"Do you think I'm very old?" Yu Jin looked at Amber. Although he was indeed very old, Yu Jin felt that he was still a young man.
"Hehe, I just think only those old-fashioned uncles would wear such heavy armor." Amber scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
"Alright, call me whatever you want. I'm not someone who cares about such things." Yu Jin shrugged, then called out to Garura and Collei in the house:
"Eat quickly! Someone's here to play with you!"
Amber didn't refute. He had specifically taken a day off today to help Collei adapt to Mondstadt life.
"Oh, right, I still don't know your name?" Yu Jin was about to greet Amber, but then he realized he didn't even know her name and felt a bit awkward.
"My name is Amber, the Outrider of the Knights of Favonius!" Amber smiled brightly at Yu Jin.
Yu Jin nodded. What a cheerful Damselette. He reached out and pulled Amber into the house, saying:
"Amber, right? My name is Yu Jin. The one eating very fiercely is Garura, and the one next to her is Collei."
"Wh... I'm not fierce!" Garura, with full cheeks, tried to refute Yu Jin's words.
"Alright, alright, I know you're a lady. Finish your meal first!" Yu Jin waved his hand, dismissing Garura.
"We're planning to buy new clothes, Amber, would you like to come along?" Yu Jin said to Amber, who was already sitting at the table.
"Oh? Then I can be your tour guide! I know Mondstadt very well!" Amber immediately raised his hand, volunteering.
"Hahaha, shopping with friends! What a vibrant thing to do." Yu Jin laughed and sighed.
After hearing Yu Jin's words, both Garura and Collei couldn't help but speed up their eating.
They were a little impatient.
"Let's go!" Garura and Amber were the first to rush out the door and run towards the street.
"Wait, wait for me!" Collei also dropped her reserve and quickly followed the two lively people.
"Close the door gently! If it breaks, you'll have to pay!" Yu Jin was the last, muttering like an old mother...
It had been a day since the Black Fire case, but there were no clues. As a result, Mondstadt City was under a lot of pressure from the Fatui, but these issues had not yet affected the general public.
So Mondstadt Square was still bustling with people.
People from nearby towns had long brought all sorts of goods into Mondstadt City, adding a touch of pattern to this pearl of the northern land.
Yu Jin sat on a chair outside the Good Hunter Restaurant, watching the three Damselettes not far away choosing clothes.
"Does it take this long to buy clothes?" Yu Jin was a bit puzzled. He had been sitting on the chair for a long time, but the three Damselettes showed no signs of being finished.
This caused Miss Sara, the restaurant waitress, to look at Yu Jin with a hint of resentment — he hadn't ordered anything.
However, Yu Jin clearly didn't notice this. He automatically interpreted Sara's gaze as Yearning for a king.
"Yu, Brother Yu Jin, what do you think of this outfit? We picked it out for you." Collei, encouraged by Garura and Amber, ran up to Yu Jin with a grey-black coat.
"Hiss—" Yu Jin felt a toothache. With his ghostly appearance, just taking off his helmet was enough to contend with an ancient god, let alone changing into normal clothes.
But seeing Collei's expectant eyes, Yu Jin's head hurt even more.
Seeing Yu Jin rub his chin and not respond for a long time, Collei's little face couldn't help but fall.
"Then, then I'm bothering Brother Yu Jin." With that, Collei took the coat, looking a bit lost and dejected.
"Come here." Yu Jin reached out and put his hand on Collei's shoulder, then pulled her into his arms.
"Like Collei, I also have something inside me. But I don't have Collei's natural beauty. I'm very ugly, you know." Yu Jin whispered into Collei's ear.
Collei felt a warm current blowing on her earlobe, and her little face turned red.
Along with the warm current was Yu Jin's breath, a peculiar scent of the sun mixed with the ashes of fiercely Burning firewood.
"Also, this secret is only known to you. I haven't even told Garura." Yu Jin thought for a moment and added another sentence.
"Alright! They're all getting impatient, go play!" With that, Yu Jin pushed Collei away.
Collei clutched the coat tightly, looking at Yu Jin, who was waving at her. She seemed to have found a new goal, and this time it wasn't revenge.
"It seems the gentleman is very good at dealing with Damselettes, hehe, how interesting." A somewhat flippant voice came from across Yu Jin.
Yu Jin turned around and saw a man with an eye patch and Wheat-colored skin standing opposite him.
"Cavalry Captain Kaeya, may I sit here?" Although Kaeya asked this, he had already pulled out a chair and sat down.
"Yu Jin, feel free to sit." Yu Jin nodded, not surprised by his arrival.
After all, he wasn't a professional assassin, and his actions last night would certainly leave many traces. It was only a matter of time before he was found.
"Sara, two Dandelion Wines, put it on my tab!" Kaeya immediately ordered two drinks after sitting down, as a way to clear his throat for the upcoming conversation.
"Try it? Mondstadt's wine is the best on the continent, and the Dandelion Wine produced in Mondstadt City is even more unique." Kaeya pushed one of the two drinks Sara brought over to Yu Jin.
Yu Jin picked up the wine glass. To be honest, he had no sense of taste, and his impression of alcohol only came from the wine the Onion Knight gave him.
That was wine that even an undead person could taste.
Just like Garura and the others, Kaeya only felt his eyes blur, and then the wine in Yu Jin's glass was gone, not a single drop left.
Kaeya narrowed his eyes. He hadn't seen anything just now. Was he deliberately showing off his strength to him?
"Hmm, good wine." Yu Jin said lightly. As he expected, he still couldn't taste anything.
Kaeya didn't care; drinking was secondary anyway. He smiled and said:
"Haha, I'm glad you like it. Mondstadt has many more delicious wines, you'll taste them in the days to come."
"Is that so? But Mr. Kaeya didn't come to me just to drink, did he?" Yu Jin asked Kaeya across from him.
He could feel that Kaeya's purpose in finding him was not simple, but Yu Jin was truly not good at figuring out other people's thoughts. He was better at directly pulling them out and looking.
Kaeya's lips twitched almost imperceptibly. He didn't expect Yu Jin to be so direct; he had prepared many speeches.
"Since that's the case, I'll be direct. That girl is the culprit of the Black Fire case." Kaeya said, looking at Collei playing with Amber in the distance.
"I've seen it. Those two diplomats deserved to die!" Yu Jin said.
"If you kill someone, either atone or pay with your life. There are no other options." Yu Jin tapped the table.
"They were diplomats, their status is different." Kaeya exhaled, not refuting Yu Jin's statement, but merely pointing out the identity of the deceased.
"What do you think we should do? I don't think Mondstadt needs to sacrifice a Damselette for stability." Yu Jin looked at the patrolling Knights of Favonius in the distance, and then at the tall city walls, and slowly said.
Kaeya smiled upon hearing this and slowly said, "Of course, Mondstadt will not abandon anyone."
"We found the culprit of the Black Fire case. This time, the Fatui will escort him themselves. As a hero who punishes evil and promotes good, we cannot abandon him either, can we?"
Kaeya drank all the wine in his glass and said to Yu Jin.
Yu Jin nodded. He knew what to do.
"Tomorrow noon, Eagle Plume Beach." Kaeya stood up, turned his back to Yu Jin, and disappeared into the crowd.
"Cough, cough, cough!" In the distance, where Yu Jin couldn't see, Kaeya leaned against a wall, his face flushed.
"Sure enough, Dandelion Wine should be savored. To drink it like that, I wonder how he managed to swallow it." Kaeya shook his head, easing the effects of the wine.
"Phew—it seems we've won a round this time. Haha, how interesting!" As if thinking of the Fatui's exasperated expressions, Kaeya couldn't help but burst into laughter.
He believed this trip to Mondstadt would surely leave a deep impression on those arrogant fellows.