That's right—Su Yuan had already remembered.
Back when he and Aether first met Mona in Mondstadt, he had simply called out the name "Mona" and then asked her for a divination…
And at that time, Mona had clearly frozen for a moment.
It must have been then that Mona was already under the control of the Eerie force!
"Su Yuan, what's going on? Why do you seem a little dazed?"
Mona seemed to notice that Su Yuan was acting strangely, and directly asked him.
Being questioned like that, Su Yuan immediately snapped to attention.
He understood that if he acted too unnaturally and let the Eerie Mona sense something was wrong, it would spell trouble…
"It's nothing, Mona. My brain just suddenly short-circuited. An old problem of mine—you don't have to worry too much about it…"
Su Yuan explained to Mona, while also thinking.
Since the reason Mona fell into eerie state was that when someone asked her for a divination, they didn't recite her full name, making her feel disrespected…
Then the root cause of Mona's eerie state—was it the act of not fully reciting her name itself?
Or was it the disrespect she felt from that act that pushed her into corruption?
"Well then, Su Yuan, since you came to me today for a divination—what is it that you want me to divine for you?" Mona continued to ask.
"Ahem…"
After some thought, Su Yuan first gave Mona a deep bow, then respectfully spoke:
"Honorable Astrologist Mona Megistus, the great astrologer Mona…"
"This time, I did not come to seek your help in matters of divination…"
"Just by beholding your noble and radiant visage, I already feel deeply honored and perfectly content…"
Su Yuan thought, with these words, not only had he addressed Mona by her full name, but he had also praised her a little.
That should be enough to make her feel respected, right…
In this way, both of the conditional branches of corruption he had just hypothesized would be fulfilled at once…
Looking at Su Yuan, Mona froze again.
Then she revealed a pained expression, holding her head as she muttered in a daze:
"This… what exactly is happening…"
"Why do I feel… as if I've lost a part of my memory…"
"Su Yuan, why are you standing here in front of me? Where did the Traveler and Paimon go?"
Seeing Mona like this, Su Yuan knew his attempt had succeeded!
Mona had successfully broken free from the state of eerie state and returned to normal!
Afterward, Su Yuan told Mona everything that had recently happened.
Upon hearing Su Yuan's account, Mona spoke with a tone of regret and disbelief:
"I never thought the condition for my eerie state would turn out to be something like this…"
"All of those victims actually had one thing in common—they had all come to me for divination…"
"Clearly, many people have come to me for divination in the past. Almost no one has ever once gotten my name completely right. I did feel a little angry, but it was never to the point of something like this…"
Seeing Mona looking regretful, Su Yuan comforted her:
"Alright, Mona, you don't have to blame yourself too much. This isn't something you could help…"
"If anything deserves blame, it's the Eerie force—it has nothing to do with you."
"Thank you, Su Yuan." Mona took a deep breath, steadied her emotions, and then said to him,
"Su Yuan, I've made up my mind. I will set aside my research on astrology for now. I want to join you in fighting against the Eerie."
"That's the best news I could hope for!" Su Yuan exclaimed, reaching out his hand.
He grasped Mona's hand tightly and said, "Come on, let's head to the Knights of Favonius right now and meet up with everyone!"
When the members of the Knights saw Su Yuan return directly with Mona, they couldn't help but ask:
"Su Yuan, since you've brought Mona here, does that mean you've already lifted the threat of her eerie state?"
"Yes. With Su Yuan's help, I've successfully recovered from the eerie state," Mona said.
"The condition for my eerie state is this: whenever someone seeks my help for divination, they must call me by my full name—Astrologist Mona Megistus. They cannot simply address me as just 'Mona'..."
"To think that Mona's eerie condition turned out to be something like that…"
Aether couldn't help but sigh with emotion, but he quickly realized a problem:
"Wait a second. If it was because Su Yuan called your name wrong, then shouldn't the Eerie you have targeted Su Yuan? Why would you go after other people instead…"
Hearing Aether say this, Su Yuan also felt something was indeed strange…
If eerie state was caused by some objective factor, then it made sense that there would be no specific target…
But if it was triggered subjectively by someone's action, then there should definitely be a designated target…
Just like how Eula targets the people she bears grudges against, and Lisa targets those who break the library's borrowing rules or call her old…
After thinking for a long time, Su Yuan still couldn't understand why the Eerie Mona hadn't targeted him.
Instead, she went out of her way to disguise herself in front of him.
Could that too be part of the "freedom" aspect?
After all, whether Mona entered eerie state or broke free from it, there didn't seem to be any delay in time…
"Well then, we should start discussing what we're going to do next."
Jean took command of the situation and said:
"For now, the threat posed by Mona within Mondstadt can be considered resolved. However, Albetwo on the nearby snow mountain is still a major concern for us…"
"But right now, the Knights of Favonius are critically short-staffed. We definitely can't send out a large force of knights to search Dragonspine…"
"So, I plan to request assistance from the Adventurers' Guild."
"The Adventurers' Guild is a well-known organization across Teyvat, with many skilled adventurers registered under it. With their help, we'll surely be able to complete the search of Dragonspine more quickly."
Su Yuan thought to himself, he had been wondering how he was going to meet Fischl—well, here was the opportunity!
"Everyone, I still need to emphasize something. Do you remember the intel I shared with you not long ago about Fischl?" Su Yuan added:
"When we meet Fischl, we must follow along with her way of thinking and accompany her in role-playing. Otherwise, there's a very high chance that Fischl could fall into eerie state!"
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