He saw that all the knights were already on standby.
‘Everyone came quite early today, not bad, not bad.’ “Everyone, an unfortunate event has just occurred.
Our beloved Acting Grand Master Jean has collapsed from exhaustion.” “What!” shouted several people.
The crowd below instantly became rowdy upon hearing this.
“But it’s fine.
Before Jean fell asleep, she appointed this god—ahem, myself—as the Vice Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius.” Saying this, Kaeya pulled out the badge symbolizing the Vice Grand Master.
Although the crowd couldn’t see it clearly, they wouldn’t necessarily recognize it even if they did.
The Knights of Favonius was only so big; the knights mostly recognized faces directly.
“Until Acting Grand Master Jean wakes up, I am the highest leader of the Knights of Favonius.
Who agrees, and who objects?” The knights began to whisper among themselves.
They all felt something was fishy; she didn’t collapse sooner or later, but right at this moment.
But in terms of seniority and position, Kaeya was the first person below Jean among those left behind after the Grand Master led most of the knights on the expedition.
In terms of background, he had wide connections and was closely linked with Mondstadt’s richest man, and now in terms of status, he was also the Son of the Anemo Archon.
A young knight quietly said to the captain beside him, “Captain, I’ve read about this in Liyue novels.
This is called a palace coup to seize power.” That captain backhanded him with a slap.
“Idiot, you deserve to be working part-time feeding horses.
Even if Captain Kaeya really is seizing power, so what?
Can we afford not to listen to him?
Be smart and shout with me.” “Kaeya!
Kaeya!” “Uh, Kaeya, Kaeya.” Most of the people in the Knights of Favonius were Kaeya’s drinking buddies, so everyone followed suit, even mixing in a few ‘God Kaeya’ shouts.
They had a good relationship with Kaeya; they would rise and fall together.
Now that Kaeya had the Anemo Archon’s endorsement, who knows, maybe one day in the future…
Kaeya nodded with satisfaction.
“Alright, this god—ahem, this Grand Master—will now issue tasks to everyone.
You must all complete them well.
Mondstadt’s construction can’t happen without you.
After these two days of work, I’ll treat you all to drinks.” “Oh, Kaeya is so generous!
God Kaeya!
God Kaeya!” That young knight said to the captain beside him again, “Captain, we were supposed to be able to drink for free these two days anyway.
Isn’t Kaeya just talking nonsense?” “Don’t call me Captain, I don’t know you.” “Eh?” …
A responsible knight felt something was strange after hearing their tasks.
“Captain Kaeya, why are these all tasks inside the city?
The monsters outside the city must also be handled.” Kaeya waved his hand dismissively.
“Just do your tasks well.
I will handle everything else.” “Is that so?
As expected of Lord Kaeya, he’s practically more diligent than Master Jean.” “Hahaha, hurry along now.
I still need to go find Dvalin.” “Yes, sir!” …
At the city gate, Lawrence, who was chatting with Dvalin, saw Kaeya coming and gave a knight’s salute.
Kaeya finally saw the massive Dvalin up close.
His eyes lit up, and his mind became even more active.
‘Is this the legendary Stormterror?
With this majestic physique, it looks like a fine beast of burden.’ So Kaeya took out his notebook, crossed out ‘Mondstadt City Repair Plan,’ and changed it to ‘Mondstadt City Renovation Plan.’ Dvalin said to Kaeya with some dissatisfaction, “The current Knights of Favonius are getting a bit slack.
Why are you so late?” “I’m truly sorry, Lord Dvalin.
We also had some matters to handle.” “Those are your trivialities; I will not interfere.
Speak, what do you need me to do?” Kaeya’s eyes lit up.
“It’s like this: the renovation of Mondstadt needs a large amount of stone.
Can I ask you to help collect it?” “Naturally.
How much?” Kaeya pointed to the city wall behind him.
“The amount for this wall?
No problem.” “No, Lord Dvalin, my meaning is the amount for the entire protective wall of Mondstadt.” “What!
Why do you need so much stone?
Are you trying to work me to death?” “Uh, it’s like this: you can just move it slowly, a little bit every day.
Every little bit adds up.
Mondstadt hasn’t been renovated in over a hundred years; we want to take this opportunity to renovate it properly.” “This…
this…” “Hmm?
Does Lord Dvalin want to go back on his word?
Well, I’ll have to have a good talk with everyone about this.” “Stop!
I…
I understand.
Sigh~ forget it, the fault this time lies with me.
I’ll go move them now.” With that, Dvalin flapped his wings and flew into the distance.
Seeing Dvalin fly away, Kaeya took out his notebook and checked off the stone issue.
“I’ve really rendered a great service.
The stone issue for Mondstadt’s renovation is solved without spending a single Mora.
When this is over, could I perhaps sit in the Grand Master’s seat too?
Hmm~ better write that down, write that down.”