stonecrandall Chapter 840 Abesie's Visit
Chapter 840 Abesie's Visit
“Acting Commander, I understand you’re exhausted from working day and night, and it’s normal for you to make mistakes in your perception and judgment. But I also hope you can understand one thing—she doesn’t like being mistaken for Abedo.” Zuo tide put down her teacup, her voice icy.
That smiling face was paired with a pair of cold eyes, whose unsharp gaze shot towards Qin, making her involuntarily feel a chill.
Ying and Paimon, who entered a few steps later, quickly noticed that the atmosphere in the room was not right. When they saw the person sitting opposite Zuo Xi, they immediately understood and hurriedly stood next to each other, separating them from the atmosphere that could explode at any moment.
"Qin! Qin! You've misunderstood!" Paimon waved his hands anxiously, afraid that Zuo Xi would pull out something incredible at any moment. "This isn't Abedo! Her name is Abexi, and she's a girl!"
They knew how protective Zuo Xi was of her own. Back in Inazuma, Ayato Kamisato had schemed against them, and the entire Kamisato family had been tormented beyond recognition. Ayato and Ayaka had even fought with the "Lady" until they were exhausted and fainted.
Although Abexi wasn't entirely clear on the specifics of her relationship with Zuoxi, it certainly wasn't bad. If the other party genuinely felt offended, or if Zuoxi felt offended, then this year's Mondstadt Flower Festival was likely to be unpleasant.
“Yes, Qin, although they look very similar, they are definitely different people.” Ying quickly stepped between Zuo Xi and Qin, and even secretly leaned closer to Zuo Xi. “I can understand, after all, we were also shocked when we first met her. But she is really not Abedo, please believe that.”
With the two people blocking her way, Qin finally had a chance to take a closer look at the person. Although at first glance it was clearly Abedo sitting there, a closer look revealed the differences.
For example, her clothing, her medium-length hair which was slightly longer than Abedo's, and her slightly more feminine demeanor and movements—all these details revealed the differences between her and Abedo. If not for these details, she would have truly believed that "that thing" had infiltrated, and in such a blatant way at that.
"I was out of line. If I have inadvertently offended this... lady, I am very sorry." Qin quickly admitted her mistake and sincerely apologized.
“I don’t care,” Abesy said calmly, “at least not to the point that the acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius needs to apologize.”
These words were spoken in a calm and measured manner, but the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Well, although he said he didn't care, the obvious barbed sarcasm in the following sentence didn't sound like he didn't care at all.
"This... I'm really sorry." Qin smiled bitterly to herself, realizing that the Fools had once again seized the initiative and given her leverage.
It feels like something like this has happened before? It seems what happened to Kaeya and Diluc wasn't an accident after all...
"Since the acting leader has apologized so sincerely, it would be foolish of us to pursue this further." Zuo Xi shook her head, her words implying condemnation of the other party for abusing their power. "But it's alright, we understand... Speaking of which, we haven't introduced ourselves yet, have we?"
“These two…” Zuo Xi paused, glanced at Ying and Paimon before looking at Jean, “Never mind, this is the acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius of Mondstadt—Jean Gunnhildr. Acting Grand Master, this is my personal alchemist—Abexi.”
"Hey! Why are you skipping over us?!" Paimon stomped her foot angrily in the air when Zuo tide ignored them. "Are we some kind of worthless friends?!"
"Do you need to introduce them?" Zuo tide raised an eyebrow. "Come on, Xiao tide, tell me who they are."
"It's the fox that seduced Lady Zuo Xi—Waaaaah!"
"Hahaha, the kid doesn't know any better, he was just joking." Zuo Xi hugged Abe tide tightly and covered her mouth. He never expected that the other party would say something so shocking.
He wondered why he felt a faint resentment about Abeshi when he went to Inazuma to find her. He thought it was just his imagination or a misunderstanding... Now it seems he was wrong. The resentment couldn't be described as just "faint".
"Ahem," Jean coughed twice, forcing herself not to care about what had just happened, and also trying to ignore the traveler beside her who not only didn't refute but also remained silent and looked guilty. "So, this... Ms. Abesy, what brings you to Mondstadt? Please don't misunderstand, I don't intend to pry into your life, but if I may be frank... it would be better if you didn't show your face in Mondstadt during this time."
Abe tide wanted to answer Qin's question, but when she opened her mouth, she realized that her mouth was still covered. So, after taking a barely perceptible sniff, she reluctantly tapped Zuo tide's hand, and the latter let go.
“I never intended to show my face in public. I only came to Mondstadt because my master asked me to... But I can’t guarantee I won’t go out. Mondstadt’s hospitality shouldn’t be that domineering, right?”
“Of course… So, Your Excellency Zuo Xi, if you have any further questions about the trial, the Traveler will tell you the details. I have some important matters to attend to now, so I cannot stay any longer. Also…” Qin paused, then looked at Ying, “Traveler, could you come to my office again later? I… I have some personal matters I would like to entrust to you.”