As Ruola walked, she noticed that although many buildings in Mondstadt were damaged, very few people were actually injured.
Dvalin's seemingly powerful attack didn't truly harm anyone in a meaningful way; of course, it's also possible that Barbatos secretly protected everyone.
Order had been restored in Mondstadt, though everyone's expressions were still not very good.
Ruola arrived at the Angel's Share tavern, and to her surprise, it was operating as usual, and quite crowded inside.
"Mr. Barton, is my brother here?"
From a distance, Ruola asked Barton, who was standing at the entrance.
"Ah, Miss Ruola. Master Diluc just left, but he said he would be back soon. Miss Ruola can come in and sit for a while."
"Oh, okay, then I won't go in. When my brother comes back, Mr. Barton, please tell him that I'll be sleeping with Noelle tonight."
Her brother never allowed her into the tavern, especially when he wasn't there.
To avoid being lectured later, Ruola decided to go find her good friend Noelle.
"Alright, I'll be sure to pass on the message."
"Thank you, Mr. Barton!"
"Miss Ruola, you're too kind. You've helped so much, there's no need to thank me. These are all things I should do."
After bidding farewell to Barton, Ruola ran off to find Noelle.
Based on Ruola's understanding of Noelle, she should be helping the residents of Mondstadt.
Indeed, Ruola found Noelle helping to move things behind the Cat's Tail tavern, and she immediately ran over to help.
"Noelle, I'm here!"
"Ruola!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Noelle's adorable little face peeked out from behind the large box she was moving, greeting her cheerfully.
"Is it heavy? I'll help too!"
"It's not heavy at all. The Cat's Tail's goods and stairs were damaged by the hurricane, so I came to help."
Ruola watched as Noelle effortlessly lifted what looked like a very large box. She also tried to lift a box on the ground not far away.
Ugh—it didn't budge!
It seemed she wasn't suited for this kind of work.
As the two were talking, the owner, Margaret, arrived.
"Ruola, you're here too! Come in quickly, and Noelle, leave those things. Sister made some delicious food, come eat."
Fine beads of sweat had appeared on Noelle's forehead, and Ruola, feeling a pang of sympathy, wiped them away for her.
This girl, she never thinks of herself enough.
Thinking this, Ruola completely forgot that compared to Noelle, she herself was just as selfless. If it weren't for the start of the plot, and Jiang Mumu using too much consciousness to control this body, Ruola would be even more straightforward and kind than Noelle.
The two of them finished their meal together behind Sister Margaret's tavern, and then helped Sister Margaret tidy up.
--- After Lumine and Paimon dealt with the matters in the abandoned ruins, they were awarded the title of Honorary Knight by the Knights of Favonius.
Paimon's long-awaited Honeyed Carrot Stew was finally ready to be eaten.
"Wow, it's so delicious!"
Rubbing his little belly, Paimon looked blissful.
Lumine also looked content; after so many days of roughing it in the wild, he finally got a hot, proper meal.
"Right? Sara's cooking is absolutely top-notch in Mondstadt!"
"Hehe~ Paimon wholeheartedly agrees with that. This is a review from a genuine little foodie."
"Amber, where did Ruola and the others go?"
Lumine hadn't seen Ruola and Noelle since earlier. They were the first friends Lumine made in Mondstadt, and he really wanted to get to know them better.
"Ruola and Noelle? They're probably helping the residents of Mondstadt. They're very enthusiastic, you know; everyone in Mondstadt really likes them!"
Talking about Ruola, Paimon suddenly remembered the gift Ruola promised him. The way Ruola described the gift had made him extremely excited!
"Oh, right, Amber. When Ruola and the others introduced themselves earlier, they said they were reserve members of the Knights of Favonius. Why are they only reserve members when they clearly possess Visions?"
Paimon was puzzled by this. He had seen many official Knights of Favonius who didn't even have Visions.
On the continent of Teyvat, the difference between having a Vision and not having one was enormous.
"Ah, that." Amber scratched his head: "Grand Master Jean said they don't protect themselves well and tend to overexert themselves, which can lead to self-injury. She was afraid they might be deceived by ill-intentioned people, which is why they didn't pass their Knights' examination."
"There was one time before, when they didn't care about their own bodies to save a few Adventurers from Dragonspine, which resulted in both of them having a high fever for several days. Master Diluc was particularly angry and confined Ruola for half a month."
"Eh? Master Diluc?"
Hearing a new name, Paimon was very curious.
"My apologies, I forgot you didn't know Master Diluc. Master Diluc is the big boss of Mondstadt's wine industry, and Ruola is his biological younger sister!"
Paimon: "A big boss? He must be very rich then!"
"Indeed, Master Diluc is the richest person in our Mondstadt!"
"Wow!"
Paimon's big eyes sparkled, and he became even more excited about the gift Ruola promised.
Lumine pulled Paimon, who was flying in front of him, down: "You can't fly over the dinner table!"
--- In Little Guoguo's live stream room.
Chen Xiyao's task had just progressed to Lumine and Amber's conversation, and she finally understood why the live stream had previously said Ruola was rich, super rich!
"I already liked Ruola and Noelle, but based on Amber's description now, what do I do? I like them even more?!"
"Mondstadt actually has two such little angels, and I met them right at the beginning. Hehehe—"
[Streamer, streamer, watch your image, you're still live.]
[Hahaha, what image does Little Guoguo have left? It's already shattered to pieces!]
[I'm a three-year veteran fan of the streamer. Don't be fooled by her appearance, her inner self is quite rotten!]
[I thought Ruola would be given away too. I waited so long for nothing, didn't expect to not even know where to pull her.]
[Family, I really love Ruola's character model, it truly resonates with me!!!]
[Diluc is in the banner, there's no reason his sister wouldn't be?]
[Right, right. Noelle was given away, I've looked for Ruola for a long time. She's not in the standard banner, not in the limited banner, not as a featured character, and I don't even know if she's a four-star or five-star. Logically, the first character to appear shouldn't be like this.]
Chen Xiyao also looked at the comments in the chat and offered her own speculation:
"In this situation, there are only three possibilities: First, Ruola will be in a subsequent limited banner, likely appearing as a five-star; second, Ruola is a four-star character in the standard banner, and might accompany a limited five-star later; third, Ruola won't be in any banner?"
Chen Xiyao herself wasn't too confident about that last statement. Such a good character model not being in the banner?
Does the game company not want to make money?!