The outskirts of Mondstadt.
Atop a very remote and high hill.
Due to the difficult terrain, almost no humans or monsters passed through this area.
However, for Amber, this was an ideal reconnaissance location.
Looking down from a high vantage point, she could clearly monitor all of Mondstadt and see if any monsters were trying to approach the city.
That was why Amber had calmly set up an Outrider camp here.
The camp was heavily concealed; the tent was set up deep inside, while the outside was surrounded by lush trees as camouflage.
It was impossible for anyone to discover this camp without a thorough search.
Amber was currently staying inside her camp, patiently awaiting the arrival of her fellow Knights of Favonius.
Since she still had to endure the punishment from the Live Stream Room, she needed Master Jean and the others to come find her.
As long as she made eye contact with them and immediately carried out the punishment, everything would be resolved and any awkwardness would be avoided.
But the more she thought about it, the redder her face became.
She felt that this punishment was truly way too embarrassing.
She had to be princess carried for ten whole minutes by the first human who made eye contact with her!
Although she could technically ‘choose’ her target by hiding and waiting for the right person, it would still be incredibly humiliating if she was caught off guard and ended up being carried by a total stranger.
Initially, Amber intended to use the Live Stream Room to ask when Master Jean would arrive.
However, when she tried to open it, she found that the stream room had been temporarily closed, preventing her from sending any messages.
She sighed, feeling it was a pity the live stream room didn’t operate 24 hours a day.
If this advanced device could be used for free communication, its function would be absolutely revolutionary!
One could chat privately with other viewers or send group messages.
Unfortunately, this broadcasting system seemed to only be accessible during video broadcasts and Q&A sessions.
Amidst her patient waiting, she suddenly heard the faint sound of a conversation outside.
“Where is it?” “Why can’t we find it?” Listening more closely, it was a girl’s voice.
Amber was instantly overjoyed.
She was certain that Master Jean and the other members of the Knights of Favonius had arrived and were currently struggling to find her hidden camp.
After all, besides the people from the Knights of Favonius, not a single soul knew about this place.
Furthermore, Amber also realized that her camp was too well-hidden.
If Master Jean had to search for it slowly, it would definitely take a long time.
Therefore, Amber decided to just go straight out and greet them.
The brunette girl opened the tent and stepped out from behind the bushes.
With a wide smile on her face, she called out happily, “Master Jean, I’m over here!” Just as Amber stepped out and looked toward the source of the voice, Traveler Aether, who happened to be passing by, immediately turned his head toward her in surprise.
The moment their eyes met, the two of them stared at each other and reflexively froze on the spot.
Traveler Aether: (⊙_⊙) Amber: ヽ(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ Aether was completely dumbfounded.
Actually, he knew that Amber was waiting for her punishment from the Live Stream Room to be executed.
His original intention was to intentionally waste time and wait until Amber finished receiving her punishment with her comrades, and only then would he show up to start the main storyline normally.
Otherwise, why would he go through the trouble of fooling Paimon so they would detour and wander aimlessly up the mountain?
Furthermore, as far as he remembered, wasn’t his first encounter with Amber in the game supposed to be in the forest area near the Mondstadt bridge?
Why did the storyline deviate all the way up here?!
He never expected Amber to pop out from behind the bushes in the middle of nowhere like this!
On the other hand, the moment Amber realized who the man in front of her was, her fair face instantly flushed as red as a boiled tomato.
In her eyes, the Traveler seemed to radiate an intoxicating magical charm.
His appearance was truly extraordinary, a hundred times more captivating when seen in person than in the video broadcast.
The young man stood beneath the shade of a large tree, his golden hair gleaming softly in the sunlight.
With eyes as deep as the starry night sky, attractive lips, and skin as smooth as porcelain, he looked like a prince who had descended from the heavens.
Just one glance was enough to make him unforgettable for a lifetime.
But a second later, sheer panic directly flooded Amber’s mind.
She completely didn’t expect a stranger to climb up to this remote place!
In fact, the entire time she had been patrolling and camping here, not a single human had ever passed by.
Why did it have to be today?!
Why did it have to be exactly when she was waiting for this ridiculous punishment to be executed?!
And besides, wasn’t what she heard earlier purely a girl’s voice?
Why was the one appearing before her eyes a guy instead?!
Paimon, who was floating beside Aether, finally noticed Amber’s presence.
After a brief moment of shock, her tiny face immediately lit up.
“Traveler, look!
We finally ran into someone!” Paimon exclaimed joyfully.
“Let’s ask her quickly!
We don’t need to bother finding our way around this mountain anymore, we can just ask her for the way down!” Aether coughed awkwardly, “Ahem…
Paimon, you’re right.” Hearing that, it was Amber’s turn to freeze.
After hearing Paimon’s words, she immediately pieced together the entire chronology.
It turned out that these two strangers had climbed up to this high-altitude vantage point simply because they were lost and wanted to find a way down!
And coincidentally, her secret camp happened to be right in their path!
However, the biggest problem that made Amber want to bury herself alive right now was: she and the Traveler had already made eye contact!
Didn’t that mean she was going to be princess carried by this young man in front of her for ten whole minutes?!
What’s more…
this guy in front of her had just been thoroughly exposed in the video earlier!
Wasn’t he the ‘scumbag’ who had a god-tier mistress and loved to play with women’s hearts?!
Even if that was a future event, it was still bound to happen eventually!
And now, she had to engage in such embarrassing physical contact with this womanizer?!
Amber was truly drowning in a whirlpool of humiliation.
But suddenly a thought struck her: Wait a minute…
Traveler Aether shouldn’t know my name yet!
After all, this was their very first meeting in reality.
There was no way this guy knew that the girl in front of him was Outrider Amber.
If that was the case, didn’t that mean Traveler Aether also had no idea that he was about to be pulled by the system and forced to carry her any second now?!
Imagining the scene where her body would soon be embraced and carried by this dangerously handsome man, Amber’s face suddenly turned even redder, feeling so hot that it felt like it was emitting steam.
In front of the young man, the usually cheerful Outrider Knight was now unable to utter a single word.
She could only squat down shyly, hiding her flushed face behind her palms, and mutter in despair over and over again, “I’m doomed…
Why did I have to run into him of all people…?!” Right at that suspenseful second, the Interactive Q&A Live Stream Room that had been offline suddenly lit up and automatically reopened before all the residents of Teyvat.
[Eye contact from participant Amber has been detected!] [The live broadcast of the punishment execution will now begin!] Instantly, the chat screen in the Live Stream Room was once again flooded with people’s panicked messages.
Jean: “Amber?
We from the Knights of Favonius are still on our way, why has your punishment already started?!” Eula: “Amber, did you manage to find another girl to do the punishment with?” Kaeya: “Hahaha, of course.
After all, our Knights of Favonius’s Amber is very smart.
There’s no way she would be careless and let herself be broadcast live while being carried by a guy in front of so many people, right?” Klee: “Wow, Big Sister Amber is going to be carried by another big sister?
Who is it, who is it?
Klee wants to see!” Amber: “Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
” Collei: “What’s wrong with Big Sister Amber?
Why is she crying in her message?” Lisa: “Ara, so Amber didn’t wait for the people from the Knights of Favonius to arrive?
That’s fine.
Besides, as long as she happened to meet a fellow girl there, there wouldn’t be any awkward situations, right?” Amber: “(⊙﹏⊙)…
I accidentally made eye contact with a guy.” Jean: “Eh…
So, who is this young man?” Amber: “(⊙﹏⊙) He’s…
the Traveler!” Eula: “???” Jean: “???” Lisa: “???” Kaeya: “Damn!” Venti: “Ehe~” Diluc: “…” Albedo: “A very interesting probability.”