"It's finally release day."
Nothing much happened in the following days; Lin Qiu continued his daily routine.
Going to the Opera House, writing novels, exercising, and teasing Blubberbeasts.
It's worth mentioning that Lin Qiu can now not only tease Blubberbeasts but also Slimes.
As for Hilichurls, Lin Qiu currently has no intention of provoking them.
After all, Hilichurls always come in groups. What if he accidentally poked a hornet's nest?
His current strength is fine for bullying small Hilichurls, but he can only run when encountering large Hilichurls and Hilichurl Kings.
You can't expect a modern person's physical fitness, after just two weeks of exercise, to be able to beat a muscular large Hilichurl, can you?
The only special thing that happened in these two weeks was that Navia visited once.
It wasn't anything major, just coming to chat with Lin Qiu and listen to him tell some stories.
Considering the other party's mafia-like identity, Lin Qiu told her the story of 'Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon'.
He also replaced the Seven elements with the Seven elements, making it easy to understand.
Navia liked it very much and was even considering whether to establish a branch named 'Vongola'.
However, it's still a bit difficult to gather seven Vision wielders of different elements.
Let's not talk about this small interlude.
Two weeks have passed, and Lin Qiu's novel officially went on sale today.
Lin Qiu stood by the sales point, observing.
He is not well-known at the moment, so no one recognized the original author standing nearby.
Also, due to his obscurity, there was only one initial sales point in Fontaine and Mondstadt, and not many books were printed in the first run.
However, to Lin Qiu's surprise, there were quite a few people buying books; some were even already queuing.
"Qiu... Lin Qiu." Charlotte's voice rang out, waving at Lin Qiu.
She had originally wanted to call him Teacher Qiu Cheng.
But calling out Lin Qiu's pen name in front of the surrounding people would reveal his identity.
"Charlotte? You came to buy a book too?" Lin Qiu asked.
"No, actually, I already bought the book a while ago," Charlotte said with a smile.
Lin Qiu then remembered that Charlotte, as a well-known reporter for the Steam Bird Newspaper, had special privileges.
But what Lin Qiu didn't know was that Charlotte didn't buy it today.
She had already bought it when Lin Qiu's book first started its initial print run.
The reason why so many people came to buy books today was also because Charlotte found it quite interesting after reading it and advertised for Lin Qiu.
She came this time to see how effective the advertisement was.
Lin Qiu didn't know that Charlotte had helped him out, because he hadn't bought the Steam Bird Newspaper.
Charlotte also had no intention of taking credit; in her opinion, Lin Qiu's book was indeed worth recommending, and it wasn't out of personal favor.
The two chatted, laughing and talking.
Although they hadn't known each other for long, and had met even fewer times, their conversations were very pleasant.
"I've been too busy lately, but I'm free today, so let me treat you to dinner," Charlotte said.
"I understand, but shouldn't I be treating you? A debut celebration!" Lin Qiu nodded.
He knew Charlotte would be very busy these past few days.
This was also why he preferred to set up a stall rather than go to Charlotte for a free meal.
After all, Charlotte came back with news, so she must have been busy preparing news drafts during this period.
"Hmph, I can't pretend I didn't hear that. For a friend's book release, the celebration party should be on us, the Spina di Rosula, right?"
"The Demoiselle is right," Melus echoed.
"I brought firecrackers and banners," Silver said expressionlessly.
He was also holding a stack of books, indicating that Navia had bought more than one copy.
"Navia?"
Charlotte hadn't expected Lin Qiu to become friends with Navia.
It's only been two weeks? He's gotten so close?
Although the Spina di Rosula is not as powerful as before, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse.
The Spina di Rosula is still the largest civilian organization in Fontaine.
Lin Qiu has only been here for two weeks and he's already friends with the local boss?
But... why does everyone want to treat him?
When will he finally get to pay for his own meal?
Lin Qiu wasn't surprised that Navia came, because he had joked with Navia earlier.
"Do you want to know the secrets of this world? Do you want to understand the truth? If you want to, go buy it; I've written everything inside."
"Miss Charlotte, how about we, the Spina di Rosula, treat you this time?" Navia smiled charmingly.
"Alright, alright, but next time, you have to let me treat you back," Charlotte also said with a smile.
Their relationship was still very good.
Lin Qiu naturally had no objections.
If anything, Navia was his boss, so what objections could he have?
He himself was a member of the Spina di Rosula, so was there any difference between the Spina di Rosula treating and him treating?
"Everyone's here?" Xie Ni and Frederica also arrived.
"Mr. Lin Qiu, my senior and I specifically took time off to support you."
Lin Qiu hadn't spoken yet, but Navia interjected first.
"Is that so? Then as Lin Qiu's boss, I must show my appreciation. Miss Xie Ni and Mr. Frederica, please also join our party."
In fact, Xie Ni wanted to take this opportunity to have a proper date with her senior.
But opportunities for everyone to gather were rare, so after some thought, both agreed.
This meant that among the people Lin Qiu knew, only Chiori hadn't come.
This was also because Lin Qiu and Chiori weren't close yet, and Chiori didn't know Lin Qiu was writing a novel.
Before leaving, Lin Qiu glanced at the queue again and spotted a familiar figure.
Clorinde, he was also queuing.
Putting aside the issue of guests not bringing guests, Lin Qiu himself didn't know the other party.
So even if he noticed, he couldn't speak up.
Lin Qiu chose to grab Navia's wrist, then subtly gestured towards Clorinde with his eyes.
Navia didn't pull away from Lin Qiu's grasp, but followed his gaze.
"Clorinde..." Navia's tone was a bit complex.
Because of Lin Qiu, she already knew that Clorinde had been silently protecting him.
It was just that there was still an unavoidable barrier in her heart.
She looked at Lin Qiu's encouraging gaze, and then thought about how she had always treated the other party coldly.
Navia made a decision; she walked towards Clorinde.
Lin Qiu nodded with satisfaction.
Now my wife can reconcile with his old... Bah, it's my wife who can reconcile with my other wife.
"Clorinde."
Clorinde heard someone calling him.
He turned around and saw that it was Navia, and a smiling Navia at that!
How many years had it been since he saw that?
"Navia? I really didn't expect to see you smile at me again."
A hint of a smile also appeared on Clorinde's usually aloof expression.
Hearing this, Navia's heart stirred slightly, and he sighed:
"Thanks to Lin Qiu."
"Lin Qiu? Who?" Clorinde was full of confusion.
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Character Voice Line · Clorinde: About Lin Qiu
"Hmm, he's a very good person, very capable."