The text continues, with Venti stating that seeing the dragon's tears reminded him of an old friend and that he needed to go to the "Symbol of Mondstadt's Hero."
This refers to the great tree at Windrise, which symbolizes the South Wind Guardian—'Lionfang Knight' Vennessa.
The Traveler followed Venti's steps and arrived there, asking the Roving Bard about the Anemo God's whereabouts.
"Barbatos? That guy has already disappeared from Mondstadt."
"The Rock God of neighboring Liyue and the Ei of Inazuma are still around, but Mondstadters haven't seen their god in a long time."
There was nothing inherently wrong with this statement, but coming from his mouth, it was somewhat amusing.
At the time, the Traveler didn't know his identity, so it seemed unremarkable.
However, now the Traveler and the Knights of Favonius present all knew he was the Anemo God.
He was clearly the Anemo God himself, yet he spoke as if it were none of his business.
The Traveler spoke with the Roving Bard about the Knights of Favonius' view on Dvalin.
"Is that so? That Scholar named Lisa sees it that way?"
"But its initial hatred was certainly not because people stopped worshipping the Four Winds."
"That was not hatred born naturally; it was a product of corrosion."
Jean suddenly understood; they had initially thought Dvalin's hatred also included the Four Winds being forgotten.
Now it seemed Dvalin only felt confusion and grievance about it; he had never hated them.
The book also revealed that the source of the corrosion was the Abyss Mage.
"As expected, the Abyss Order is behind this."
Lisa frowned slightly; she had sensed the power of the Abyss from the dragon's tears and had guessed the Abyss Order's involvement.
The Roving Bard in the text also revealed that he was currently afflicted by the Curse of corrosion.
"What?! Lord Barbatos is being corroded by the Abyss?!" Barbara exclaimed in surprise.
The Abyss Order dared to corrode even their god!
Fortunately, the Traveler could purify this corrosion; the Traveler was truly wonderful.
Paimon also curiously asked Venti how he became corroded.
Venti replied, "Well, that's because I tried to communicate with Dvalin earlier, but I was... interrupted."
"As a result, not only did I fail to dispel Dvalin's Curse, but I was instead corroded by the toxicity of the Abyss."
This referred to the incident when he met the Traveler in the forest; no wonder Venti was somewhat serious at the time.
He was in the middle of purifying a Curse.
Suddenly, someone interrupted the purification, causing him to suffer a backlash; no wonder his braids glowed at the time.
"This..." Barbara was embarrassed.
Just now, she thought the Traveler was wonderful, but she didn't expect that she was the culprit.
The Traveler was also a bit embarrassed.
Being told in front of so many Knights of Favonius that she was the culprit who caused the Anemo God to be Cursed was somewhat impolite.
Amber was as embarrassed as the Traveler; no, she was even more embarrassed.
She was a follower of the Anemo God, yet she also participated in harming the Anemo God.
The members of the Knights of Favonius also didn't expect that the consequence of being interrupted would be a backlash.
But they didn't blame the Traveler and Amber, as they didn't do it intentionally.
Moreover, this Curse was not severe, and there was a way to resolve it.
Venti in the text also didn't blame the Traveler, but he wouldn't miss this opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
As an apology, he asked the Traveler to go with him to the Mondstadt Cathedral.
To retrieve a harp named "skyward harp" with him.
"Ah? Lord Barbatos wants to retrieve his harp? Can we hear Lord Barbatos play it himself?"
Barbara was excited.
She didn't know yet that Venti would eventually break this harp.
The three arrived at the Mondstadt Cathedral.
"Hello, Sister Gothlynde," Venti said to Gothlynde.
"The Anemo God bless you, young Roving Bard, is there anything I can help you with?" Sister Gothlynde asked gently.
Barbara was envious to the point of plasmolysis; she could actually talk to Lord Anemo God and be called "Sister" by Lord Anemo God!
She looked at Sister Gothlynde, who was still praying.
It was her turn today to be in charge of the prayers in the hall and receiving believers.
So she hadn't come over to read the book with Barbara.
Barbara wondered if she should call her over to read, but she was afraid of disturbing her serious prayer.
Rosaria also noticed Barbara's gaze.
Actually, Rosaria should have been in charge of prayers today.
But she was slacking off, pretending to pray next to Barbara while actually reading a book.
"Sister Gothlynde, I think you should come and see."
Rosaria didn't care about that and directly called out to her.
Unlike Barbara and the others' envy, Lumine found it a bit amusing.
A god who had lived for countless years calling a nun who had lived for a few decades "Sister"—that was a huge leap in seniority.
"Actually, I've discovered a secret that can resolve the crisis Mondstadt is facing," the Anemo God was trying to trick her.
Actually, Venti was telling the truth, but given his current identity as just a Roving Bard, it looked like he was trying to trick someone.
"Oh? That truly is a blessing from the Anemo God." Sister Gothlynde didn't believe him at all.
She didn't expect that the Anemo God who wanted to bless Mondstadt was standing right in front of her.
"But shouldn't such matters be reported to the Knights of Favonius? What can an irrelevant nun like me do to help you?"
Although Sister Gothlynde didn't believe him, she was still very gentle.
"Ah, hehe, Sister, of course you can help."
"For example... the skyward harp, with its power, I can make Stormterror..."
Before Venti could finish his sentence, Sister Gothlynde sighed helplessly and said, "Please leave."
How could she hand over such a treasure to a Roving Bard just because of a few words?
"Although that dragon is very fierce, as long as the Acting Grand Master is determined, there's no reason why it can't be defeated."
"Eh? No, that won't do; wouldn't Stormterror die then?"
"Even if the Anemo God himself descended, he would not easily spare the foolish beast that has betrayed the East Wind."
Gothlynde didn't know the inside story of Dvalin's madness; she only felt that the East Wind Guardian had betrayed the Anemo God.
"Uh... um, Big Sister~~." Venti tried to coax Gothlynde into relenting.
"No means no, little Roving Bard." Gothlynde refused sternly.
In reality, Sister Gothlynde covered her face.
"I actually, I actually spoke to Lord Anemo God like that!"
"Wuwuwu, I must apologize to Lord Anemo God; I wonder if praying for the rest of my life can earn Lord Anemo God's forgiveness."
Although she felt a little happy thinking about being called "Sister" by Lord Anemo God.
But seeing how she spoke to Lord Anemo God, Gothlynde nearly fainted.
Barbara understood Gothlynde's feelings very well and comforted her:
"Lord Anemo God is very magnanimous; he will definitely forgive you, Sister."
She didn't know yet that she would make similar remarks after the skyward harp was damaged.
Rosaria sat with her legs crossed, looking at the two, not thinking it was a big deal at all.
She didn't Curse the Anemo God, and what she said was only a way of thinking caused by a discrepancy in information; what was there to apologize for?
For her, it was nothing, but for the two who had faith, it was already a great disrespect.
They refused the Anemo God's request and even presumptuously speculated on Lord Anemo God's thoughts, and the problem was they were wrong!
Her thoughts were completely contrary to those of the Anemo God himself!
Not being able to think from Lord Anemo God's perspective, how was that not a problem for a nun?
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Character Voice · Barbara: About Gothlynde being called "Sister" by the Anemo God.
"Hmm... although it's disrespectful, I'm a little envious. But I probably have no hope; I don't look like a 'Sister'."