Rosalyne pulled back the curtains, her gaze sweeping towards the distant Mondstadt city gates.
She then looked at the glowing screen that had appeared in the diary in front of her.
That green-clad bard with white stockings was smiling foolishly, discussing something with Su Xuan.
Rosalyne seemed quite agitated, her chest rising and falling.
The first time she learned that Barbatos was following Ying Mei outside the city, Rosalyne immediately led her people to search outside the city, but unfortunately, found nothing.
The second time, which was yesterday, Rosalyne saw Barbatos directly in Mondstadt's Anemo God Plaza, and Su Xuan was right in front of him.
As Rosalyne couldn't gauge Su Xuan's attitude towards the Fatui, she didn't dare to act rashly, fearing that if she displeased him, he might twist her into a pretzel.
This time, Barbatos appeared directly at the gates of Mondstadt, but as Su Xuan had predicted, Barbatos sought him out.
Just then, a mass of black and red light emerged from the floor of the room, and a Debt Collector appeared before the Damselette.
"My Lady, a person very similar to your description has appeared at the gates of Mondstadt. Should we act?"
The appearance of Barbatos was not leaked to Rosalyne by the diary's content.
Before coming to Mondstadt to act, she had already received a description of Barbatos's appearance from the Tsaritsa.
Therefore, she was able to describe the target's appearance to her subordinates.
"Wait a little longer, the time is not ripe yet. We will act when he is alone."
After hearing Rosalyne's reply, the Debt Collector paused, then continued: "Is My Lady worried about the black-haired young man standing next to him?"
"We can simply eliminate him."
Rosalyne's gaze sharpened, and she glared at the Debt Collector with eyes full of anger: "Are you unable to understand my words?"
Eliminate him? You probably want all of our Fatui stationed in Mondstadt to be twisted into a ball.
No, I think you want Snezhnaya to be twisted into a ball.
"Don't bother me if there's nothing important, and absolutely do not touch the man who is speaking with that green fellow."
"If you have nothing to do, then get out of my sight."
The Debt Collector shivered all over, truly not expecting a single sentence to provoke Rosalyne's wrath.
Moreover, My Lady's reaction seemed to care more about the black-haired man talking to Barbatos than about Barbatos himself.
Could it be that there's something going on between this black-haired man and My Lady?
After all, it's rumored that My Lady's hometown is Mondstadt.
However, the Debt Collector dared not say more, only quickly replied "Yes" and vanished in a flash.
At the same time, at the gates of Mondstadt.
"Ehe, we meet again! Do you remember me? The bard from last night, Venti…"
Su Xuan rolled his eyes at Venti, who had approached him, and nodded slightly: "The bard who has won the 'Most Popular Bard in Mondstadt' championship for three consecutive years."
"Your memory is really good." Venti touched his head, looked left and right: "Is your companion not with you today?"
"Are you referring to the blonde girl and the silver-haired little foodie?" Su Xuan asked with a playful smile.
This smile, however, stumped Venti. He always felt that Su Xuan's smile carried a certain deep meaning.
"Uh…" Venti feigned composure: "Yes, it's them."
Su Xuan waved his hand: "If you want to find them, couldn't you just use your clearance over the flowing wind? Why ask me?"
Venti was slightly taken aback when his identity was exposed, but soon his face was full of smiles again: "From the moment you flew from the sea to Mondstadt, I could tell you weren't ordinary…"
"Stop right there." Su Xuan quickly gestured for Venti to shut up: "Some things don't need to be said too openly."
"I can probably guess your purpose in finding me, but I don't think there's any need for too much entanglement between us."
"I just promised a certain responsible knight that I would go help Dvalin clean the corrupted blood, you understand."
Venti was stunned for a few seconds upon hearing this, then excitedly said: "You're going to help Dvalin?"
"No, you can help Dvalin clean the corrupted blood?"
Although he didn't understand why the man in front of him could help Dvalin clean the corrupted blood, since he knew the reason for Dvalin's madness, he must have some skill.
This was absolutely wonderful news for Venti.
"I had originally hoped you could persuade your companion to help Dvalin, but I didn't expect that you yourself could help Dvalin."
"Thank you very much." Venti sincerely expressed his gratitude to Su Xuan.
However, the next second, Venti showed a hint of doubt: "I see you haven't prepared anything. How do you plan to find Dvalin?"
"If you don't have a good method, I actually have an idea to help you."
"Stealing the Holy Lyre der Himmel is out of the question. I have my own methods, no need for you to worry," Su Xuan said, then walked away on his own.
Venti's breath hitched.
He was surprised that Su Xuan had seen through all his thoughts.
"What a terrifying person. Could it be that he can read other people's minds?" Venti thought to himself.
But seeing Su Xuan about to leave, he shamelessly followed him: "Then can I come with you?"
Su Xuan did not respond to Venti, only nodded slightly, and at the same time, his thoughts surged.
[Today's helplessness, as soon as I left Mondstadt, I was blocked by Barbatos.]
[He insisted on coming with me to deal with Dvalin's corrupted blood.]
[Forget it, if he wants to come, let him.]
[After all, Dvalin is his familiar; no one cares more than him.]
[However, after Dvalin's matter is resolved, I can just ask him for his Gnosis to conduct an experiment.]
[To see if I can use the clearance of the Herrscher of Reason, which I unlocked this morning, to understand the structure of the Gnosis and then replicate it.]
Rosalyne, who had just taken a sip of tea, couldn't hold it in and immediately sprayed her chest.
"What did he say? He said he was going to take Barbatos's Gnosis for an experiment?"
"Then what about me?"