A few days later, 'teyvat travelogue: Prologue, Act II' was released.
Ordinary people also learned the Follow-up of the Mondstadt story.
This part of the story was not as explosive as the first act and did not stir up widespread discussion.
It only made the Fatui in various countries even more unwelcome.
Some time had passed since Vacher's death.
Under Charlotte's reporting, the process of solving the Serial Disappearance Case of Young Girls had become well-known throughout Fontaine.
The Affair of Unrighteousness was completely overturned.
But it must be said that Lin Qiu was still the most eye-catching; on one hand, it was because he provided crucial evidence.
On the other hand, it was because Lin Qiu, as a foreigner, solved a problem that had plagued the nation for many years.
"A Fontaine problem needs to be solved by a Liyue person? Has Fontaine already lost its self-confidence?" Some Fontaine people began to sing a different tune.
However, with Charlotte's exposure of Lin Qiu's identity, the doubts vanished in an instant.
ProphetLin Qiu.
Although it hadn't been officially reported yet, the matters of Mondstadt and the people from beyond Teyvat had already spread to Fontaine through merchants.
Even ordinary people in Fontaine knew that it was a prophecy book.
With such a title above his head, there were no more doubts.
It's very reasonable for a Prophet to be able to investigate and eliminate, isn't it?
Regardless of how outsiders evaluated him, Lin Qiu was truly pleased at this moment.
The emotional value gained from solving the Serial Disappearance Case of Young Girls and the exposure of his identity, plus what he had accumulated before, pushed Lin Qiu's emotional value past the ten thousand mark.
This was also because only plot characters had high emotional value; ordinary people's emotional value was less than single digits, otherwise, it could have been even more.
In addition, Lin Qiu's third move would also be released, which was estimated to bring even more emotional value, and then he could ascend himself.
"This thing is really expensive."
Lin Qiu looked at the small anchor in his hand; it really was only pocket-sized.
However, such a small item cost Lin Qiu a full ten thousand emotional points.
But there was a reason for its expensiveness.
Firstly, it was permanently existing and difficult to destroy.
Secondly, this pocket anchor could not be used by others, but Lin Qiu could use it to teleport others along with him.
It was equivalent to exchanging ten thousand emotional points for a group fixed-point teleportation array, which was well worth the money.
Lin Qiu put the pocket anchor away and walked out the door.
Today was the time he and Furina had agreed to attend the tea party.
Walking on the way to Palais Mermonia, Lin Qiu truly experienced the troubles of being a celebrity.
"Wow, Father, look, it's the Prophet!"
"It really is him! I saw him setting up a fortune-telling stall before, darn it, why didn't I try it then!"
"Prophet, can you tell my fortune?"
The enthusiastic Fontaine people surrounded Lin Qiu, making it impossible for him to move an inch.
The crowd's enthusiasm did provide Lin Qiu with a small amount of emotional value.
Charlotte actually did not expose Lin Qiu's appearance.
However, there were too many people at the opera house that day, and everyone had seen Lin Qiu, so Lin Qiu's appearance was no longer a secret in Fontaine.
Lin Qiu couldn't just directly drive them away and somewhat helplessly comforted the crowd.
Fortunately, Clorinde was still accompanying Lin Qiu.
She swept a cold glance over the crowd without saying a word.
"Hey, hey, Miss Clorinde is staring at us."
"Ah? Why? Could it be that their date was interrupted by us?"
"I don't know, but she looks very unhappy, should we retreat?"
"It's a bit scary, let's go." Whispering…
"Ahem, well, I won't disturb you, I'll be leaving first."
"Oh, right, I also have something to do." The crowd began to disperse.
It must be said that someone like Clorinde, who makes people feel difficult to get along with, is actually very good at solving such problems.
She doesn't need to say anything; just a look, an expression can drive people away.
Perhaps that's also why Furina wasn't surrounded when Clorinde was her guard?
Lin Qiu looked at Clorinde strangely, not feeling that she was scary at all?
Clorinde looked at Lin Qiu with the same cold gaze.
Actually, she didn't have emotions like anger; her job was just to protect Lin Qiu, and whether the crowd surrounded Lin Qiu or not was irrelevant to her.
If there was danger, she would just cut them down with a sword.
Her cold gaze was natural; in fact, she had no intention of driving anyone away.
Lin Qiu and Clorinde 'affectionately' stared at each other for a long time, but he couldn't see where she was scary; he only thought, 'She's really beautiful.'
"Look, look, they're staring at each other deeply."
"Is it really because their date was interrupted?"
Seeing Lin Qiu staring at her, Clorinde couldn't help but ask.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just think you're really beautiful." Lin Qiu spoke honestly.
Qiu Cheng's Cheng is the Cheng of honesty!
"Thank you." Clorinde remained expressionless.
Lin Qiu's direct approach had little effect.
There was nothing he could do; someone like Clorinde, even if she had emotions, wouldn't show them on her face.
He could only rely on 'understanding' to judge her emotions.
Lin Qiu didn't say anything more; he had only stated his true thoughts because Clorinde happened to ask.
The two continued on their way to Palais Mermonia to attend Furina's tea party.
The people in Palais Mermonia knew that Lin Qiu had an appointment with Furina, so they naturally didn't stop him.
"Mr. Lin Qiu, welcome."
Furina sat up, elegantly removed her hat, and said with a smile.
It must be said that if he hadn't known in advance that Furina's true nature was that of a cute young girl.
Lin Qiu would have been fooled by her superb acting; she truly seemed like a mature and reliable Hydro Archon.
Lin Qiu felt playful and decided to act along with Furina for a while.
"It is my greatest fortune to meet the Hydro Archon." Lin Qiu spoke meticulously, imitating Zhongli.
Furina had long wanted to meet Lin Qiu and had naturally learned some of Lin Qiu's habits and personality traits in advance.
Lin Qiu saying such words made Furina feel a sense of incongruity, instantly identifying it as fake, an act.
"Pfft, no need to be so formal, please sit."
The 'mature and reliable' Furina laughed, very cute.
Lin Qiu was also not polite and sat directly opposite Furina.
He also knew that Furina had seen through him, so he wasn't going to act anymore!
Lin Qiu looked at the pastries and black tea in front of him; although he didn't understand them, they certainly looked high-class.
"Before the tea party begins, I have also prepared a surprise for Mr. Lin Qiu."
Furina revealed a mischievous smile, looking mysterious.
This did pique Lin Qiu's interest.
He hadn't expected Furina to thoughtfully prepare a surprise for him.
Fortunately, he was never one to be outdone and had also prepared a gift.
"Actually, I've also prepared a surprise for you."
Lin Qiu took out an item from his Vision; it was a small cake.
It wasn't as pretty as the pastries on the table.
Lin Qiu knew Furina liked cake, so he had specifically learned how to make desserts with Navia these past few days.
This caused Navia to complain to Lin Qiu quite a bit.
She was eating so many trial desserts these days that she was going to get fat!
"Thank you!" Furina didn't dislike it at all; in fact, she liked it very much.
"You'll definitely like the surprise I prepared for you too."
Saying that, Furina gestured to Clorinde with her eyes, telling Clorinde that she could bring out the 'surprise'.
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Character Voice Line · Furina: About Lin Qiu's Gift
"I didn't know that cake was made by him personally. If I had known, I wouldn't have eaten it; I should have collected it.
No, if a cake isn't eaten, it will go bad, right? Hmm… it's so hard to choose!
Collecting a half-eaten cake is also strange, and it would have my tooth marks…"