Lumine peeked down from the attic loft.
In the dead of night, the owner was the only one still at the Good Hunter.
The witch named Mona had left a notebook and a quill on the table, but she herself was nowhere to be seen.
Lumine descended the stairs from the attic.
She had changed into a white off-shoulder dress.
Ever since she had fallen into this world, she had been eating and sleeping in the open, and this was the first time she could wear something like this.
A childish desire to show off had taken root in her heart.
Her crystalline skin, flushed from the hot bath, glowed like the unripe apples of Mondstadt.
“Jiang Chen,” she called out.
“What are you cooking so late?” Lumine asked as she walked over to him.
From this angle, without even trying, Jiang Chen could see the rise and fall beneath her delicate collarbone.
An uncontrollable thought rose in his mind.
Mona was truly embarrassing!
Jiang Chen said, “A nourishing soup.”
He pointed to another stove.
“And my dinner.”
It was simple wheat porridge.
Teyvat also had rice, which suited his tastes quite well.
Before his transmigration, these had been his staple foods.
He had been busy for most of the day and hadn’t eaten anything yet.
Lumine smelled the rich aroma of the soup and couldn’t help but burp.
Then, embarrassed, she covered her mouth.
“Ate too much meat just now?”
“Mmm.”
“Want some porridge?”
Jiang Chen ladled out half a bowl of the freshly cooked wheat porridge for her.
Lumine carefully took it and sat down at a nearby table, feeling delighted inside.
She also stole a glance at the notebook still lying there.
But she couldn’t understand a single thing written in it.
Mona was climbing down from the roof.
She nodded politely at Lumine, then said, “Fischl is in the direction of Inazuma.”
“Even with your astrology, you can only determine the direction?
Then she must be near Inazuma City.”
Mona was a witch with a Vision, and her astrological skills were actually the best in Mondstadt.
But because she was blunt and never softened her predictions, she wasn’t well-liked.
Just imagine hearing things like, “You’ll break up,” or “Your man is a loser,” straight to your face—how could anyone like that?
“I’ll have to send a letter to the Adventurers’ Guild over there,” Jiang Chen mused.
“If you need something done by Fischl, you can ask me instead,” Mona offered proactively.
Mona: Lv11.
Skill: Hydromancy.
Unlike ordinary Vision holders who simply used elemental power, Mona had already mastered astrology before she grasped the Hydro element.
When the two merged, Hydromancy was born.
Mona could use Hydromancy to accomplish many incredible feats, such as creating illusory wishes in water and tracking the fates of the stars.
She was an expert at exploring ruins.
Even though she wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about it.
“I want to keep an eye on La Signora.”
“Your identity isn’t suitable.
I need Fischl and Oz to come back.”
Jiang Chen said as he tasted a small spoonful of the Three Immortals’ Bone Broth.
Satisfied that it was done, he turned off the stove.
It wasn’t that Mona lacked the ability—her Hydromancy was mysterious and unfathomable.
It was purely a matter of identity.
Mona was a member of the Hexenzirkel.
If she made a move and was discovered, it would cause a conflict between the Hexenzirkel and the Fatui.
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“La Signora?” Lumine’s eyes widened adorably.
Why did Jiang Chen need someone else to help him keep an eye on La Signora?
Could you really ask someone else to spy for you?
Then wouldn’t she miss everything?
Lumine couldn’t understand.
“She’s one of the Fatui Harbingers, codename La Signora,” Jiang Chen explained, unable to help but smile at her adorable confusion.
Seeing that the soup was ready, Mona brought a bowl over to ladle some for herself, asking curiously, “La Signora is far away from us, isn’t she?
Why are you watching her?”
“She’s in Mondstadt,” Jiang Chen said.
Mona’s hand trembled, nearly causing her to drop the bowl.
Any one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers under the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya was a force to be reckoned with, capable of running rampant across the other six nations.
Even Jean, the Acting Grand Master currently guarding Mondstadt, was inferior in both status and reputation to any one of them.
At the very least, it would take the Grand Master himself to match the status of those eleven Harbingers.
And this “La Signora” had quietly arrived in Mondstadt City?
“This is too dangerous.
We should report it to the Knights of Favonius,” Mona said, eager to pass the responsibility.
She was also very glad that her hand had steadied itself.
Otherwise, if this precious soup worth thousands of Mora had spilled, she would have been heartbroken for a long time.
“If the Knights of Favonius found out, it would actually be bad for me,” Jiang Chen said instead.
Lumine’s eyes widened again.
It seemed she had stumbled upon some huge secret.
So Jiang Chen wasn’t on the same side as the Knights of Favonius?
She also knew about the Fatui diplomatic delegation in Mondstadt City—they were a major headache for the Knights.
The reason they had so few people to clear out the Four Winds’ temples earlier was that most of their forces had to stay in the city to deter the Fatui.
Lumine decided to keep the secret.
Compared to the Knights of Favonius, she trusted Jiang Chen more.
The fact that he was openly plotting in front of her like this meant he trusted her a lot too, right?
Lumine took a small sip of the wheat porridge, feeling a sweet taste in her mouth.
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