I'm not feeling right when I transform into Keqing

"Well... I remember, you... you are the little poet?!" Gun said in surprise.

"Ah? Master Gun actually knows a small person like me?" The young man was also surprised.

"You are quite famous. You are a poet born under the wind wall, but you often sing songs of freedom on the streets. You have been imprisoned several times for this. You are a household name." Gun said with a smile, and then he saw the wind elf hiding behind the boy. "Is this... a wind elemental creature? It is so weak, as if it was born not long ago..."

"My friend 'Wendy'." The boy introduced with a smile, "It was she who took me out of the wind wall and saw the scenery behind the Pointed Hat Mountain."

"Pointed Hat Mountain? Are you talking about the snowy mountain outside Mondstadt that reaches the sky? Isn't there snow behind it, too?"

"No, it's a green mountain with windmill chrysanthemums and flowing water, as well as flying birds and singing~"

The young man showed a longing look: "I really hope that Mond can be like that place one day."

"Right Wendy?"

"Vidy?"

The wind elf tilted its head as it listened to the boy's vision, seemingly not quite understanding it.

But Gunn knew that this was just the boy's unrealistic wish.

Afterwards, Gun asked Keqing some more questions about the Wolf King and began to prepare.

There were more than one noble who escaped from the Wind Wall. He wanted to find them and unite them, and lead everyone to rush into Mondstadt when the King Wolf attacked Mondstadt.

However, Keqing felt that this plan was a bit impractical, but the other party was full of confidence, so she couldn't say anything.

……

……

An hour later, in the snow.

Gunn had separated from them to search for the rest of the nobles who had escaped.

Keqing walked out of the cave with Noelle, Sucrose, the boy and the wind elf.

"That wolf shouldn't be a match for Diocletian, right?" Keqing asked the young man.

"Yes." The young man nodded, "Even if Master Gunn and the other brave noble guards are added, it won't work."

The power of the demon is beyond the imagination of mortals.

"But there is still me," the boy said, his eyes determined, "and the people of Mondstadt."

"Keqing, I feel the same breath of wind in you as in Wendy. It must come from a free place."

He looked at Keqing and held out his hand: "Will you join us?"

"Knight of the North Wind."

[Main quest of "Freedom" ② Mondstadt in a Cage: Go to Mondstadt and meet Diekarapian]

Chapter 47: Tornado Demon

"North, the Knight of the King of the North Wind..." Sugar opened her mouth, a little scared.

And Noelle also felt a little trembling at this familiar title.

(Knight of the North Wind, doesn’t that mean Lady Keqing is… the Knight of the North Wind? Ah! The Knight of the North Wind from 2,600 years ago?)

Although she later remembered that she was in the seal and not the real past, Noelle was shocked and excited when she thought that Lady Keqing was actually the Knight of the North Wind.

The king of the north wind can only be Andrius, but Keqing herself doesn’t know when she became its knight?

Keqing didn't care about this title, because it was probably a title imposed on her by the wolf, who wanted to pull her into the same camp.

that's the truth.

But she came here for this anyway, and what Keqing cared about was the "we" mentioned by the boy.

"Besides you, are there others who are resisting the tyrant?"

"Yes, there are many." The boy nodded, "One of them is named Amos."

……

……

Half a day later, Keqing and her group, guided by the wind elves, finally arrived at a snowy area.

A huge circular wind wall then came into their sight.

Outside the wind wall, there was still a blizzard and the wind was howling, but through the wind wall, one could see a peaceful city and even people working.

And in the very center of the wind-walled city, there is a tower as tall as the clouds.

"This, this is the old Mondstadt..." Sugar pushed up her glasses and looked into the distance in shock.

"'Old' Mondstadt?" The boy smiled when he heard what Sucrose said. "That's right. This kind of Mondstadt is indeed not worthy of the name 'Mondstadt'."

Following the young man, Keqing and her group walked through a snowy canyon, and then came to a checkpoint guarded by armored guards.

Keqing thought there would be a fight, but unexpectedly, after the young man showed something, the guards saluted respectfully and let them go.

This is the case for the first level, and for all subsequent levels as well.

Keqing and her companions entered Mondstadt as smoothly as if they were strolling in the garden.

As soon as we entered the city, the howling of the blizzard disappeared and the air around us became much warmer.

However, most of the pedestrians on the street kept their heads down, and the streets of Mond were eerily quiet.

Only the wind wall was making crackling sounds like burning firewood.

The boy who always had a smile on his face lost his smile after seeing this scene.

And Noelle also felt that this place was a bit weird.

"Lord Keqing..."

Keqing nodded and said softly, "Yes, you stand next to Sugar."

Although Mondstadt is much warmer than outside the city, it feels strangely cold.

It's all because of a sense of repression.

They have to be careful.

Since entering Mondstadt, the young man did not say a word and led Keqing to an inn.

After showing an ID, the hotel owner knelt down in fear, but was held back by the teenager.

"Just take us to our room," the boy said.

After arriving at the room, the boy told Keqing that he was going to go out for a while and asked Keqing not to wander around. Keqing nodded.

And only then did Keqing have the opportunity to stand outside the window and look at the old Mondstadt.

But after taking two looks, she couldn't bear it anymore. This place was more like a huge slave cage than a gathering place for humans.

There was no light in everyone's eyes.

If Keqing was a little sarcastic about "freedom" at the beginning, what the people of Mondstadt lacked at this moment was the light of freedom.

"This, this is an old Mondstadt book...ah, and some fruits, fruits inside the wind wall!" Sugar was pulled into another world by her curiosity.

Keqing coughed twice, then reminded her not to forget the important things.

Asked her about the seal.

"Hmm...very stable."

The answer I got was just these three words.

“Very stable?”

Sugar nodded. "Whether it's stone or snow, they are the same as the outside world. My elemental power and Noelle's elemental power can be exerted smoothly, and the amplitude and magnitude are the same as outside. I also used some instruments in the cave to do some small experiments, and the results were the same. In other words, the world inside this seal is normal..."

Normal and stable.

Keqing would not have any doubts about Sucrose's test results in the professional field, but if that was true, then why did the seal mutate?

And the thing that seriously injured Barbatos should still be here, why is there no movement at all?

Just as Keqing was thinking, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Then a white-haired girl came to them.

"Are you the one chosen by the wind?" asked the girl.

Her voice was as cold as her eyes.

"Come with me..."

Without waiting for Keqing to answer, the girl turned and left.

Keqing asked Noelle and Sucrose to stay in the room and followed her.

The girl did not go far, but waited for her in the corner of the room.

When Keqing approached, she said, "I am Amos, the king's personal bodyguard, leader of the royal guard, and the white devil."

"I am Keqing."

Originally, Keqing wanted to say a title, but she was not one of the Seven Stars of Liyue here, so she could only say her name.

“In three days,” Amos said.

"what?"

"We will go to see Diecarapian in three days. You will present the wolf's underbelly as an offering to it, so that it will let go of the wind's protection and go get the underbelly. I will kill it directly. Remember the moment my arrow lights up, run away quickly, otherwise it will affect you."

It seems that Gunn is not the only one who has a plan. In Mond, there are many people like Amos who have the ambition to break out of the cage.

However, Keqing couldn't quite understand it.

"Why did you switch sides?"

Although Sucrose said that Amos was a hero, Amos was obviously still the tyrant's subordinate at this time, and was even in a position second only to the emperor. Overthrowing the tyrant was equivalent to overthrowing her power. How could an ordinary person do such a thing?

Amos was silent for a moment, then said, "Because it is no longer my king."

The girl was not an emotional person, and she had no intention of hiding anything after saying this, and continued to explain the reason.

"The former king was extremely powerful and showed his majesty. He used his wings to open up a fertile land in the endless snow prison, sheltering thousands of Mondstadt people. He used his divine power to create a wind wall for the Mondstadt people to isolate from death, allowing them to enjoy peace in the wind and snow. The Mondstadt people who were blessed by this were grateful for the appearance of such a powerful and kind king."

"But time passes, even the snow on the Peak Mountain will melt one day. Many years ago, the king became violent."

"It built high towers for vanity, enslaved people to fight for life and death for pleasure, and prohibited everything from leaving the wind wall, including sound, to ensure the security of its rule."

"Perhaps the fight with the wolf made it lose its composure. Perhaps this is its nature."

Amos said, shaking his head: "But no matter what, it is no longer the king it once was. Now it is just a tornado demon, a tyrant wielding a whip to enslave the people."

"I also understand. The king I once followed died in the snow and has long since ascended into the sky with the thousand winds."

……

After talking with Amos, Keqing returned to the room.

Three days is indeed a bit tight, but fortunately Keqing did not consume too much elemental power when fighting Andrius, so she should be able to recover to her best condition after three days.

Although Keqing was just a bait in Amos' plan and he didn't even expect her to contribute, Keqing obviously would not leave her fate to someone she had only met once.

"Noel, three days later, you and Sucrose will go to a place where you can see all of Mondstadt." Keqing said to Noel.

"All Mond...?"

"Well, there will be a huge riot in Mondstadt that day. I want you to pay attention to whether there is anything unusual in Mondstadt." Keqing said with a frown.

This was her main purpose for coming here, and this was also the reason for the seal turmoil.

With such a big commotion happening three days later, Keqing didn’t think the other party could still keep his composure.

Besides, letting Noelle and Sucrose leave Mond was also for their safety.

By then Mond will surely be in chaos.

"Abnormal things, that means we need to monitor the elements..." Sugar pushed his glasses, "I brought the relevant instruments, but they need a stable place and cannot be disturbed, otherwise, it may fail."

"I can help with this." Noelle took the initiative to say.

Keqing nodded: "Then leave it to Noelle. Noelle must protect Sucrose."