Mondstadt at night was much livelier than usual tonight; even close to midnight, one could still hear the loud laughter of drunkards on the streets.
Outside Rosalyne's room, two patrolling Electro Cicin Mages perked their ears, trying to hear sounds from inside the room.
"Why is there no movement at all?"
"I don't know, I heard that Lady Rosalyne brought this handsome young man to our office from dusk."
"She ordered every single dish and drink from the entire Goth Grand Hotel."
"Ah, such an elaborate reception? Ordering everything, do they only taste a bite of each dish and drink?"
The two Electro Cicin Mages on duty were puzzled.
As Lady Rosalyne's personal attendants, they didn't recall Lady Rosalyne having a fondness for gourmet food; she wouldn't specifically seek out a food critic to review dishes.
Most importantly, this was the first time they had seen Lady Rosalyne alone with a man for such a long time, and in Lady Rosalyne's boudoir at that.
"Do you think there might be some danger inside?"
"Nonsense, what danger could Lady Rosalyne be in?"
"Don't worry about useless things, just do your duty."
The two Electro Cicin Mages were unaware that inside the room, enveloped by a Psychokinesis barrier, Rosalyne was letting out high-pitched cries as if calling for help.
She felt like she was going to die.
Rosalyne had never had such a terrifying experience.
Even though she wasn't affected by any suffocating factors, her breathing always failed to catch up, feeling like she was about to suffocate to death.
Everything in front of her became blurry, her entire body felt as if it had been injected with an anesthetic, completely numb.
Her consciousness began to dissipate along with it.
She could no longer remember anything at all.
Finally, after the flames within her body seemed to ignite heat, the Rose Witch found a moment of peace.
Su Xuan walked to the window alone and looked at Mondstadt's night view.
The citizens of Mondstadt seemed to be releasing the fatigue from their daytime work.
In groups of three or five, they resumed their hotel nightlife.
However, this lifestyle indeed suited Mondstadt very well.
Su Xuan checked the time and found that even now, the day had not completely passed.
Immediately, his thoughts surged, and the diary in his mind flashed with a burst of light.
[I just returned to Mondstadt this afternoon and was blocked at the door by the Fatui Harbinger, Eighth Seat.]
[Fatui Harbinger, Eighth Seat, the Damselette, the Burning Witch, Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter.]
[Her title is really long.]
[Based on my understanding of her.]
[Rosalyne is usually arrogant, disdainful, and haughty….]
[Hmm… she's destined for an early death….]
Powerless, Rosalyne could only use her peripheral vision to see the updated content of the diary.
The moment the word "death" appeared, she suddenly felt some strength return, sat up, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Are you going to kill me?"
Su Xuan: "…"
Su Xuan turned his head, looked at Rosalyne, who was trembling like a lamb to be slaughtered, and calmly said, "I just said you're destined for an early death; I didn't say I was going to kill you."
"Please be quiet. Wait until I finish recording my current mood, then you can speak."
[But speaking of it, she did die young.]
Rosalyne: "?"
A group of Liang Zai suddenly became interested.
[ If I had not appeared in this world. ]
[ Rosalyne, loyal to the Tsaritsa, would still be able to complete the mission of acquiring Barbatos's Gnosis. ]
[ Although not explicitly stated, Barbatos and the Tsaritsa shared the same understanding. ]
[ So, with a bit of acting and deliberate restraint, Rosalyne perfectly completed her mission as a Fatui Harbinger. ]
[ At that point, there was nothing left for her to do. ]
[ Unfortunately, she was the workaholic among the Fatui Harbingers; she just loved to get involved in these missions. ]
[ After finishing in Mondstadt, she ran off to Liyue, and even had to set foot in Inazuma... ]
[ Perhaps because Barbatos and Morax were too good-tempered now, coupled with the Tsaritsa's influence. ]
[ Rosalyne became overconfident. ]
[ But in Inazuma, she didn't know that the ruler of Inazuma was not Ei, but Raiden Shogun. ]
[ The overconfident Rosalyne lost to the blonde aunt Ying Mei in a duel before the Shogun. ]
[ Raiden Shogun would not care if the death of a Fatui Harbinger would affect the relationship between Inazuma and Snezhnaya. ]
[ She only knew that Rosalyne lost the duel before the Shogun, and Rosalyne had to pay the price with her life. ]
[ So, she unleashed Musou Hitotachi on Rosalyne, and Rosalyne transformed from the Blazing Witch of Embers into the Ash Witch. ]
[ Of course, Rosalyne's death was actually quite unjust; 'unjust' here doesn't mean her character or actions didn't deserve death. ]
[ Rather, Rosalyne's purpose in going to Tenshukaku was to meet with the Raiden Shogun of Inazuma and try to obtain the Gnosis. ]
[ However, before she went to Tenshukaku, her colleague Lei Da Pao had already met Yae Miko at the Delusion Factory and obtained Ei's Gnosis from Yae Miko. ]
[ Simply put, before Rosalyne even met Raiden Shogun, the Fatui's mission was already completed. ]
[ As a result, the scoundrel Lei Da Pao did not inform Rosalyne, and ultimately, Rosalyne died at the hands of Raiden Shogun. ]
[ From my understanding of Lei Da Pao, that grandson definitely intentionally didn't tell Rosalyne that the Gnosis was already acquired, just waiting to attend Rosalyne's funeral. ]
The beautiful girls were speechless.
The Fatui's reputation on the Teyvat continent was not good, so the beautiful girls felt no joy or sorrow over Rosalyne's death.
They just felt that Su Xuan was right; those who are usually arrogant, conceited, and haughty must belong to the category of those who die early.
Did she really think she could manually create a Skyfrost Nail? Who gave her the courage to be so arrogant and overbearing?
But then, thinking that she died from a betrayal by a colleague, they suddenly felt that the person who betrayed her was even more despicable than Rosalyne.
"Scaramouche!" Rosalyne suddenly let out a hoarse roar, "That damn beast actually tricked me."
Rosalyne didn't know who Lei Da Pao was, but the Inazuma Delusion Factory was Dottore's experimental site, and she and Balladeer had managed it on his behalf.
The main person responsible for the Inazuma mission was Balladeer.
The Lei Da Pao Su Xuan mentioned must undoubtedly be Balladeer.
[ However, her attitude towards me today was truly polite. ]
[ She brought me to the Goth Grand Hotel, and all the dishes and drinks were served. ]
[ I ate only one bite of almost every dish, tasted the flavor, and was pretty much full and drunk. ]
[ After that... ]
[ She cordially invited me to a room that only she could enter, and then took out her long-cherished fine wine from her exclusive wine cabinet. ]
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[ Her enthusiastic and polite attitude made me feel a little embarrassed. ]
[ And I was very satisfied with the price of the Gnosis. ]
[ We talked for a long time afterward, and after some thought, I finally told her about her future. ]
[ Just as a small token of gratitude for her warm hospitality today. ]
[ Oh, she called me again. It seems she has already prepared the most luxurious room in the Goth Hotel for me to sleep in tonight. ]
[ I'll stop here for now. ]
[ In short, although her attitude towards others is arrogant, conceited, and haughty, her attitude towards me is very good, and that's enough. ]
The group of beautiful girls didn't know how to comment.
Dear brother, never mind your mysterious power from beyond this world; just the fact that you hold the Skyfrost Nail, who would dare to be impolite to you?
Rosalyne is definitely a Diary Copy Holder; she is merely arrogant and conceited, but she is not stupid.
"Alas!" Acting Grand Master Jean's sigh came from Lisa's house.
Amber had gone to investigate Schubert and wasn't there.
In Lisa's house, Acting Grand Master Jean, Eula, and Lisa gathered together, constantly paying attention to the situation between Su Xuan and Rosalyne.
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Unexpectedly, the arrogant Rosalyne was so enthusiastic towards Su Xuan.
"To be honest, I was negligent. My attitude towards Su Xuan was not as enthusiastic as Rosalyne's." Acting Grand Master Jean hugged her knees, burying her head in her legs.
Eula and Lisa exchanged silent glances.
Lisa quickly went to comfort her, "Just work harder in a couple of days, and it'll be fine. Don't blame yourself too much."
Acting Grand Master Jean! You are still too naive!
Rosalyne's attitude towards Su Xuan was certainly not fake, but it definitely wasn't as exaggerated as Su Xuan described.
Lisa guessed that after such a long time, Rosalyne's pleading for mercy was the real truth.
"We haven't even discussed the transaction amount, so why did you already mention it in your diary?" Rosalyne looked at Su Xuan, who was walking towards them, with trepidation.
"Didn't you see that I didn't mention the amount?" Su Xuan rolled his eyes at Rosalyne as if looking at an idiot, "Just symbolically take out some tomorrow."
"That works too?" Rosalyne was stunned.
Su Xuan smiled faintly, "But I believe that as a Fatui Harbinger, you certainly wouldn't be stingy."
Rosalyne: "...."
Having been a Fatui Harbinger for five hundred years, Rosalyne had experienced too many ups and downs.
Never in her life had she been so speechless as she was today.
Su Xuan looked at Rosalyne, who had a look of despair, patted her twice lightly, and smiled:
"I say, Rosalyne, if it weren't for me, you would have died in Inazuma."
"You should have a grateful heart."
Su Xuan smiled and pulled out the qiankun mirror. The next moment, the messy bed returned to its neat state.
"You're five hundred years old, yet you're still like a child. Aren't you ashamed?"
"If you have the energy now, go clean up yourself. The long night is still early."
Rosalyne: "!?"
"Wait, I remember the qiankun mirror can change time to adjust one's state. Can you shine it on me? My state is very bad."
Su Xuan heard this and lowered his eyes slightly: "The land I painstakingly cultivated, you want it to return directly to its original state?"
"Don't even think about it."
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The content has been largely revised, there might be some flaws in some places, I'm very sorry!