章 57: Chapter 57
"Puff!"
On the streets of Liyue, Lumine and Paimon were enjoying delicious food at the Good Hunter restaurant. While waiting for their meal, they took out their Pokédex and looked at interesting things in the group chat with Paimon.
They happened to see Venti's cute pet video.
Paimon couldn't help but laugh out loud.
On the open Cider Lake, not far away from the magnificent city of Mondstadt.
In the video, the pure and beautiful young Lapras dived into Cider Lake again and again, emerging each time with several special and precious fish.
Venti was getting splashed by Lapras, who was being intentionally playful.
There were also some interesting comments in the group chat.
"Hey, are those fish... Bitter Pufferfish?"
"Damn, yes, this dragon turtle can catch fish!"
"Eula: This is Cider Lake. I didn't expect to find pufferfish here... This is a rare species, and each one can sell for several thousand mora!"
After reading this message from Eula, Paimon, who was obsessed with wealth, could no longer keep calm.
"Whoa, so many fish! So many mora!"
The other person who was shocked was Venti, who was all wet.
"Are these fish that valuable?"
"If each one is worth thousands of mora, I can head over to Angel's Share and drink to my heart's content!"
Putting down the Pokédex, Venti no longer blamed Lapras, and instead had a greedy glint in his eyes as he looked at the few pufferfish caught ashore by Lapras.
These precious and rare fish were slowly losing their liveliness.
"Oh no, if these fish die, their value will drop a lot, right?"
Venti jumped up anxiously.
At this moment, Lapras, who was floating on the lake, tilted its head, understanding what its trainer meant. It opened its mouth and sprayed a sheet of icy mist, freezing several Bitter Pufferfish into ice blocks.
"Hehe, good job, Lapras!"
Venti was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and chanted softly:
"Spirit of water and ice,"
"Bring me the gifts of the lake."
He got excited and, on a whim, made an ancient harp appear out of thin air in his hands.
Venti sat on the rock by the lake, and his Pokédex floated in the air, recording a video of him and Lapras dancing to the song.
The video of Venti dancing with his Pokémon was uploaded to the group chat, sparking a discussion.
Good Hunter Restaurant
"This Pokémon is so cute!"
Paimon found that the restaurant's signature fried carrots with honey sauce didn't taste as good anymore as she kept staring at the video screen.
Lumine rolled her eyes slightly.
Speaking of cuteness, this little one (Paimon) isn't bad herself.
However, Paimon wasn't an actual Pokémon.
This little thing could speak human words directly, while the mythical Pokémon from Takumi's Pokémon House could communicate directly with humans through telepathy.
Paimon landed on top of Lumine's head and grabbed the traveler's blond hair.
"Woo woo woo—"
"Traveler, let's ask Manager Takumi for help!"
"I really want to hatch that Pokémon egg as soon as possible..."
"If we get a Pokémon as clever as Lapras, we could have it catch rare fish species for us in the future. We'd never lack mora on our travels!"
"Stay in the best hotels and eat all the finest foods!"
Oh boy, this little one actually understood the essence of capitalist exploitation.
No, Paimon didn't really like Pokémon just because they were cute.
She thought they could be workers and earn her lots of mora!
Lumine was speechless. She stood up after paying and went to the Knights headquarters:
"Before we visit Takumi to hatch the egg,"
"We need to deal with the Stormterror incident first!"
The next day.
Lumine experienced the ordeal of retrieving the 'Holy Lyre der Himmel' from the Knights. That night, just like in the original story, she met up with Diluc.
Jean also appeared at night and decided to act privately with the traveler to retrieve the 'Holy Lyre der Himmel' from the Abyss Order's hideout.
After many twists and turns, the 'Holy Lyre der Himmel' was successfully repaired. Everyone gathered at Starsnatch Cliff, trying to awaken the 'Dragon of the East Wind'—Dvalin.
When Takumi was receiving a mental report from Cresselia, he learned about what was happening.
By that time, it was already the following evening. Takumi had been deeply immersed in coding work.
"Unknowingly, I worked on this for an entire day and night?"
"Tsk, with enhanced psychic abilities and waveguide powers, I feel less and less human, a bit closer to the concept of the 'True New Town Superman'..."
"Surprisingly, I don't feel any fatigue from working non-stop!"
Takumi pushed his chair away, looked at the progress of his code, and stretched out in satisfaction.
Suddenly, his psychic energy was released far away, sensing Cresselia observing the direction of Starsnatch Cliff from afar, and she reported in her calm voice:
"The God of Wind is playing the 'Holy Lyre der Himmel'."
"Is that so?"
Takumi thought for a while, then casually grabbed a bag of bread to munch on, and asked the serious Meloetta to look after the house and take care of Jirachi.
"Let's go, Cresselia, let's take this opportunity to investigate the Abyss Order!"
Woosh. One person and one Pokémon used teleportation almost simultaneously.
At Starsnatch Cliff,
Venti played the pure melody of the 'Holy Lyre der Himmel.'
Behind him, Lumine, Paimon, Jean, and Diluc listened, enraptured.
Suddenly, a huge dragon rushed up from the bottom of the cliff, carrying a terrible hurricane.
"At this point, there's nothing left to say."
The voice of the Stormterror was low and indifferent.
Venti responded:
"Really? Your eyes clearly remember this song."
Dvalin remained silent. Then, an Abyss Mage suddenly appeared:
"Don't let him fool you, poor dragon."
"Barbatos abandoned you a long time ago."
"See? Now he's deceiving you again..."
The Abyss Mage laughed evilly.
Dvalin became angrier:
"Barbatos!!"
The Abyss Mage's laughter became even harsher:
"Be resentful, be angry!"
"You've become an enemy of Mondstadt, and you cannot..."
The laughter stopped abruptly.
"Ah—"
The next second, the Abyss Mage screamed in fear.
It could no longer control its power and began plummeting down.
"Who did this?!"
A dull thud echoed from the bottom of the cliff.
Judging by the sound, that Abyss Mage had probably been smashed into a pulp.
Both Venti and Dvalin turned to look at a point in the sky.
The figures of Takumi and Cresselia gradually revealed themself
"It's really annoying to hear such annoying chirping," Takumi said helplessly to the stunned Lumine, Jean, and Diluc.
"When you possess enough power,"
"It's hard to have the patience to watch some stray fish jump around in front of you."
Honestly, when Takumi went through the situation in Mondstadt, he thought it was outrageous that a mere Abyss Mage could control Dvalin, the 'Dragon of the East Wind.'
Not even Abyss Heralds or Lectors could do that.
But now, Takumi finally understood why.
"Who's channeling the power of the Abyss, eroding Dvalin's sanity and controlling him?"
"Right?"
"The one who imbued Dvalin with the corrupting power of the Abyss..."
"The leader of the Abyss Order, perhaps I should call you Your Highness?"
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