Keqing looked at Lisa in confusion. Why was this witch here? And why was this cunning witch so stupid? Wasn't it obvious what they were doing?

Jean, holding the sword, saw Lisa appear and nodded slightly. Then she turned around, held the sword across her body, and faced Keqing with a serious expression.

"Let's duel."

Lisa: “???”

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Chapter 34. Times have changed

Where the wind blows.

In the open space in front of the huge oak tree, Keqing and Qin looked into each other's eyes.

"Although this request may be a bit offensive, before the duel, I would like to know, no matter what the outcome, can the alliance between Liyue and Mondstadt be maintained?" Jyn asked.

This is what she is most worried about.

“The Covenant is a contract between Liyue and Mondstadt,” Keqing replied.

As one of the leaders of the Kingdom of Contract, Keqing's words clearly gave Qin a guarantee of high quality.

This allowed Qin to put aside her biggest worry and devote herself wholeheartedly to the upcoming duel.

Ever since Keqing was able to wield a sword, whenever Jean and she had a dispute, they would resolve it with the sword instead of crying or waiting for someone to apologize.

Qin is very familiar with this rule and has confidence in it.

After all, in her memory, she always had a great advantage in the duel with Keqing.

Qin said: "If I win..."

"Let's not hold grudges about the marriage certificate. I will cooperate with you," Keqing said.

"Cooperate with me?" Qin looked at Keqing and was stunned. Doesn't this mean that... Keqing can not only forgive her expiration, but can even actively cooperate with her to complete the subsequent divorce work?

She should have been feeling happy, but Qin frowned.

Compared to before, Keqing's strength has improved rapidly. If it were in the past, Jean would have an 80% chance of defeating her.

But now, Keqing actually took the initiative to propose a duel, so she must be fully confident.

She had to consider the consequences of her defeat.

Qin was silent for a moment, then asked, "Then, if I lose..."

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll talk about it later."

Keqing looked relaxed, but Qin was as if facing a formidable enemy.

She understood Keqing and knew that she was a person of her word. Since she had promised to let bygones be bygones if she won, for Jean, this duel must be won.

But now she feels a little strange.

"Where's your sword?" Qin asked.

She didn't see Keqing's sword, she just stood there empty-handed.

"Here it is." Keqing took out a sword from somewhere.

It was a West Wind Greatsword, with many nicks and stains on it.

Keqing has always used a long sword, from childhood to adulthood.

The sudden use of the greatsword, in Qin's opinion, showed Keqing's great confidence in this duel.

He was so confident that he could defeat her even with a great sword.

So confident?

This even seems a bit contemptuous of her.

Jean took a deep breath.

In that case, she would have to give it her all and change the record from 11 to 2 to 12 to 2.

"Then let me see how much you have grown in the past two years."

Raising the sword, a gust of wind was stirred up around Qin, and then gathered on the sword body. The huge elemental force made the birds on the trees flee in panic, and Keqing's clothes not far away were also rustled by the wind.

Seeing Qin rushing towards her, Keqing also took out the West Wind Greatsword from the Mustard Wen Jade Bracelet and held it across in front of her.

Suddenly, purple lightning flashed in her eyes.

The breeze and the thunder met again in a not-so-gentle way in Mondstadt's new land.

……

……

Two days later.

Keqing sat on a white chair in front of the balcony, the sun shining on her hair and the breeze brushing past her ears.

There was a bard playing the harp in the square below the balcony, but Keqing had no intention of listening.

She looked at the letter in her hand and frowned slightly.

This is a letter from Liyue, a response to her report.

The first part of Qixing's reply in the letter was normal, but the latter part was a bit strange. She was told to come back quickly because the Emperor wanted to see her.

The “Emperor” is naturally the god of Liyue, the Rock God Morax, one of the Seven Gods of the Earth.